The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-29

to Reporter on the state OF tne
Weather and Incidentally About Poll
tics But Not All of Them for Pubiica-
tion-He INDUCES in Philosophy About
Hard Times and Well Dressed People
The Local Troubles In Wichita Were
Interesting Him.
Ex-senator John J. ingalls, was at the
Carey hotel last night
Mr. ingalls, stepped off the train in
the early part Of the evening, stuck his
hands in his pockets and walked up 10
the Carey hotel looking at the tall build
ings with such interest that he was evil
IDENTIFY getting Inspiration from their
towering heights and architectural beau
" fol'-one of his speeches. He walked
into the hotel as unconcernedly as if he
had been stopping there for a year and
was coming in from an afternoon walk
He went to the register, placed on It
his peculiar signature and then re-
marked 10 the clerk that it was pleas
ant evening.
ingalls, ds great man. Not one man
In ten thousand could have gone into
that hotel and so gracefully made him
self at home there as he did
He walked into the dining room with
the same easy graceful stride that ne
entered the hotel, took his seat at the
table, gave his order TO the colored
waiter and took an inventory of the
furniture and fixtures of the room while
he waited for the staff of life.
After supper he walked out, took his
hat, adjusted 1t on his head, examined
a nickle-in-the-slot machine as careful
~ and critically as if it was the great
est invention of the age, bought a cigar,
selected a, paper from the news stand,
shook hands with Ed Vail. then saw the
reporter for the Eagle, threw up his
hands and gave out a potisive pronoun-
cemerbo that he would not be inter-
viewed
You may come with me to my room"
he said, land perhaps we can talk about
the weather OF some other interesting
subject"
Senator Ingalls, always walks UP
stairs. he never takes an elevator. He
has never explained why, and probobly
nobody has ever asked him.
Upon arriving at his room he display
ed. for the first time, or rather, per
maps. betrayed, the habits of a politi-
clan. The first thing he did was to lie
down on his bed raise his pillow high I'D
under his head, curl himself UP in an
giles and take things easy. Men in
public life are fond Of doing this Henry
Wafterson was always fond of laying
down on his bed and so was Jim Blaine
and Ben H3ll. Cy Leland does it. So
does Jim Simpson, Dave Overmyer. ex-
Governor Lewelling, John Breidentbal.
w. E Stanley and, in fact nearly every
body-that is, everybody who is a fac
tor In political combinations before the
battle of a convention.
am coming over from Baxter
springs, said the senator, land am
gong TO Marion. At Baxter Springs I
eaiked TO between 10000 and 10000, but
1 didn't talk very much politics. You
KNOW 1t was an old soldiers reunion.
and 1 could not talk very much politics
there. 1t is very hard to avoid a poll
uscal discussion this year. Ny mission |
10 Marion rs 10 make a political speech"
Senator Ingalls, said that the people |
or Baxter Springs seemed to be more
interested in the tariff than in the money
question. He said that their disposl- |
ton in that respect was very pronounc-
ed With them better wages was the
issue
He said that one thing was very MOTTO |
able all through Kansas and that is |
that while the people complain of hard |
times there is no outward evidences. of (
stress On the contrary he thought |
that the evidences Of prosperity were !
very plain He never saw a crowd OF I
such derninsions as that he saw at Bax-
ter Springs, that were better dressed t
or rode in better equippages He
thought the people of the east could not /
comprehend such a condition. He said
he had Travelled all over the state and
found the same lack of evidences of
hard times everywhere.
Touching the political conditions he
said that everything in Kansas is in
very good shape. Everywhere the peo-
pie are ra1lying around the Republican
flag and he seems to be as confident of
success as that day Will follow nigfht
until the end of time
senator ingalls, was very much inter
ested In the local troubles IN the Re.
PUBLICAN household Of Sedgwick county
and eagerly sought information with ref
erence to its origin and development.
He thought that there should be no
trouble in Kansas, or in any part of II
this year, on the eve of such glorious
victory as, in his opinion, will perch
upon the Republican banners this
fa4H- He expressed the hope that
whatever may interfere with absolute
nanony may be removed so that SedC-
wick county will occupy its old place
near the head OF the column OF Repltb-
licaD srrongholds
The bSenatOr then started in with
unique and brilliant discussion of the
money question when a delegation com.
ID his room and escorted him over -
the pdrlors Of the Carey where the Nc
kinley Travelling Mems club was hold
ing a meeting. He was given hearty
greetings by the members Of the club
and conversed with them very enter
tsiningly for an hour,
Senator Ingalls, was very much inter-
ted in the local troubles u Il Repuh-
ence TO its origin and development He I,
thought that there should be no trouble
banners this fall He ex-
pressed the hope that whatever may
VII occupy its old place near the head
~ the column Of Republican strong
money question when delegation came !
70 his room and escorted him over TO
icK inley Travelling MEMS club was
holding meeting. He was given hear
- greetings y the member OF the i
,lub and conversed wi an them very en-
for an hour or more.
Mr.. ingalls, is a strange man. There !
$ nothing of the demagogue in him.
he hardly ever betrays IL in public
o0t the fact rera' that he has a woa
ierfully strong sympathy for the COM