Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-04-15
ingalls, and the Bishop.

It seems that on the occasion OF tne TeCent
Methodist Conference at Winfield, Kan,
Bishop McCabe took occasion to score Mr..
ingalls, tor his participation in the Carson
affair. His uttcrance was titus reported IN
Kansas City paper
AT the Winfield Conference Bishop Nc
Gable rose to question of personal priv ege
and roasted John J. Ingalls, for his report OF
the prize fight. He said; 1T is fitting Sc
ouel to the career of the man who declared
the publication OF politics an iridescent
dream to find him slouehing of his Senator
ship to go long enough to prostitute his
glowing rhetoric for the sporting readers OF
the New York Journal What contrast
between the calm dignity with which John
J. ingalls, held the FESTIVE members OF the
upper house of Congress within the bounds
Senatorial courtesy and his gentle efforts to
soothe the ruffian spirit of Mrs. Fitzsimmons
when she shricked to her husband: "Kill the
dirty puppy!' nm willing to leave the
acrobatic statesman amid such genial envir-
onments but as an American citizen pro-
test against the declaration that the specta-
tors at the brutal fistic tournament were
average citizens of this Republic. This state
ment is lie-an insult to American citizen
chip and American manhood"
Unfortunately, this newspaper fell under
the observation of Mr. Ingalls, as that gentle
man journeyed homeward from San Fran
cisco, and prompted him to write to Bishop
McCabe from the sleeping car Essen IN
spirit of expostulation. The letter is espec'
tally interesting as evidence that the writer
has lost none of the qualities that made him
a never failing fountain of delight and won
der during his Senatorial career, but it is also
of value as bearing upon the specific episode
which prompted Bishop McCupe to under
take his castigation. MIR. ingalls,, after OK
planning that the loss of his official position
has made 1t necessary for him to seek live
lihood in private pursuits, goes on to say:
During the interval, l have been, like
yourself, working for my living. Not hav-
ing the gifts, faculties and conservation req
uisite for bishop, being out of practice AT
the bar, and business being dull, have been
doing odd jobs, on the lyceum platform and
and for the press. / talk and write, as you
preach, for money, but my opinions, convic
lions and judgment are no more for sale than
yours.
From your illusions to my glowing
rhetoric, and the alleged incidents at the
ringside, 1t is evident that you carefully read
the accounts Of the brutal fistic tournament
at Carson, whether in the pulpit to your con-
grcga,ion at the fircside to your family, or
in the seclusion of your study, docs not
aprear. To the unregenerate mind it looks
quite immoral to read about dsreputable
transaction as to witness it and write about
it. Your time and mine might, l admit
could have been more probably employed
in mcdtating upon the maledic'ions OF
Christ against the Pharisees Of his day; the
canting hypocritcs of Palcstincs, and their
lineal descendants in Kansas. who, thanking
God they are not as other men, pay titbes OF
anise, mint and cummin, and omit the
weightier matters OF law.
II went to Carson with authority to
write as much or rs little as pleased in any
vein, as l saw fit, and my purpose was to
tell the truth about the encounter, the
audience and the moral environment MS 1t
appeared to me. Had l been requested to
attend the Winfield Conference and write
my impressions Of its proceedings, should
have done so with equal composurc, had the
compensation offered been satisfactory, and
no other occupation prevented.
Had heard you distort and msconstrue
the language of man who had always
treated you with courtesy and spoken OF you
with respect; had heard you apply inju
rious epithe,s gratuitously and without pro-
vocation to one who had endeavored to en-
dure adversely with fortitude; had l heard
you denouncc as lie q statement of whose
truth you could personally know nothing,
should have said 80 in the same spirit with
which described what took place at Car.
son; and might also have added that you
exhibited all the characteristics of the glad.
iator, except his courage.
Il heard no such language at Carson as is
imputed to you at the Winfield conference.
Its only parallel is the fictitious exclamation
which you incorrectly ascrioe to the frenzied
Mrs Fitzslmmons.
1.-THE etiquette Of the prize ring docs not
permit man to call another a liar, or &C.
cuse him of beng 'prostituted acrobat with
impunity. Perhaps you are incorrectly re-
ported. hope 80. should regret to be
compelled t. believe that Carson has a high.
er code of ethics than Winfield, or that a
pugilist may have better manners than a
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