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is a proposition. upon which 1 am wholly
uniformed" replied the senator.

e. n nroposition upon which l am Wholly
uniformed replied the senator.
But will you be candidate?
| 'I am for Charley Curtis. l think ne
! Is a most valuable man, whose retre-
ment from congress would be a serious
loss to this state I hope to see him re-
nominated, and 1 hope my friends VIII
support him. 1 have heard Of an alleged
! agreement at the Horton convention
] but so far as I am able to learn that
matter receives little or no attention IN
this part OF the district"
"Then you may be a candidate Tor
| United States senator?"
"I am for Mr.. Baker. 1 understand
| the race is between Mr.. Burton and Mr..
Baker L have nothing against Mr.. Bur-
| ton, but If Baker and Burton are the
! only gentlemen in the contest am in
| favor of giving the present senator sec
ond term
Then you expect to take a hand in
| Kansas politics."
AZ certainly do" replied the senator.
| "When the campaign comes on shall
do my share of the work to secure Re
publican ascendancy in Kansas, as I
have always done in the past. L am for a
reorganization of the Republican party
in Kansas. for a new DEAL, as the boys
say. 1 think we are badly in need Of
some nsw blood in Republican politics in
this state"
Continuing his talk on Kansas politics,
Se' :(or Ireahs SAL. The pSpuli>t rariy
that party. The Greenbackers. union Ia
borites, anti-mopopolists and kickers gen.
orally viii form another opposition party.
O; course IN this state We have IN in
corrgible and impla element that
VIII always he hostile TO the Republican
party as it would be hostile to the Demo-
cratic party if 1t We're IN power. But the
PopulLsts as a party will disintegrate;
ard, as matter of fact, they never had
any occasion 10 exist. 1 regard Kansas
as a safe Republican state in the future,
and II the real sentiments Of the people
hnd been expressed It always would have
Leen a Republican state.
"McKinleys denomination is inst as
certain as though the decree was already
registered by the national convention"
said Mr.. ingalls,, land at the present
by the Democracy as Just as certain.
The Democracy will blunder. IS ueull
and oppose TIE war in the Philippines as
imperialism and military domination.
That will be the clief issue of the next
campaign, with 16 to 1 on the side But
the trust question Is really the most IN
portant and significant of all the political
y. oblems Ct the times in which We live.
Both ,.Irti's will undoubtedly incorporate
In their platforms planks against the re-
straint OF trade and the destroying OF
the opportunities for American citizens
in the race for life. Unless the trust cpl
demic is arrested, at the rate things are
now going we will have q financial crash
within five years that will make the T3nic
of 1898 seem Insignificant. When that &C.
ours the readjustment will take place.
There is a tremendous undercurrent OF
Indignation and alarm about the indus
trial situation. In the last thirty days
lrites of a large number Of necessar4cs
and staples OF life have been raised by
the trusts for the purpose OF increasing
Their inordinate profits. I think very
large proportion # tHe strikes Of the
Present time are really instigated oy the
trusts 10 give them an excuse for stop
ping production and raising prices On
stocks on hand
What. il your judgment, is the soln-
tion Of the trust IiOblem?"
The practical solution Of the whole
matter rests with the state legislatures.
Tire solution IS tayatlon; just the same
as he eoVei p,ent undertook to prevent
the sale CT o'eCmaI garine by taxing TIE
product; just the same as the govern
ment desnt yej the state banks by iia-
posing the ~ per cent tax. The iaE AL
ready existing IS practically sufficient. it
declares all Combinations in restraint of
trade ilesal and void. II that is supE'e-
ucnted BY taxation the matter will i've
DISPOSED OF promptly. No problem Is
simpler than dealing with the trusts. The
weapon : all forged if the party is ready
tu Weld it,
Discussing the Philippine question, Mr..
Ingalls, SAID: Before We get through with
his war IL will, in my judgment, ;afe
1900 men to vanquish the insurgents
and properly garrison the commercial
ports of those Islands. l do not look for
an early termination OF the war, but
whether long or short, l am for IL No
matter what the original impulse may
have been, the feeling among ali patriotic
Americans is TO carry the war 10 a sue
cessful conclusion, no matter what the
expenditure OF life or money. Any man
or any party advocating rtreat, surren-
der or submission will be destroyed as
/ certainly as were the Tories IL the Amer
/ lean revolution"
| Mr. Ingalls, IS a great admlrer OF Gov
I erno- Roosevelt and believes he is in line
/ for the presidency when Mckinley has
served his second term Roosevelt is a
! man Of powerful Individuality said the
! senator. and he is the strongest man n
America today except Mckinley. HIS re-
/ cent trip from New York 10 ais Vegas
was triumphant and spectacular. IL
/ RocsevelIs purpose was 10 sound pub
| lie opinion, the result must have been
/ gratifying. Notwithstanding his metro
/ poEtan ancestry. his wealth. his culture.
| there i q breezy strain 81 the frontiers
man about him and an absence Of starch
( and sCallops and friils TIA endears him
/ TO the average constituency. The only
man who came ON q the Cuban cam
paign with any halo in popular estima-
tiOn was Roosevelt. His was a superb
/ exhibition OF courage, endurance, forth
| tudc pluck and patriotism. l. made him
| governor OF New York and quite likely
viii make him president Of the United
! States
There has been ar immense chai &c in
! Tublie oprion TOWARD Kansas said A:r.
ingalls,. "The cr,c.- e the state, once