The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-16

members and four OF them were Demo-
Gratis the late Chester Thomas repre-
senting Shawnee county, then in the
Seventh district. Mr.. Ingalls, was clerk
of the council. He was secretary of the
Republican convention at Lawrence in
1860 and in 1861 was elected president
of the council, of which Jacob Stotler
was assistant secretary. During that
session the senate took the place of the
council which was due to the organiza-
tion of the state and the creation of the
legislature. ingalls, was at that time 26
years of age, and a lawyer in AtchiSon.
1t was in this session that the motto for
Kansas was framed. In recent years it
has been the subject of controversy
because of doubt of the authorship The
official records indicate that Mr.. ingalls,
was the author of the motto, but in one
of the last letters he has written he dis
claims credit for this matter and dis
missed the subject as a jest. In 1861
ingalls, description of Jim Lane brought
him before the public. He spoke of
Lanes delivery as ''writhng," the in
dividual destitute of art or grace; his
voice like the rasping Of a Dutch butcher
in inebriation; his diction a Solecism.
The language used by ingalls, in this
description of Lane was such to attract
attention. and was responsible for his
reputation of later days as a skinner
ingalls, was elected a member of the
senate in the fall of 1861, and in 1862 he
was defeated for lieutenant governor
by Thomas A. Osborn in the Republican
state convention. A week later Ingalls,
by the Union State convention at Law
renee Osborn defeated Ingalls, by a
majority of 1900 in the state.
NOMINATED FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
September 13, 1864, ingalls, was nom
mated for lieutenant governor by the
Republican state convention. Peter Nc
Vicar now of Topeka, was nominated
for state superintendent on that ticket.
Ingalls, was defeated by James McGrew,
to ",
ingalls, was elected a major in the Kan
sas state militia. During this time
ingalls, had been editing the Atehison
Champion but gave it up to Mr. Martin
who returned from the army.
The Kansas Magazine, Capt. Henry
King, editor, appeared at this time,
containing the following reference to
Kansas, written by Ingalls,: mo one
ever felt any enthusiasm about Wiscon-
sin, Indiana or Michigan; the idea was
preposterous; it was impossible They
are great, prosperous communities, but
their inhabitants can remove and never
desire to return They hunger for the
horizon. They make new homes with
out the maladie du pays But no gem
wander. He may roam. He may travel
He may go elsewhere, but no other state
can ever claim him as a citizen. Once
naturaliZed the allegiance can never be
foresworn."
OF the Republican convention held in
Topeka in 1872, of which G. c. Clemens
was member of the committee on per-
manent organization, Ingalls, was made
temporary chairman.
During these exciting political peri
DDS in the history of the state, Ingalls,
had become very prominent. The east
ern part of the state, AtchiSOn par
ticularly, dominated the state politics.
What the politicians there wanted, that
part of the state usually captured In
1873 the Pomeroy scandal astonished the
people of the state. There was a great
field of candidates for the senate, in
cluding Pomeroy and Ingalls,, D. NJ.
Valentine, Charles Robinson, Thomas
A. Osborne and Sidney Clark. Ingalls,
election was almost unanimous, and to
the action of Alexander NJ. York, a SEN
ator from Montgomery county, who, be-
fore the vote was taken, exposed the
Pomeroy plot, was due the election OF
Ingalls,. York advanced to the chief
clerks desk and handled over $1,000,
which he claimed had been paid him
to vote for Pomeroy.
In those days, as they do now, ban
quets were held for newly elected SEN
ators, and Leavenworth had the honor
in the Ingalls, case.
George w. Click was taking a hand
in politics in 1873. and he made speech
at Monrovia. In closing his speech
Click said: by the time we reach
home and get our cows milked, it will
be dark" ingalls, wrote "serenade,'
which he dedicated to Click, part of
which follows:
"Once I was in the railroad ring,
But now my hands are hard with toll,
I've scattered hay seed in my hair,
And blacked by boots with harness oil
My city cows have all gone dry,
I am no longer in my prime,
My day is drawing to a close,
And it will soon be milking time.
ingalls, day ended before that of Mr..
Click
Twenty thousand people were in At
Gibson August 25. 1875, within a few
days of twenty-five years ago, and
l. I,s<- +1,o
opening of the Atchison bridge, which
still stands That same week Colonel
D. r. Anthony was shot in Leaven-
worth, and regular trains were estab-
liShed between Kansas City and Topeka
on the new railroad.
INGALLS, THE DELEGATE.
In 1877 ingalls, was chosen as a dele
gate to represent Kansas at the editori-
al association meeting in Denver
Ingalls, made himself famous this
same year by delivering an grafton at
the unveiling of a monument in the
memory of John Brown at Osawatomie.
He said of Brown:
In any age or country, or under any
system where abuses existed that
needed correction, he would have been
a reformer in politics and a Puritan in
religion. He would have gone with
Huss to the state or with Sidney to the
scaffold."
June 20, 1873, was a memorable day
for Topeka, because telegram was re-
ceived from Tom Ryan and Mr. Ingalls,
that congress had appropriated
$40 900 for the government building
here.
During all this time, while ingalls,
was in Washington, he was taking a
deep interest in the State Historical
society, and the original tally sheets
showing the first election of senators in
this state, in April, 1851, now in posses
sion of the society, were the gifts of
ingalls,. Kansas old soldiers, and 9TH
ers in the United States. were attract
ed to ingalls, at this time by the fact
that after a severe fight, he succeeded
in pushing through the senate at Wash
ington the bill which gave to the old
soldiers the privilege of collecting from
the government arrears in pension