Arizona republican., 1900-08-19
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 I find fault with fate for having cut down so admirable and talented a gentleman as John J. Ingalls, so early at the age of 67. MT. Ingalls in his private life was not so caustic as those who have read his eXcoriations of his opponents would imagine. A kinder hearted man never lived and none whom newspaper re- porters and correspondents more loved He may not on all occasions have sat isfied the curiosity of interviewers, for among MT. Ingalls, many accomplish ments was that one of being circum- spect. But he never turned a reporter away rudely. He sent him away with an impression that his own sorrow was mingled with the reporters on account of the disappointment.
 
 The same is true of most of the prom inent men whom have met. The high CT the position of a public man the more approachable he is. He may con ceal information and be actually guilty of deception and mendacity, but he is gentlemanly and regretful and lovable. There are exceptions to this rule among great men. but the exceptions are dys- peptic. The really lordly and unap- proachable public man is the small and mysterious politician without the tact of scientific deception and without the instincts of a gentleman. the lack of which tact and instinct prevents him from ever becoming more than small and mysterious person. He may get into congress in a spasm of popular in sanity in the district in which he re- sides. but he can not get any bigger, he is still small and mysterious.
 
 The breadth and loVableness of MT. Ingalls, was made known to me in the following incident: In the summer of 1891, after MT. Ingalls, retirement from the United States senate he was en- gagged to deliver his then new lecture "A Statesman Out of job in a small college town a few miles from the city where l was employed. There had never been an adequate report of the lecture and l was indirectly delegated by the St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat to accom- pany MT. Ingalls,. At the last moment I found it impossible to leave my regu- lar employ ment and turned the com mission over to Arthur Grubb, who was 
 newspaper work, which ended in his tragic death. Mir. Ingalls, was then in the city. I accompanied MT. Grubb to his hotel and introduced him to the eX- senator. explained my errand and hoped that he would give Mir. Grubb points which would enable him to get up a good report. MT. Ingalls, replied that he had no notes: that the lecture
 
 said he would gladly furnish MT. Grubb what assistance he could.
 
 What subsequently, happened was re- lated to me by MT. Grubb. As soon as they were seated on the train Mir. Grubb. with a nervousness born of an eXaggeration of the task before him, tried to start a con- versation about the Fired Statesman" Mir. Ingalls, replied with observations about the weather. Grubb made score of attempts to get at the lecture but they were all neatly turned aside. At last MT. Ingalls, said: My dear boy. don't worry about the lecture: the Globe Democrat will have a good re- port of it. Both of us together ought to get up a satisfactory one" Grubb had faith enough to worry no more. During the progress of the lecture Grubb, who was a brilliant scholar and writer, prepared a magnificent opening and sent it in. After the close of the lecture he and MT. Ingalls, went to the telegraph office and made more busi- ness for the operator in that Out-ofthe way town than he had ever had before. Mir. Ingalls, began where Grubb had left off and when he was weary Grubb re- stunned. After they had loaded the wires with four column synopsis of "A Statesman Out of Job and were get ting warmed to the work, the telegraph editor of the GlUbe-DemocIat broke in with For Gods sake stop!" It was story of q lecture which will always be remembered by those who read it. It was so vivid that one could almost imagine he was hearing it.
 DISCOURAGING TO LYNCHERS.