Evening journal., 1914-10-07
New News Of Yesterday
Senator Ingalls, COmpli-
ment to the MaSSachu-
sets Senators
BY Holland.

The late Senator John James In
gals, of Kansas, was a master of re-
partee. At no time during his long
service did he hesitate for appropri-
ate language in which to clothe the
shafts which he aimed at some one
or another Of the Senators who had
given him an opportunity. Senator
ingalls, was somewhat dreaded and
Senators VINO had made themselves
targets for his verbal assaults were
careful about again exporting them
selves to his arrows. He possessed
valuable accessories for attacks of
/ that kind in his personality and his
glittering dark eyes, which the lenses
of his spectacles seemed to enlarge
so that they we're all encOmpassing
as he swept the Senate with his
glances. Then, too, he had the gift
Of a singularly resonant voice, clear
and distinct as a trumpet blast
/ recall one occasion in the winter
of 1882 and 1888 when Senator ingalls,
demonstrated to the delight not only
! of the Senate, but of the particular
! Senators at whom his shaft was
aimed, this extraordinary ability. He
had the floor and had been speaking
! at some length when, apparently of
sudden, it occurred to him to make
some reference to the action or atti-
! tude Of one of the Senator'S from Mas
! sachusetts.
Just in the rear Of Senator ingalls,,
| but little to the right was the desk
of Henry l.. Dawes, who was the
! senior Senator from the Old Bay
State. The latter was occupied with
] writing, which was his habit when
seated at his desk in the Senate
Chamber.
Two or three rows in front of the
desk occupied by Senator Ingalls, was
that of George f. Hoar, then junior
/ Senator from Massachusetts. The
latter had partially turned in his
seat and, as was his habit, was iing-
ling family his bunch of keys with
the key ring encircling his forefnger.
Suddenly Senator Dawes looked
up and then. rising, interrupted Sen
ator ingalls, with the question: Does
I the Senator from Kansas refer to me
in the allusion he has Just made"
Instantly Senator ingalls, wheeled
around and as quick as thought could
| formulate itself into words replied:
81 did not refer to the distinguished
successor of Charles Sumner, but
did allude to the distinguished sue
cessor of Daniel Webster"
Senators all over the chamber we're
pleased with this repartee and they
all smiled, but those vino we're most
pleased were Senator Dawes and
Senator Hoar. They had been pub
licly alluded to by a Senator who was
himself a son of Massachusetts, as the
| successors, one of them of Charles
Sumner and the other of Daniel Web
ster.
Senator Dawes never concealed his
qualification that he should have been
| chosen by Massachusetts for the seat
in the United States Senate which had
been occupied by Charles Sumner.
Senator Hoar was also gratifed
whenever any of his colleagues con-
! graduated him that he should have
been sent by Massachusetts, to the
seat which once had been occupied
/ by Daniel Webster.
Senator ingalls, knew Of the par
donable pride of these Massachusetts
men in the fact that they had been
chosen for honors once borne by
Charles Sumner and Daniel Webster,
J and so it was with kindly intent that
in his repartee in answed to Senator
Dawes question he maze public allu-
sion to these distinguished success
sions.
Copyright. 1914. by e. ]. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will relate
"An Incident of the Fillmore Admin
istration."
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