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Show I'ralan for lna;ilA. 1'hllaile'phla Heconl. The iiif idu hb'tory of the force bill shows that ex-Senator Ingalls was the most potent agent in defeating that dangerous dan-gerous measure. Ho would neither support the Aldrich "cloture" nor leave the chair to enable some unscrupulous republican senator lo rule in its favor. While Senator Ingalls iimtlo many enemies ene-mies among the democrats bv his bitter partisan harangues on thu lloor of the senate chamber, his personal and political poli-tical opponents were compelled to acknowledge ac-knowledge his impartiality ami integrity integ-rity in the chair of the senate by according him a unaninions vote of thanks. Such tributes arc ven rare, for they are rarely deserved. Senator Ingalls showed that a man may bean extreme partisan ami at the same time sternly just and impartial in the discharge dis-charge ot political functions. In the narrow and implacable partisan spirit of ex-Speaker Ifeed it was impossible for him to leave his prejudices and re-ciitments re-ciitments behind him wnen he undertook under-took the discharge of important political politi-cal duties. Such a man should never I be permitted lo preside over a legislative legisla-tive body. |