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Show 1NUAI.1.S OF KANSAS. Democrats do not lote John James Ingalls, of Kansas. They fear his tongue, though they admire his genius and his consistent Dartisanshin. In this prosaic age a brilliant mind working work-ing in unison with an effective delivery is very rare, and when we read some of Ingalls speoches uttered in congre.se and out we are uot in the least surprised sur-prised that the democrats are anxious to see him beaten. It is possible that Senator Ingalls may be beaten. The fury of the alliance Btorm has not spent itself yet and it is strong enough even now to blow away an intellectual giant like bim. The day however will come when the powers pow-ers that aroused the storm will regret their course if they take it. Ingalls is too well grounded in his political faith to compromise with the farmers on the basis of any of their chimerical schemes as Vance did. It is possible, though not at all certain, therefore, that he may not be returned this time. ' There is one thing, however, that gives us hope: Most of the opposition to Ingalls, at least the noisy, blataut opposition, comes from the democrats, whose number in joint legislative session ses-sion is full Nine. Impotent to do any good this inane minority is trying to work all tho misohief it can. The republicans re-publicans count sixty-four members, all enthusiastic for Ingalls. The question then is, how many of the ninety-two alliance party will have sense enough to vote for the man who has given Kansas Kan-sas more prestige in the country and greater iutluenee in the councils of the nation than any othor man and who, like every other republican, is a good enough farmer In the sense that he favors tho rational demands of the new party. Nineteen votes from the latter will keep the fiery Atehisonian in Washington where he belongs. |