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Show INCALLS IN WAR PAINT. The senatorial tight In Kansas is growing interesting. Senator Iugalls is fighting the greatest battle of his life for re-election and his enemies are working equally hard to defeat him. The farmers' alliance has a clear majority ma-jority of twenty-seven votes over the republicans, re-publicans, and there are nine democrats demo-crats in the legislature who will probably prob-ably vote with the allianee in order to defeat Ingalls. Buffalo Express. The fact with respect to the senatorial senator-ial Ingalls' situation in Kansas appears to be that Mr. Ingalls' chances of reelection re-election depend entirely upon his ability to prevent the farmers' alliance members of the legislature from going into a caucus for the selection of u candidate. can-didate. His friends say that this is feasible, and his enemies say it is impossible; im-possible; and so the average citizen caa only wait and watch. St. Louis Golbe-Democrat. Golbe-Democrat. Senator Ingalls will not return to Washington until his contest for re-eloction re-eloction before the Kansas legislature is decided. For once in his life the iridescent iri-descent statesmen will not talk for the benefit of the newspapers, although he maintains that grand air of contidence which characterized Parnell just before the Kilkonny election. Madison Democrat. Demo-crat. When Senator Ingails visited Topeka two months ago he rode in a carriage drawn, by prancing steeds, preceeded by the a band, and met with an ovation. This time he felt the tram solitary and alone, and was hauled, to his hotel in a dilapidated , omnibus, propelled by a couplo of epavined equines. Leavenworth Leaven-worth Standard. Mr. Ingalls growa more and more seo-retive seo-retive as the alliance members in the Kansas legislature grow more and more pronounced in their opposition to him. Silence is golden, but it is silver the alliance men want and lots of it added to the circulating modium. St. Louis Republic Seuator Ingalls celebrated his fifty-seventh fifty-seventh birthday on Monday last and received many kind "remembrances." but most welcome of all was the promise prom-ise of several alliance votes when the Kansas legislature shall begin balloting for a senator. Minneapolis Tribune. The announcement that Senator Ingalls In-galls is at the Kanfas capital, and that lie proposes to remain there during the soutorlal fight, Indicates that the Widow Ingalls knows what he want and isn't afraid to step up and ask for it. Boston Bos-ton Herald. An Ingalls organ in Kansas says its Benator "does not wish to be bothered wish politics." It appears from this distance that politics, and especially Kansas politics, does not care particularly particu-larly to bother with Ingalls. New York World. It is Ingalls against the alliance, but if the alliance stands firm there will be no Senator Ingalls from Kansas after March 4 next, for on that day he would do the great act whirh the date describes, de-scribes, Buffalo Times. When you see a man pretending to be indifferent to office before an election it is always best to wait until the election is over before accepting his pretenses as sincere. Just look at Ingalls. Evan-sville Evan-sville Courier. Senator Ingalls proposes to plant his senatorial tepee on the foreground of the fray in Kansas, and is utterly indifferent in-different to the consovuences of camping camp-ing on the lee side of Stockless Jerry Simpson. Omaha Bee. What a cheek a man must have to go among farmers whom he fleeces out of 18 per cent' interest and solicit their support. Yet Ingalls, of Kansas, is doing that very thing. Harrisburg Patroit. It is likely enough, from the state of bis fences, that Ingalls' original two weeks' leave from the senate to go home to Kansas may be indefinitely extended. Jnst like him. Philadelphia Times. Tenator Ingalls has engaged quarters in Topeka for a month, evidently expecting ex-pecting a long siege. There ought to ne some "cloture rule" on the senator-ship. senator-ship. St. Joseph Ballot. Senator Ingalls is preparing a review of Hay and, Nicolay's "Life of Lincoln." He is aot working on it just now, though, more than eighteen hours a day. Kansas City Star. Ingalls is one on the ground conducting conduct-ing his tight in person, The hole into which bis. enemies said he would creep is open for their accommodation. Philadelphia Press. The Kansas alliance may kill Senator Ingalls, bnt if it does Ingalls proposes to oe a conspicious feature of the funeral fun-eral procession. Peoria Transcript. The indications are that Senator Ingalls In-galls will soon be enabled to devote his entire time to loaning money at a un-surious un-surious rate of interest Indiannpolis Sun. |