, 1873-04-17
n BombsheIl in the Republican Ranks-.-
Interview with Jerry Bradley,
"Secretary."
Intention Of the Farmers to Gain the
Control Of the Next Legis-
lature,
Farmers Meeting at Geneseo, Ill.



From Our 0ten Correspondent
WATERLOO Dlackhawk Co., H., April IS, 1B7s.
The 4oeling among tho farmers Of Iowa In re-
zard to nonopolios is not loss deep and intonao
that It appears less upon theBuriaco. The clubs
Of Illinois have no restraint their uttoranceH
lhey moot in open day, Say what they haVo to
bay with perfect freedom, and resolve and renlon-
strate, bound only by slight thread Of parlia-
montary law. Thore are few, IT any, Farmers
Clubs here, Tho secret feeling Of antagonaHm to
oppression in oyory form ID uurRod In tho 8ran8os
Of tho
PATRONS OF HUscANDnT,
and finds limitod vent at their meetings. Tho
order il secret ono, whose aims arc yelled,
and whose action can bo but partially known |
through lcaky members. Dlackhawk County, OF !
which Waterloo ia tile county-Boat, is ono OF tho
strongest grange countios, It has moro than |
twenty of the subordinate lodges, and ita COM
bined action commands respect everywhere.
Hardin, Gruady, Franklin, Butler. and Bremer,
all prosperous neighboring countios,-lend
their moral aid, nnd cooperate In tho general
movement. Tho whole region la ngloW beneath
the surface; 1t is
THE VERY noT-DED
Of the great agitation now stirring tho entire
agricultural population Of tho Northwest.
It Is i've gears sinco the first grange WAS or
ganized, in Jaspor County. The order has sinco
grown to gigantic proportions. Thoro are said
to DO no loss than
TWELVE HUNDRED ORANGES
in tho State, with an aggregate adult membor-
shipof nearly 100,0 600. Tho number Of minor
organizations is fast increasing, and those in
existence arc growing rapidly. There Is scarcely
4 township Ii tho n'~ta without its subordinate
grange. In Bi1 months, there ".n he
scarcely 10000 farmers in Iowa who
Husbandry. Tho sprend Of tho sontimont
gradual, but steady and Irresistible. Tho aggre-
WIS something over 200, 900. Tho Changers can
already poll nearly half that number Of votes,
and, beforo many months, they will be- able to
poll
THREE-Fou1THs OF THE ENTIRE VOTE
Of the Commonwealth. Tho power to DO here
after e.ertod by tho order will depcnd on It's
joint and harmonious action. But will this vast
multitude act together7 Win they keep then,-
selyes out Of tho tolls Of the politicians7 win
they not DO torn BY internal divisions
and disaensiona viii not thoir, leaders
uee their personal influence to rend tho great
body to fragmonts2 These are questions which
the politicians aro beginning to ask rs thoy SEQ
tho storm looming on tho horizon: Tho leaders
terrogations. They cannot but be occasionally
seized with ominous fear TINT tho vast ma
chinoy which thoy now control with 80 much
euse, may ero long become unwieldy,-that tho
huge craft may soon
TRANSCEND THEIR SKILL IN PLOTTING.
A clause In tue Constitution Of the Patrons Of
Husbnndry excludes politics from their deibera-
tons aud from their action. Yot al acknowledge
that they must, sooner or lator, use political
machinery to accomplish their ends. Tho fol-
lowing proceedings Of meeting, said to havo
boon hold at Waterloo some weekB ago, suggest
tho
CASUALTIES TO WHICH THE MOVEMENT 1s LIABLE |:
twenty counties held In this city On the 31st ut, Tie
following resolutions were adopted
betrayed and aol out by Ill parties. We now deem ait il
,kitsoIptd, That We wi!l support 3: " Adams. o,
Allamhkee County, for Governor, and James Wilkin-
son, q Ta1ns County, for outcnanta at tho
the Io.ea Ho.aesxad Iooa State Reporicr, and Cedar
Eans Recorder With request TINT they publish the
JEnEMr BRADLEY, secrctary' n'''"Sf41' 1'e''''A''
These resolutions frat met tho eyo Of tho pub.
lic in the Waterloo Reporter. They created CON
s!derablo surprise In this quiet community.
Tint any meeting Of oranges had been held horo
fon the day named, certainly not one ut which
twenty countiea were represented BY delegates.
Hhe editor Of the Reporter, on being asked for
IN explanation, could only anRwer thnt the reso-
tutions had been brought him for publication by
Terry Bradley, the oatonsb1o Secretary, and lie
published them, suppoBing them to bo tho bona
1lde expression OF the sentiment OF lalge con-
etitueney. They, were copied everywhere
throughout the btata, and eyen in distant cities.
Eeceiving In many cases editorial comment.
They
FELL 11KE DoMn.suE11
@nto the closo Republican ranks Of Iowa, whore
Aoyalty to Gov. Carpenter tho presont in
can presB Of the State raised unanimous cry of
horror and dissent. The resolutions ware inl-
portsnt so far as they represented tho ronl feel-
Ing Of the granges, and no further. The sensa-
aion that they have cauaod must surely tickle tho
vanity OF their authors.
THE FOLLOWING LETTER,
said to have been written by ono of the most
prominent drangera in this pnrt OF tile State, ap-
pearod In the Waterloo Courier Of April 10:
To tho Edttors af Tho Hattrloo Courier:
serye preamble and resolutions purposting to have
aes u aanae'x It II as
Of the State, which formally place the names Of b. W
~ candidatea for Governor and
pelmit me to ray that am In position to know a.
much OF the purposes Of the Patrons OF Huabaudry In
names sEo appendodto the resolutions published
and hare assert that tho resolutions arc unauthorized
he Order Of Patrons. and calculated to do great
inJuhtice to IT, aud to compromise Its intoresta aud In.
ausnee: here denouncslt a. In sense ref1ecsing
1ne opinions or Judgment Of tho great majority ol
IN this part Of Iowa. and assort Ito belief hat
eh1s o1psssson will meet with tho appreciation Of tha
.e, o.aef throughout the Rsata and the West 1ndg-
April 3, 1873. AfA1HoS'
. f2nf correspondent, desiring to probe the
matter matter 70 tho bottom. resolved to SO to Mr.
Jeremy bradley as the fountan-head of infornna-
ton: Mr' Bradley livea 1T Cedar rails, In this
!. uEpAl PALLY'
Is village not destitute Of rural attraottone .t..
nated ht the rapids Of tho Cedar River. ! nina
above Waterloo. It was tho acrimonioua rival NJ
tho latter, until great disparity Of population
rendered rivalry impossible. Arriving at Cedar
Falls, tho writer entered bsar-saloon, for
purely intetTogatory purposes. and asked the
stout Touton behind the counter where he could
lind
JERRY BRADLEY.
A{tsE 4 fsW preliminary and pmipous sni1e,