The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-03
THE ALLIANCE IN THE WEST
1T IS THE UNCERTAIN ELEMENT
WHICH KNOCKS OUT THE
CALCULATIONS OF THE
POLITICIANS.
The Situation Portrayed in Kansas.
Ingalls, May Be Defeated. 1t Is Said I.
But Will He.

TOPEKA, august ~. .-lne pOnlcal out /
look in Kansas is what the down east /
| weather forecaster would characterize as
''mighty onsartin." The situation is
dramatic-whether comic, melodramatic
serio-comic or downright tragic, de-
pends on the point Of view Of the OBJ
server. The political aspect Of the
State is perplexing the most experienced
politicians Of both parties, and predic-
! tions of the result OF the campaign are
as various as prognosrications might be
/ of the weather on the decisive day,
| November I
Two years have not gone by since Kan
sas astonished the continent by giving
Harrison and Morton a plurality larger
than that Of Pennsylvania herself The
Sunfiower states 50 900 Republican plu-
rality Immediately became famous and
was sign to coniure by for political sue
cess in the State. That the State was
reliably Republican went without say
ing. Texas was not more reliably the
reverse. So the newspapers talked and
doubtless so the distributors Of the
loaves and fishes at Washington thought,
for numerous we're the means that went
up from the praries of Kansas as one
fat, sweet-savored fish followed an
other and the light, weel-kueaded loayes
were passed along 10 crafty the capa-
cious appetite Of Indiana, New York and
other States Of dubious political COM
ple1ion. As sheer matter Of fact KAN
sas received her full share OF the offices,
but not the share to which by reason Of
her prod igious Republican vote she felt
entitled. The first premonltions e ap
preaching trouble appeared in the walls
Of the disappointed, and they We're many.
The State patronage was also not dis
tributed to the satisfaction Of all the
hungry and thirsty. and presently there
arose complaint from the young men
that the ''old crowd" were getting 100
5 much pudding, and a response from the
: ''old crowd" that the youngsters were
sticking their fingers in altogether too
! prnmiscuouSly.
! While this division was going on with
! in the camp, congress was getting ready
; to sit and there occurred the c5ntTover-
5 81 over the duty on silver-lead ore from
Mexico, which under rulings hitherto
r had been admitted free, as silver, alu
I were chiefly used IN the mammoth smell
: ter at Argentine, has. TIE decision Of
4 Secretary Window that these ores We're
] dutiable as lead, Threatened to destroy
: the growing smelling industry and I'M
: mediately put Kansas ID bad frame of
O miud over the tariff.
5 q year ago came the great crops, the
: largest the soil Of Kansas had ever pro
e duced, and the farmers were Jubllalt.
e To the great disappointment and distress
q of the chief industry Of the State, how
e ever, the market Went to nothing, corn
/ sold at the crib for i to Is all the win
/ ter less than the cost of production; the
e Alliance began doing missionary work
r among the discontented Of both parties
If and by spring of 1890 there were 100,
o 600 members and nearly 1000 Sub Ali
y ances in the State. ol. Polk tells u
II that there are now $4,000 membe,
d in Kansas. ED. The extraordinar!
growth of this organization is phe
nomenon in Kansas. 1t did not increas
with the steady growth Of any simila
organization Of the past, but rather i
came up "like an exhalation" from tn
soil, and enveloped almost the entir
at farming population. What the strengt
e. of tha Alliance now is, no one but it
is leaders know; and as it is secret in it
.,I
else is likely to discover.
10 The peoples party comprises this OF
Dc ganization of the farmers and, in add
J, ton, the demoralized and scattered rem
og nants of the union labor party and th
ca political nondescripts and scraps Of a
De- ages, nationalities, sects and condition:
ISL It had been liked" that the first go
eu ernor Of the State, Hon. Charles RobiI
IL - No, ~,
ole or at the peoples convention Of Augu
14th, in this city, to be endorsed by tt
Democratic State convention OF Septen
Der 9th, at Wichita. This was SO full
understood that Robinson was concede
by Democrats and Republicans alike,
:. have the nomination in his hands, bu
VI to the universal surprise as we'll as
re- the discontinue of the political manip
lators he was defeated, and John v
e~. Its, former Republican and a farme
-; was nominated in his place The Pc
~ Piles ticket now in the field compris
,ed Democrats, Republicans, third par
ne prohibitioniot5 and ''resu bmissionlst
I'm The average vote in 1888 was, for st
10 retary Of state, as follows Republlca
cry 2,511; Democratic, 102,951 uni
ma labor, 3S, 1872; and third party prohl
tlon, 6,391-the total vote being $50, Q:
This year the total vote, it is estimate
ties will be anywhere from 230,O to %
OOO The good standing Of the sta
in the census will help the
publican party, while the partial CT
hort failure will be compensated, in politi
- effect, by the high prices. If the De
'he ocrats endorse Ives, Democrat a
can rampant anti-prohibitionist, the alliaI
fifth candidate for attorney general,
mo chances for his election are good, a
the office Of chief importance in the
cru forcement of prohibition will be CT
tate tured.
hey Such is the situation one week bef
san, the Republican convention. Gov. III
phreys and the state officers genera
whose places are to be filled this ye
will be renominated by acclamati
with the exception of state treasu
and auditor.
or There will be one difficulty pr
lem of how to treat the tariff questi
Inc The State is strongly for tariff reft
be- and nearly every Republican paper
arri. poses the Mckinley bill and endo
fled Senator Plumb How to handle
and question puzzles the party leaders,
fnl1 yell il NAV. Thus far, such Of