Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-31
Precious Pair of Frauds.

ance, has had MS record traced uOWH
and is found to be a renegade Of the
worst sort. In company with one
Ralph Beaumont this Polk is in Kan
sas at present preaching to the ALI
ances. Ex-Gov. Samuel J. Crawford
has taken some pains to look up the
mems record and says:
"Since these two distinguished pa
triots have taken it upon themselves
to enlighten the people of Kansas,
have come in possession of some facts,
bearing upon their record, which may
be of interest to those who are inclined
to follow them and listen to their tales
of VICE.
"This man Polk halls from the great |
agricultural and stock-producing state |
of Moth Carolina. He came into |
prominence as a lieutenant in the con-
federate army, and would have distin-
guished himself in the first skirmish,
but for the fact that he was suddenly
seized with chill and compelled to re-
tire behind log. His captain seeing
his unfortunate condition, suggested
that if he would move over on the
warm side it would be less chilly. He
next appeared as an ultra secession
democratic member of the legislature,
and afterwards as commissioner OF
agriculture for his state. In this lat
ter position he served a few years,
when for reasons best known to his
bondsmen, he retired. Whether his
deficit has yet been made good, the
records in the agricultural department
at Raleigh will show.
"Col. John NJ, Robinson, his sue
cessor, in recent publication said: 1T
is we'll known fact that he (Polk) is
the greatest humbng in the state
After retiring from the agricultural de-
partment he formed partnership with
an honest mechanic and commenced
dealing in agricultural implements at
Raleigh, but the concern soon closed,
and his partner was left to foot the
bills.
His next exploit was to plunge into
patent medicine, and turn up as
quack doctor and the discOverer of a
cure for diphtheria, Group, corns, and
other ills to which the flesh is heir. To
manufacture and introduce this sure
cure for all ailments he went to Bos-
ton, and enlisted with him man OF
means, but as usual, the thing fZZled
out, and he returned to North Carolina,
leaving his partner to hold the bag.
"Having failed at everything else,
he again leaped into politics, and COM
menced the publication Of small pa
per at Winston, North Carolina. This,
like all his other visionary schemes,
soon collapsed, and he returned to
Raleigh and joined the farmers ALI
ance."
Beaumont is laboring (?) man of
leasure who lives in luxury in Wash
ington winters and in the summer tells
the dear people how they are suffering.
That such worthless schemers are
able to mislead, bunch up and auction
off to the highest bidder, the poor,
ignOrantshovelplo and wooden mould
board, farmers of the south, is not in
the least surprising. Those people are
used to following file leaders blindly in
to every ditch that is dug for them.
But why honest, Industrious Kansas
farmers who produce more corn, wheat
and stock, in proportion to their mum.
bers than any other people on earth,
and whose opportunities are without
limit, should start off after such tramps
without knowing who they are follow
ing or where they are to be led, is be-
yond comprehension.
What do Polk and Beaumont, two
regular renegades, who never succeed,
ed in any legitimate business, care fol
the farmers of Kansas, except to bleed
them of every dollar they can get and
travel over the country at their ex-
pense?
1t does seem as though some people
were doomed to be misled and robbed
on every hand by designing dema-
gogues and disreputable scoundrels
who never miss meal nor pay cent
They are in the saddle or on the go
from morning till night, but never il
the field, except to stop honest mer
from their work and try to poison then
against their friends and neighbors
Such men are disturbers of the peace
pests to communities and enemies Of
God and man.
They are not farmers; they are mo-
laboring men; they are frauds who art
bleeding the alliance and robbing Of
the members of their hard earned do
lars. How much their gains may
amount to we do not know but we dc
know that by the time the alliance get
through some of the blatant adventur
ers, frauds and demagogues who art
: leading them deep into the mire they
will be relieved of many dollar.
The Mercury, the organ of the Texas
farmers alliance, is down on the unior
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