The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
KANSAS ALLIANCE.
An Interesting Letter On Plans
to Capture
Ingalls, Seat in the senate-Congressma Tur
ners YersiOn-The Affair Creates
o Sensation.

TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. THE Auidnce Ad-
uOcdte, the organ of the Kansas State Farm
ers' alliance, in to days issue published
letter from Congressman F. j. Turner, of
Kansas, to Frank McGrath, president of
the Kansas Farmers alliance, in connec-
ton with the pending senatorial contest.
The letter has created considerable of
sensation in political circles. The follow
ing extracts are taken from it.
''Ingalls will try to force his election or
drive the Alliance men into caucus to agree
upon their man i'll order to force the cleo
ton of an Alliance man. He can carry
the party down with him. L received
a letter from Farwell at Osborne, and
he says their representatives do not
like the Alliance candidate and would
vote FOR some good Republican, but not for
ingalls,. Farweu wants to know if L want
his vote. think it can be had. l saw
Senator Berry, of Marshal, here yesterday
He is positively opposed to ingalls,, but will
vote for him if there is no other Republi-
Can. Judge Perkins asked me to talk to
him IN his (Perkins) interests and [ did so.
told him to talk to Senator Wilson, of
Hays City, as l thought he felt as Berry
did. Shall write Wilson tonight and ask
him what he thinks about the possibility of
my election. | have no money to spend in
the fight. If succeeded could and would
put up $4,000 but it is difficult to use it that
way You may have some friends who
would be willing to take such chance
Now l will leave the whole matter with
you and Wilson, and abide the results with
content. Unless ingalls, gets some Ali
| ance votes he will go in with sixty two
who will vote for him reasonable number
of times, but as soon as their instructions
are completed they will leave him. Some
of the Alliance candidates may ex-
votes when they leave Ingalls,
That would keep all of them in the field
| Codding thought he could get the Republi-
can vote. OF course the Alliance caucus
would name man and this would
settle it,
This letter came to McGrath's Office with
other correspondence and was opened by
to Chairman Chase, of the Alliance
! legislative committee. Copies were
made of the letter and the orig
inal was turned over to McGrath
The Alliance leaders then asked McGratn
to give the letter to the public and clear
| himself of any suspicion which might at
tach to the proposition contained in it. He
refused TO give Inc letter TO Chairman
Chase for publicity, knowing nothing of
the copies having been made. Chase then
turned over his copy OF the letter TO the
editor of the AdUOcdt6. Accompanying the
publication is note by the editor, DR..
McLallin, saying: 1--WE regret the position
in which the publication of this
letter places the president of the state
Alliance, and member of the executive
board (Coddingl We leavesthem to make
such explanation as they may deem lit to
make. The schemes that are unfolded in
this interesting document are worthy of
some consideration at this time. We ex-
pect this publication to lead to other de-
j velopments, which we shall give to our
readers as the plot unfolds.n
McGrath tonight said the Alliance
officers were at liberty to inspect all of his
letters. He could not prevent people from
writing to him. Further he would not
! talk