The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-21
WASHINGTON Letser.
(trom our regular correspondent
Washington, August II, 1891.

strong and confident language used by
President Polk of the National Farmers
Alliance in an interview here. He said:
"Oar campaign at present is not to elect a
President or 10 secure the governsbip OF
States. We are striking at the monopo-
re have landed three-Hampton. ingalls,
and Moody, and John Sherman will be the
next: Mat Ransom, of North Carolina, Will
also be retired. We made two mistakes
that ill not be repeated. We allowed
Vance to be returned to the Senate on bis
promises and we elected Gordon to the
Senate and he has already shown himself
to be far more interested in his own per-
sonal success than in that of the Alliance.
Hereafter we shall accept no promises from
members of the old parties.
"We already have Sherman defeated.
The voting strength of the Alliance in
Ohio is 40, 900 but our members are doing
missionary work among the farmers gen.
orally, and thousands of voters not con-
pected with the Alliance will be rallied
against Sherman. We are making no fight
on Mckinley; Governorships are not valu-
able to us at the present time, but it is
probable that many Alliance votes will be
cast for the Peoples ticket. What we are
after is the balance of power in the legis-
latures which enact the laws and elect
United States Senators. 1t is q mistaken
idea to suppose that we are making . great
fight in Iowa. We are not figuring much
on results from thai State, as our organi-
cation there is weak, and the most we
expect to get out of the contest in Iowa is
to determine what strength the movement
is developing there. No scalrs are ex-
pected.
"a matters now stand in Pennsylvania
| do not think the Alliance will attempt to
dictate the successor of Senator Quay. The
State is not su ffieiently organized. but the
work is progressing rapidly. You do not
see much about it in the newspapers, but
an average of about two local alliances a
day are being organized in that State. BY
the time Senator Cameron's tenn expires
we will probably be ready TO supply his
successor. In New York the situation is
much the same. Nevertheless Senator
Hiscock will be retired in 1891, though
other causes will operate to that end be-
sides the spread of the Alliance movement.
THE report that Senator German had
captured the Maryland Alliance was an
invention. | Was present throughout the
recent convention. II the Maryland Alli-
ance is true to its principles W Alliance
Senators will be elected in that State next
winter, and Arthur p. German will not be
one of them. He is too much of a strad-
dler on the silver question to suit cur prin-
ciples. and is unacceptable in other ways.
The two Alabama Senators must also be
relieved from further service III the United
States Senate; MIR. Morgan will come fist,
then Mr.. Pugh. Congressman Gates, who
has openly declared against the Alliance
will head the procession of those who go
out of public life from that State. This
fall VIC expect to secure complete control
of Virginia, and next fall there will be an
Alliance National ticket in the field"
1t is stated here and very generally be-
lieved that Mr.. Harrison has made up his
mind that he will not stand in the way of
Mr.. Blaine's being nominated for the
Presidency next year if that gentleman's
health be sufficiently restored and he is in
clined to accept the nomination. This is
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Blaine's friends here have all along
maintained, that is, that a perfect under
standing existed between Mr.. Harrison
and his Secretary of State, and that either
of them was prepared to cordially support
the one to whom circumstance should
point as the most available candidate. In
other words that they had decided that one
of the other of them should be the nominee.
But it does not agree with the talk of some
Of Mr.. Harrisor's friends, including his
son Russell, who have very foolishly been
attempting to belitile Mr.. Blaine. thus
thinking to help Mr.. Harrison.
More than a little surprise was created
here by the announcement that but little
more than a third of the a. per cent bonds
outstanding had been sent to the Treasury
for extension at 2 per cent. There is but two
weeks left in which applications for extern
sion may be made, andit is now apparent
that the private holders ofthese bonds will
prefer to get them redeemed at maturity,
and that only those held by National banks
will be extended. Secretary Foster is said
to be worried about it, butt isn't probable
tina. Mr.. Harrison will fret any over il as
he was never in favor of the extension and
only gave his consent because Secretary
Foster was so persistent in his advocacy of
the idea. Mr.. Foster says be will be pre-
pared to redeem all the bonds that are not
extended. There were s51, 900, 900 of these
bonds ont when the proposition to extend
was first made and up to the close of
business Saturday less than 800, 900, 600
had been extended. WESTON.
One Way of S~windling
A clever sWindle is being extensively
praetised upon farmers in some localities.
A couple of men who claim to be acting as
agents for an insurance company o fBrook-
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