The Iola register., 1891-01-16
a POLITICAL SENSATION.

The Politicians of the State Capital Stirred
UP Over q Letter Purporting to Have
Been Written BY Congressman Turner
Mr.. Turner's Denial.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. S.-A letter writ
ten by Congressman E. ]. Turner to
Frank McGrath, president of the Farm
ers' Alliance, which has fallen into the
hands of persons for whom it was not
intended, furnishes the most sensational
political story of the State Senatorial
| campaign.
1t is the first intimation that the pub
lie has had that both Mr.. Turner and
Bishop Perkins are candidates for
United States Senator. Following is
the letter:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, q. 6, WASH
NGToN, ID. c., Dec. 81, 1S90.-Dear McGrath:
| i wrote you yesterday, but from thoughtless-
ness addressed it to J. g. McGrath, care Ma
tional Hotel, Topeka / got your fathers
initials instead of yours. / wrote in regard
to some railroad legislation.
Ingalls, will try to force his election or drive
the Alliance men into caucus to agree upon
their man, in order to force the election of
an Alliance man, so that he can carry the
party down with him. He carried It down at
the election and can carry it down with less
election of a Republican Is defeated.
Just received a letter from Farwell of Os-
borne, and he says the Representative does
not like the Alliance candidates, and that he
is an old Republican and would vote for
some good Republican, but would not vote
for Ingalls,.
Farwell wants to know if 1 want his vote;
thinks it can be had.
wrote him an evasive letter; asked him
what he thought of 1t, etc. that had not
written any one upon the subject, etc.
saw Senator Berry, of Marshall County,
here yesterday and he Is positively opposed
to ingalls,, but says he will vote for him If
there is no other Republican to vote for.
Judge Perkins introduced him to me and
asked me to talk with him in his PerkinsD
interest and / did so. He would not support
Osborne or Peck, but said he could support
Perkins.
told him not to fear; there would come a
time when he would get an opportunity to
vote for some other Republican than Ingalls,,
and he was anxious to get into the deal.
told him to talk to Senator Wilson, as
thought he felt just as he Derry did. 1
shall write Senator Wilson, of Hays City, to-
night, and ask him what he thinks of my
election, and he nereT talks.
told him you were my friend and he could
talk with you confidentially.
have no money to spend in a fight II I
it Is difficult to use IL that way: that Is, to
promise in case of success: yet you may have
some friend who would be willing to take
such chances.
We will pass that bill to establish that
United States judicial district, and can have
a United States marshal and clerk: the first
changes with administrations and the clerk
is for life, But guess you know take care
OF my friends.
We have agreed not to agitate this bill un-
til the election there is over, for ingalls,
would be jumped onto for all the places and
injure him, as some of the Eastern fellows
might try to commit him against It.
Now, will leave the whole matter with
you and Will p. Wilson and abide results
with content.
If there is any thing new in the printer
matter that can adjust let me know.
Ihave just finished drawing bill shall
introduce to loan money upon farm security.
like II and / think You will. VIII send you
a copy as soon as II is printed. 1t is on the
general plan of issuing money on farm
security in the interest of farmers, instead of
issuing II on bonds in the interest of bank
ers. Yours truly. Il j. TURNER.
z. S.-Unless ingalls, gets some Alliance
votes he will go in with sixty-two who will
vote for him a reasonable number of times.
But as soon as their instructions are COM
piled with they will leave him. Some of the
Alliance expect 10 get SOhlc
of the Republicans when they leave ingalls,;
that would keep all of them in the field.
Codding thought he could get the Republican
votes when Ingalls, was out of the way. OF
course, an Alliance caucus for that purpose
would name the man, and that would end It,
The political effect of the publication
of this letter can not be predicted.
The Alliance advocate in commenting
on the letter says: 1--WE regret the posi-
ton in which the publication of the let
ter places the president of our State Alli-
ance and a member of the executive
board, and we leave them to make such
personal explanation as they have to
make. The letter having come into our
we have no apologies to
offer for its publication. We believe
our readers are entitled to all we know
about it."
TURNER'S EMPHATIC DENIAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Congressman
Turner, of Kansas, was shown tele-
gram stating that the Alliance Advo-
cate of Kansas had published a letter
from him to Frank McGrath, president
of the Farmers Alliance of that State,
In which he offered $1,000 if elected
Senator. Mr.. Turner said that he had
written no such letter and that the
publication of such statement was a
gross misrepresentation. He could not
imagine what the thing meant for he
was not in any sense a candidate for
Senator nor would he be a candidate.
A Consul's Reception.