The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1891.
HE WILL ANSWER NEITHER.

in this state, Mr.. L. L. Polk, mission
ary from intelligent and civilized
North Carolina to igu6rant and unciv-
ilized Kansas, declared that the third
party stood independent and alone,
and that its purpose is to overthrow
and annihilate the two old parties.
In view of this statement, and in view
of the fact that his people and himself
regard him as a missionary come to
preach the gospel of true government,
as they call it, he should be willing to
inform the common mind upon mat
tiers relating to those two subjects,
namely the subject of a distinct third
party and the subject of good and hon.
est government. Believing that he
has this willingness, and knowing
that there are several things which
stand sorely in need of explanation,
these questions are propounded to Mr..
Polk:
If third party 10 a "sure enough"
party bent on vanquishing the two old
organizations, it should be able to
show as much as one candidate who
is running or has run, against the
Democratic nominee in southern leg
islative district. Will Mr.. Polk please
enlighten the public by naming one
such candidate-just one?
Will Mr.. l.. l.. Polk, ex-confederate,
of North Carolina, and president of
the alleged Alliance party, name one
single congressional district in a
southern State in which his party has
candidate for congress against the
Democratic nominee? Will he please
name the one?
Will Mr.. L. l.. Polk chief headlight
of the new party, name single State
officer whom his party has nominated
and supported in any Democratic
State? That party has run so many
in the Republican States, that it
ought to be able to show at least one
in Democratic territory. Will Mr..
Polk please trot one out?
Will Mr.. L. l.. Polk, who Is now In
the business of instructing the people
i'm this State, tell them how it hap
pens that i'm North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia all the members
of the legislatures of the states respec-
lively who belonged to the Alliance
voted to elect members of the Demo-
cratic party-men owing allegiance to
that party-to the senate of the Un-
tied States, while in North Dakota,
Kansas and Illinois, the members of
the same Alliance and so called indie
pendent party joined the Democrats
in defeating Republican candidates
for the senate?
Will Mr.. Polk explain further how
it is that while the State convention
of the Alliance in Maryland endorsed
for reelection Senator German, DEM
ocrat, the same alleged independent
party is united in Ohio in its efforts
to defeat John Sherman. Republican?
Do tell, Mr.. Polk.
Now, as to the matter of good gov
eminent, which he seeks so earnestly
to establish, viii Mr.. Polk please ex-
plain how the "seperate ballot boxn
lawsiof North Carolina and South Car
olina, whereby the voter is required to
vote for each candidate separately,
and if he puts a ballot in the wrong
box losses his vote-will he tell how
this arrangement conduces to "good
government" The influence of this
proceeding upon free ballot and
honest count might be made the SUBJ
ject of special explanation. Will Mr.
Polk enlighten the people?
Will Mr.. L. L. Polk, the ex-Confed-
crate of North Carolina, who is in
Kansas speaking his mind, as il is his
undoubted right to do, in denuncia-
ton of certain and many things which
he claims to be the result of Republic
can misrule-willh he please tell wheth-
er the same privilege of free speech
exists in South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi and Alabama as to a
northern man who might choose to go
there and renounce the rule or misrule
Of the Democratic party? And if not,
why not? 1t should be so under "good
Speaking about enlightenment and
good government" will Mr., Polk
make a comparison between North
Carolina and Kansas as to the num-
Der of school houses, length of school
term and the amount of money actual
~ expended for school purposes?
In his Topeka speech, Mr.. L. L.
Polk, of North Carolina, acclaimed
against those who do not labor with |
their hands and endeavored to excite
the hate Of those who do so labor
Would this searcher for good govern
nent" dare to make such speech in
any southern State to the black Ia
borers thereof. And does he not know
hat any one who made such a speech
under the "good government" of the
'outh would be mobbed?
If Mr.. Polk will take mp the ques-
ions and answer them fully he will
greatly expedite his work of showing
hat the third party is bona fide par
y; and he will also more quickly show
With what sort of grace man from