The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22

this year would wipe it out. How is THAR
s'John Sherman does not know the
farmers of the United States, replied Mr..
Simpson. HE looks upon them as set
of blank fools. and this is the view Of your
leading statesmen, The Alliance has
growth of fifteen years. 1t was never SO
strong as it is today, and 1t is growing. 1t
is not political party, and it Is more like
q secret society or fraternity than po-
Iticai party. Its aim was to accomplish
its ends by the efforts of its individual
members. and il is the combination of the
farmers OF the country for their own good.
This Is an age of combination. The rail-
ways, the Insurance interests, the bankers
and ali the trades of the United States are
now working in combination for the re-
spectiye good of the classes to which they
belong. Agricultural conditions have
changed and the farmer finds that his
class must combine in order TO secure its
rights. You may De surprised at the size
OF the Alliance. We have about 8, co.,
000 members, and Judge we have at least
2,UOo,oOO voters. l had talk with the
head OF the eolored Alliance of the United
states the other day. He is white man
but ne tells me there are 100000 of the
colored Alliance. These men are in the
South and they will vote with US. | have
Travelled over a large part of the South
within the past few weeks and | can tell
you that the Alliance is growing very
largely there
THE PASSING OF INGALLS,.
"The thing which knits the farmers of
the North and South together was the de-
feat OF Senator Ingalls, for reelection by
the Alliance" continued Mr.. Simpson.
He was the representative of the bloody
shirt element. He wanted to continue
waving this garment in the face of the
people OF the next generation. Now the
west ana the South naturally ought TO
work together. Their interests are largely
the same. and in the South about 10 per
cent: OF the people are farmers. In Kan
sas, Nebraska and Minnesota about 90 per
cent are farmers. 1t was only this agita-
ton that kept US apart, and our defeating
ingalls, made the farmers of the South
reach out their hands to US, and We are
now together
What will the Alliance do in the next
congress-"
81 can't say what we will be able to do.
Ten OF US WILL | think, stay out of the
caucuses OF the two parties and we will do
what we can to further our interests. We
wall meet together and form bill looking
to the oetterlng of the financial and agri-
cultural condition of the country Money
should be so regulated that it will not
brlng more than 3 per cent. at interest.
When it brings more than this it begins
to eat up the increase of the wealth of the
country. At present there are in the
United States about $62 900, 600, coo
worth POO o oil 900 property and there
which pay an interest of 10 per cent. We
pay over S320o00,000 worth Of interest
every year, or nearly $50 in interest for
each man, woman and child in the coun-
try. These figures speak for themselves
The farmers understand them, and | be-
lleve that we are on the eve of party rev.
olution. There will undoubtedly be a
third party in the next presidential cam
paign, and | believe in the far future par
ties will change in this country, and the
two great parties will be, one consisting of
the friends of the great corporate interests
OF the railroad and monopolies run by
large capital and of capitalits, and the
other will be made up of the friends of
labor, of the agricuiturist5 and the poor.
The above is the gist of my talk with
jerry Simpson. | met him at his house
on First street, Northeast, within stones
throw of the capitol. He talks freely and
has good command of language, though
his grammar is not as good at times as it
might be. He says 'done" for did" and
now and then "seen" for "saw," but
his words drop clean-cut from his
believes what he says. He is not a
man of education, save in the school
of hard American life. He was born
in New Brunswick just fifty years
ago next month and as boy moved to
New York. He drifted to the Great Lakes,
and for twenty-three years worked upon
the vessels there, starting in as a cabin-boy
and coming out a captain. He served
short time in the army, and about fifteen
years ago left the lakes and bought farm
in Kansas. He pre-empted 160 acres and
bought GAO more. During my talk with
him | asked him as to whether he still
owned the farm and whether there was a
mortgage on it. He replied that his farm
consisted of one square mile and that he
was sorry to say that it had mortgage on
it. FRANK G.. CARPENTER.