Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-05-27

Partisan Journals Use Partisan Prelude
Sectional Hate and the Race Question to
Create Discord In the Alliance Ranks.
George w. Shell, congressman-elect
from South Carolina and one of the first
fruits of the alliance movement in that
state, has been interviewed by
Washington paper as to the prospects of
third or alliance party in the next
presidential election He talks very
freely and very frankly. Mr. Shell was
one of the organizers of the Farmers
Alliance, and still one of its chief lead
ers and managers, and these are his
words: ''We are democrats first and
alliance men next" We have only to
commend this to those who are not
democrats first" The movement was
of democratic origin for the express
purpose of being engineered in repub-
l1can states. 1t was organized by Polk
& Co., in Kansas, in Iowa, in Nebraska,
in the Dakotas and in Minnesota, but in
no democratic state north. Mr.. Shell
has spoken very pportunely.-Kansas
City Journal.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 9s, 1891.
Hon George w. Shell
Dear sir: The above paragraph APP
date, as an editorial Such paragraphs
are just now being very industriously
circulated in republican papers, con-
corning prominent alliancemen in the
southern states. with the end in view
of soaring alliancemen in heretofore
republican states back into the repub-
lican party. win you very kindly
write and inform me whether, or not.
You used the words or expressed the
sentiments attributed to you in the
above paragraph. l trust that you will
be able to reply to me that the above
statement is a lie out of whole cloth.
Yours truly,
GEORGE c. WARD.
LAURENs, S. c., May 5, 1891.
George @. Ward, Esq
Dear Sir:-I am justin receipt of your
favor of the 2sth ultimo, forwarded
through DR.. Macune The utterance
attributed to me, copy of which you
furnish, is utterly false. l said lust
what is contained in the fnclosed al
legged interview given in New York
April 26. l qualified the expression,
''the whites of South Carolina are DEM
ocrats from necessity"
l ana a democrat, as well as an ALI.
ance man, and will vote all the while
with the alliance representatives in
congress whenever it is compatible
with the interests of the toiling masses
and in opposition to cliques, combina-
tions, trusts and monopolies, come from
whatever source they may.
thank you for calling my attention
to the distorted paragraph, thereby
giving me an opportunity of correcting
the misrepresentation.
Yours fraternally,
GEORGE w. SHELL.
The following clipping was inclosed
by Mr.. She'll
NEW YORK, April 26.-Georre w
Shell, congressman from South Caro-
lima, was at the New York hotel
Thursday, accompanied by Capt Dial.
a prominent banker of his state. Mr.
Shell succeeds Congressman Perry, of
the Fourth district He was chairman
of the committee which conducted
Tfllman's campaign last fall and is a
member of the Farmers Alliance. He
has been prominent in state politics for
many years, and for several terms has
been clerk of the court in Laura,.
county. He told a New York T;rnos
reporter that he was democrat not
withstanding that he was member
of the Farmers Alliance. 1.-THE al
lance is strong and is grow
ing steadily" he said, ''but when il
comes to politics there are but two par
ties IN South Carolina, democrats and
republicans. The whites are demo-
Gratis, the colored men republicans. I
am farmer, and was elected as such
over another democrat who was a law
yer and so not eligible to membership
But shall vote as a democrat. do
not indorse all the principles of the
Ocala platform.
Since the formation of the plutocratio
demo-repulicratic party in South Caro-
lima by the fusion of the democrats with
the republicans. Mr.. Schell doubtless
realizes the fact that the Common
people" of South Carolina, both whites
and blacks, are forced to become third
party men 'from necessity"
GEORGE C. WARD.