St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-08
Congressman Turner willing
to Chance $4,000 to Beat
Senator ingalls,.
In a Frank Communication to
President MeGrath, He
Admits 1t.
Intense Excitement in Kansas
Among the Farmers Al
lance Members.
An Interesting Scheme Un<
folded in a Most Sensa-
tional Document.

Advocate, the organ of the Kansas State
Farmers Alliance, in its issue to-day.
publishes the following letter from Rep.
resentatiye f.. j. Turner, of Kansas, to
Frank McGrath, president of the Kan
sas Alliance:
''1ouSe of Representatives, United
States, Washington, ID. c., Dec. 81
Dear McGrath: wrote you yesterday,
but from thoughtleSsness addressed iE
TO j. >. McGrath, care National Hotel,
Topeka. l got your fathers initials in
stead of yours. | wrote in regard TO,
some railroad legislation. ingalls, wiIE
try to force his election or drive ALI.
ance men into caucus to agree upon their
man In order TO force the electiOnl
of an Alliance man so that he can
carry the party down with him. Hai
carried it down at the election, and cam
carry it down with less afllictiOn TO bis
pride in the legislature If the electioni
of Republican Is defeated. Just re-
ceiyed a letter from Farwell az Qs.l
borne, and he says their representative
and that he is an old Republican and;
would vote for some good Republican,
but would not vote for Ingalls,. Far
well wants to know if | want his vote {;
thinks it can be had. | wrote him an
evasive letter, asked him what he
thought of it, etc, ETC.; that L had not
written anyone upon the sub
ject; would not be in Ingalls,
way l saw Senator Ferry, OF
Marshall county, here yesterday, and
he is positively opposed to Ingalls,, but
says he will vote for MIN if there is no
other Republican to vote for. judge
Perkins introduced him to me and
asked me to talk with him in his per
Nnso interest, and did SO. He would
not support Osborne or Peck, but said
he could appoint Perkins. told him
not to fear; there would come time
when he would get an opportunity TO
vote for some other Republican than
ingalls,. and he was anxious to get into
the deal. l told him TO talk TO Senator
he (Perkins) did. l shall write
Senator Wilson, of HAYS City,
tonight and ask him what no
thinks about a possibility of my election,
and he never talks. told him you wero
my friend, and he could talk with YOU
confidentially. | have no money I'D
spend in fight. If succeeded. could
and would put up $4,000; but If it is diff
ficnlt to use it, promise in case of sue
cess; yet you may have some friends
who would be willing to take such q
chance. We will pass that bill to estab-
lish that United States judicial district,
and | can have q United States marshal
and clerk. The first changes with ad-
miniStratiOns, and the clerk is for life;
but l guess you know | take care of my
friends. We have agreed not to agitato
this bill until the election there is over.
for ingalls, would be jumped onto for
all the places. and injure him. or somo
OF the Eastern fellows might try 10
commit him against it.
Now l will leave the whole matter
with you and him and Bill Wilson. and
Is anything new in the printed matter
that can adjust let me know. have
Just finished drawing a bill | shall in
troduce to loan money OH farm security.
like it, and L thiiVk you will. Will
send you copy as soon as it is printed.
1t is on the general plan of Issuing
money on farm security in the interest
of farmers instead Of issuing it on bonds
in the interest Of bankers. Yours truly.
e. j. TURNER.
p. Sunless Ingalls, gets some AL
lance help he will go in with sixty
two Republicans, but as soon as their
instructions are completed they will
leave him. Some of the Alliance can
didates may expect to get some of the
Republicans when they leave ingalls,.
That would keep all of them in tho
field. Codding thought he could get tho
Republican vote when Ingalls, was out
of the way. or course an Alliance eau
Gus for that purpose would name tho
man and that end it.
This letter came to Mr.. McGrath's
Office with other correspondence, and
was opened by his confidential clerk,
who turned it over to Chairman Chase,
of the Alliance legislative committee.
Copies were made of the letter, and the
original was turned, over to Mr.. Nc
Grath. The Alliance leaders then asked
Mr.. McGrath to give the letter to the
public and clear himself of any suspi-
con which might attach TO the PROPOSE
tions contained in it. He refused to
give the letter to Chairman Chase for
publicity, knowing nothing of copies
having been made of it. Mr.. Chase then
turned over his copy of the letter to the
editor of the Advocate. Accompanying
the publication of the letter is the fol-
lowing comment by the editor, DR.. Nc
Lallin:
"The following letter, which has fallen
into our hands, will explain itself. In
giving it to the public we believe we are
performing a sacred duty. The inter
ests at stake are too great to be sacri-
feed TO any personal consideration. We
regret the position in which the publica-
ton of the letter places the president Of
our State Alliance and member of the
executive board (Codding). We leave
them to make such personal explanation
ac mo fO q 20 N oh a
that are unfolded in this interesting
document are worthy of some consider
alton at this time We expect this pnb-
lication to lead to other developments,
which we shall give to our readers as
the plot unfolds."
Mr.. McGrath was seen by reporter
this afternoon. He said the Alliance
officers were at liberty TO inspect all his
letters, both those received and dis
patched by him. He had nothing to
conceal from them. The letter printed
by the Advocate was an exact copy of
the one received by him. He had no
further statement to make to the public
beyond this. He could not prevent
people from writing to him. Other
officers OF the Alliance declined to be
interviewed concerning the letter.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. THE Times
Washington special says that the Times
representative interviewed Mr.. Turner
on the subject of the letter alleged to
have been written by him CTurneD and
published in the Advocate. Mr.. Turner
said that he had not seen the text of the
letter. He said, however, that he had
written no letter offering to give $1,000
to Mr.. Grath in the event Of his tTur-
ner's) election to the senate to succeed
Mr. ingalls,