The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-17
PRESIDENT POLK INTERVIEWED.
He Declares for the Third Party-Soutb-
ern Farmers Advised TO Desert the
DeInocracy--SoneI InterestinS Read
ing for Southern Alliance Men.
T Special TO the News and Couriel

Democracy Some Interesting Read
ing for Southern Alliance Men.
Especial TO the News and Courier.
TOPEKA, KANSAS. september L.
President Polk, Of the National Alli-
ance, has made three addesses in Kan
sas. President Polk's opening has been
devoted principally to himself. -ifter
giving his boyhood history, be reaches
the war period. He states that he did
not 60 into the rebellion from choice.
He upheld the Union until the wave o.
secession swept over the South, when
he did as many others diu who were
forced to shoulder their muskets. He
had beer offered command Of a COM
pauy, but refused it, as acceptance
would have been construed into ell
dorSement Of the cause whose arms he
carried. He afterwards accepted the
office lie held because by dong 50 he
could Indirectly aid those who were
fighting for the preservation Of the
Union and in degree, mitigate the
su1ierings Of those, who, like himself,
had been forced to bear arms against
their country.
While not speaking directly about
the contemplated strike Of the cotton
pickers in the South, he said: The
oppressed agricultural laborers should
aud shall demand the right OF naming
the compensation for thell services, and
until these demands are acceded TO let
every field in the land contain only
the rotted products. North or South.
You here, be said, are fortunate in
being your own lahore but the pluto
Gratis of other St. must be COM
PEELED TO acknowledge the God-giveu
rights Of luborers, whether they be
white or black Some Of our bre hren
have already made their demands and
they will be granted, or entire regions
will contain only families ruined by
their own greed"
In an Interview to day Col. Polk
stated that the Alliance movement
WAS gaining thousands Of converts
throughout the South daily, aud the
great mass Of farmers, planters and
Iaboring men had deserted the DEM
ocratic party and were standing square
ly on the Ocala platform. II believe" !"
ne said, 1.-The Third Party will sweep
every State in the South III 1892. The
old oooses down there have tried to
bulldoze and force the people to take
their Democratic medicine, but with
out result. Within the past six months
l could have had any office in the gift
of the Democratic party, but | would
not sell my principles for pottage."
Polk uttered these words with feel
~, /,t,
both old parties. The bloody shirt
he said will be wrapped around the
old sectional agitators and they will be
buried too deep for resurrection. Will
the Alliance conference at Washington
in February declare for a Third
Party? 1 cannot say, but there will
be Third Party. 1t might have been
prevented four months ago, but now
it is too late. Our people in the South
have been abused and sneered at by
the Democratic bosses and Democratic
press, and we will stand it no longer.
The negro domination cry wont pre-
vent a break of the solid Democracy.
We will take care Of the negro, and see
that they are allowed to vote. They
are largely in this movement and will
be All i'm mportant factor III the cam
paign next y ar.
How about the pension question ::
The Alliance has nothing TO say against
the pensioning of soldiers who fought.
We accepted the result as final and
acquiesced. We shall never raise our
voice against the legitimate pension OF
Union soldiers. 1t is the result Of
warfare, and we can shake hands with
our Northern brothers who wore the
blue, and feel that they are receiving
only Justice from a Government whom
they helped to preserve. The pending
question was about party platforms.
Polk said the Peoples Party would, in
his opinion, carry every Southern
State next year. The Alliance was for
the Ocala demands and would have
nothing less.
HE PROMISES TO BREAK THE SOLID
SOUTH.
Especial to News and Courier.
Topeka, Kan, Sept. b. President
Polk, OF the Farmers Alliance, ad-
dressed the 7th district meeting to-day
at Wichita. He devoted an hour 10
the peUSlCu QueStlOu duo OtDel ludttel9
foreign TO the Ocala demands. He de-
clared that there was not al honorable
Confederate soldier who ever COM
plaiued because Union soldiers. were
pensioped and demanded that one be
named who was opposed to the same.
In a conversation to-day with l.. +.
Yont, Il prominent Third Party leader,
of Kansas, he said to your correspon-
dent: I'VE are going to burst the solid
South, the negroes are going with US,
and the next national INT eting Of the
Alliance will declare for a free vote and
a fair count in the South, and President
Polk will first recommend 1t III his
message" He hesitated a moment and
said that 'he ought not 10 say that, but
he had heard that Polk had determined
to do this"
Polk has promised the Third Party
leaders in Kansas that he Will break
the solid South, and they demand tnat
be proceed to do it if the EX'Repuoll-