Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
AFTER THE SENATE.
President Polk Announces the Plans
of the Farmers Alliance.
BALANCE OF POWER THE OBJECT.
He Declares That Senator Sherman's Goose
Is Already Cooked.
CAMERON MARKED, BUT QUAY ESCAPES
IFRoM A'srAFr CORRESPONDENT

"AShlNGION, aug .lo.-CoioHcl l1oohi-
das L. Polk, the President of the National
Farmers Alliance, is again at Alliance
headquarters IN this city after tour over
several states and the collection of much
information.
''Our campaign at present." said Colonel
Polk to-day, 'is not to elect President or
to secure the governorships of States. We
are striking at the monopolists IN the
United States Senate. So far we have
landed three. The first was Senator Hamp-
ton, of South Carolina, then John J..
Ingalls,, of Kansas, followed by Gideon c.
Moody, of South Dakota The next one to
go into retirement will be John Sherman,
of Ohio. Matt Ransom, of North Carolina,
will also be retired. The fate of these two
Senators is just as certainly sealed as that
of John j. Ingalls,.
''We made two mistakes that will not be
repeated" continued Colonel Polk. "With
complete control of the North Carolina
Legislature we allowed Senator Vance to be
reelected on the strength of his promises
that he would be a faithful political servant
to the interests of the people. The election
of Governor Gordon, of Georgia, was also a
mistake as he has shown himself to be far
more Interested in his own personal success
than that of the Alliance.
WILL NOT TRUST POLITICIANS.
thereafter no promises of the politicians
of the old parties will be accepted
GLOW do you propose to defeat John
Sherman?'
"We have him defeated. In the legisla-
tive districts the Alliance will support can
didates pledged to vote against Sherman.
The voting strength of the actual organiza-
tion is 10000. Our members, however, are
doing missionary work among the farmers
generally and thousands of voters not con-
nected with the Alliance itself will be raj
lied against Sherman. If you would look
over the correspondence from Ohio you
would be convinced that it is now an i'm
possibility for him to succeed himself
SIS the fight being made on Mckinley
also?"
''It is not. AS 1 stated, we are now
cleaning out the United States Senate.
Governorships are not valuable to us at the
present time. 1t would have good moral
effect to elect State officers, merely as an
evidence of the strength of the organiza-
tion, but our primary object is to
SECURE THE BALANCE OF POWER
in the Legislatures which enact the laws
and elect United States Senators. Proba-
bly, many Alliance members will support
the Peoples ticket in Ohio, but there is no
movement to have them do So Conse-
quently the Alliance is not fighting Nc
Kinley; but do no infer from that that I
think he will be elected
"Can Senator Wilson, of Iowa, be re-
turned?''
"We are figuring much on results from
Iowa." replied Colonel Polk. ''The organ
ization in that State is weak, though the
popular assumption is that we are making
great fight there. That idea is mistaken
one. The most we expect to get out of the
contest in Iowa is to determine what
strength the movement is developing there.
No scalps are expected. In the Northwest,
however, the voters seem more ready to
break away from the old parties than in
other sections of the country"
"Win the Alliance undertake to dictate
the successor of Senator Quay in Pennsyl
vania?"
NOT AFTER QUAY'S SCALP.
GAS matters stand now think not. The
State is not yet sufficiently organized. How
ever, the work is progressing rapidly. You
do not see much about it in the newspapers,
but about two local Alliances per day are
being organized in the State. By the time Sen
ator Cameron's term expires we will prob
ably be ready to supply his successor In
New York State the situation is much the
same. Nevertheless, Senator Hiscock will
be retired in 1893, though other causes will
operate to that end besides the spread of
the Alliance movement"
''The reports from Baltimore are to the
effect that Senator German has captured the
Maryland Alliance"
''That is an invention. I was present
throughout the recent convention. If the
Maryland Alliance is true to its principles
two Alliance Senators will be elected from
that State next winter, and Arthur P Cor
man will not be one of them. He is too
much of a straddler on the silver question
to suit our principles, and is unacceptable
in other ways. The two Alabama Senators
must also be relieved from further service
in the United States Senate. Mr. Morgan
will come first, then Mr.. Pugh. Congress
man Oates, who has openly declared against
the Alliance, will head the procession of
those who go out of public life from that
State. This fall we expect to secure COM
plete control of Virginia"
QUITE A BUSINESS ASPECT.
The Alliance headquarters are not main
tained on mere talk. There is apparently
plenty of money at command. At the
dreds of hugh packages of printed matter
for distribution. The topographic work is
first class and there is nothing cheap or
shoddy about it. On North Capitol street,
almost within the shadow of the Senate
wing, four-story printing house has been
established and within it is as busy as
beehive.
A large force of women are employed in
he mailing department and in clerical work,
showing that there is no prejudice against
he softer sex. In short, one of the secrets
IF the success of the Alliance has been the |
interest taken in it by the women. An ex-
ensive literary bureau is also maintained.
In all these departments there is spirit of |
enterprise and enthusiasm, which may give
he key to the success that has been attained |
IN Alliance undertakings and which has |
,aused such a fright in old political circles. |
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