Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-18


among other things, says:
| III your party insists getting in the way
with whole cords Of old rubbish and dead
| issues hanging to il you need not be surprised
II it gets knocked into a cooked hat. Most Of
our people mean business. They viii not be
| side tracked. They want something new, and
| they are going to have it. The rickety old
| stage coach. covered with moss and campaign
iies Is not satisfactory. These party vehicles
must be remodeled and made Of better ma
terial OF else they must be freshly painted"
| 1t was stated in these dispatches last Monday
| that judging from the recent speeches of
President Polk in this state, he was paving the
way for change Of position with regard to the
! third party movement. The STAR correspond
ent has talked with several of the initiated"
and number Of the leading politicians Of this
| state since then, and there no longer remains
any doubt in the observant mind of the accu-
racy OF the statement made in the opening lines
of this dispatch.
| The information gathered through these
interviews and other sources is of an interest
ing and important character and will be given
| The STAB readers from the standpoints of the
| subtreasury and anti-subtreasury alliance men,
| eral opinion is that the movement will result in
one OF two things: 1t will either split the solid
south or kill the third party forever, thereby
| removing the alliance from the political arena
WHAT THE sUBTRrAsUeY MAN SAYS.
This 10 bold and important step your or.
| ganization is about to take" suggested IRE
STAR correspondent. to one of the leading al
lance men of the subtreasury element.
ut is all that" he replied ''but we have care
fully examined our ground and know just how
the land hes-and we are going in to win.''
You don't mean to say that you have any
idea OF electing your candidate for President
next year,
Indeed 1 do!' he emphatically declared.
III the farmers Of the south and west will only
stand by their colors we can carry every south
ern and nearly every western state. If we do
that, what is to prevent the election of our cam
dldafe! But l will admit that at this time it
looks as though we might have little trouble
In doing So Our people are not agreed on the
subtreasury plan and great many democratic
alliance men are 10th to leave the old party, but
we have got to do it. The step must be taken
some time, the break must come sooner or later,
and next year is as good time as any,
II have religiously voted the democratic
ticket ever since the war. 1t was for a long time
the only ticket self-respecting white man
could vote In the south, and voted it largely
in self-defense, but l am in for the peoples
party now and mean to stick to it until after
the presidential election, win or lose.
Il know" he continued, "that the principal
argument used against the third party by
southern democrats and democratic alliance
men is that it will result in handing over the
state government machinery to the republi-
cans. which they say means negro rule. Now,
We don't propose to do anything of the kind"
But how are You going to avoid it if your
possible, you will admit?''
well, in the first place, We may not nomi-
nate separate state ticket"
"Ohr'
eve may not nominate q state ticket. 1 say.
The alliance will probably control the next
democratic state convention and we will nomi-
nate ticket to suit ourselves
But If you people are for third party you
will have no right in the democratic conven-
tion."
Don't trouble yourself about that. we'll at
tend to it. The rank and file are not going to
be too brash about declaring themselves. But
We will have a separate electoral ticket in the
field. you can rest ABSURD of that, and if every
alliance voter in the state votes the ticket we
will elect it by from Is, 900 to 1000 plurality
II it is defeated it will not be our fault but the
it," IT, VI '' ''''A"'' "'n WHO i'n 70 vote f0r
THE ALLIANCE DEMOCRATS VIEWS.
81 can see no good that will result from the
presence Of a third party ticket in this state,
the south or the country mex. year." said a
prominent alliance democrat. Even il were
subtreasury advocate l would not advise it.
As 1t is, am strongly opposed to that measure
and cannot too strongly condemn the proposed
action OF that element Of our organization.
They seem determined however, to put up
states, and they may nominate state and con-
gressional candidates also. There il no prob
ability Of the election of either. of course, but
il il possible that they may draw enough votes
from the democratic party to elect the republi-
can candidates. The alliance has nothing in
the world to gain, but will lose a great deal by
such q result. Such an outcome in the south
would be nothing short Of a calamity to the
alliance Is well as to the democratic party. The
democrats and alliance men of this section are
rv, aaf nns1 L..
tariff questions, while the republi-
can policy is in direct opposition
to our views on both those measures. am as
good an alliance man there is in our organi-
cation, but ! am bitterly opposed to this third
party movement and / believe the great bulk of
the farmers of this state share my views. Still
there are many who are now favorable to such
action, all of them subtreasury advocates and
l am fearful Of the result unless n considerable
change Of opinion takes place between now and
the next elelection.
''what caused President Polk 8 evident change
Of position? Well, i suppose he could not
stand the pressure brought to bear upon him
by the western alliance men, notably those of
Kansas, where it is said the third party will
disband unless the south goes into the move
ment. 1t is possible, too, that Polk would like
to be the candidate for President"
THE DEMOCRATS ARE UNEASY
Chairman Chambers Smith of the democratic
state committee could not predict the result Of
the third party movement in this state. He
of course, admits that if it can draw enough
votes from the democratic ranks the defeat Of
his party will result But he does not antici-
pate that result.
Some Of the democratic leaders express en-
tire confidence in the ability Of the party to
elect its regular ticket and do not hesitate to
say that the negro question alone will save their
state ticket. The latter opinion seems to be
generally shared, even by the subtreasury alli-