The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-24
WANTED TO LYNCH LEOSIDAS.
Kansas Veterans Propose to Tar and
Feather President Polk.

| Kansas Veterans Propose to Tar and
Feather President Polk.
WICHITA, kans. Sept. l7-Col. l.. l..
Polk, president of the National Far
mers' Alliance, makes a point in his
address of denying the stories of his in
humanity to Union soldiers, and dem
les that he ever held a rank above a
third lieutenancy and claims that he
| could therefore never have been in
authority at any post. Mr.. McAllister,
veteran of this city, who was in
Salisbury prison, North Carolina, when
Polk was governor, holds sick parole
signed by l.. L. Polk, brigadier general
commanding the post, and gives the
alliance leader the blacklist reputation
for his conduct to Union prisoners. A
score or SO of old Union soldiers got
together and perfected a plan for
applying tar and feathers to Polk be-
fore he left town, but intelligence of
their intention leaked out, and the
police took steps to prevent the pro-
jected assault.
POLK DENIES THE STORY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Mr. Polk, presi-
dent Of the National Farmers Alliance,
who arrived in this city this morning
Ell route to Iowa, was interviewed by
representative Of the Associated Press
in regard to the report that he narrow
ly escaped coat of tar and feathers
yesterday afternoon in Wichita, Kan
sas, at the hands of crowd of Union
soldiers. He said:
There is no truth whatever in that
report. 1t is simply one of the many
inventions of my political enemies.
During the past fifteen days I have
been in all the principal cities of Kan
sas and my reception has been conti-
nuous ovation and from hundreds of
old soldiers whom I have met every
day have heard nothing but words
of good cheer and sympathy"
WHICH IS WHO?
News and Courier.
The story from Wichita, Kansas,
about President Polk, of the National
Farmers Alliance, is very curious
one. A few days ago Mr.. Polk was re-
ported as saying in his speeches in
Kansas that be was "forcedn to join
the Confederate army, and only ac-
cepted the Office he held in it because
by so doing he could indirectly aid
those who were fighting for tie pre-
servation of the Union"
We have been waiting rrith more or
less confidence fer Col. Folks prompt
denial of having said anything so dis
graceful to himself, but Instead We
have this morning the report that he
is making point in his speecnes of de-
nying stories of his "inhumanity to
Union soldiers" in The prison at Sails
bury, n. c., and that some of these
prisoners gave him the blacklist repu-
tation for his conduct to them and were
only prevented 0y the police of Wi
chita from applying coat Of tar and
feathers to him.
One Of the eX-prisoners at Salisbury,
it is added, holds a sick-parole signed
by "L. L. Polk, Brigadler General,
Commanding Post" and claims that
President L. L. Polk and Brig. Gen.
L. l.. Polk are the same man. Col.
Polk, however, as is further stated in
the same dispatch, "denies that he
ever held RANK above Third Lieutenant,
and, therefore, could never have been
in authority at any post"
1t is all exceedingly confusing to the
public mild, and as in the present
state of affairs the head Of the National
Alliance is fast getting into position
where he will be regarded with con-
tempt by all Confederates and with
dislike by all Unionists, we suggest
that President L. L. Polk, and Brig.
Gen. l.. L. Polk, and Col. L. L. Polk,
and Third Lieutenant L. L. Polk, and
plain Mr.. l.. L. Polk, if there is one,
should all get together somewhere and
separate himself somehow, so that his
fellow-citlzens may clearly understand
which of him is who, and which side
be really sympathizes with in the
great unpleasantness.