The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-08-26
NOT AFTER GOVERNORS.
A TALK ON THE POLITICAL PURPOSES
OF THE ALLIANCE.

ATALk ON NTHEPOLITlCALP PURPOSES
OF The ALLIANCE.
Senators and Consress,nen Marked for
Retirement First-Sherman Sure to Fol
low Insasls-.A Presidential Ticket to
BE Nominated.
W.\s!nNGToH, va. i7.-Cul l. l.
Pnlk. president oi TIC ;,t:oa;s! i';S;r
mer,s ; .AiIiauc.-, w"S seen iiiT"gatdt the
objects and aims Of th2 Ali ,r"t. il ihn
impending State clectlonS
"Ouc campaign at present, said Col.
Polk. ''is not to elect d President, or L
secure the Governorship Of States. We
are striking at the monopollsts III the
United States Senate. So far we have
landed three The first was Senator
Hampton, Of South Carolina; then } ohm
J. ingalls,, of Kansas; followed 10y Gid
con G. Moody. Of South Dakota. The
nex5 one to 90 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. ln-
gals.
MISTAKE NOT TO BE REPEATED.
"We made two mistakes that will not
be repeated continued Col. Polk.
with complete control OF the North
Carolina Legislature we allowed Sena-
tor Vance to be reelected on the
strength of his promise that he would
be faithful political servant to the in
terest of the people. Che election of
Governor Gordon, OF Georgia, was also
mistake, as he has shown himself to
be far more interested in his own per-
sonai success than that OF the Alliance.
Hereafter no promises to the politicians
of the old parties will be accepted
"HoW do you propose to defeat John
Sherman in Ohio?'
"We have him defeated. III legislative
districts the Alliance will llsupport candl-
dates pledged to vote against Sherman.
The voting strength Of the actual or
ganiZation is 10000. Our members how
ever. are doing missionary work among
the farmers generally, and thousands Of
voters not yet mentioned with the al
lance itself will be rallied against Sher-
man. II yen would look over the cor
respondence from Ohio you would he
convinced that it is now an impossible
ity for him to succeed himself.
rs the fight being made on Mckinley
also?"
1T is not. AS I 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, mere
ly as an evidence of tho strength of the
organization, but our primary object is
to secure the balance of power IN the
Legislature, which enacts the laws, and
elect United States Senators.
THE FIGHT IN OHIO.
"Probably many Alliance members
will support the peoples ticket IN Ohio,
but there is no movement to have them
doso. Consequently the Allianceis rot
fighting McKinley; but don't infer from
that that l think ne Will be elected.
"Can Senator Wilson, OF Iowa, be re-
turned?'
"We are not figuring much on results
f1om Iowa." replied Col. Polk. The
organization 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 move
ment is developing there. No steps are
expected. In the Northwest, however,
the voters seem to be more ready 10
break away from the old party than in
of hn trr
"Will the Alliance undertake to die
tate the successor OF Senator Quay in
Pennsylvania
"As matters stand now, think not.
The State is not yet sufficiently organ
lied. However, 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 tine Senator Gamer
on's term expires we will probably be
ready to supply his successor.
WHAT NEW OEK WILL DO.
"In New York State the situation is
much the same. Nevertheless, Senator
| Hiscock will be retired III 1898, though
other causes will operate to that end be-
sides the spread Of the Alliance move
| ment."
"Thereports from Baltimore are to the
effect that Senator German has captur-
ed the Maryland Alliance
"That is an invention. | was present
throughout the recent convention. If
the Maryland Alliances is true to its
principles, two Alliance Senators Will be
elected from that State next winter. and
Arthur L. German will not be one of
them. He is too much of straddler on
the silver question to suit ouI principles
and is unaccountable in Other ways.
The two Alabama Senator'S must also
be retired 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 pro-
cession of those who go out of public
service from that State. This fall we
expect to secure complete control of
Virginia"
you have been mentioned as the pro.
bable Alliance presidential candidate IN
| 1892, Col. Polk, have you not:
"Well, the newspapers said some time
ago that | wanted to be Governor Of
North Carolina, and when that did not
transpire was announced as desiring
to come to the Senate to till Tance's
old shoes. That statement likewise
turned out to be incorrect. You can
draw your own conclusions about the
report now going around. Do not for
get. though, there will be an Alliance
National ticket in the field neXt fall.
: Wild Day in Chicago.
CHICAGO, August lj.-Whcat is i'll
deet- booming as well as the crops Of
LIZ. 1,,;th n ,ArAs nnntiNn short