The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27
ingalls, on the Alliance.

BALTIMORE, March 23.-Ex-Senator
John J. ingalls,, of Kansas, who passed
yesterday and last night in this city,
left for New York to-day. OF the
farmers alliance, Mr.. Ingalls, said:
This movement is building greater
than the majority OF people in the
eastern slope are willing to admit. It
/ presents one of the most interesting
/ political problems Of the age. Here in
the east, where industries and employ
ment are diversified. its progress is not
appreciated. and the strength it is
gaining i not understood.
! In the west. q purely agricultural
/ section. il has taken q deep hold on the
I the public mind. and the evolution Of
I the movement is closely watched By our
. deepest thinkers and political ecOnO-
/ mists. These farmers have concluded
/ that there are wrongs existing that
need adjustment. The growth Of the
/ organization II not ethereal or sDCntan-
eOus. but mas come with a strong under
/ current Of reason that will ultimately
land it on a solid foundation. which will
defy all the efforts of political agitatOrs
/ 10 shake. OF course. the blatant dema-
I EOEUes whose claims are unreasonable
and untenable. viii not be the ones to
carry this movement TO the success |
/ look for it to reach.
You viii find. however. that with
/ the force behind it, and with even par
. tiaI success. these agitatOrS will be
[ forced 10 give way 70 the more cOnser-
/ yatiye element. and the leadership as
/ stunned by them will BE- impelled along
/ by pnilanthrCpic citizens. whose cOun-
81 can b. safely followed with the as
suralce that it will lead 10 tangible re-
suits. The adjustment OF the tariff.
/ the expansion OF the circulating ne
dunn. and other measures. the absence
I Of which rhinging farmers believe I'M
derlie the stagnation that now afflicts
I them. will be advocated by the best
/ minds in such way as to carry with
/ them strong popular feeling.
4 think it may De compared to the
! feeling of republicanism. which swept
over the country from 1856 to 1860: this
/ result might be more qeickly reached
/ could the west and the south find com
mon ground on which to stand. The
/ east and north have recognized this all
? tAICLl-' anu LGNC very pre-
vented any coalition. They know that
in the south anything that endangers
local government by the white element
will be restricted, and that every other
! interest will be sacrificed to this end.
/ They have managed to strengthen this
/ feeling by an occasional menace. In
/ the west sectional feeling has been re-
sorted to with varying success until
this year when it signally failed.
Such plays on the passions and in
terests OF the sections have about reached
their limit. The sections are becoming
apathetic alike to appeals and menaces,
and when the one dies out and the
other is allayed We may look for coali-
ton that will produce tangible results.
| The existing political parties. however,
may, by their platforms and the candi-
dates nominated, make such concessions
/ to the alliance as to cause the members
| to return to their respective folds with
| the belief that evils that they seek to
/ redress will be reformed in their house
! holds"