The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-20
THE MEN WE ARE AFTER"
President Polk Describes the Eros'S''''''e
of the AIi!ance-Ail the Old lImers 10
be Ousted-The Fight to be Made Tor
the Offices First and for the De
mands' Afterwards.
From. thc New York Herald. ]

TFrorl The New York Eeraiu.I
WASHINGTON, August l3.-"Monop-
olists in the United States Senate are
the men we are after" said Presldeht
l.. L. Polk, of the Farmers All!ance.
That gentleman with a corps OF as
sistants is now busy in forwarding ALI
auce interests, which means the inter
ests of u third political party. Inc Al
lance is in politics TO stay, ana Ifes!-
dent Polk does not care who KNOWS II;
An interesting feature Of the THIRD
Party movement is the frabkness Win
which tho leaders take the public Into
their confidence. They have evidently
10 secrets and announce thelr plans
without hesitancy. That was the case
to-i;;v with President Polk when he
said in the course Of an interview:
Our campaign at present is not 10
eject a President or to secure the COY
eruorship of the States. We are strlk.
inc at the monopolists in the United
States Senate. So far We have Landed
three. The first was Senator Hampton,
of South Carolina, then JohnJ. Ingalls,,
OF Kansas, and he was followed ny
Gideon G. Moody, Of South Dakota:
The next one to 60 into retirement VIII
be John Sherman, Of Ohio. Matt Kan
SOM. of North Carolina, will also be
retired. The fate, of these two Senators
IS Just as dertainly sealed as that OF
John J. Ingalls,.
OLD POLITICIANS MUST GO.
ave made two mistakes that will
not be repeated" continued Col: folk.
with complete control Of the \ Nortn
Carolina Legislature we allowed Sen&-
tor Vance to be reelected on the
strength of his promises that he Woulu
be q ,lithful political servant TO the
interests of the people. The election OF
Governor Gordon, Of Georgia, was also
a mistake, as he had shown himself 10
be more interested in his own personal
success than that of the Alliance. here.
after no promises of the politicians OF
the old parties will be accepted"
"How do you propose TO beat Johh
Sherman in Ohio?"
ave have him defeated. In the leg
islative districts the Alliance Will sup
port candidates pledged to vote against
Sherman. The voting strength OF the
actual organization is 1000. Ourmem-
bers, however, are doing missionary
work among the farmers geperally ana
thousands of voters not connected WIN
the Alliance itself will be rallied against
Sherman. If you would look over
the correspondent from Ohio You
would be convinced that 1t IS now an
impossibility for him to succeed h!hl-
self"
as the fight being made on Nchin-
ley also?"
ut is not. AS stated, we are now
cleaning the United States Senate:
Governorships are not valuable to us at
the present time. 1t would have a
good moral effect to elect State officers,
merely as an evidence of the strength
of the organization, but our primary
object is 10 secure the balance of power
in the Legislatures, which enact the
laws and elect United States Senators:
Probably many Alliance members VIII
support the peoples tickes IN ONO
but there is no movement to have them
do so. Consequently the Alliance IS
not fighting Mckinley, but do not
infer from that 1 think h. will oe
elected"
NOT FIGURING on IOWA.
"Can Senator Wilson Of Iowa, he re-
turned?"
I'VE are not figuring much on results
from Iowa" replied Col. Polk. The
organization in that State is weak,
though the popular assumption is that
weare makinga q great fight there. i hat
idea is a 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 to be more
ready to break away from the old par
ties than in other sections Of the coun-
try -.
Twill the Alliance undertake to die
tate the successor of Senator Quay IN
Pennsylvania?'
Gas matters now stand, think not.
The state is not vet sufficiently orga-
nized. However, the work is progress
sing 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
Senator Cameron's term expires we VIII
probabi be ready to supply his success
sor. In New York State the situation IS
much the same. Nevertheless, Senator
Hiscock will he retired in 1888, though
other causes will operate to that besides
the spread of the Alliance movement"
HOPE TO BEAT GORMAN.
"The reports from Baltimore are to
the effect that Senator German has cap
tured the Maryland Alliance. IS 1t
true?"
'"rhat is an invention. was pres
ent 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. German will not he one
of them. He is too much ofa straddleI
on the silver question to suit our prln'
ciples, and is unacceptable in other
wars. The two Alabama Senators
must also be relieved from further ser
vice in the United States Senate: MI
Morgan will come first, then Mr.. Pugh.
CONGRESSMAN Oates, who has openly
declared against the Alliance, viii! mead
the procession Of those who go out ol
public life from that State. This fall we
expect to secure complete control o'
Virginia."
"You have been mentioned is the
probable Alliance Presidential candl-
date in 1892, Col. Polk. have you not"
"Well, tie newspa pers said some time
ago that l wanted to oe Governor "i
North Caro- ina, and when that did not
transpire I was announced as desiring
to come to ,he Senate TO fill Vance
old shoes. That statement likewise
turned out to be incorrect. You can
draw YOUR own conclusion about the
report now going around. Do not for
eer, though, there will he an Alliance
nationai ticket in the field next fall. "