The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-02
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WICHITA. Kan. Sept l6-TSpeciaiI
The ez-brigadier from North Caro-
lima. who has been going around the
state denying that he was ever con-
federate officer met with a suag here
to-day and came near being treated 20
a little lynch law. Had it not been for
the prompt interference Of the police
the president of the alliance would now
be wearing a coat of TAR aud feathers
The veterans are very bitter against
the alliance leader, and many of them
left the camp this morning while the
North Caroliniau was speaking, and
they vowed if they could prove that he
told what was not SO they would visit
him with punishment
Among the old soldiers who were
present at the speaking was NJ. NJ. Nc
Aiisters Of this county. He heard
Polk say in his speech that he had
never occupied any position OF COM
mund in the confederacy, and had never
reached a higher grade than third lieu
tenant and had consequently never
mistreated any union prisoners, as had
been reported.
calling some OF his comrades 20 him
McAlister produced a parole granted
MIN when he was thought TO be dying
at the prison at Salisbury, n c., signed
by J. l. Polk, brigadier-heueral, com
mauding the post lie then detailed TO
his hearers some of the horrors he and
his fellow prisoners had undergone at
the Jail which was in charge of Polk, as
governor
This recital and the evidence shown
on the parole that Polk had deliberate
ly told what was not so 80 regard to
his position in the confederate army
was like spark % a powder magazine
and it was determined then and there
to give the brigadier, who was now
ashamed of mis- title, a coat of tar and
feathers Had the conspirators kept
the matter to themselves IL would un-
doubtedly have been carried out but the
police got wind of IL and uipped it in
the bud"
The Kansas City Star on the evening
of the same day Published the follow
ing interview with President Polk:
President L. L. Polk of the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
passed through the city this morning,
In company with Gen. Weaver, on his
way from Wichita to Iowa, where he
will take part in the campaign. He
was considerably worked up over a
dispatch from Wichita stating that he
was in danger of a coat Of tar and
feathers while in that city.
The entire story is utterly false, >
| said the president Il have never met
with better treatment in my life than
| has been given me in Kansas aud So
/ far from any ones having threatened
me with a coat of tar and feathers,
/ every man met treated me with the
! utmost consideration / met many eN-
! union soldiers and they took pains TO
make everything pleasant for me. not
only as an alliance man but as an e1c-
/ confederate soldier. Why, I stood be-
/ fore 5000 people aud dared anyone
! TO produce proof that 7 held position
( higher than that of lieutenant in the
/ Carolina company OF any other com
] pany. If any one knew different IL
/ would have been made known at that
/ time. At Wichita there was no feeling
. of the kind reported in the article which
. was printed for political effect / asked
: the men in attendance at the meeting
. what their feeling was. ! suggested
I that all who were in favor OF forgetting
/ the past and 0uryiug the old war feel
I ing should raise their right hands and
] the hand OF every man ia the audience
/ went up, and the tears that stood In the
I eyes of many showed that they were iE
] earnest / want to make the statemeu
! to the old soldiers Of the union that the
dispatch is utterly false, as are the
/ charges made that my position in the
/ confederate army was higher than lieu
| tenant I want all of them TO know IT,
It's a political scheme and I do not care
lAlt AaA AA AlA AlAAa
I so long as the old soldiers do not be
lieve them"
On the 1s-h lthe next day. the Kansas
/ City Journal referring 70 the so-cailec
Z parole which IS almost certainly a for
I gerry. at least so far as T. T. Polki
I name is concerned says editorriully;
The Polk incident at Wichita Is sig
/ ni6cant as indicating that the farmers
/ of Kansas are In no mood TO tolerate
of
icaI leaders of the reform school, auC
{ that these leaders are not above resort
/ ing 20 such di-repUtabls methods tol
the purpose Of making a little Politica
| capital
ia the confederate army had little % do
/ with the spirit Of anger against him q
| Wichita The people Of Kansas, Will,
intensely loyal 20 the old flag, nre ye
/ possessed of too broad a spirit of patri
otic tolerance to ever be guilty OF AM
| manifestation of anger from such
! cause What did make them angry q
! Wichita, however, was 70 see a man O
the national prominence Of Mr.. Poll
| seeking 20 misrepreseut and discredi
[ his military services in behalf OF th
! coEfederacY for the purpose of giVinl
/ his arguments and the organization h
! represents - greater degree Of favor i
the eyes of the union soldiers OF tn
Z west
Iudisputable evidence convicted hin
la the clearest manner possible Of re
[ sorting TO an especially discFeditabl
faIsshood. and it is hardly more thai
natural that It should have inspire
. I among the old soldiers a feeling Of coz
tempt aud anger for the man capabi
OF such an act The incident goes
/ long way toward confirming the man
statements which have been made froI
time 20 time derogatory % the charas
ter cf Mr. Polk and will tend 20 Erel
. Iy discredit him and the orgauizatio
, Of which he is the head in the estims
tiou Of the farmers OF the north an
vest
The exposure must have been iI
teBseIy humilizting 70 him, aud g. wi
have served an excellent purpose 10
leads the farmers Of the west 90 loo
I into the statements OF other shinin
5 lights Of the alliance a little moi
, closely"
IL viii be noticed that the item pu
I porting 20 have been teleRraPhed frol
b Wichita is not q Press Association di
? I patch. but q special, which at onS