Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
A POLITICAL SENSATION.


The Politicians of the State Capital Stirred
Up Over = Letter PurportinE to Have
Been Written BY Congressman Turner
MI. Turner'S Denial.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. S.-A letter writ
ten by Congressman E. J. Turner to
Frank McGrath, president of the Farm
ers' Alliance, which has fallen into the
hands of persons for whom it was not
intended, furnishes the most sensational
political story of the State Senatorial
campaign
1t is the first intimation that the pub
lie has had that both Mr.. Turner and
Bishop Perkins are candidates for
United States Senator. Following is
the letter:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U s, WASH
INGToN, ID. c., Dec 81, 1SSo-Dear McGrath:
wrote you yesterday, but from thoughtless-
ness addressed it to j. s. McGrath, care Ma
tional Hotel, Topeka got your fathers
initials instead of yours. I wrote in regard
to some railroad legislation
Ingalls, W i'll try to force his election or drive
the Alliance men into caucus to agree upon
their man. in order to force the election of
an Alliance man, so that he can carry the
party down with him. He carried it down at
the election and can carry il down with less
affection to his pride in the Legislature if the
election of a Republican is defeated
just received a letter from Farwell of Os-
T.
not like the Alliance candidates, and that he
is old Republican and would vote for
some good Republican, but would not vote
for Ingalls,.
Farwell wants to know IL i want his vote:
thinks it can be had
wrote him an evaSive letter; asked him
what he thought OF it, etc; that had not
written any one upon the subject, etc
saw Senator Berry, of Marshall County,
here yesterday and he is positively opposed
! to Ingalls,, but says he Will vote for him II
there is no other Republican to vote for.
Judge Perkins introduced him to me and
asked to talk with him in his (PerkinsD
interest and / did So He would not support
Osborne or Peck, but said he could support
Perkins.
Itold him not to fear; there would come a
time when he would get opportunity to
vote for some other Republican than Ingalls,,
and he was anxious to get into the deal
told him to talk to Senator Wilson, as
thought he felt just as he Derry did /
shall write Senator Wilson, of Hays City, to-
night, and ask him what he thinks of my
election, and he nerer talks.
told him you were my friend and he could
talk with you confidentially-
1 have no money to spend in a fight If
succeed could and would pay up S5,ooo, but
it is difficult to use it that way that IS. to
p1 omise in case of success: yet you may lave
some friend who would be willing to take
such chances.
We will pass that bill to establish that
United States judicial district, and can have
q
changes with administrations and the clerk
| is for life, But guess you know take care
Of my friends.
We have agreed not to agitate this bill
til the election there is over, for Ingalls,
| would be jumped onto for all the places and
| injure him, some OF the Eastern fellows
| might try to commit him against it
Now, will leave the whole matter with
you and VIII p. Wilson and abide results
with content.
If there is any thing new in the printer
matter that can adjust let me know
Ikave just finished drawing bill shall
| introduce to loan money upon farm security
like il and think you will Will send you
| a copy as soon as it is printed 1t is on the
l general plan Of issuing money on farm
| security in the interest of farmers, instead of
| issuing it on bonds in the interest of bank
| ers. Yours truly. Z j. TURNER
| p. Sunless Ingalls, gets some Alliance
| votes he viii go in with sixty-two who viii
vote for him reasonable number of times
| But as soon their instructions are COM
piled with they will leave him. Some OF the
| Alliance candidates may expect to get some
| of the Republicans when they leave Ingalls,;
that would keep al of them in the Held
! Codding thought he could get the Republican
1 votes when Ingalls, was out of the way OF
course, an Alliance caucus for that purpose
| would name the man, and that would end it.
| The political effect of the publication
| of this letter can not be predicted
| The Alliance advocate in commenting
|
ton in which the publication of the let
| ter places the president OF our State Ali
ance and a member of the executive
board, and we leave them to make such
personal explanation as they have to
make. The letter having come into our
possession, we have no apologies to
offer for its publication We believe
our readers are entitled to all we know
about it,
| TURNER'S EMPHATIC DENIAL
| WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-CongressInan
Turner, of Kansas, was shown tele-
gram stating that the Alliance Advo-
cate OF Kansas had published letter
from him to Frank McGrath, president
of the Farmers Alliance of that State,
in which he offered $1,000 if elected
Senator Mr.. Turner said that he had
written no such letter and that the
publication of such statement was a
gross Misrepresentation He could not
imagine what the thing meant for he
was not in any sense a candidate for
Senator nor would he be a candidate.