Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHIEereN. May Is. 1891

NONAaLO- L C1C4s ChA0CAElI SDCdAlnk
by authority, says that no third party
viii be formed by the convention
which is to be held in Cincinnati next
week, and he considers that the silly
rumors about there beng danger of
the convention being controlled by
socialists and anarchists were the
work of parties opposed to the gath
ering which promises to be so i'm
portant and fruitful. ''We have not
come" said the Senator earnestly, ''to
destroy; but to build up. Our mis-
sion is not to compel the rich man to
give up what he has. but to devise
some way by which the poor and OPP
pressed may be relieved. We are unit
ed'upon the necessity of beneftting
the condition of labor-and when I
say labor I mean the work of every
one who helps to add to the wealth
of the country by what he produces.
This includes the builders, the rail
road employees, the factory hands, and
most of all the farmers.
This is n government of the peo-
pie, for the people, and by the peo-
pie. The people will see that the re-
form comes in good season. This
conference which we will hold at Gin
cinnati will be one step toward reach
ing the final result, and we have ar
ranged also for a series of mammoth
mass meetings in all sections of the
country during this summer. When
the Farmers Alliance movement was
confined to Kansas we had to work
down among the people and reach
them by word OF mouth. The news
papers continually misrepresented US
and distorted our speeches. We have
come now 10 that point where they
are giving US a respectful hearing,
and we can feel sure that our meet
ings will be correctly reported.
ave do not expect to form a third
party at Cincinnati. There will be
no discussion of candidates or prepar-
alton of a party platform. These
things, if they come at all, must come
later. We shall content ourselves
with issuing a brief address to the
people of the country, and then we
will go out again among them preach
ing this new gospel of relief from
debt at usurlous interest and from
labor which continually adds to the
wealth of the employer and leaves
nothing for the employee"
By a curious coincidence, just after
leaving Senator PETER, met ex-Sen-
ator Ingalls,, who has evidently left
that big crop of potatoes IN the care
of his hired men. Mr.. Ingalls, declines
to say what brought HIM here just at
this time, but there is q rumor in in
side circles that he was sent for by Mr..
Harrison, who is DESTROYS of making
him his friend, for the purpose of ask
ing his advice about some very i'm
portant matters, and that if he proves
agreeable he will be rendered an i'm
portant Federal position, possibly the
SecretaryshIp of war. OF course
there may be nothing at all in this,
but the fact that Mr.. Ingalls, should
come here at this season entirely I'M
expected by any of his friends gives
it q plausibility.
The minor officials of the Navy de-
partment regard the chase of the
Chilian insurgent steamer ''Itata," as
first class lark, and regrets are
heard on all sides that the speakers
are not aboard one or the other of
the United States vessels now in the
Pacific ocean. No one believes that
it will be anything more than jolly
picnic, and nobody cares three snaps
about either the Chilian government
or the insurgents. OF course this
government was compelled to act up
on the request of the Chilian minis
ter and seize the 'Itata" but if It had
desired to keep her a stronger force
than singly deputy marshal would
probably have been placed in charge.
It was a good deal like the prize
crews of one man each which were
placed in charge of captured Cana
dian sealers in Behring Sea, season
before last.
Mr. Harrison has returned safe and
sound from his long trip, and he IN
doubtedly knows a heap more than
he did when he started; but it is yet
to seen whether his increased knowl-
edge Is to be wisely used, or whether
it Is to swell his head with egotism
He finds plenty of work waiting for
him, and if the fear expressed by
many, that Mr. Blaine will not be able
to resume his duties until he takes a
long rest is verified, he will find it ex-
tremely difficult to dispose of some of
it, particularly that relating to for
eign nations, much of which is at this
time in an unfinished conditions, where
it requires skillful handling.
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