The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-08-20
WHO rs THM GREATER MON.
OPOLIST?

The Washington correspon-
dent of the Richmond Times in u
letter to that paper of Sunday
quotes Col. Polk as follows:
"Our campaign at present. said
Colonel Polk to-day. sis not to elect
President or to secure governor
ships of States. We are striking at
the monopolists in the United States
Senate. So far we have landed
three. The first was Senator Hamp-
ton of South Carolina, then John j.
Ingalls, of Kansas, followed by
Gideon C. Moody of South Dakota.
The next one to go into retirement
will be John Sherman, of Ohio. Matt
Ransom, of North Carolina, will also
be retired. The fate of these two
Senators is just as certainly sealed as
that of John j. ingalls,.
eve made two mistakes that will
not be repeated" continued Colonel
Polk. "With complete control of
the North Carolina Legislature we
allowed Senator Vance to be re-
elected on the strength of his prom
ses that he would be faithful politi-
cal servant to the interests of the
people. The election of Governor
Gordon, of Georgia, was also mis-
take, and he has shown himself to
be far more interested in his own
personal success than that of the
Alliance. Hereafter no promises of
the politicians of the old parties will
be accepted"
The Colonel says he is striking
at the monopolists of the Uni
ted States Senate" Is this true ?
Does the Colonel mean exactly
what he says? If you follow the
Colonel on you will find that it
is not the mOnopolists alone that
he is striking at; it is any one
that holds an official position
that he wants filed by his ennis
saries. Talk of Vance and Ran
som being monopolists; Colonel
Polk is to-day more of a monop-
olist than either of these North
Carolina Senators, and we will
venture the assertion that Colo
mel Pulk's income is far greater
than is the combined income of
both of these gentlemen. The
Colonel is no monopolist, oh no.!
but he is earnestly trying to mo-
nopolize to himself to-day one of
the strongest aggregations OF
power in our country-not for
the benefit of those he is combin-
ing into this party strength, but
for self laudation-for self ag-
grandisement-for self interests.
Behind this great alliance issue
there moves the spirit of restless
and disappointed politicians; of
anxious and hungry office-seekers
who are taking advantages of
the discomfort existing among
the farmers to excite and embit-
ter them against their old party
friends and helpers. The Colonel
speaks of two mistakes he says
that will not be repeated. These
mistakes he says were permitting
Senator Vance's reelection and
the election of Governor Gordon,
of Georgia. Governor Vance's
election, he says further, was on
tie strength of his promises to
'be Il faithful servant to the in
terests, of the people" Colonel
Polk does not say SO but he
would lead you to believe that
Governor Vance was unfaithful
to the interests of the people he
represented.
So far the Colonel has not been
able to point to one solitary act
in the whole of Governor Vance's
political life that by the farther
est stretch of reason could be
construed into disloyalty to the
interest of the people he serves,
and no one knows better than
Colonel Polk does that any init
nation to the contrary is EN-
phatically untrue.
Governor Vance is less a mo-
nopol.st to-day than Colonel
Polk-more than this, not one
solitary round in the ladder that
ledd Governor Vance up to fame
and fortune was made of decep-
ton. Is this true of Colonel
D,lE Jioforxr will ansuor