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Show 1'JUIV.rilV AII.HMI: AMI IOLI-TK.S. IOLI-TK.S. ' Tun battle In tho llllnolt General Aaavmbly I ended at Int. Jlvir tlnoo II ownlng laat December, tlio flglit fur Uulfcd Htalia Honator went I on, hot and heavy. In Joint teailon, till maembly waa rompoaed, according to parly iilllht, of 10 J Itepubllcam, 101 Democrali and .1 l'armcu' Alll. aiico men. Senator rarwcH'falI lo gtt n ronomlmtlon from hli party caucua, nnJ ei-Uoveruor Oglnby bo. came tho nominee nnd rondla'ato. lie lia largo firming Inlenataln Illluol, anl waialwaj mora or lea popular with farmer. 1 1 waa thought that thl woulllmlptoKCtirotho llino farmer votea In the I,eglalaturo,but It did not, Havi ral atUmpta were ma la to tecum a coalition of tho farmer and Ileiil llruna to elict tllhir a Karmeror a llo-pulltcaii. llo-pulltcaii. Atonotlmolt waa thought that Htrector, a firmer, would bo elect, cd Heuntor. John II, I'almer tho Henjlor.eli ct wa at ono tlmo Governor of llllnolt. llciltntou totdler of tho war of the Itobelllou, Ho earned the title of nonunion tho Union alje. In poll, tic ho 1 n democrat, and hat beuu for along tlmo. In Illluol ho la very poular. Iu lilt cmdl lacy for (lover-nor, (lover-nor, twojennagu, ho made tho im-plovmeiitot im-plovmeiitot I'liikertoii men anlituo Idbororganlutlonitook lilmup,mot-ly lilmup,mot-ly on thl account, llo waa defealml, liowevtr. Hut, lu tho laat ctMiipalgnu now fi alu re waa Intro luced Into demo-cratlo demo-cratlo politico livery candldato who got a nomination for thu I-glalaturo ironi n iiomicraiio convention a pledged to votu for I'almor for United HUtea Beuator, Tho caruialgii wat couluctnl entirely on IIicmi liuea livery laoil who voted tho Demo, emtio Hi ket, did ao with tho under-atandlng under-atandlng that hi tandl I tie would voto for 1'iilmcr for Honator, Thl M a getting get-ting a near coul I bo to tho ayttotu of ending Honator by poiulnr vole, llhout making any r Ileal ihaugealn our i litlon machinery. On tho llth Intl. the Ul li ballot wat taken for U.H Honator In tlio llllnola Aatombl), Thero wiroSOl voteteost. Tho number riqulnal for u choice waa 101. John M, I'almer rtcclvid the iucrary 101, A. J.HI:uler one vote, nnd Oiciro J, Mndliy 100 vo(ia. rhoHieakcr declareil palmer elected. Two of the farmer lu the I,eglr laturo otol with tho DomocraU for I'alnur, an I tho othi r former voled tor Btrteler, Tbo farracrt who vottj for r r ' rAlraeritlla that Hlreeler waa a lie-jiubllniu lie-jiubllniu niaatjuerallng a a farmer, and that wa why they did not vote for him. Politician contend that thl will be the meant ol breaking up tho AIM-anco AIM-anco In llllnola, and probably elms-wheie. elms-wheie. It It net qulto cleat what eficct II" llllnola Benatorehlp election will havo on tha gaueral politic of the country. Hut that It will liaro tomo effect there I no doubt. Tho Farmer' Alliance, though apoken of at a eolld illtlcal or-genltatlon or-genltatlon It not ao by any meant. Tho fact It, there am two organization known aa Farmer Alliance. On held II convention In Urala, KlorIJa, lut jiar, the other litkl It con-vtntlou con-vtntlou In Omaha In tha early part of the i reacut year. Then there aro roilou Slate drahgea, more or Iwt Indejcndent of tho Alllancea. Thero It no regularly d. lined platform on which tht farming Inlereila can be advocated, ad-vocated, 1 1 It true a bitter feeling exit! ex-it! am ing all of thorn agalmt rail roaJa and national bank, and agalnit truita and nionotnllei, but their leader have nut agreed uin any aeltle.1 rrltrmeof regulating what they con. l ler olltKl evlla. Ono jwirly favor an Inuoof l, 000,000,001) In Treoaury not.-a, to l loaned or Ulttrlbuted among firmer. Another uty favort tho abolition, of national bank, the government control of railroad and telegraph?, and tha loaning of money to farmer by government- Hevcral of llieHUle (liangrn repudiate inott of thcHi dcman.lt, to that the farmer aro not yit organlrei to eirect anything trmaneiit In politic. What ellect I'nhncr'i election may have It ni oilier ipiwtlon. Though a Democrat, tlnco ISM, ho wat a lit I no-'loon no-'loon provlout to that. Many of hit Meat harrnonlt with tomo ol the demand de-mand mado by the farintr. Hhould there U a candldato for the I'reeldency on n farmer' ticket, I'almer would inako a very alrong claimant for the place. He ( a threwd llllclau and good organli-er. organli-er. II would toon bring order out of rhioa, but woulJ ho hold III Democratic Demo-cratic following? What teem now mint probable, It, that ho will boa comlltor for nomination agalntt Hill and Cleveland. Hell a Wciteru man. II can, at lea', dlvldo thu farmer, If he cannot control them. It li potato! that Weateru Democrat may unit on him. |