Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-10-18


e b. E., our Irving College alliance
correspondent, has brought forth
again, and we cheerfully give space
to the production in another column.
While many good and true demo-
Gratis of the state are honestly in
doubt as to whether it is good de-
mocracy to vote for Mr.. Buchanan or
not, up to this writing we can still
conscienciously say to them with MIR.
E., "vote the straight ticket" ''don't
scratch" ;it t#
While the assertion Of Mr.. E. that
Buchanan's nomination was secured
fairly, cannot probably be successful
ly controverted, yet it can be asserted
with equal force that since his nomi-
nation Mr.. Buchonan has proven I'M
worthy of the honor, and amenable
to censure, by his failure and refusal
to answer questions courteously put
to him by lifelong democrats. The
relevancy of these questions is mat
ter of opinion. Thousands of demo
Gratis in the state are just as firm in
their convictions that they are rele-
want as Mr.. Buchanan and his alli-
ance followers affect to be that they
are not, and a courteous reply to the
questions is the least that could be
expected of the nominee.
We agree with our correspondent
that the democratic state platform is
the standard by which to test the
democracy of our candidate for gov
ernor, but when put to this test Mr..
Buchanan refuses to stand up to the
rack. The st. Louis platform of the
alliance, and the Tennessee platform
of the democracy are Numerically
opposed to each other. Mr.. Buchan>
an is pledged to both of them. A
man cannot serve two masters. To
which one will he pay his allegiance?
While it is conceded that Mr..
Buchanan stands in the shoes of the
democratic nominee, his nomination
is due entirely to the alliance, and j
H. Mcdowell, the president of that
order in the state, claims that Mr.
Buchanan is in thorough sympathy
with the alliance and all its central
ization ideas. A man cannot be {
thorough alliancer and sound dem
ocrat at the same time. What is Mr.
Buchanan What kind ola white
black bird is he?
1t is censurable and undemocrati
for any collection of men, whethe
they be editors, lawyers, street-corne
politicians, or farmers, to get togeth
er TO Elk things" for a convention be
hind locked doors, and exclude iron
the council other members of tn
party. f-
In his "now seriously" paragraph
our correspondent reveals the animu
which has characterized the allianc
throughout the entire campaign-th
{ contemplate policy Of rule or ruiz
He threatens that for failure on tn
part of democrats to support Buchar
an, the alliance will retaliate by
slaughter of Snodgrass. Now "
would like to know who this polio
would injure more than the allianC
! members. Is it to the interest of tn
, farmers Of this country to perpetual
| republican rule and the robber tariff
: If so then they will not suffer frOl
T such a course. If Mr.. Buchanan ha
only answered his own catechisl
with the same manliness and franl
; ness that Snodgrass did, democra
would not have been punching hi
I in the short ribs all over the state.
Il We assert again that we have I
d war to make on the alliance as an @
: ganization of farmers to promote Il
+ true interests of their calling. II
: farmers need organization for tn
: purpose, and should by all mea
y maintain it, but as a dark lante
u side show to the democratic par
e there is no room for it, and its g
II tempt to swallow the main Giro
l. with the menagerie, camp equipag
D. reserved seats, ticket wagon, and a
n will prove signal failure. The ia
u mers had in the alliance what mig
ar have been made a most beneficl
II order for them, but they have allo
10 ed few such designing demagOgr
Or and chronic Office seekers as j.
al Mcdowell to capture the Organii
"a ton and use it for the furtheEance
s. their pet schemes and morbid am
T. tons, and now if they wish to acco
lr plish and good for themselves tn
f. will have to purge their own ran
10 IF Such cattle. or else ruh ont a