Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07
THE ALLIANCE.
A Fresh Champion of Their Political
Views Appears in Georgia.
Ex-Congressman Norwood Sets HIS Sails, Eager
to Ca'ch the New Freszs-GOvernor Cor
don Most dangerous Opponent.
Louisville courier-Journal.

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 29.-Hon'
Thomas NJ. Norwood, ex-United States
senator and congressman, is as much
candidate for the United States senate
as man could well be and yet not be an
active candidate. More than this, Col.
who favors the sub-treasury plan, or is
tolerant toward it.
In lengthy interview, which the Con-
stitutiou has received from Savannah,
and wall publish Tomorrow, Col. Nor
wood expresses views which are decid-
eddy interesting at this time, when he is
generally regarded as the man who will
contest with Gen. Gordon for the place
now held by Senator Brown.
He begins by declaring that the state
ment that he Is q candidate for the sena-
torship ia untrue; but adds: az do not
see, however, any sin IN it, If 1 am.
The senstorship is not private property.
l know no one so big in this democratic
country that it would be imprudent 10
oppose him. There is no prescription or
homestead on any Office Further on
he says he prefers private life. but when
the direct question was put to him, he
said that if elected he would serve.
He is asked where he stands on the Al
lance and the measures il advocates.
To this he replies: ''I consider the move
set on foot by the Alliance the grandeSt
since the Declaration of independence,
or the destruction of the bastiIe and the
overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty. The
movement is n second Declaration of In
dependence. and of equal Importance
Wit aaf
against paying q tax of Il few pence on
tea. The second is q resistance to the
illegal tax of hundreds of millions year.
The first was resistance against paying
an unjust tribute TO q king. The second
is against paying unjust bounties 10
rotten moneyed aristocracY. The first
was against those vino ruled by divine
right; the second against those who rule
by moneyed might. The first was against
u5urpation; so is the second.
The next question was for his views of
the sub-treasury.
There is the rub. 1t seems to be the
thing TO do TO jump on the sub-tre8sury
bill. Did any great movement ever start
out with anything perfect? l do not be-
lieve that any bill as important as this
was ever passed without amendment
But the Alliance have been treated as if
they were children who did not not know
what they want, and their bill as the
offspring of stupidity. Out of hundreds
of thousands OF voting men
select, intelligent body OF men was
cent to St. Louis, Mo-, and devised
plan OF relief. 1t has been treated as If i:
were the production of lunatic asylum.
The treatment of the bill, in nv judg-
ment, Ia unwise, impolltio. unjust, I'M
statesmanlike and unpatriotic. -
Congressman Norwood, it will be re-
membered, wrote several years ago a
political novel, called, "Plutocracy
American White Slavery - which as he
describes it, is "feeble picture of what
exists and prediction of what is to be. -
Then he adds: 'My hope of peaceabIe
deliverance for TIE whole country rests
with the Alliance. - These utterances,
coming from Col. Norwood, will create
the biggest sensation Georgia has yet
had. The Alliance will oubtedly
support Norwood, and II they do. il will
make him the most prominent figure be-
fore the South.