The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-08
\ Plea for Harmony and Fair
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natr candidates in the County Alliance
10 I've voted for by members of the AL
liau,c. in the Democratic primary tn
bc held June 10th. We do not know
that this is the purpose, but only
Judge so by what has been made pub
lie. We earnestly hope that no such
purpose is contemplated. The dis
cord and almost disruption 81 the
Democratic party that this program
caused last year ought to he too fresh
in the minds of all to repeat it, if there
were no other consideration. 1t was
freely admitted last fall during the
campaign by leading members of the
Alliance that II grave mistake had
been made. both rs related to the Al
iiance and the Democratic party. and
they declared then that the mistake
should not bc repeated, if in theil
power to prevent it. it required the
supremest effort of the Alliance and
other Democrats combined to over.
come the opposition, and then one
member of the ticket was almost de-
feated.
Aside from such a policy practically
converting the Alliance into regular
POLITICAL organization. it is the very
essence of injustice to all Democrats
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By it non-Alliance Democrats, no
matter what their loyalty to party
and qualifications otherwise, are more
effectually DISTINGUISHED than the
Campbell plan would disfranchise the
non land owner, for under the Camp
bell plan every man would have at
least one vote; while the non lliancc
Democrat who is expected to support
the Alliance nominee after the useless
formality of the primary is gone
| through with, is not allowed so much
as the poor privilege of minority
vote in the election that decides who
that Alliance nominee shall be.
In this county and nearly every
other in the State the Alliance cOnsti-
tutes the. bulk of the Democratic par
ty, and it is not only unjust and dan
gerous, but unnecessary to combine
against all other members of the par
ty, simply because they are not men,
beers of the Alliance.
The county Democratic Executive
Committee, composed, with one ex-
ception, of members of the Alliance,
have called il primary election on June
the 10th, aud they have restricted
participation in that primary to per
SONS who voted for the Democratic
nominees, State and county, last No
| vember and to those who did not vote
against any of said nominees. This, if
| the Alliance does not forestall the
primary by making nomination of
its own, is fair and just and places
all Democrats on an equal footing.
The importance of nominating only
our ablest and wisest men for the
great trust of delegate to the Consti-
tutional Convention, without refer
ence to their profession or vocation,
has been emphasized too often in
these columns to need repeating here.
But let us not be misunderstood in
our opposition to the Alliance dccid-
ing who the nominees shall be. The
LEADER is Il friend to the Alliance,
and is willing and anxious in all pro-
per ways to advance its best interests.
If the proposition were for the Ali
ance to nominate a merchant or a
lawyer, instead of Il member of the
Alliance, and cut off all other Dem>
ocrats from voice in deciding who
that nominee should be, We would he
just us much as opposed to it as we
now are. Such policy can only end
in the injury of both the Alliance and
the Democracy.
We close with an extract from the
Tupelo journal, which at this time is
worthy Of all acceptation
This is an occasion when the broad
est spirit of patriotism should prevail,
and class prejudice be subordinated
, to the public welfare. The farmers
alliance is too great an organization
for it to consider any public question
solely with reference to itself, and to
the exclusion of all other interests.
Its members have an opportunity of
performing valuable public service
in connection with the election of del
egates to the constitutional cOnven-
tion-uot by arraying themselves
against the democratic party and all
other classes and making member
ship in the order the only test of fit
ness; but by attending the democratic
primaries as democrats and patriots
and assisting in the nomination of
men of honesty, of capacity, and of
fidelity to principle, let them be al
lance men or non -alliance men. No
i. man is fit for delegate to the con
vention who seeks the position by vir-
tue of his membership in the alliance.
No man should be opposed because he
is member of the alliance, and no
man should be supported simply be-
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