Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-10-25

honor of the nomination, because
forso0th he does not see proper to
answer in detail every question pro-
pounded by every disappointed poli-
tician in the state. Touching upon
this point will assert that the peo-
pie have right to interrogate a can
didate for Congress upon any and all
national issues, but that the sape
questions put to candidate for Gov
ernor of a state would be irrelevant.
And 1t seems to me that in times past
l have heard the STANDARD declaim-
ing against our candidates for Gov
ernor consuming time discussing the
tariff and national issues, to the ex-
Clusion of state affairs. Why this
thusness, or this face-about, as it
were, on the part of the STANDARD?
E. B. E.
In the above our correspondent
avoids facts and resorts to myths and
theories. In all of our criticisms of
the alliance and its methods we have
dealt with the organization as it real
ly is, and not as what it processes to
be. If the alliance will return to
its original declaration of principles,
and stick to them, we will cheerfully
lend it all of the aid and encourage.
ment in our power. But when the
alliance in national convention at ST.
Louis amalgamated with lot of la
Dor unions and resolved itself into an
independent political party, on a plat
form of open hostility to both the
old parties, then it forfeited all claims
of consideration from democrats or
the democratic party. 1t is utterly
silly and childishly simple for any
man to assert that the alliance, as it
exists and is being unanswered in
Tennessee, is non>political organiza-
ton. What else on earth has it ever
done in Tennessee but NEEDLE in
politics?
But to Mr.. E's questions.
/. We don't know whether the de-
mocracy can afford it or not, but we
do know that thousands of democrats
in the state are very luke-warm over
Mr.. Buchanan. Fortunately for him,
however, the republicans have an
equally disastrous state of affairs for
their nominee. Baxter and his adj
MIXERS are ashamed of the republi~
can platform, while the admirers of
the platform are ashamed of Baxter.
If any unity of enthusiasm for Bax-
ter existed in the republican ranks
Mr.. Buchanan would be very much
in danger.
3. We are free to admit that we are
in doubt on this question. AS to
which will do the democratic party
the most harm, Buchanan's defeat or
his election, we are not prophet
enough to tell. We shall give Mr.
Buchanan the benefit of the doubt.
however, and vote for him.
3. If the election of Mr.. Buchanan
by a reduced majority would only hui
initiate him and the alliance, al
would be well the entire democracy
, of the state will suffer humiliation il
his election by any kind of a MAORI
ty.
4. Such a thing as the press secretly
: stabbing Mr.. Buchanan is a mental
moral, physical and metaphysical
/ impossibility. The STANDARD, will
} nearly every other democratic pape
/ in the state (some more severely thar
f others), has openly, boldly IcriticiseC
and condemned Mr.. Buchanan 70
s his undemocratic position on publ
F.. questions, for his undemocratic meth
: cd of shielding himself in silence lik
n a clam, and for his undemocratic at
a tempt to play an undemOcratic two
s faced game upon the people iron
!, whom he is seeking elevation to
0 position of honor. Mr.. Buchanan j
t responsible for the injection of a pc
/, litical catechism into the campaign
o and we see no reason why he shoul
e sneak out of answering it himself
Il We cannot see what bearing the atti
n tude of democrats toward Mr.. Buch
e anan can have on Mr.. Snodgras'
election. Mr.. Snodgrass answere
It the questions put to him in cOurtC
d Gus, frank and manly way, and thel
= by won the respect and confidence {
all democrats, whether members {
o the alliance or not.
? We are still of the opinion that usI
o ally gubernatorial candidates deyot
II too much time to national affairs, an
i. shirk state issues, but the peopl
hora a riubt IN knom from tho line Z