Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-11-01
HOW E. B. E. DON'T ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS.
Irving College, Oct. %, 1890.

Living OOlieR6S OCl' Io1 loJVs
To the STANDARD.
Nine questions to answer! Won
der if the STANDARD is not working
the "rabDit foot" game on me in Sc
curing matter for the STANDARDS
columns? OF course not! 1t just
means to shut up my mouth by leav-
ing the issue first discussed, and ask
ing if you did not thus and so, as if
Buchanan should be held RESPONSE
BILE for my doings. But to those
questions.
IL have heard nothing from
Cleveland or Harris on the sub.treas-
ury hobby, however 1 beard from
Snodgrass before that "frank, manly
and courteous" answer of his, and
then he said he had not examined far
enough into the bill to know whether
be favored it or not; that he thought
better bill could be drafted; but
that he was in favor of some such
bill. Well, beg leave to differ from
SnOdgrass and others, for l favor no
such bill.
3. Yes, have heard that Cleveland
and Harris think the democratic par
ty furnishes remedy for the over
burdened farmer. But notwithstand-
ing they think this, we all know that
in its national legislative capacity the
democratic party has done nothing
that has been of any benefit to the
people.(a) What it might have done
with the President, Senate and
House, know NOT.
8. No, 1 never have heard of any
other democratic nominee for gov
ernor refusing to answer questions
"courteously put to him by demo-
Gratis" The fact of the business is
there has never before been courteous
ly(?) put to a nominee list of such
irrelevant, nonsensical questions by
those of his own party as has heen
put by democratS(?) to the Hon. J. P.
Buchanan; leastwise I have never
heard OF such an incongruous line OF
policy adopted and pursued by demo
Gratis to elect a democrat. What says
the STANDARD ?(b)
4. "T either of the other candidates
had received the nomination and the
alliance had put questions" etc,
Bah !! Editor Reams, l see you stand,
ing behind the above double SUPPOSE
ton tauntingly remarking you "have
avoided facts and resorted to myths
and theories" (c)
So, 7, and s. These are questions
which, if answered, would divulgt
things that did or did not happen in
a secret meeting. (d
Now if the STANDARD will estab'
lish its right to know things tina
transpire in the secret meetings of tn,
alliance, then l am ready and willing
to give such information as possess
, But really, does not the STANDARD
think that it has o'erstepped tn,
modesty of decorum in asking ques
tions with reference to the interna
r workings of secret order of which i
) is not member? (e) However, witt
3 regard to the political part of the al
> lance work, may suggest that it i
3 not attended to in the secret meeting
: of the alliance.0O When such mus
. be done the members of the allianc
as citizens can infringe upon thos
patent methods of the hitheto leader
| of the party, and in self-defense "fix
l things" somewhat to suit themselves
But the STANDARD asserts that al
5 such IS wrong. Who began this thin
business of fixing things" ?(O
t 8. Can a man subscribe to the 81
} Louis platform of the f. and l.. L.
e rnd be a democrat? Many goo,
democrats think so. However,
S never saw platform, alliance, reput
s lican democratic or prohibition tina
= accorded with my views. (h)
Y Now Mr.. Editor, please do not sa
( l have given evasive answers.
could have said ~ don't know an