The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-09-11
THE BREACH WIDENED.
Mcdowell FIaunts The Sub Treasury
Flag in the Face of the Minority.
And by Ignoring their Wishes, Sends
them Home Mad.

And by Ignoring their Wishes, Sends
them Home Mad.
The great Alliance rally set for last
Saturday, so much talked about and
so long looked forward to, was a fail
ure. Not in joint of members, though
the crowd was not nearly SO large as
expected. Not in the appointments
for dinner, for there was an abun-
dance of good things. But from the
standpoint that the meeting was
called to explain Alliance principles,
and by so doing allay prejudice against
the order and build it up; from this
standpoint-whichw we think is the
correct One-and in view OF the fact
that instead of doing this the orator
of the day, with that rule or ruin
spirit characteristic of him, ignored
the wishes and the rights of the
minority and drove them from him
and provked revolt in the ranks OF
his own order; from this standpoint,
we say the great rally was al ominous
failure.
There were present some six or
eight hundred people; two or three
hundred of these being women and
children. Nearly il not quite half
the men present were non-Alliance-
men, attracted by curiosity TO see
that rRra avis; the tattOOed statesman
from Desha county Arkansas. Even
among the Alliance men present
there were q great many present OPP
posed to this man, and In passing
through the crowd one could hear
many more words OF condemnation
than of praise concerning him. 80
Aside from the pail the bOOrishness
of Mcdowell threw over the assem-
blage, the day, socially speaking, was
q pleasant one. There was a freedom
and cordiality and hospitality for
which the farmers Of this good county
are Justly famed, and town and
county folks mixed and mingled, with
evident enjoyment to both.
The speaking, which was announced
for 10 o'clock did not begin until after
IL. DIR. r. b. Harwell, of Giles
County, was the first speaker intro
duced. He said he had come to hear
'our worthy President" talk and had
not expected to make speech him
self, but would make the audience 8
rambling talk.
He was as good as his word.
Mr.. w. B. Gordon was the next
speaker. He was not prepared be
said, and embarrassed. Having notlr-
ing else to say he thought the proper
thing to do was to taffy the COnfeder'
ate soldiers present, which always
brings applause, and the next smart
idea was to jump on the political
press; Which-you know-had been
abusing our worthy President. After
this interesting preface he proceeded
to declare himself an out-and-Out sub
treasury man, anu in discussing the
paternaIistic feature took occasion
more than once to give the Demo
| cratic Congressman and Senators
| from Tennessee some side sweeps al
we'll as some front hits He declared
that the "tariff reform" cry was the
greatest fraud of the age. That the
politicians said "wait until we reform
the tariff" meaning thereby, "keeI
us in office yet q little longer" Aftel
his speech a good many were heard t.
| remark that Mr.. GordOn's solicitud'
| about getting new men in office, wa
great.
After Mr.. Gordon had finished din
| ner was announced This was spreaC
| in the grove at South Side Park, ant
there was All abundance of gOoC
things for all.
The first thing after dinner was thu
most interes ting occurrence OF tn
day. 1t was one of those delightful
little episodes you do not find on tn
| programme, but which never fail t
entertain, and that highly. Whel
Mr.. Mcdowell had gone to the speak
er's stand, and while looking over hi
notes and waiting for the crowd to re
turn from dinner, Jonas Il. AIMS an
J. H. Courtney entered the speaker
stand and approaching Mr.. Mellow
ell were very soon in earnest converse
ZION. The three were soon joined b,
w. o. Witherspoon and Il. M. Hogan
and the five became animated
Those who were posted knew tina
Amis and Courtney represent on
wing of the Alliance in this count.
and Witherspoon and Hogan another
and the crowd was not long in dis
covering that something had gon
wrong, very wrong, and that ther
was