The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-09-25
april1O 1y

Another Attack Oh Oar Noble Order
The following clipping from tue
Nashville american has references ~
fine same Roberts whom the gre
Alliance Mogul sent out to tne Dafoe-
enc al Fiy's store to preach Deulo-
cracv (?) to the farmers OF thaI l'oI-
ten of tile county of Maury. SUNS
of these DAYS, when the opening W
the charnel house is removed anu tle
light let in upon al! the rotte IS ~
Mcdowell al d his gang, ana Ihe
rank and file of the Alliance ma our
indeed and in truth who 1t Is they
have listened to and appiauded, they
will hold down their heads III very
shame and go off into dark places ana
kick themselves. The American
says:
Some bad people up in the FIRST Con
UreSsiOnaI District are making an 81
tack upon our noble order. one d. w.
Roberts, is the Alllance leCtu i,a,,,j ,S'r
of fuckers cabinet and one Vi VIC
DowelPs most trusted leuahts-
RoherLs is a Republican, but as "tnere
ia no difference between hePuDILcA4'
AlIianceman ana DeIlioG fnn anvtbin~
man" this doesn't count 1or any tniH
| The thing which is most Wort InS "
the brethren is the copy OF certain GU tI.
proceedings setting out the olIClaA CoPy
| of an indictment aSalaSI III S;-o'Iit
Roberts in the United States SlIculU
Court charging him with maklhS
"false, fictitious and Fraudulent ct"i VI !
upon and against the cover nlhehH vi
| The United States" This iaIse c 5aiiL
was made i'll pension case lol III 80
1 in the last sickness of SuSannaA Ming,
| late a pensioner OF the Unlted oL't'eS'
! .'whiIe, in truth and i'll TACT, 70 4u"UI
| the language OF the indictment, sow
/ Tor, al =
| by said j. NJ. Roberts, ana heiIheh - 90.
| MONEYS nor any part tIere"l was N"N
| the SAID j. Nj. Roberts from the boNc II
| menL OF the United States, ana 10 Oh
tain the aynent OF satu money IL,
| false fictitious and frauduleuL cIAl'h
| was made by the said }. NJ. isppeftS,
! then and there well knowing Inc sdlu
! claim TO be false, fictitious ana lrauuu
| lent, and intended thereby TO ch63I any
| defraud the Government of the OhlLcH
| States Roberts was at the time EA-
| aiming Surgeon at Mountain ClIy
| When arraigned on this indictment ne
| pleaded guilty, but paid into court Ile
| sum OF $l20, the amount OF winch nS
| had defrauded the Government ana
sentence was suspended. X. j. FerSu-
son was indicted in the same case, but
| as he had no money he was sent to the
penitentiary. Roberts was removed
from his office by President Cleveland,
| but was reappOinted by HARRISON ahG
subsequently, removed when this record
was made known. Then he became an
Alliance politician and was given one
| of the most responsible ana nonOraple
positions in the order.
These facts while unGenied and I'M
| deniable are met with the same old cry
it is an "attack upon our noble Order
Roberts is a marJyr-thOse VINO eN-
pose him are vile caIumnlatofS anu
enemies of the Alliance-they are the
emissaries of Wall street-they are try
| ing to break down the character of Il
patriot because he is friend OF tue
people. And straightway Roberts Is
lifted above the reach Of ali evidence
and the ears of the faithful are shut TO
all facts.
we doubt not the Alliance leaders
| often laugh immoderately when they
| get Oft to themselves ana dlScuss Ihe
| gulhbilIty of their faithful followers.
] They have phrase which charms away
| the sense of their supporters ana rem
ders rascality proof against evidence.
| An Alliance politician may sell HUI
| self and the order to railroad mOnOpO-
| list, he may have a record which smells
! To heaven, his public and his private lie
| NAV reek with corruption, lie may nave
| been the boon companion ana associate
! of nero thieves and thugs and tho evil
! dence of all tits may be so PLAIN that
! he who runs may read, but he has an
| answer ready tor every accusation.
| When the evidences Of his raScaIlty
| thicken about his head he has only to
scream: at is an attack upon our
noble order!' Had the accuser as
many mouths as Hydra this one SEN
tence would stop them all. Whenever
an outsider makes a charge it is secuted
because it comes from an enemy; ana
| President Polk has issued a general or
der forbidding any member TO expose
any scoundrel to the public on pain OF
expulsion. Thus the leaders hope to
cut of the members from all sources OF
| information as 10 their rascaily trans
| actions and rotten records. How long
do they think such policy can succeed?