The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-17

An Alliance Democrat Talks.
Under this head we publish in
another column a communication
from James A. Sanders, ESD, of the
DIST district. OF course we did not
feel at liberty to change the letter,
but as a matter of fact we know etnat
it does it's author an injustice. He
is one of the Alliance Democrats OF
this county that the editor of the
HERALD has often conferred with
upon political questions and things
in general, and when his letter COM
mits him straight out to the sub
treasury proposition, it does him an
Injustice. He is not for it. Men get
excited and enthused while writing
sometimes, just as they do when talk
ing, and say thing they do not mean,
aud that is what our friend Squire
Sanders has done. We have talked
to him frequently and have studied
his case and analiZed 1t, aud under
stand it better than he does himself,
and we know that when he says he is
"fOr the sub-tre asury if he cannot get
something BETTER" that he does not
mean it. He is too good q Democrat
and too sensible a man to endorse any
such heresy. What he means is that
he wants "something better" And
when he gets anything, he will get
something better, for the devil could
not devise anything worse.
Some of our Alliance friends have
been led away by Mr.. TerrelPs sophis-
try that 1--WE care nothing for the
detaiIs.U Mr.. Terrell knew better
than this. It'll Eldiculously absurd
to talk about running tbs finances OF
this big government of ours, without
considering the detailsi and it is
most terrible piece Of financial reck-
Iassness to commit the treasury TO
such a measure without first cOnsid=
ering the workings Of the "details"
The sub-treasuFy bill 10 wrong In
principle, in the first place, and nc
emergency can arise that will justify
g sacrifice Of principle purely fol
money gain. But aside from that, the
"details" OF the proposed measure
show its utter impractioRbility. The
question of principle being out OF the
way the bill looks fair: enough until
you begin to inquire into its "details
When you find then the enormous ex'
penditure required to build these
government warehouses;, and the
great herds OF Office holders to be
paid, and the Incidental expenses
accompanying these "details" nc
man wants it. a great many want
"someting better;" In fact all OF ut
want something better; but II there
IL single man in the county Of
Maury who actually desires the pas
sage of the Picker sub-treasury bill
straight as il is, without adding TO OF
taking from, we do not know 1t.
The gentleman asks why we do no
suggest something better. We mod
estly assert that we have time anC
again suggested something better
We believe that a reduction of the
tariff to the actual needs of the gov
together with the free coinage of sill
yer, will relieve the country OF the
stringent money pressure and initiate
the currency just as much as II
healthy for it. The gentleman says
he has been fed on this sind Of "haSh'
for fifty years, and wants something
new. The trouble has not been in the
preaching, then, but in the practice
Tariff reform has been on the Demo
cratic banners and in its platforms
for years, but the very same Wal
street that our friend complains
about, and the very same soulles'
corporations our friend complains
about, and time servers and dema
gogues, like Mcdowell and McCune
have led the people astray, time Rftel
time, and Democracy-the party o.
the peopIe-has gone down in the hu
initiation of defeat and the reform
has not come,
| But it is not the faalt of the Demo
cratic party that it has not, and We
are still preaching it. 1t is the OrthO
dOX democratic religion, handed dowr
from our fathers, and we will not b'
Jed after any strange gods, until a
least the old doctrine has been tried
And now in return we will sugges
to Evangelist Sanders that il h'
knows anything with more saving
grace in it than the pure old de
mOcracy of Jefferson that he offer thu
something better" The old ships
Of equal Rights" and Tariff Re
form" "have landed many thousand
and we think will land as many more
Some travelling, evangelist OF a new
school may come along and create 1
big upheaval of doubt by preaching
about the hardships-Of Q certain class
and saying nothing about the hard
shipl of other classes, and the waters
Of the river OF Democracy may be
muddied for awhile, but the cloud:
will roll by and the pillows be stilled
and the good old ships OF |Equa
Rights" aud "Tariff Reform" will bC
landed safely, tight and dry, with the
true disciples on board and smiling
but no sub-treasuryites will be in 1t
| JAMES E. CAMPBELL was nOmina-
ted by the Democratic convention fol
! Governor of Ohio, Oh the first ballot
We wish Mr.. Campbell mighty-well