The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-28
The Other Side Heard From.

EDITOR HERALD On Saturday,
the 8th day of August, the citizens OF
the first and adjoining districts, had
a barbecue at Fly's store on Leiper's
Creek, which has caused some one to
severely criticise our democracy, !
through the columns of your paper.
We feel proud To be able TO truthfully |
state to the author of the article that
we have more democracy in our finger |
than he has in his body. The right |
name for some men should he rule |
or ruin, "regardiess of democracy or
anything else. To show you that we |
are right IN our designs, we had
committee of twenty meu, all tried
and true democrats, to arrange our
programme on that day and Keep
| every thing in order; the decision of
this committee was that Mr.. Padgett
should deliver his speech at i
O'Clock; owing to some delay, MI.
| Padgett did not arrive in time to de-
liver his speech before dinner; there
fore he lost his hour, according to the
decision of the committee. Whlle
we we're at dinner, the report was
circulated that Mr.. Padgett would
make his speech at one o o'clock, which
lhour had been assigned by the Con-
| mittee to Mr.. Roberts, the Alliance
i sneaker. We did not know at that
time WHO it was that was interfering
with the plans OF the committt q, but
we found them out later On; aud as
we were full blooded democrats, ana
are always willing that the majority
shall rule, we called the committee
together, aud took the vote. Nineteen
of the committee voted that Mr..
Roberts should speak at one O'Clock,
as that hour had been a! signed to
lhim originally. Mr.. Roberts there
upOn occupied the stand for about
an hour ana a half. Now comes the
sauall, with these two or three jack
sOnian democrats, as they call them
selves. What did they mean? They
did not like to be ruled by the ma
iority of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the
COMMITTED. Now IL this is what il
takes to constitute q Jacksonian
4 democrat, I am glad we haven't many
of that kind down here, in the banner
district of MauTy County; for this
reason-if we understand anything
about democracy-the ma Orlty must
rule, and we think that Is right.
/ see the author OF that article was
very much dissatisfied that he die
not get to hear the Hon. V. F. Bihh
make speech in answer to Mr.
Roberts. He did not explain in his
article that Mr.. Padgett was invited
If. five or ak days before the dinner tC
> be present on that day, and deliver
speech on education tor the benefit o
the schools in the first district thli
was the object OF the dinner, am
every one in the neighbOThood wa
there with their children to hear Mr.
Padgett deliver an address on educa
ton, and that was the main purpos
in getting up the dinner. NOW aIte
few men found out that they coul'
not rule the committee, it was said b.
one of them that if Mr.. Padgett di'
Inl~ "a
not speak at all. Now this was on
of the very men who invited Nj
Padgett to attend and deliver the al
dress, and nineteen of the twent
committeeman insisted that NJ
Padgett should speak. While MI
Roberts was speaking, some on
invited Mr.. Bib TO reply to Ro0
erts q on the sub-treasury Dill
thereby leaving MIR. Padgett out en-
tireIy, AS there was not time for nh
to deliver his address after Mr. BID
would have finished. Tnis was don
by a few designing men, who wal
one man to rule ninety-nlne out OF
hundred. The report was oirct
lated that Bibb would answer X ebert
instead of Mr.. Padgett's address
the children on education. Two
the committee were selected to wa
on Mr.. Bibb, and learn who 1t WI
that was interfering with the arrang
ments of the committee, and who ha
invited Mr.. Bibb to speak instead
Mr.. Padgett. Mr.. Bibb was int
viewed, and he said he had been II
vited to speak, bur he declined to te
who invited him: he was then ask
ess if he came expecting to speak, ana
said he did not. He was then to
that the persons who were interferll
with the arrangements were know
and that some of them We're
friendly to the Alliance, and on
wanted to get up a wrangle betwe'
him and Roberts on the sub-treasu
bill, so that they could find som
thing to laugh at him about. Maj
of Bibb's friends from his own coun
opposed his speaking, as there w
q not time for two speeches witho
y cutting out Mr.. Padgett. Mr.. BIZ
then said to the committeeman tn
he would decline to speak under the
Iow circumstances, and even II he deslr
-, to do so, he did not have time, and J
gu ested these gentlemen to say TO
Inc Pa dgett to proceed with his adore
No wonder Mr.. Bibb opposed the 81
!. tire asury bill, for he is money-lend
The committeeman informed
Padgett that it was reported that
: a had declined to speak he replied &
he had been asked not to speak,
the time would be occupied by
Ribb. When he was informed
the committee stoods nineteen In
Vor OF his speaking, he consented
proceed and did 40, aud delivered