Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-26
BRACES REJOINDER TO TAYLOR
"Ee Quotes from the Texas Constitution
Which was Repealed and Amended by
the State Alliance in 1889"
Bonham Daily Favorite.

BOnhaln DAILY faNOflle-
To the Alliance Membership and the Public
in General:
Having in q former letter showed, and
that very conclusively too, that Brother +.
| X. Taylor, president of the Fannin county
Alliance, had no constitutional authority
| by which to thrust me from that lodge.
VIII again use the press in replying to
Brother Taylor's attempt to answer my
letter, and before l enter into
full reply | wish to state that
| have no personal warfare TO wage against
President Taylor. | only entered into this
controversy when l was forced to do so in
self defence. Not wishing to submit to
measures that were being forced upon me
that ! conceive to be political and antagon-
istic to Alliance principles, as well as in
direct opposition to the doctrines
Of my political faith, when l was assured
Of the fact that nothing in the Alliance
would interfere with my political or reli-
gious views, and l care not what others may
say, when / conSclentiouSly believe that any
demand of the orderis contrary to my polit-
icdl or religious views 4 majority has no
right by coercion or otherwise to compel
me to submit for this would be surren-
der of that assurance. The sub-treasury
scheme is in exact keeping with President
Taylor's political record for the last
twenty-five years, and L cannot
blame him nor do not for in
dOIsinC the same but ] do blame him for
irving to force me TO surrender my p0litl-
cal faith and swallow that heresy, and be-
cause | would not yield and follow the lead
ers of that heresy have been driven from
tine order.
will now pay my respects TO Brother
Taylor again.
President Taylor begs the question and
pleads the baby act'' from start to finish;
quotes clauses OF the constitution that he
how hoo, rAton 1hl Inv slrnn
mcntS and are not now IN
force. He quotes from the Texas
constitution which was repealed and
amended by the Farmers State Alliance in
1889. ! quoted the national constitution of
the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union OF America adopted by the
meeting at Meridian, Miss, December 5,
ISNS. and was adopted by the Farmers
State Alliance of Texas in 1889, and the
clause in regard to eligibility has not
been changed from that day to this.
As to his eligibility to membership he
takes the opportunity to boast OF his
ownership OF .'l2OO acres of black land, 400
to 600 acres in cultivation and that he
owns about forty-tive head of horses and
mules.'' but fails to quote the constitution
row in force. which says that his owner
ship of thirty-five shares in Fannin
county bank, and being one of its
directors, positively makes him in
ellglOlt 10 III lic OIucI- RES
ident Taylor not only knows that this is the
fact, but he has privately SO expressed
himself TO one or more Alliance members
that he has remained in the order and
filed the position of county president in
direct conflict with the plain letter and
spirit of the constitution. As to rules 6 and
%. President Taylor knows that they were
passed by partisan majority and that the
authors and abettors Of those travesties on
the Alliance law and USages had them passed
for no other purpose but to punish and cast
slurs upon the pureSt men in the Farm
ers' Alliance, for daring to
denounce the leaders and schemers
at Austin for attempting to steer the order
int the pockets and control of corporate
power President Taylor ought to know, if
he does not. that the brethren who signed
that Austin manifesto and the
managers of the publication of
the Farmers World made their
appearance at the last meeting of the state
Alliance at Dallas and demanded an imme-
date trial on the charges made against
them. That those brethren not only did
this, but they came prepared to prove
every charge they had made, and SO an
nounced it publicly and in the press.
President Taylor was delegate to that
state meeting and he knows that the signerS
of that Austin manifesto ard the managers
of the publication of the Farmers World
failed to get trial before the state judi
ciary committee and their yindication or
conviction was put of for twelve
months. AS to his charge that 1
disclosed Il part of the ''secret
workings of the county Alliance at the last
july meeting and had them published in
the press of the state" President Taylor
knows the charge to be as silly as it is de-
void of TRUTH SO far as | violated my obi
CATION. None knows this better than he, and
the facts in this case go to prove my for
mer charges of bossism and miniature
copying of his great political high priest,
referred TO this, will make a statement OF
facts, and let the Alliance and the
public judge whether 1 disclosed any
of the secret work of secret
session of Fannin county Alliance.
President Taylor refers to the publica-
ton of the minority protest against Fannin
county Alliance indorsing the sub-treasury
and land loan scheme of the
Ocala platform. That protest was
signed by eight or ten delegates
and members of the July meeting, as well
as every member in good standing who
was opposed to the sub-treasury scheme.
President Taylor ruled that none would be
regular delegates and members,
and ordered the erasing of all
names signed TO said protest that
were not regular delegates or members of
the July meeting. 1t did not relate to the
secret work of the order contained nothing
that rendered it unfit for publication and
was intended not only to be spread upon
the minutes of Faunin county Alliance. but
its author and signer, desired that it be
given as great publicity as the
supporters of the sub-treasury scheme
were giving the Ocala platform. The
writer of the resolution referred to over
looked in the hurry of their preparation and
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secretary be authorized to furnish the
press with copy, and when local reporter
applied to you, Bro. Taylor, for permission
to get copy of same for publication you
refused on the technical ground that the
body had failed to authorize their publica-
ton. ! went To the county secretary that
same day, procured copy of the protest and
gave to the world through the press what
you in your partisanship intended should
be smothere6 and suppressed among thu