The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-15
The Alliance and Democracy
Should Beware OF the
Trojan Horse.

Trojan Horse. Il
The Nashville Herald of recent Il
late contains the following: u
"There are divers and strange ru- u
nors afIOat as regards the Alliance IN q
In the interest OF the -,
Alliance and Democratic party alike >,
it is proper that such rumors be venIl- =
lated and traced to their source.
The Herald has no warfare 10 make z
paper, endeavoring to give honest +;
news and pledging its most earnest .
efforts to good government. 1t sees
in the Democratic party the only
party upon which the people can rely.
1t believes that in its perpetuatlon
may be seen the perpeJuatlon OF poPu-
lar government.
at is stated, however, that eVll anu
scheming leaders are at work III tne
Alliance of Tennessee to disrupt the
Democratic party and out OF the cnaos
that is produced to elevate CheIn-
selves to positions of trust and power
1t is stated, to go into detail, that the
efforts of such leaders Will De 10 urn
the Alliance members OF tennessee
with the view of capturing the neAI |
Democratic convention. IhaC Ihey
will organize the hosts and move on
Nashville like a great army, Organize
and control the convention, make Che
O.aIa platform the platform OF the
alleged Democracy Of Tennessee, ehO
proceed to infiict political oolIylob
upon all who refuse to defend ana 10
advocate such a platlorma ~ r.
does such program mean? Does II
mean that the Trojan horse is within
our party walls?
.sFhe Herald believes that there If
much of danger in the present con
ditiOn of affairs, and warns Dem0c-
racy and the Alliance at one ana the
same time-the former that 1t De not
blinded to the menaees OF It's enemies,
the latter that it be not mlsled INTO
bIunders that will wreck instead OF
insure prosperity"
Continuing this subject in a sub
seauent issue, the same paper says:
at is undoubtedly true that very
MANY Democrats in Tennessee are
growing tired of the exactions that
Tie Alliance is making upon the
Democratic party. 1t is undouoted-
Iy true that the Alliance, which was
organized ostensIbly as q non-polltl-
cal, mutually cooperative organlZa-
ton, has grown tyrannieal If not IN
sOlent, and dOmineering IL not DfaIeh
If it be Judged of by the character OF
its leaders, 1t is to be feared and re-
buked. 1t has grown Under Demo
cratic announcement into formidable
DropOrtions and is now by METHODS
undemocratic and hostile to all ideas
Of fairness, seeking TO make Inc
Democratic party the tool with when
to open up new possibilities TO itselI
IT has grown from q nOn~politlca
organization into a political clan, III
structed In secret by leaders who are
new corners in politics, and drilled oy
them for pIracies upon party which
has given it shelter and protection
''To such q state mas the Alliance
come that Democrats must get 10
gether, and if necessary crush II GU
OF existence. In it's ranks are many
mon who love their party better than
the Alliance, ana in an emergency
will desert the latter to prove thei
allegiance to the former. Upon sucI
Alliance members the Democracy o
Tennessee must depend for much ala
1t looks as if the time - coming, ah'
soon, when Alliance and ID 4InncrScI
must separate. There must be
Least an understanding between
Democracy aud the Alliance. Ih'
former must undeTstan the late
and the latter must be taught 10 re
cOgnize its proper place. III tue uh
Outstanding cannot be reached, thei
the divorce must come. UnIe5S CON
ditiOns change materially loF the ott
ter. the sooner the divorce comes TIT
better.
'sTennessee Democracy wants M
OcaIa resolutions made part OF IL
platform. 1t wants no secret Iactloi
n nalt of itself which seeks to engrai
such undemocratIc principles, ana
wants no United States Senate
chosen to represent such heresles an 7.
faIlacies. When Democracy opens IL
ewes, Democracy will act
Among many other papers in thu
OIL 4
this serious and important subject, l
the Nashville american, and a re
cent issue of that ably edited an
thoroughly reliable Democrati
journal, has this to says
.tTbese Alliance leaders profess nc
to see the danger that threatens IN
very existence of farmers-that OF TN
differentiation of the pleasant reis
tionship now existing between IN
farmer and his laborers and the ult
mate organization of the Iaoorefs 10
to a protective association against III
farmers themselves. This VIII com
as the legitimate Out-grOwth OF tIl
Alliance, lust as certainly as IN
organization of the knights OF Laoo
followed the cooperation OF mahuLa'
turers and other monoPolIes, aho Ih
farmer may look forward TO the "a
not very far into the future! VINE
he will be confronted by MS lspG
with a demand for better wages. ID
nav vet see the long heeey stapi
droD1ing from the burr to the cart
to rot; the wheat ripe in the heiG
With no reapers; the plows idle VIM
the grass is taking his crops. ana th
harYests ungathered 1or want
haryesters, or yield to the demand
his laborers for better pay. e
will follow as III
iagitimate offspring of most lnel
cusable folly"
We reproduce the above clipping
from our contemporaries, ana ask OF
Democratic Alliance readers TO CIV
them their serious and dispassionat
confederation. The time has CON
for honest men to speak out upo
.his question. There will be politics
trimmers. both among men and news
naners. who will cowardly shirk the
duty and leave others to bear u
brunt of the battle. But 1t Is time IL
honest men to face the question al
Lot their neighbors know where the
stand.
TUE HERALD believes there IS I
;rreooncilable difference between u
Damocracy and the Alliance OF lei
nessee. We believe the Allian'
makes one great mistake and has M
With one great misfortune. The mi
toxic. we think, is in transactlng i
business in secret; and the misfo
time is in their leaders. John
HTaDowelps ambition, selfshnes
egotism, stupidity, overbearing dlsp
sition, unpopularity and gener
cussedness, would wreck and ruin al
organization under the sun. 1t Is u
Gins of this same John H. McDowe
the Alliance is now having to answ
for. and itIis the heresies OF this san
nan that are now casting what
hone and believe is an unjust susE
cion upon the Alliance. For thous
~ ia the evident purpose oil THIS san
McDowell to capture the next Dem
cratic state convention, ana oy lhsei
Ion Il