The morning news., 1891-09-01
The Governor and Col Livingston.

1 The Governor and Col. Livin gsson.
IL is evident that it is not the purpose of
Gov. Northen 10 abandon the charges
against Col. Livingston, which he intendSd,
had he been permitted to do so, TO present
TO the recent alliance convention. He Is a
very patient man. and a very oostinaEe q
one. The sentiment of the alliance IS against
him now, but he is hopeful that 1t VIII not
continue to be. He thinks the time Will
come, and very soon, when the Thinking
men of the alliance will see that they made
mistake in refusing to give him a hear
ing, and will not only give him an oppor-
tunity to present the charges, but will in
vestIga;e them thoroughly.
In an interview day or two ago tie gov
ernor pointed out that lie had precedents
for bringing the charges before the con-
venton. The Ocala convention heard
the charges against DR.. Macune and
Col. Livingston and passed upon them, and
Col. Livingston had himself offered TO call
the Georgia ALLAN ce convention together to
hear the charges Gov. Northen desired to
make.
But when the convention met Col. Liv-
ingston refused to permit tie charges
against him to be presented to it, Such in
consistency naturally excited the surprise
of all candid people. Was Col Living
ston's offer to call the alliance together to
hear the charges only a bluff 1t certainly
looks so in the light of subsequent develop
ment'. And is Col. Livingston afraid to
meet the charges! In view Of the fact that
tue convention refused to hear the charges
the answer must be that he is.
And it is not strange that the convention
refused to hear the charges. The members
Of the alliance have been told by thoir
leaders ald organs over and over again
that an attack upon alliance leaders is au
attack upon the order. This idea the lead
era have drilled into alliancemen for their
own protection. They foresaw that the
time might come when it would be incon-
venient, if not positively unpleasant. to
have their conduct inquired into. There
fore they were shrewd enough to educate
aliancemen to believe that the preservation
Of the order depended upon refusing to
listen to anything that might be said
against any leader of the order.
shown pretty clearly in the case OF the de-
| faulting business agent of the alliance ex-
change at Atlanta. Little was said against
that agent even after his wrong doing was
known to the public. Aud now that it has
been shown that the exchange was robbed
OF many thousands of dollars, why is it that
the man who uulawfully took the money is
not being prosecuted! Isit because he Is
protected by men in power' And why
should they protect him unless he is in pos
session of secrets that, if told, would be
damaging to some who are prominent in
alliance counsels4 Questions like these sug-
gest themselves to thinking alliancemen,
and make them wonder whether such mel
as Gov. Northern are not, after all, the best
friends Of alliancemen.
They ca mot understand why the desire
TO prevent the governor from presenting
his charges against Col. Livingston should
have been so strong In the alliance conven-
tion, or should have existed az all. And
the more they think about it the more ia-
olined they will be to think that if Col Liv-
ingston was not afraid to meet the charges
he would have gladly opened ths way for
their presentation.
The governor will find a way TO get the
charges before the people which he has to
make against Col. Livingston, and it
would not be at all surprising if many of
those who are hostile to him should seek
the opportunity to acknowledge they had
made mistake. and assure him of their
confidence in him and of their good will.