The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-23
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Some Of the alliance leaders in the south
say that they are doing. and intend to con-
tinue to do, all they can to prevent the
alliance from supporting the Peoples party.
At the same time they are pursuing a
| course that is calculated to influence the
alliance to leave the Democratic party and
| join the Peoples party. They may be sins
cere in what they say, but they have a
! queer way of showing their sincerity. To
an observer it seems as if nothing would
crafty them more than to be able to carry
the alliance into the camp of the Peoples
party, and that they are restrained from
attempting to do so by the fear that they
would fail in the attempt.
1t would be interesting to know what
they are doing to make the alliance salts
fed with the Democratic party. Are they
pointing out what the Democratic party
has done for the south, and what would be
the consequences to the south if that party
should be destroyed! Are they showing
that the Democratic party is the party of
the people and that it aims to do what is
best for all classesi They are doing nothing
of the kind. But they are asserting that
there is no longer any danger of black rule
in the south and that if the Democratic
party doesn't accede to the demands of the
Ocala platform-that is, it it doesn't indorse
the sub-treasury plant will be about i'm
possible to prevent the alliance from be-
coming an ally of the Peoples party.
Does not all this look as if some Of the al
lance leaders had very strong desire to
lead the alliance to the support of the Peo-
pies party9 When Col. Polk was in At
lanta the other day did he have a word to
say in behalf of the Democratic party? and
did he not say great deal in praise of the
Peoples party9 Can it be said that the pur-
pose of this talk was to prevent alliancemen
from severing their connection with the
Democratic party.
1t looks very much as if those alliance
leaders who are pretending to love the
Democratic party so we'll, but who are con-
stantly commencing the Peoples party, are
ambitious. They do not see any prospect of
becoming the chosen leaders of the Demo-
cratic party, but they think they
would be in the front rank of
the leaders Of the Peoples party.
provided they could carry the alliance
to that party. They are posing as demo-
Gratis while approving the Peoples party, and
this, probably, they will continue to do un-
til it is definitely determined whether or
not the alliance can be induced to join its
fortunes to those of the Peoples party. II
it cannot they will stay with the Demo-
cratic party, and if it can they will be found
in the Peoples party claiming whatever
honors it has to confer on the ground that
they brought to it its greatest element of
strength.
1t can be pretty safely stated for their
benefit, however, that the alliance cannot be
carried to the Peoples party. A part of it
may be, because in every organization there
are men who are ready to become partici-
pants in anything that Is new or novel, and
who hope to better their condition by
change, but the alliancemen who do little
talking and a great deal of thinking are not
going to leave the Democratic party, and
they do not approve the sub-treasury
plan. They know that that plan is imprac-
ticable, and that if it should be adopted it
would bring distress to the farmers, instead
of prosperity. They know also that without
that plan there would be nothing in the
platform of the Peoples party that would
arrest attention.
These alliance leaders, therefore, who are
pretending to do their utmost to keep the
the alliance from going to the Peoples
party should change their tactics if they
want to be regarded as sincere They are
now in danger of appearing to be trying to
lead the alliance into that party.