The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-10
The Secret bisoussion.


The d,cisi n Of President Stakes that the
discussion "f the sub treasury scheme be-
t~ cen rci,o,r Den Terrell and Governor
b. II. Tllmaa shall be in secret Sc sion Of
The States Al lance, will Le great disap-
pcintment to largo number of people, both
in and out of the Alliance, and will certainly
place Tllman in very unfair and emb,r
raising position in the discussion. The
delegates 10 the convention ars almost to Q
man in favor of the sub-,reasury; having
been elected with singular uranimity maiply
because they were uncoppromisiug advocn}1
Of that soheme. consequently, while Terrell
will be received and heard with unanimous
en- niorsemen', Tillman may expect to be
received with q chilling coldness, plainly
showing that he has not ONE among all his
hearers in sympathy with him, aud telling
him that the verdict hal n're,dy been re-
corded aga INST him,
1t was generally expected, even among
AL iancemen, that the discussion would be in
public, and the Peoples .4dcocdte, a promi-
nett Alliance organ, published at Anderson
denies the report in the News and Courier
that it would be in secret in the follow
ing striking language:
"The Ners and Courier has found n mare
nest with grent big egg in it, in its wonder
ful h'sc very that some of the alliance men
WIN advocate the sub-treaaury plan are dis.
poscl TO shut off debate on the matter hy
shutting Terrell aud Tillman into q room
with nobody present but those who have
;hn pns.sorL: We have heard cf 20 1,s,,2s3 sysb
,ha mn, body with authority 10 speak ha.
male my such proposition. On the con
| trary we want tho fullest discussion under
the broadest kind ef light, and let everybody
understand the arguments for and against
and il Governor Tillman or any other man
can show ih't the sub-treasury scheme j,
impracticable, unwi,e aud dangerous, no
men will DC quicker to drop it. than the alli.
| ancc men 4
| But, tax N in colnecti, IN with the stat
ment Of prom; ncnt Allianceman, that Ii 4
man will confess his conversion 10 :ha s1.
treasury docrn ne, in three weeks from now,
we shall II DC surprised if the Greenvillt
Ne~' lrcres to be pretty good prophet IL
the following rresentiment:
We hope the Adcocate viii, stick to and
repeat its demands for free speech. Tn,
discussion rs nj p, esent promised will amount
t. nothing except to give Brother Tillmau
the opportunity to coufess himself vanquish.
ed. profess conversion under the argument,
ofBrother Terrell and meekly take his plac,
on the mourner's bench to be the servan
and to i OF men who have not tenth Of hi
intellectual -ff-e~cr OF ferce. All the dele
gates being elec'cd to the State convention
are receiving instructions to favor the 0cala
Platform and the sub-tressury. The dis
cuss'ou before the State alliance will be, n
Mr.. Townes, of Edgfeld remarked, before
packed jury"
1t looks very much that way to our limited
vision and we cannot see how even the
rank and file of the Alliance can receive any
honest instruction from the discussion, wher
it is only held before select few, and tn,
minds Of those few educated to see and be.
lievc only one size Of the question. To us
is another evidence OF the arbitrary rulin,
Ct Alliance leaders TO keep the average mem
bersbip Of The Order sub.ervient to thei
dict,tion.