The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
The Record Of Livingston and CAN'T.


The Record Of Livingston and CAN'T.
have watched With much interest the
political movement cf The Farmers Alliance
since It's organization. Sand hsd hoped fol
great political as uell as other reforms
when the masses wsrs better posted on the
issues that confront us. lSpm not one o1
those who advise the former 10 stay Out
Of politics. Every farmer, in fact evcry
citizen, should 70 where the interest OF his
people demands that he should 60, A. honest,
Intelligent voters.
Wncu the people act MS their conscience
end judgement dictate the result is salts
factory, but when they follow ofiice-seeking
po it!ciaus they are generally led into the
ditch.
Come of our Allisnce friends are now very
much mortified on account Of their allegiance,
or perhaps IL would bo better TO say blind
devotion, TO political leaders.
For topping and Inconsistencies, tho re-
cord Of our Alliance political leaders leads
the world.
We propose in this article 10 notice briefly
the record made by some Of the political
teachers in the Allisnce.
Less than one year ago Col. Livingston
~ president Of The Georgia Alliance, brought
General Weaver and Jerry Simpson down to
canvass the State in the interest Of n now
Jarty because new party doctrine, or indc.
pendent political acton, was the theme OF
the r speeches.
Col. Li,ingion alone :s responsible fo'
their coming. That is. he So stated public
ly, and said further tha, lie was personally
responsible for their expenses down he
(private car No. 90 incluJcd.) The State
Alliance relieved him Of the latter response
bility, and paid Weaver $40 md Simpson
$50-inv.sted $l20 in good Third Par y
doctrine, together with much abuse of both
the old political partic..
Shortly after the Weaver Simpson c usnds
old Sister Lease came 10 Georgia Who is
-ry5pvnslblc for her coming, know not, hui
afler she had mndc her first speech vt Pied
mont Chsutauqus, which was listened 10 by
Colonel Livingston, tho Colonel Issued a
proclamation, through the Atlanta Consht"-
ton 10 oil Alliancemen far md no,r To go and
hear tho second effort of Sitter I.cas,, as the
like WAS never befJre in Georgia For,u-
nately VIC never heard Sister Lease, but il
she talked about anything except Third
Party doctrine while in Georgia tho papers
failed to report it.
While ali this was g"ing on Colonel Liv-
ing.ton's organ, then prcsilel over by
Larry CAN'T, was going each week TO the
farmers Of Georgia full to the brim with
Third Party doctrine and abuse Of the old
parties. Larry went 40 far ~ 10 declare
there was at that time q Third Party in
Georgia; that 10 per cent of the farmers were
in favor Of new party, and all tho v"wc's
between heaven and the lower country
could not keep them in tho Democratic
party.
But where, oh where, do We find these
leaders, these stlt-sacr.ficing leaders, Of the
dear people now?
In '-ikc Democratic fo'd (?) Anyway,
'a,"., I'm como only through the Demo.
cratic vote. Where they will stand in the
future, time alone eau show ny.
And now comes the sad intelligence that
Larry is to run the T.lman organ in Sourl,
Carolina. What will become of the Geor-
gia farmers in the meantime?
This reminds us that Larry will have to
change his views on his pet hobby, the sub.
treasury scheme, i'll order to play much parr
as Tillman advocate. But Larry's pro.
fossons Of faith are very elastic, while the
Alliance mantle of charity is quito broad
Anyway, il will seem ridiculous to thinking
people when they remember that Ben TIllnlar
was making speeches against the sul-:reasury
scheme in South Carolina while Larry was
branding every Alliancopnn with orator
who did not endorse the sub-trcasury plan,
not only in spirit, but TO the letter.
We are sorry that Larry must leave us in
this great crisis, at n time when he declares
that there is great danger of tho farmer,
running hendlong out of the Democratic
party. and the party Larry SO dearly loves
But il it is absolutely necessary for Larry
to lcavss people once dear to him in order
to rave Tillman from political defeat, We will
try and endure the soparaioa, and trust he
will accomplish his mission in duo time to
make the race for congress in his Georgia
district, rs tho exponent Of any political
party that may then claim him. We know
Larry does not want office, but like most Of
our Alliance leaders hc is available"
Colonel Livingston and Larry, a, political
teachers, remind us of the country school
teacher who, when asked whether he taught
that the earth was fiat or round, replied that
he was prepared To teach eiihor the fat
system or the round systcm.--V. n. Bm-
CESS, IN AHdHid JOWrn0i.