The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-15
JOHN MCDOWELL TALKS.
From the Abundance Of the Heart
the Mouth Speaketh.
The Majority Rule His First Hope,
The Peoples Party His Final
Refuge.
Nashville Herald. !

Nashville HeraId.I
A Herald reporter found Mr.. Nc
Dowell in the ToiIer office yesterday
afternoon and interviewed that Off
cial.
"Who will be the strongest candi-
date before the convention
81 believe Governor Buchanan will |
90 into the convention with more |
votes than any other candidate. lie |
will have a majority"
do you think he will get enough |
votes to nominate him ON the first bal
lOt?"
THAT depends on whether the |
twO-thirds or majority RULES adopt
ed"
"Do you think if the two-third rule
is adopted and il he fails to get two
tia lrdt, that there will be much of
wrangle over the nomination OF
candldate?'
81 do. Both sides are making
very determined struggle and cOnsld-
cradle bitterness has already shown
Itself between contendIng parties III
large numb OF counties, and the dam
ger see above all others is that this
bitterness may become so intense be-
tween cOntending factions that a split
in the party may result"
"What is causing 80 much Dill
terness?"
1.-The campaign Of Islander, ridicule
and abuse beng heaped upon the
Alliance have made thousands OI
them very mad. Aud it being buI
human nature to strike Dack
when strlck, some Alliance men are
returning evil for evil i'll defending
their position. And another danger
rs that thousands OF them may oe
driven into the Peoples party without
awaiting the action of tue State COLI
vention. In my travels through
West Tennessee recently L hnd l.
great many Alliancemen who nave
ueen leading Democratic workers Ill
the past, who are strong believers IL
the Ocala demand. They say that
the unfrlendly political press aud d
numbeI of hot headed Democratic
speakers, such as Frank Bond aud w.
Z. Caldwell, are telling them tina.
they ought To get out the Demo
cratic party ami join the Peopie's
party, vino believe iii these demands
rney Gay To me that they do not be
iieve that they will be allowed free
speech and free thought in the Demo
cratic party, and they are seriously
considering tie question OF whether
they shall leave the Democrats party
L
Uinent prevailing to a great extent in
Middle aud East Tennessee. Aud !
believe the only hope to preserve ill.,
tact the voters OF the Democratic
party i'll sufficient numbers to hold
the Democracy of Tennessee Is thai
conservative leadership only be rec
OgniZed in the councils OF Demo
cracy. If the conservative course,
as Indicated by the Appeal-Ava,
lanche recently, in sending the hot
heads to the rear, be carried out, the
party may yet be saved i'll both stats
aud national elections.
"Otherwiee l btlieve the Demo
cratic party rs a majority party will
be forever destroyed in Tennessee.
Thousands OF Democratic Alliance
men who honestly believe in the
Ocala demands, lncluding the Sub
treasury principle, a'e willing Il
abide by majority action in con-
venLions, Gut will not submit Longer
TO ridicuIt, Islander and abuse"
"Du you believe Ihe Peoples party
will run ticket in Tenneesee2"
al have been told 10y leaders of the
Peoples party, such as w. 7. Gwynn'
aud others, that il John 2. Buchanan.
az defeated for the nomination they
would pat out Candidate tor Cover
nor The Safe Executive Com
uittee OF the Peoples party have al
ready called Il slate convention 1"
meet in Nashville May is to selec,
delegates to the Peoples party
national convention, aud will have
STATE eiec:orai ticket IN the field"
"In case John p. Buchanan is d.
(, ated what vote do y"u believe the
Peoples party would poll i'll the state
for their nominee for Governor"
"That is rather u difficult question
for NE to answer at this stage OF thu
game. The leaders claim that they
would poll not less than 5000 votes
John JeilicOrse, OF Smith County
who is strong Peoples party man,
claims that ten counties in Nc
Millin's congressional district, ill.,
which he lives, will be carried by the
Peoples party il the bitterness be
tween cOn:ending factions il kept VI
q while longer. He is congressiOna:
lecturer aud claims to have been all
over the district. He says that
large number of Peoples party clubs
have already been quietly organized,
and claims that in Jackson County
the clubs already organized are strong
enough to hold the balance OF power
| in that county. i have publicly and
privately advised the Alliance peo-
pie who are Democrats to remain In
| the party and make n united fight for
what they believe they are entitled
to-"
"What is the strength of the ALI
ance in Tennessee, and Ii the order
increasingly"
From the reports which have
come in to the State Secretary, l.. l..
Taylor, of farmers in the Alliance
and out OF it who endorse our de-
mands, the estimate is placed at
about S5, 900. In q majority of the
counties the Alliance membership as
shown by official reports is largely
increasing. In about twelve others
it shows small loss. We have now
eighty-nine counties organized in
| Tennessee. A few others out of the
niuety-Six counties have subordinate
| Alliances"
"DO you think that il Buchanan il
not nominated, that he would lead q
bolt to the Peoples party?"
~ know positively that he would
not, and that under no circumstances
would he he a candidate OF the PeO-
ple's party"
independent if not nominated in the
regular convention ?"
81 heard him say to friend who
asked him that question that he
positively would not"
"Do you think that Judge Turney
is the strongest man who could be
run against John 2. Buchanan?'
He would have been one of the
strongest men to be found, had he
not jumped on the Alliance in his
letter Il announcement, but his at
tack on the order has made him one
of the weakest Democrats OF any
standing in the state at the pills in
November, should he be nominated.
[ do not believe, however, that if
nominated he could possibly be
elected. Alliancemen do not de-
nouuce people who differ with them
in opinion on the Ocala demands.
And thousands OF them will not sup
port any man who makes his cam
vaign for any office founded on abuse
and Misrepresentation.
Are you a candidate for the
United States Senator
81 am not and have never author
lied any one to so announce me.
| nave been asked whether l would lie
a.