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

Auo nso0Iu Va bNAnkston anu ushtt.
l have watched With much interest the
political movement Of the Farmers Alliance
since its organization. ssnd had hoped for
great political rs Seil as other reforms
when the masses were better posted on the
issues ths, confront us. lam not one Of
those who advise the former TO stay out
Of politics. Every farmer, in fact every
citizen, should go where the interest OF his
people demands that he should 60. as honest,
intelligent voters.
When the people act rs their conscience
end judgement dictate the result is salts
factory, but when they follow ofice-seeking
po it;ciaus they are generally led into the
ditch.
Some of our Alliance friends are now very
much mortified on account Of their allegiance,
or perhaps i, would be 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 ooe year ago Col. Livingston,
rs president ofthe Georgia Alliance, brought
General Weaver and Jerry Simpson down to
canvass the State iu the interest Of new
Iarty because new party doctrine, or inde.
peuuont politlCul SSt.Ou, WaS hnc tDSiuS VI
the + speeches.
Col. Lisington alone is responsible for
their coming. That is. he SO stated public
ly, and said further that he was personally
responsible for their expenses down he' Q
(private car No. 90 includcd.) The State
Alliance relieved him Of the latter respons-
bility, aud paid Weaver $40 and Simpson
$5O-invested Sl20 in good Third Par y
doctrine, together with much abuse of both
the old POLITICAL parties.
Shortly after the Weaver Simpson C usads
old Sister Lease came 10 Georgia Who is
responsible for her coming, know not, bu,
after she had made her first speech vt Pied
mont Chautauqua, which was listened to by
Colonel Livingston, the Colonel issued a
proclamation, through tie Atlanta ConsHtu-
ton 10 oil Aliancemen far and near to go and
hear tho second effort of Sister Leass as the
like was never before in Georgia. Foru-
nately we never heard Sister Lease, but if
che talked about anything except Third
Party doctrine while in Georgia the papers
failed to report it.
While all this was going on Colonel Liv-
ingston's organ, then presided 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 so far as to 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 the power s
between heaven and the lower country
could not keep them i'll The Democratic
party.
But where, oh where, do we find these
leaders, these selt-sacrifoipg leaders, of the
dear people now?
In-the Democratic fo'd l0 Anyway,
-sarn,ur vanc como only through the Demo
future. time alone eau show us
And now comes the sad intelligence that
Larry is to run the T,lman organ in South
Caro- ina. 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, in order to play much part
as Tillman advocate. But Larrys pro-
fossions Of faith are very elastic, while The
Alliance mantle of charity is quite broad.
Anyway, it will seem ridiculous to thinking
people when they remember that Ben TIlman
was making speeches against the sut-;reasUry
scheme in South Carolina while Larry was
branding every Alliancepan with TRAITOR
Who did not enGvrse the sub-treasury plan,
not only in spirit, but to the letter.
We are sorry that Larry must leave us in
this great crisis, ut time when he declares
that there is great danger Of tho farmers
running headlong out of the Democratic
party, and the party Larry so dearly loves.
nr. if it is absolutely necessary for Larry
to leave people once dear to him in order
to cave Tillman from political defeat, We will
try and endure the separation, and trust he
will accomplish his mission in due time to
make the race for congress in his Georgia
district, as 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 he 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 0at or round, replied that
he was prepared 10 teach either the fat
system or the round system.-W. II. Bm-
CESS, IN Atlanta Journal.