The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-18
BUCHANAN TALKS IN
GENERALITIES.

GENERALITIES.
But is Still Clam on the Sub-TreaS-
ury Proposition.
From Daily American, Mch. III
For several days rumOr has been
in circulation that at or before the
meeting here OF the State Democratic
Executive Committee next Tuesday,
Gov. Buchanan would announce his
opposition to the sub-treasury project
as an undemOcratic measure.
No one seems to know who organ
lied the rumor, and it has been re-
ceived with surprise and by most peO-
can reporter thought it worth while
to go to the Governor himself,a and ask
him about the matter.
Yesterday afternoon the reporter
found the Governor in his office, and
telling him of the rumor, asked him
whether or not it were true. The
Governor would neither confirm or
deny the rumor, satisfying himself by
saying that it was very easy to hear
almost anything. 1t had been re-
ported, he said, that he had gone into
the third party, but of course he had
done no such thing.
The reporter also asked the Gov
ernor as to the report that he had said
that as to the sub-treasury scheme he
would be content with what should
be done by the Democrats in Con-
gress.
"WeIl, Congress is the only pow
er that can settle the question: said
the Governor.
at is said that those in the Turney
meeting Thursday doubted your De-
mocracy," said the reporter.
"Well, possibly they may have
pretended to doubt it," said the Gov
ernor, "but, nevertheless, L am
Democrat. AS Democrat 1 ran be-
fore the last Democratic State Con-
yention, which was the largest and
most representative Democratic con-
vention that ever assembled in Ten
nessee. / was nominated on DEM
cratic platform, which | endorsed.
The banner OF Democracy Was placed
in my hands, and L carried it before
the people from Garter to Shelby.
After making a canvass L was elected
by about 10000 majority. L have
never deviated, by act or utteTance,
from the principles enunciated in the
platform adopted by the last State
democratic Convention, and stand as
squarely on them to-day as ever. AS
| Democrat L shall be a candidate
before the next State Democratic
Convention. | expect to be nOmi-
mated and reelected Governor"
"The statement has been made that
you have said that you considered
| that you owed allegiance to the
| Democratic party and to nothing else.
| What did you mean by that state
| meut?" asked the reporter.
81 mean, said the Governor, THAT
| I ON ,,r,nnSaH a thir1 naTtVi9D1 and
| to Republicanism, and owe aiiegi-
ance to the Democratic party and no
other party"
Are the Democrats doing any
thing to give excuse for the growth
of third party?"
"Weil, you know that dissensions
| in the Democratic party encourage
the third party and the Republican
party. There is no third party in
Tennessee, and L hope there will be
none III the State or in the South,
10 present u solid front to the enemy"
as there any drifting toward the
| third party nOw?"
| 81 do 10: know Judging from
what tile papers publish, the third
party seems to be growing out Vest
"Do you consider that you still owe
allegiance to the Allisnce?2
''As political party, mostemphati-
cally not"
"Do you not consider that the Ali
ance is virtually political party ,"
mo, do not. l have never con
| -idered it a partisan OTganization.'
care not the demands of the Ali
ance opposed to the cardinal doc
trines of Democracy ,"
"You mean the demands on eco
nomic questions?" asked the Gov
eruOr.
"Yes," responded the reporter.
1.-THE majority of them are not
there is difference of opinion among
Democrats as to some of them"
"Do you hold that on sill economic
questions latitude for differences OF
opinion should be allowed ?h
III say it is allowed. For instance
Cleveland is Democrat, but he is
opposed to free coinage. Randall
was Democrat, but was for high
protection.
''If the demands of the Alliance are
not acceded to by the Democratic
party, would those who are dissatis
fed be justified in going into a THIRD
party?"
81 answer that Democrats would
not he justified from my standpoint
"Do you consider that all Demo
maJority?"
eyes. I mean that a majority as
expressed in the primaries or in con
vention ought to govern"
''Is it your judgement that all for
mer Democrats who are not in the
Alliance should still be treated a:
Democrats ?"
eyes, if they declare themselves tC
be Democrats; but Of course not, il
they have allied themselves with {
, third party or any other party"
"Will you stand on any platform
, that the coming State Democratic
convention shall adOpt?"
"If the convention should adopt &
platform that l could not approve
[ would not be a candidate for the
nomination. OF course the platform
il adopted before the nomination is
made, AMI / suppose it is usua : sui
mitted to all of the candidates before
its adoption by the convention"
at is said that plank will be
offered declaring against the sub
!, treasury and other Alliance demands
Would you accept the nomination IL
: case such plank should be adopted
as a part of the platfOrm?'
E This question the Governor de
clined to answer. He told the re
porter that he had given a long inter
view, and thought he had sale
; enough, and asked to be excused from
,, replying to further inquiries.
"a proof of the above interview
|. was shown to the Governor last night
and all alterations that he suggested
. were made.
Wool-Who was it advocated
Throwing physic to the dogs ?"
e Van Pelt--Don't remember tn
!? name; some fellow whose wife ha'