The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-28

have paid-I mean the y 4Gional Com
mittee have plid-lbout, if not quite,
$40, 900 of the money to date. and prom
ised to pay the remaining s., 200 ten days
before the election, Chairman Carter
not being willing to pay the whole
amount at Once-a wise precAution, I
am led to suspect. We have complied
with our side ofthe bargain; sOfar Nc
DOwell has complied with his part as
far as to place the Governor, who seems
to be either helpless or plastic il his
hands, in the field as a candidate. He
has broken faith on the Legislature
agreement by inducing or permitting
Populite candidates to come out IN
Republican strongholds, thus showing
his untrustworthiness as vol as his
distrust of the promise to send hlm 10
the Senate. lie has placed congress
sional candidate in the bird Dlstrlct,
there is Peoples party candidate IN
the Second District, ana he has served
notice that unles the Republican candl-
date in the First district tcomes 10
time" on legislative promises he Will
put a candidate out up there. he mas
made the impression on his Immediate
followers that Mr.. Winstead Will yet
be withdrawn as candidate Tor Gov
ernor and that Republicans will then
support Buchanan. Many believe that
he has so impressed Buchanan, but
do not join in this last opinion. L dis
| like to belive the Governor or Tennes-
| see is in open league with Mcdowell.
| | believe Buchanan rs Democrat;
| hnnpGt il.
But the circumstances are all on that
side mysterious. You know there was
a hitch in Buchanan's announcement
as an independent candidate until the
payment of the first sum agreed upon
was made to Mcdowell; then came the
third party Endorsement, manipulated
nv Mcdowell. After this, you remem-
her. there was another delay IN the
neyments. and then came McDoweII :
threat to Chairman Baker, OF the State
committee, that unless the second pay
ment was in his hands by aspecIhed day
and hour he would take buchanan Out
of the race. 1t was then that you, Capt
Raker, Hon. John c. HOuk and others
: hurried to New York to procure the i'm
} mediate further action of the National
|
that he visited the Nashville Custom
House officials and threatened (accoru
ing to his statemenD to so into tht
Third District and beat the Republl
can nominee 1900 votes il those gentle
men threw any distractions in the way
, of receiving further money. Nor j
; this all. On Sunday, Sept. Is, he was
Knoxville, meeting prominent Republ
cans and again threatened that Buch
l anan would withdraw the following
, Tuesday evening at Z O'Clock unless
. more funds were by that hour paid owe
to him. You aud l had just returned
from Nashville, where l learned tina
r Chairman Baker had procured from IN
; diyiduals and advanced cOnslderabl
- sum. Hearing this threat, and acutall,
= fearing it's execution, and that Jaci
. Baker, nv friend, would then lose hi
= money, 1, on Monday aud Iuesda.
:, wired Secretary Jeffreys and Chairman
l Baker to hold things statu quo uhtl
Thursday, and repeated the same t.
1 our Third party fIiend, Col. Tom Cain
e at Morristown, whose sincerity AWAY
r trust. Meantime, at your solicitation
. | prepared to go to New York to see
< Bakers money could not, at least, b
l saved, which trip | abandoned Of
: kilograms from Secretary Jetlreys an
2 a letter saying it was unnecessary, a
u the matter had been arranged. On IN
= Sunday referred to, Mcdowell wire
II Mr.. Newell Saunders, of Chattanooga
9 to meet him at $50 p. IN. train, the trai
/ on which Mcdowell and Hon. Ola.
c Evans left Knoxville. He made dc
o mands at Chattanooga, | have heart
Il which must have bsen complied viii
as his threats have not been executed
e Now then, as you know, he has bee
: receiving money from the Republlca
o party since our State Chairman, at tn
e instance of National Chairman, Garter
, advanced him the first $1,000. They ar
l. matters of every day talk among tx
5 publicans and Democrats alike, an
h while | may be tedious and tire you,
$ go into details to emphasize the RI
S markable predicament we find on
II selves in with man of insGtiate greco
s unb!ushing corruption and the l2os
determined political perhdy; a ma
f. who can demand and be paid none
Y, without stint, and whom we, as Repul
|
United States Senate, to the everias
ing disgrace of Tennessee, and, as
vorily believe, the utter ruin OF Kepui
a. can hope in the State and in the Sout
V The question with me is whether. W
II are not equally guilty with McDowe
q, unless we expose him and boldly q
7, nounce the whole scheme, and wheth'
n the temporary advantage we gain WI
N not work the permanent damnatlon
X the party in the State. GU a
y. the national committeeman frol
u Tennessee, and I trust you will CIV
Of me your views on the subject. am
4 Republican of the George Winstea
to stripe and type-a Republican fro
at principle, and, like George Winstea
ID don't believe that a victory at ii
lie sacrifice OF principle should he attemI
E. ed if not otherwise in reach; and ii
ID sooner the scheme is repudiated u
As halter it will be for our State ticket, IL
ID our party future and for us as indlVId
re- ais. In saying this | would not La
ar YOU understand that mean to rene
y, on YOU, Mr.. Houk, Capt. Raker, NJ
at JeiTrevs or any other Republican. III
y whole thing looked legitimate as 1t w
IN inviting to US as minority party
ut the State, and it was easy to enter int
We [ believing with the rest of you that
II. would result in permanent good to q
~ State. Later Developments imPerte'
of Iy but fairly stated herein, have co
'ir WINGED me, however, that we have ma
C. a grave mistake which we should q
he deavor to retrieve as quickly as POS
'g BILE. It's proper to add that L ha
IN talked with number of persons abo
ld this matter, Hon. john c. Houk amO
4d them, and he-having knowledge of
g the facts-coucurs in the view that
IS have fallen into very perplexing slt
I'd alton and one involving not only l
ee sacrifice of principles but likely
10 bring us permanent party harm ire
IS, the shape it has assumed.
st Now, write me at length at your ear
- est convenience and give me such su
IT. gestions as you think proper to comm
to paper, and believe me, yours We
at truIv. 10. J. WINS