The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-22
THE THIRD PARTY ORGANIZED
IN TENNESSEE AND WHO
COMPOSE 1T.

Be it remembered that the Governor,
all the State officers and a large major
ity of the legislature of the State Of
Tennessee are Democratic. That the
party in the State is thoroughly organ
lied with committees and all necessary
machinery to do the work of a cam
paign, then read the following about
the Judge Turney clubs, which are
1.-The Third party" in Tennessee
Special to the Louisville Courier Journal.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 1O.-Prob-
ably the most important political gath
ering that has been held in Tennessee
in many years was called to order IN
the Senate chamber of the State CAPT
toll at 2 o'clock this afternoon. There
were lawyers, merchants, doctors and
farmers present. and men from all
grades of political and private life. AL
together there were $50 men present.
The object of the gathering as set
forth in the speeches made was to re-
deem the Democratic party from the
Alliance and Third party advocates,
the plan being to at once arouse Dem
Ocrats all over the State to the sense of
their danger and to make men seeking
office declare their positions. The meet
ing was not a Turney meeting, but a
straight Democratic meeting of OppO-
sitiOn to Governor Buchanan, and in
favor of clean cut Democratic princi-
pies, with Judge Turney as the at pres
pnt most prominent exponent. Elk
Governor James D. Porter was called
to the chair, and said the object of the
meeting was to maintain Democratic
supremacy over a hostile organization
that would other wise make a side show
of the party. The party must demand
that men no longer pursue a policy of
silence and stand by men who stand on
Democratic principles.
A resolution by E w. Carmack was
unanimously adopted authorizing the
chair to appoint a State central com
mittee of fifteen members to aid in the
organization Of Judge Turney clubs, to
appoint subcommittee in each Con-
g%ressional district and they in turn 20
appoint county committees.
Hon. FrankP Bond, of Brownsville,
urged that Democrats rally around
Judge Turney as the exponent of pure
and clean Democracy.
Tulley Brown of Nashville, made a
red hot speech attacking secret oath
bound organizati Dns that used DemOc
racy's hand to pull chesnuts from the
fire.
Hon. S. F. Wilson made a violent at
tack On the present administration. If
Governor Buchanan stood on the Dem
Ocratic platform and was not in accord
with the Ocala demands and the St.
Louis platform, he said the people we're
greatly misled and misled by the con-
sent of the Governor. Had he ever re-
pudiated the Ocala demands 2 If he
had, he had concealed it from the pub
lie, and a Democrat who would conceal
his views on any public question was
unworthy of confidence.
E. w. Carmack said the Alliance had
been captured by demagogues who had
learned no farming, except to farm the
farmers. They were tilling the tillers
of the soil and making more than they
ever made working for themselves.
WHO ruled one free man should him
self be free" and no man could be
faithful to the Alliance without being
unfaithful to the Democratic party.
The Hon. Frank P. Bond offered the
following
"ReSOLUed, That this is not the year
for CLAIMS or towards, and that il is due
the people that men in public pla ;es
speak out the true Democracy or we
will not give them u support"
There was some opposition to using
the word coward, and the following
substitute was offered and adopted:
'ResOIUed, That it is due to the PEG
pie from those who occupy public pla-
ces that they deal frankly with the
people and should speak out on public
questions and let their opinions be
known, and that a failure to do so
stamps them as unworthy of the sup
port of the people"
The meeting then adjourned, subject
to the call of the chair"
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