The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-14
THE srzIR,IIsuING BEGINS.

There is a cali in TINS issue Tor the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee to meet on the 27Jh of this
month to decide upon the time and
manner Of choosing delegates to the
gubernatorial convention in Nash
vile on August 9.
1t is an open political secret that at
this meeting the Buchanan and
Turney factions will face each other
in their first contest in the county.
1t is also an open secret that the con-
test will be over the date. Whether
it is to be q convention or primary
election, the Buchanan men want it
quick; the Turney men want time.
To put it differently, the Buchanan
men are ready, the Turney men
are not. To put it still differently,
the Buchanan men are losing, the
Turney men are gaining. And to put
it still another way, the Turney men
think the Third party in Tennessee
will strengthen Judge Turney by
weakening his adversary, and, the
Buchanan men think the same.
The Buchanan men are ready.
This is to their craft. They have
marshaled their forces and are
ready for the fray. An extravagant
one now aud then processes to have
some hope for Buchanan, but as p
rule they ere more honest in their
talk and acknowledge him as an
imprO5ability, not TO say an impos-
sibIlity. He is allowing himself to
be made = cat 's-paw Of, and they are
making a eats paw OF him, 10 defeat
Judge Turuey. That is their only
hope, and with most CT them it is
an open claim,
They do not deny Judge Turney's
ability; they do not question his
Democracy; but he wrote letter
once upon = time, and contrary to
the custom IL vogue, he spoke his
plain sentiments and called things
by their names. He spoke of certain
'isms" auG "schismsn and "heretics,"
and for that are they against him.
He is in straight line and thorough
accord with the Democratic platform
recently adopted by the State Con-
vention, aud for that they are against
him.
He is against the sub-treasury and
land loan schemes, and for that the
OcaIaites are against him.
They make certain un-DemOcratic
demands, and accompany these de-
mands wish promises, and accom-
pauy these promises with threats,
and Judge Turney takes up the old
Democratic broom and sweeps their
n-DemOcTatic demands into the fire,
and pays no attention either to their
threats or their promises, because he
does not believe these men who are
doing the most talking have any
right to promise or to threaten for
the Alliance or the farmers of Ten
nessee. And for that are they against
him.
He boldly, bravely, made an open,
fair fight against them and knocked
them out on the first round, and the
Democrats in convention assembled
have endorsed his principles; and for
that are they against him.
Whatever Maury County may do,
Tennessee, thank God, is safely
Democratic. Maury County may or
may not so for Buchanan, but Ten
nessee-beyOud the peIadventure of
a dOubt-will go for Turney.
Maury County can unquestionably
be put in the same column, if Judge
Turney's friends would only exert
themselves. Why they do not is not
only surprise and disappointment
to US, but it is positive mystery.
They have noble, brave and able
leader; in private conversation they
talk of his virtues never so enthusiast
tically; they have the encouragement
Of victory in easy reach, and yet a
more iethargic set was never seen
nor heard nor read about. If they or
ganize their forces and do half the !
work the Buchanan men have done,
they could carry the County easy. |
If they choose to sit still and let the |
County 90 by default to the Ocalaites,
it will SO that way.
The Turney men have the County |
in their hands; from the simple |
fact that Judge Turney represents
Democracy and Gov. Buchanan rep |
resents (ycaIaism. But whether |
Judge Turney's friends have the |
ene-gy and patriotism TO see that the
CounIv casts its vote properly in the |
STafe convention, is something we
osrTot tell our readers about, because
mo fellow can find out"