The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-07
NEWBERRY, S. c,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER I. 1892.
THE THIRD PARTY.

What does the Third Party mean :?
Why was it organized and what is its
object? We fear that our people have
not seriously considered this thing,
nor contemplated its results. A good
deal is said about it, and there is no
wiping out the fact that it has pretty
good foothold even in the South.
Some one may say it has for its OBJ
ject the enactment of certain measures
into law. That may be true in part
The Third Party platform is the out
growth Of the Alliance demands. All
the demands of the Alliance are en-
bodied in that platform. The Alli-
ance was originally organized as non
partisan, but politics has gradually
erept in until out of the Alliance bas
grown this national party with q
presidential ticket in the field. In
many States there are regular State or
ganizations with full State tickets in
the field. Col. E: S. Keitt told US
some months ago that there would be
full State tickets in every State in the
Union. In several we have them al
ready.
The Herald ard News has never been
unfriendly to the Alliance as an Or
genization. We were glad to see the
farmers organize for their own protec-
ton and to build up their own in
terests. But when out of this organi-
zation comes a political party with
secret and oath bound obligations to
ws#eh only part of the citizens can
hesong we cannot approve it.
AS to the platform or demands we
viii not now direct our attention.
There is another feature of this
morement-this Peoples Or Third
lParty-to which we desire to direct at
teRtion and which to Us is fraught
with danger to our people. It is a
feature, to US, unpleasant to contem-
plate. We may be mistaken and hope
we are. What We have to say is said
in no unkind spirit, but seeing it as
we do we feel it our duty to speak of
it,
One of the objects of the Peoples
Party is to wipe out sectional lines and
to know no North, South, East or
West. That all sounds very well, but
in making that effort and talking that
way we opine that the object behind
sll this is to break up the solid South
and divide the white people. Suppose
that is done what will be the result
and where will we be? Have you
ever thought Of it in that light? It ia
a big scheme and has been pretty well
manipulated thus far.
Another result of forming this Peo-
ple's Party and wiping out sectional
lines will be to instil in the minds OF
our children the idea that their fathers
who fought for their rights under the
Confederate flag were traitors. May
that day never come, but that seems to
be the tendency. Examine the record
and words of the leaders in the Peo-
ple's Party, and answer for yourself.
We hope we are mistaken, but this
certainly seems to US to be the ten
dency.
Before going after these strange
alliances and combinations and de-
mands and measures anG issues and isms
you had better take a calm, deliberate,
common sense view of the situation
and ask yourself in all soberness what
all this means, where it is tending and
what it will result in.
We do not know how many follow
ers this Peoples Party and It's de-
mands has in Newberry County,
and We only look at one side now,
but if there are any, we hope they will
seriously consider this question in all
its bearings before they 60 trotting
after it.