The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-22
DrsPAssIoNATE woEDs.-CoLD
LOGIC.

A|ooAN'
Mr.. Mcdowell IN his recent inter
view SAYS thousands of the Alliance
men VIII leave the convention if
Iidoe Turney is nominated. He
would have meant the same thing IL
he had said "if Buchanan is not nomI- !
nated.r That is one straw showing
the way the wind blows.
When asked whether or not he Will
support a platform condemning Deal
ism. Mr.. Buchanan refuses to answer.
That is another straw showing the
way the wind blows.
From these and other evidencesi
from expressions easily heard on the
street every day, it is plain that
third party sentiment has grown UP
in this state in the last two years.
who has sown this seed, and shall
thev be allowed still to SOW 1T, and
call themselves Democrats while
they are sowing? Shall the men
who have brought this danger upon
the party be endorsed and rewarded
| for their plumbers, their ignorance or
their treachery, whichever it may be?
Speaking upon this point we copy
from the Memphis Commercial the
following dispassionate, logical pre-
sentation of the case.
| "If the party which hOnored Gov.
Buchanan should be defeated by the
Vaccinations of third party consplr-
ators, it will be the hand of John
Price Buchanan that struck the I'M
grateful blow.
an the early stages of the Ocala
agitation we warned Gov. Buchanan
and his associate agitatOrs, that the
inevitable end of their course was
the organization of a new party nos
tile to the success of democracy III
This state and the cOuntry-at-larSe
We told them the hope they profe57ed
of engraftiny their crude and chaotic
cOncep- ion of finance, political eoon"-
my and constitutional law upon the
democratic party was aVain deIuslon
and would prove snare to their leeI
+ and we told them further that whel
they had brought up their followers
| TO the point of believing that the sal
: walton OF the country depended upon
the Enactment OF their wild schemes
into law, that no persuasion upon then
part, however earnest and sincere
I could keep their disciples from going
p with The only party which supported
: their demands. Mr.. Buchanan may
throw his whole soul into an earnes
and eloquent plea for democracy, bu
n il will not avail until lie can unteacf
= what he has taught.
D.. 'If the sub-treusury and land-Ioal
and other demands of the Ocala plat
form ere the only genuine measure
u of relief for the people; if the policies
advocated by the Democratic part.
: contain no promise of better things
the unanswerahie logic Of the sltua
ton is To leave the democratic part!
and go with the peoples party. HI
movement which eXcite5 Gov. Buch
auan to so high pitch has been til
:. logical and inevitable result oil tn
frantic cIamor for measures which
will never be obtained at the hand
OF the democratic party. 1t is tn
inevitable result of constant and clos
communion in secret societies wit
men whose sweetest dream was t
. break the "solid south" and destr3.
y" the democratic party.
Gov. Buchanan sees now that GU
! prophecy is being fulfilled; thos
- whom he has filled with cOntemI
~ for the policy of the democratic part!
with dstrust of its leaders, and
whom he has inspired a devotion
undemOcratic ideas, are leaving til
10 democratic party; and in doing
- they follow the logic of Gov. Buci
a anan's teaching while they disregar
= his protests. What good will it do
10 shout "Ruin! Ruin!" to men :
II taught? Gov. Buchanan and h
brother agitatOrs have shouted ruin
- ruin =" before; and the only escaI
- from this "ruin'' was Ocalaisn
Gov. Buchanan's bretheren are mere
Iy seeking to escape the ruin he hs
~ predicted in the way he has indicated
>, If he wishes to allay their fears L
~ must uusay what he has said and te
~ them frankly that Ocalaism is d.
~ fusion and a snare"