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

1t not only tells the story pldlHlyI
but it brings the matter right home
to this peopie-the people of this
| legislative, senatorial and congres
sional districts.
1t is from the headquarters of the
Poop es party at Nasty lie. 1t was
W .itten to a Mr.. Williams, of God
win, who for 81 day was induced to
periodically serve his county by
organizing "cIub-" in the intere-t of
! Third party nominees, which nOml-
nees the letter plainly and speciti-
caIly says, "have been pledged the
solid support of the Republicans of
this district"
Read the letter for yourself aud
learn what it says AID how plainly it
says it
This positive and direct informa-
ton is no news, neither is it any SUI
prise to the HERALD. We are no ruOre
certain now that the POpulites, the
| Weaverites, the Buchauanites and
the Republicans are Que and the
same, 50 far as purpose, interest and
combination can make them, than
we have been for. mouths.
That Mr. Weaver, Mr.. Buchanan,
Mr.. WitherspoOn and others of their
ilk are running with the promise Of
Republican votes, we have never
doubted. That some Republicans are
running with the promise OF Third
party votes, we have never doubted.
And that some of them vainly hope
to win under this continuation, we
think very likely. But that others
of them are paid, like Mr.. Williams,
to do this dirty work, we think de-
cidedly more probable.
John H. Mcdowell is the absolute
dictator Of the Third party policy
and program in this State. From
Buchanan on down through the
entire list of independent candidates
and Third party nominees in this
district snd all over this Stale, they
are creatures of his making and ser
wants of his will. What he wills now,
they all do; and if any OF them
should be elected, what he wills then
! they will d.. He gathers around
him men who are lacking either in
firmness, force, principle or honesty,
and playing upon their weakness,
in one way or another he controls
them all.
A vote for Buchanan is a vote for
Mcdowell; because Buchanan has
been and will be tool in his hands.
A vote for "BrOther WitherspoOn
is vote for Mcdowell; because
| WItherspoon has been and Will be a
tool in his hand-.
And Mcdowell is absolutely with
out honesty principle or conscience
We have told our readers in the
last year, over and over, earnestly
and honestly, that the leaders of the
Alliance, great and small, were Third
party men in disguise, traitors to the
South, betraying the confidence and
trust the farmers had bestowed in
them. These leaders themselves
have proven our charges true.
We now tell them that the leaders
are not alone dishonest; they, by
their smartness and cunning, by ras-
, caliUy, dishonesty and bribery, have
contaminated, polluted and Pur-
chased, not all, but some Of the rank
} and file.
That sentence, like many other ut
terances by this paper, will be taken
= up by the Third party men in this
county, and exaggerated, distorted
= and lied about. Therefore we ask
: you to read it over and remember to
quote tiff at alias it is.
We repeat, that, though a large ms
iurity who are still following Me
Doweu, Buchanan and Wltherspoon
three in one-are still in the darE
because they have been persuaded not
to attend Democratic speakings OF
read Democratic papers, still there
are others in the rank and file who
: are paid to keep them in the dark
The leaders have emisRries and
traitors, paid hirelings, who do not
aspire to leadership, whose business il
is to 90 to the crossroads and coun'
try stores and into the very hOm g
of the poorer farmers-maDy O1
whom are humble and ignOrant-anC
deceive and mi5lead them. They
l will swear there are no better Demo
Gratis than they; that they would no
combine with the Republicans fol-
love OF money; that they are for the
Peoples party because it promises re
lief; tina: they are for Buchanan be
cause he has been mistreatedi tina
they will not read the Democratic
> papers be cause they are "subsidized
to the money class; that they will no
listen to Democratic orators because
"they are paid hirelings OF Wal
street" Their story has been giver
-. +L,-., out of the nnnnth OF thRiI