Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-26
ONE RETPAvAr, rNoT7GH.


We note the fact that Gen. George p.
Harrison, member of congress at pres
ent from the Third Alabama Congress
sionaI district, participated Monday in
the small meeting of boilers in Opelika
and heads the delegation of boilers from
Lee county to the "boltocratic" conven-
ton which is advertised to assemble in
Montgomery on the goth.
It appears from this report from Ope-
llka that the democrats of the Third dis
trict are about to be or really have been
betrayed the second time by the man who
holds their commission to represent them
in congress.
General Harrison was nominated and
elected in the Third district by the dem
ocrats as an advocate of bimetallism.
He was one of the uncompromlsing anti
Cleveland delegates from Alabama to
Chicago in 1892. and gave as his reason
for his uneompromising opposition to Mr.
Cleveland the fact that Mr.. Cleveland
was opposed to silver. This, in connec-
ton with the fact that while a candidate
for congress General Harrison proclaim
ed himself a silver man, easily led the
democrats of the Third district to believe
when they were voting for him to rep
resent them in congress that they were
voting for a. man who would truly rep
resent them
To their utter surprise and astonish-
ment the man whom they commissioned
to go to Washington and represent them
turned up at the national capitol on the
side of the gold men. AT this betrayal
tn democrats who had voted for him and
made his nomination and election posi-
BILE were justly indignant. They felt
that they had been betrayed. They had
a right to feel so.
Not content at betraying his people by
going to- Washington and standing for
measures that those who elected him had
a right to expect him to oppose, General
Harrison, after leaving his place in
Washington and returning to his home
county (Lee) and seeking to swing that
county into line for the republican doc
trine of gold monometallism and falling
now turns up in NEE ting of boilers from
the party, whose commission he holds
and is playing in the role of head dele
gate" on the delegation of boilers from
Lee county to boiling state convention
If General Harrison can adjust his con-
science to that kind of dealing, why all
we'll and good, but in justice to the DEM
ocrats of the Third district the general
Should promptly deliver back to them
the commission he holds as the repre-
sentative of the democratic party of that
district in congress. He does not repre-
sent them. He has bolted the party and
should scorn to hold its commission.
II General Harrison is the man we
think he is he will promptly resign his
commission as the representative from
that district of the party he bolts and
spurns. AS an honorable, high-mnded
man. we cannot comprehend how he
could think Of holding on to it. We are
certain that General Harrison is entirely
too proud to appear upon the floor of con-
gresS as the representative of a party he
has felt called upon to repudiate.
2 The Third district democracy should be
given a chance, and that promptly, To
select a democrat to represent them in
congress. SO long as General Harrison
retains the commission and repudiates
the party that gave it to him 1t is taxa
ton without representa- ton, and that is
unconstitutional
We shall expect at ar early day to learn
of General Harrisons resignation,
coupled with the announce ment that he
has no fears of the people and will
promptly go before them for reelection.