The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-22
THE PEOPLES, GovERNMENr.

meeting, where the Peoples Party
named their men? Will any man,
be he ever so partisan, deny that in
numbers the Opera House meeting
was the larger.
Theu not only as to- numbers, but
as to representative men, which
meeting was the best? How many
preachers were at the court house
meeting? None. A majority of
them attended the Opera House
meeting and all of them are support
ing the Reform Party nominees.
How many whisky dealers at
tended and participated in the
Opera House meeting? None. A
majority of them attended the court
house meeting, and all of them are
supporting its nominees.
How do the doctors stand? Four
fifths of them are outspoken for the
Reform ticket; the other fifth are
non-committal.
How about the lawyers? Two
thirds Of them are for the Reform
ticket, the other third is silent.
How about the papers. Two of
the three are for the Reform ticket.
The other one up to this date has
not taken sides.
How many merchants, not direct
ly or indirectly connected with the
whisky traffic, attended the court
house meeting? Verv few. At the
Opera House meeting they were
there in numbers.
How many laborers, how many
carpenters, how many painters, how
many printers attended the court
house meeting? They were all well
represented at the Opera House
meeting.
Does not fair analysis of the two
crowds bring any and every fair
minded, intelligent man to the con-
cluston, that the people in their va
ried industries and interests and
professions were largely represented
at one meeting, and only class at
the other? And under these cir
cumstances can a name deceive any
body?
And if stronger facts that these
are wanted, we refer our readers to
the card in this paper from the Re-
form Campaign Committee.
But however plain these facts
seem to us, and to some others, they
may not be as plain to everybody
and the Reformers should wake up
to a realization of the further fact
that there is danger in overconfi-
dence. Our campaign has been al.
lowed to lag these last two weeks in
a disheartenIDg, dangerous sort OF
way. More life and energy and en-.
thusiasm must be put into it if we
expect to win by the splendid ma.
jority we had two years ago.
The enemies of Reform are hus
tiers, and are working night and
day. If they had half as good g
cause as they have zeal, they would
be invincible. They have induced
J some good men to allow their name;
aud influence to be given to a baC
! cause. The men named on this
, ticket for Aldermen, so far as WI
: honest men. We are surprised a
, some of them that they will be fiat
) tered and cajoled and HOODWINKED
into being made catpaws of. Blu
f the fact they have done so, shows
what shrewd, designing, persisten
! effort may accomplish and the
/ danger in over confidence. Thest
aldermanic candidates having live
, of good repute, have friends among
men of like standing and character
and how many of their friends may
be led into the error of supporting
g and endorsing friend when he il
| wrong, is an unknown quantity tina
| the Reformers should not lose sigh
of.
e These men are making the mis-
; take of their lives in allowing thei
l names to be put on the so-calleC
Peoples ticket. They are making &
record they can never be proud of
They are alIying themselves with 6
party that has no interest in then
: except to use them for selfish pur
. poses. They are cutting away from
friends who in their church connec
tions, in their social lives and il
their business interests are more con
genial and can be of more service tt
them. They are making people
doubt them who never doubted
them before. They are drifting
away from safe harbors into turbu
lent seas, where they have much tC
lose and nothing to gain. There i;
: time yet for some of them to lister
to the advice of their best friends
and withdraw from race where