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SOUTHERN STANDARD MCMINNVILLE. TENNESSEE.- ATUR I ) AY, JULY 4, 1891 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. 13. 2v. HE-lvilS, . EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR SUBSCMIVION PRICE. Oue Year $1 00 Six Months 50 Three Months 25 OUR AGENTS. , . . , The following agents. are authorized to eceive and receipt for subscriptions to the Standard: P. 0. POTTEli..... ;....Dibrell,Teun. GEO. W. PARKS Irving College, " J. R. RAMSEY Viola, " T. B. BILES Sparta, ' JNO. ARGO Morrison, " W. A. MOORE .Rock Island, " We do not publish annonymous commu nications under any circumstances. The real name of the author must accompany every communication, or else it will be con signed to the waste basket. We do not pub lish the names of correspondents, but want them simply as a guarantee of good faith. All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib utes of respect, etc., are charged for a ad vertising matter. . Simpleannouncements of deaths, marriages, etc., will be published without charge, and our friends all over the county will confer a favor by furnishing us with such as soon after their occurence as possible. - A very small sin obscures a titudeof virtues. mul- Tiie American now places the date of the extra session sometime in Au gust. The Governor yet remains to be heard from on the subject. State officials of California refuse to pay over the $300,000 voted by the Legislature of that State for an ex hibit at the World's Fair, claiming that the appropriation was unconsti tutional. There is at present a flattering prospect for another immense cotton crop in the South this year, and it is not improbable that the price of this staple may fall to five or six cents per pound. The summary of McDowell's ex posure which the Sparta Expositor credits to the Standard should be credited to the Nashville American. We clipped it from the American and gave that paper due credit. The American notes the rumor that a son of Marshal Ney lives at Jasper, and thinks the ten lost tribes of Israel will yet be discovered some where in Sequatchie Valley. Who knows but that the ark of the cove nant may be stored away in some of its wonderful caves. In the event that New York does not present a candidate for the Speak ership, it is said that the entire New York delegation in Congress will sup port Benton McMillin. Mills, Crisp and McMillin will all speak before the Tammany Democrats in New York today. Judging from Newspa por comment, McMillin appears to have a decided lead in 'the speaker .ship race'at present. As President of the State Far mers' Alliance, before his nomina tion for Governor, Mr. John P, Buchanan advocated the sub-treasury scheme in public speeches over the State. Since he was nominated for Governor by a Democratic conven tion he has artfully dodged the ques tion, leaving the people of the State in doubt as to his position on the measure. The people have a right to demand of any public servant an expression of his views on any public luestion. The demand has been made on Gov. Buchanan, and the ex pression has failed to enlighten them, consequently the adverse criticisms .upon him, and they will continue as long "as he may remain iti public life," or until he speaks out boldly like a man and a true Democrat. Ouu friend of the Carthage Kecord judges the Alliance altogether from its original declaration of principles, from the theory of the organization, and from what it should be. We judge the Alliance from its fruits, and view the organization in the light of what it really is a secret politica organization bent upon rule or ruin ( )f course, looking at an object from sucn wuteiy divergent points, it is but natural that we should obtain very diiferont views. The llecord has finespun theories and pretty pro fessions upon which to base its sup port of the Alliance. Our criticisms are based upon the actual facts of its workings as it dark-lantern politica machine. We believe the great bulk of membership in the Alliance are honest in believing that the order i non-partisan and just in its political workings, but the order is controled iiiul its influence for good or bad is weilded almost entirely by it few such unscrupulous leaders is Mo Powell and Macune. The leaders of the Alliance are appealing to and working upon the prejudices of the membership, and are multiplying their troubles instead of alleviating them. The Era thinks that whatever the outcome of the McDowell exposure, no censure can be attached to the Al liance or to Gov. Buchanan's admin istration. That depends entirely up on the course the Alliance and Gov. Buchanan pursue with McDowell in future. McDowell should be given ample time and opportunity" to' dis prove the American's charges. The American has Invited and implored him to go into the courts and settle the matter. This is his only recourse. If the American's charges are true, McDowell Is unworthy of the position he holds in the State and the Alliance, and should be invited to step down and out. Should the Governor and the Alliance attempt to whitewash and uphold McDowell, then they will share the odium that rests upon him. McDowell has not only his Arkansas record to clear up, but some infamous double dealing within the ranks of the Alliance regarding Ma cune. Who is "the democratic household of Tennessee?" What are they dis turbed about? What has John Buch anan done, as the Chief Executive of the State, that so disturb them. New .bra. The one hundred and sixty thous and or more Democratic voters of the state are its Democratic household. In 1884 Bate received for Governor 132,201 votes; in 1886 R. L.. Taylor received 120,528; in 1888 It. L. Tay- or received 156,803; in 1890 J. P. Buchanan received 113,431, or 43,372 ess than Taylor in his last race. Buchanan was the champion and candidate of the Alliance. This or ganization put a catechism to every candidate lor Congress, and when Democrats put the same questions to Mr. Buchanan, he wiggled, twisted, and dodged them. While all promi nent Democrats and office holders of the State are speaking out on the sub-treasury heresy, Mr. Buchanan is as mum as a clam. Fortunately for Mr. Buchanan the Republicans had a platform which also drove a large portion ot that party from the polls. Had Baxter polled within twenty thousand voters of his party's strength in the State he would have been governor. Thousands of Demo crais wno voted lor uucnanan aid so very reluctantly. The canvass was absolutely devoid of the enthusiasm and good will which usually follows our candidates for Governor, and Buchanan's election was due to great er apathy and dissentions in Republi can ranks than existed among the Democrats. The rumblings of dis turbance in the party ranks have cer tainly been too continuous and omi nous to have altogether escaped the arguseyo ot the .bra. we didn't think "the old reliable" would ad mit such obtuseness in anything. We fail, to see the point of the Era's labored effort at "sarkasm" this week. We thought the Era assumed to be the only great and old reliable Democratic organ in this section of the state, and did not think that it could be induced for a moment to voluntarily surrender any ot this re splendant glory. The Standard has never claimed or assumed any ol the prerogatives of party leadership. We have not even presumed to ad vise party action. One thing we do claim, however, viz: We do our own thinking, and the editor of the Standard writes its editorials, without advice of either leaders or followers of Democracy, nation al, state or local. We are not arro gant enough to claim any brilliancy or merit for them; we claim nothing for them but honest expressions of our own opinions. We take the Era's failure to answer any of our ques tions regarding free coinage as a tacit admission of its inability to do so. The artful manner in which the Era and all other advocates of free coin age which we have read after dodge the question as to why silver should be coined free at fifteen ortwenty per cent above its bullion value,is enough within itself to condemn the measure in our mind. If the Era is really anxious to make friends for the cause of free coinage, it appears to us that it would be better policy to con vince us of the error of our way, if we are in error, by reasonable argument or plain statements of facts, rather than launch a column of poorly con cealed chagrin and ill nature at us in the shape of meaningless thrusts not applicable to us or to the question under discussion. Sure cure Preston's "Hed-Ake." But, does the Standard deny that some legislation is necessary for the relief of the people? Does the Stand ard maintain that there is now suffi cient money in circulation to meet the demands of business? If affirma tive, in either case, what plans would the Standard suggest? The democ racy of the county, and people gener ally, would like to hear from the "leader." New Era. First, the Standard does not de ny that some legislation is necessary for the relief of the people, and sec ond, the Standard does not main tain that there is now sufficient mon ey in circulation to meet the de. mands of business; but we do as sert that no amount of legislation can bring such relief as some people seem ta expect, and we do maintain that no amount of increase of money in circulation will fill the pockets of peo ple who do not do something or pro duce something to earn the money. We maintain that there is no hope for the necessary legislation for the relief of the people through a third party, or through such aecret politi cal organizations as the Alliance. We maintain that only through the Dem ocratic party can the people hope for legislation necessary for their relief. We believe that when a Democratic administration comes into full power all the legislation that can bring re lief will be given. We believe that a large element of our population who are idly holding their hands and looking to legislation for relief will go down to their graves in bitter dis appointment, as the relief they seem to expect can never come from legis lation. We believe with a large ele ment of the Democrats of McMinn ville, Warren County, the State of Tennessee, and the United States, (whether a majority or not yet re mains to le proven,) that the free and unlimited coinage of silver will fail to produce the desired increase in money circulation, and that it would bring dire disaster to the very people who are crying for relief. We be lieve that tariff reform is the great issue before the country, and that the silver question will cut a small figure n the campaign of ninety-two. We are willing to leave the silver ques tion to the wisdom of a Democratic administration elected upon a plat form of tariff reform, meanwhile we think it right and proper that the sil ver question should be fully discussed by the people and by public journals. All the light possible should be turn ed upon every phase of it, and if af ter due consideration free coinage be deemed a wise measure, let the law be enacted, if deemed unwise, let it be abandoned. We believe that the masses should be encouraged in self reliance and sterling manhood, and not taught to whine and complain over wrongs and misfortunes, either real or imaginary. The Blue and the Gray. Kansas City, June 26. A ment has been inaugurated move- for a novel military company, intended to be one of the military features of the World's Fair. The Company is to be called Company A, First Regiment, United Blue and Gray. It is to be composed of fifty ex-Union- and fifty ex-Confederate veterans, the former uniformed in blue and the latter in gray. The company is now nearly full, ana the otneers nave been elected, as follows: W. F. Wilkins, Captain; an ex-Union soldier of Company C, 12oth Illinois. John T. Ebbe, First Lieu tenant; an ex-Confederate and mem ber of Old Joe Shelby's famous bri gade. John Pigeon, Second Lieuten ant; an ex-Union veteran, who fought in the Twelfth Michigan. Joseph M. Hassett, Orderly Sergeant; an ex- Confederate, who served in the secret service all through the war. The People Hate a Coward. In a letter defining his position against the alliance sub-treasury scheme, and giving his reasons for opposing it. Ex-Governor Taylor says in the closing paragraph',: "I fear that some of our democratic leaders right nere in lennessee are hiding from these questions. If could get their ears I could unfold to them a secret. I could tell them that the people hate a coward. The farmers would not give a snap of their finger for a public servant who has not the courage of his convic tions. Neither would the labor unions. Neither would any other clement of their constituents. think it tune mat those who are oc cupying high offices by the gift of the democracy of Tennessee were taking position publicly. So far as am concerned, I propose to live i democrat; and I shall henceforth op pose any man who reluses to exrress himself upon vital public questions.' Iloavy Business Failures. New York, June .10. The busi ness failure for the first six months of the present year are reported by It. G. Dun A Co. to number (5,074, against 5,585 during the same period in 1890. The increase of 68!) failures is unusually large. The extent of the liabilities is also excessive.the amount owing by the parties who have failed in 1891, footing up to $'.12,000,000, while for the same period in lS'J'j it was only $65,000,000, indicating an increase in liabilities of $27,000,000. Notwithstanding the extreme extent of these casualties and other adverse circumstances, the reports from all portions of the country indicate a fairly healthy condition of trade, and excellent prospects in view of the large increase of wealth from growing crops and active industrial enterprises. Bound and About. Parnell, the Irish leader, was mar ried to Mrs. O'Shea on Thursday of last week. Work was commenced on the first of the World's Fair buildings at Chi cago last Friday. - By a collision of freight trains near Jefferson, Texas.a tramp and 25 head of cattle were killed last Friday. Wm. McPherson, Alabama's old est citizen, died at Talladege last Sat urday, at the age of 100 years. I rancis Murphy, the famous tem perance lecturer, had his nose broken in a railroad accident in Montana last week. The Harvard crew won the Univer sity boat race over the Yale men last Friday. Yale had been the winner for five successive previous years. A pleasure party of three young adies and two men, out on the Ohio river in a yawl, near Cincinnati, were drowned one night last week. A fire in a lumber yard at Colquet, Minn., last Friday destroyed 25,000,- 000 feet of dry lumber. Loss esti mated at half a million dollars. A company of New York and Southern capitalists, with a capital of $1,000,000, has been formed to cul tivate a farm of 112,000 acres in Flor ida. Five hundred people at Cherokee, Iowa, were rendered homeless by the floods of last week, and an appeal to the country for aid has been made in their behalf. A complete distillery aparatus with a capacity of only three gallons, designed to be operated on an ordina ry cooking stove, was seized by reve nue officials in Georgia last week. The bodies of the nineteen Ameri can sailors who lost their lives in the great storm at Samoa a year or more ago, reached California last week,and were buried at the Mare Island navy yard. The body of Gen. Stonewall Jack son was removed one night last week from the grave in the city cemetery of Lexington, Va., and placed in the vault of a monument now being built to his memory in that city. John Bardsley, Philadelphia's de faulting treasurer, has been sentenced to 15 years solitary confinement in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of over two hundred thousand dollars. In addition to this his sureties will have to pay as much more. Lightning struck a powder house four miles from Galveston, Texas, last Friday, and exploded 2,000 kegs of powder. The concussion caused the explosion of two other powder houses, and a fireworks magazine The explosions caused a general shak- inar ud of the city of Galveston. A number of persons were injured. There are "best farmers" in every farm community; men who under stand the business properly. It will perienced farmer and attend to it pay the less ex to find out how these men are conducting their work. A really eood farmer, as a rule, is gratified to be recognized as such by his neighbors and will cheerfully give them the benefit of hi3 experience. A Well of Frozen Air. Near Dayton, Ga., there ia a well !x:ally known aathe " well of frozen air. " In drilling the well a stratum of frozen clay and gravel was encountered at a depth of 55 feet. After passing through five feet of this numerous cavities were encountered from which cold air came in rnists. The escape of the air from the well can be heard roaring for nearly 00 yards. The air which comes from the subterranean deptlis is so frigid that it w uot possible for any one to hold his hand over the opening for more than two minutes without having it frozen. A bucket of water set over the opening will freeze through and through within a few hours. It is needless to add tlmt work was abandoned on the well wli-ni the cavities of "frozen air" were-tapptd. Philadelphia Ledger. Tliis line vounij stallion will stand the resent season at Kwing Grizzle's stable in Pleasant Cove, 1) miles East of McMinnville, ami will serve mares at $7.!0 to insure live colt, payable when colt is foaled or property irausierreu. All poNslble cure will ba tuken to prevent incidents, but no lia bilily for mi j- that limy occur. . DESCRIPTION and PEDIGREE : I'LKET is a dark bay, of fine form and . imb, 16 bauds hinh. G vears old and weiirlm 1200 younds. He combines both saddle and harness qualities to a remarkable degree. FLEET wag sired by Granville P., 1st dam, ausie, a mare sirert by f reach's Morgan torse; 2 J Dam, Nellie, sired bv a thorough ired Kentucky trotter, Old Pilot; 3d Dam as prown mare oy a Murmon norsej 4tli 'am. a mare sired uv Pen Lane's imnorted . D race horse, Felix Grundy. Season to begin March 20th, and end Jul v 1st. 1523.00 IS ritKMIl)MS-S7.30for best lorse colt, $5.00 for second best: $7.60 for iest mare colt, $5.00 for second best. We rill pay the above premiums on Fleet'scolts f this year's get, to be shewn on Square in tcMinnville the 1st Monday in Sept. 1892. F. S. & EWING GRIZZLE, Increase, Term. THIS fine Imported Jack will make the present season at Smartts Station, and be allowed to serve mares at the low price of &S.OA to insure. DESCRIPTION.-- is blrk with mealy points, 14 handshigh, extiu longand heavy, with fine large bone, nud a splendid foal getter. All Hcrideuts at owncjs' risk. F G. 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