The reports against Maeime and
Livingston in the (Jeorgia Senatori
al contest are ugly, but we have
withheld comment, for none of us
can see all sides of a tree at the same
time. But what if they are guilty
of attempting to sell out the Alli
ance, the action of the bulk of the
Alliance members of the Legislature
should call forth from the press of
the country commendation instead
of criticism for the order. In fact,
the affair, as unfortunate as it is in
the preset ispecnt, is an effective a 1-
swer to the charge that tlu Alliance
(though all right in its principles)
was dangerous to good government,
because the members ould be led
like sheet) by bad leaders. The
great rank and file of the Alliance
s composed of the bone and sinue
of the land, it will follow a leader
no further than lie is right, and will
ever be found as the staunchest ex
ponent of good government. The
foundation principle of the order is
to think for yourseli. But after all
is Calhoun any more of a railroad
man at heart than Gordon?
A great deal .of discussion has been
going on as to whether it would l:e
policy to select the Speaker of the
next Congress froin the North or the
South. Wc call a halt on such fool
ishness. There should be no discus
sion about the matter. Had it not
been for such talk on the part of
newspapers, sectionalism (in spire
of the periodic bloody-shirt politcal
montcbank) vould have long since
disappeared. The recent elections
show that sectionalism is duud, or
at least fast disappearing as a factor
in National politics. Why rake up
a dead issue? Why mal e such ef
forts to breathe life again into the
hideous carcas? Let us keep quiet
and the logic of events will put t ho
Speakership in the South, and the
West will claim the credit of help
ing to do it. The next step in the
logic of events will be the two great
agricultural sections joining hands
and marching to victory in '92.
