The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-11
MRS. LEASE OF KANSAS.
HER ADDRESS IN TIE HOUSE OF
RHPREsE YESTERDAY.

REL TN y 4 n 4 ' - 4 ~@~ a - 49, - -
, This Is the Most Wonderful Time in
History - Women at the Front
IN Every Dep srtment of Thought
and EfOrt-There are Women n.
DIS Who Can Kill and Cure as Well
as Men--She Pays Her Respects 80
the Bondholde-s Of Wall Street, In
gals and the Other Statesmen"
ATLANTA, GA, Aug 10.-Mrs. Lease OF
Kansas spoke this afternoon in the hall Of
the House Of Representatives. There was
not a vacant seat on the floor and the gal
leries were crowded. The alliance contin-
gent of the legislature was out in force. A
few minutes after o'clock Mrs. Lease
entered the hall, escorted by Representative
Kemp Of Emanuel She was greeted with
applause Senator Nunnally, president Of
the alliance organization of the legislature,
presided.
Mrs. Lease was introduced by Represent
alive Kemp.
MRS. LEASES ADDRESS.
1--WE are living" said she, lin the most
wonderful time of the worlds history.
mighty change is taking place in the hearts
of the people. Women are standing at the
front in every department Of thought and
effort, There are 12o legal firms in the
United States made up exclusively of
| women There is In nearly every city and
town now woman NJ. D., and they can kill
and cure as we'll as the men. | learn from
statistics that the men are holding their
own in the saloons and the penitentiaries
This has always been a nation of contradic-
| lions aud inconsistencies. The Pilgrim
fathers no sooner obtained religious
liberty for themselves than they de-
MED IL TO others and hanged and
burned those that differed from them
Our revolutionary fathers fought eight
years for free government, but under that
flag OF the free still crouched millions Of
black slaves. There came another awaken
ing, and the slaves were freed in 1865 We
thought again. Now, indeed, we are a free
people. But we are not free, for the
masses this day are in bondage to the few.
The bondholders of Wall street have
dictated our national legislation for
more than quarter Of century. That is
the record of the Republican party aud l
have never had one man give me logical
answer to the question, Why are you a
republican, The war debt is greater to-
day than it ever was, and the people are
stlll paying tribute to American and
English bondholders. Capital is dealing
to day in the heart-beats OF labor. Ingalls,
says that when the government demonetized
silver in 1878 congress was hypnotized
llaughterl, and / tell you that congress has
been hypnotized ever since.n Laughter
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Mrs Lease argued at some length upon
the silver question, talking good democratic
gospel.
The republicans tell us that everything we
ask for is in their platform. The democrats tell
US the same thing. They will not tell us they
are ready TO swallow the Ocala platform and
the suo-treasury pan-they are not ready to do
! the Jonah act-that, my friends, that's what
they We got to come to. LApplause.l
AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY.
Mrs. Lease declared that the duty Of the
Democratic party was to come into the
Peoples party and defeat the common enc
my, the Republican party" Continuing
she said:
Unless you southern democrats leave your
old party name aud prejudice those $1,000 peo-
pie in Kansas who left the Republican party
will go back to republicanism. We want to de-
feat Senator Sherman and Maj. Mckinley and
IL You want to help us, my friends, come into
our Peoples party. Take Off your old party col
| lar. What are you afraid Of? Our demands
are justice, aud we will not be satisfied with
| anything else. The leaders of both the old
| parties are under the control of Wall street
and the demand OF the hour is for new meas
| ures ana new men-new party principles and
| rule of the common people. We have already
accomplished more than any other party in the
history of the world. North and west the re-
| don't know what ais them, but they will find
| out at the post norton [laughter1, and the
| post mortem will be held in 1892 Applause |
Mrs. Lease thought there was less rascal
ity in the democratic record than In that of
the Republican party. This sentiment was
loudly applauded.
"But, l think" she added, ''it's because
they haven't had as good a chance"
oCALA PLATFORM AND SUB-TREAsURY.
She talked at some length about the Ocala
| platform and sub~treasury.
The Ocala platform is based upon the sermon
| on the mount; this is religious as well po-
| lltlcal movement. The people are in earnest
| this time. We must have the Ocala platform
| and the sub-treasury. You can't evade it.
She referred at length to the great gov
eminent land grants.
| Why. if the sunshine and the air could have
| been boxed up, the Republican party would
| have boxed 1t up long ago and delivered it over
to Wall street. with a high protective tariff
| upon n IL there is any truth IN the saying
that every dog has his day. it's time the
! national bankers dog was made into sau-
sage and the farmers dog had a chance
! laughter and applause HE who would be
free himself must strike the blow" The rank
and file OF the Democratic party may be all
| right, but your leaders are as bad as the repub-
lican leaders This shown when those
democrats voted with the republicans against
| Grover Cleveland wrote that Wall
| and transportation is the triple
monopoly we are fighting Our victory must
be won by the bullet or by the ballot. and the
| bullet is the weapon of the fool If you men
will vote for principle once and quit voting for
| They tell us we are suffering from
over production, but | know better Its
under consumption. The only over-production
we are troubled with is of party fools who are
still voting the old arty tickets. daughter and
applause But Kansas and Georgia have
clasped hands at last, the blue and the gray are
fighting together DOW for a common independ-
ence Prolonged applause
Mrs. Lease was overwhelmed with con-
CALCULATIONS at the conclusion of her ad-
dress, the alliance members and many Wis
itors coming forward to shake hands with
her.
THAT SUNDAY VIOLATION.