The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-22
THE BOY ORATOR.
Leader of the Alabama Peoples Party
interviewed.
He Says the Presidential Election VIII
Go Into the House-The Democratic
Party Doomed

Mr.. ]. G. Manning, managing editOl
of the Alabama RefOrmer, of Bir
mingham, Ea,:in Columbia Monday
night en- route to Florence, Ala.
where he will addressed the Peoples
party clans Tuesday.
Mr.. Manning made quite reputa-
ton at the Omaha convention
whittier he went as Il delegate from
Alabama and where lie was known
as the "Boy Orator. He made sew.
eral able speeches before the CONVEX
tion, and was selected to place in
nomination Gen. j. b. Weaver, the
successful candidate for the Presi-
Dental nomination, which he did
with great credit to himself. He il
an orator of no mean ability, and has
elOquence and energy worthy sOme-
thing better than the chase of a rain
bow or the will-o'-the wIsp ideas
embodied in his alleged party's
platform. Mr.. Manning is a young
man about 25 years old, of fine adj
dress, and is good talker, either in
private or public.
In conversation with him Mon
day HERALD reporter asked him
about the Peoples party tight .and
prospects i'll Alabama.
''lf the election were to come off in
Alabama tomorrow said he, "KoIb
would carry the state by %, 900 ma
jOrity over Jones. But as the election
is two weeks off, there is no telling
what change there will be in public
feeling; yet / do not feel that there
can be such a revolution in two weeks
us TO endanger our party's success, of
which L have all along felt sure.
There is no Republican ticket out,
and those of that party who vote will
support KOlb. The Peoples party
felt that it was cheated out of the
nomination of Kolb two years ago !;
they believed, almost knew that he
was stronger among the people than
Jones, and yet the politicians con-
trOlled the convention and nominated
Jones. This KOlb and his followers
submitted to, but this year they are
in the contest to stay and to win"
"HOw about the November elecs
tioEs?" asked the reporter,
Alabama is 8s saro. 10 go for
Weaver IS election day comes
Is growing in stl ength every day. and
there is no doubt in my mind that
the electoral vote of the State will be
given TO the Peoples party candidate.
Not only thGt-we will elect every
member of Congress from Alabama.h
When asked how the Peoples party
expected 10 accomplish this, Mr..
Manning replied:
"By hard work aud the triumph OF
righteous principles. Unlike the
Democratic and Republican parties,
the Peoples party is making the fight
on principles and issues-not on men
aud prejudices. The people of Ala
bAma are for free coinage if they are
- 1,
neaPOlis platforms have both declared
against free silver, which leads the
people to believe that both parties are
controlled and dominated by Wall
street. The silver question is aud
must be recognized as the iasue, and
the other parties have got to meet it
sqGarely. The people of Alabama
never did expect any relief through
Repu lican legis alton. and in the
last few years they have ceased to
hope for it through the Democracy"
"What does the Peoples party ex-
pect TO accomplish this year? You
have no hope of electing the national
ticket?"
mo. But we will garry enough
states to THROW the election into the
house of Represe ntatiVes, and thus
give practical demonstration Of our
SAAChSbhs hO 4 OOElO
party will carry Alabama, Georgia,
North and South Carolina, Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Montana and probably one or
two other states" Mr.. Manning lid
not claim Mexico or Central A merica,
but the reporter inferred from further
cOnve versation that the People had q
fighting chance in both.
II do not believe there will be q
vestige of the Democratic party Fe-
manning four years from now" said
the youthful leader of the "POpulists."
ut will be supplanted by the Peo-
ple's party"
Unlike our own Mcdowell, Mr.
Manning has no whiskers. But il he
can't emulate the cOal-Oil statesman
in the matter OF hirsute adOrnment,
he can see him and go him one better
in the nOHcbalanco with which he
claims the earth, politically.