The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-14

electiVe or otherwise [Applause]. He
desired none. [Applausel. 1t was well |
that the people had an opportunity of !
hearing the issues discussed bv uninter-
ested parties-men who were not before
them seeking their votes. TApplause7.
MI. Query hit some sledge hammer
!lcks from the start. He hit a Third party |
head wherever he saw it,with the best of |
good humor and deadliest intent.
Mr.. Query first took up the silver
bill, and said that Mahaffey knew there
was silver plank in the Democratic
platform when he said that there was
not. Applause]. He read the Democrat
&c platform on that issue, and said that
there were Third party people within his
nearing who were surprised to hear him
read it, tor they had been persist
emily deceived by their leaders and the
Democratic position misrepresented.
The Democratic party is on reaord as
1avorlng every measure of finance that
offered relief to the people. They have
fought against national banks, against
high taxation, against granting lands to
railroads and against monopolies of ev-
cry shape. Every vote cast by Demo-
Gratis on every financial measure since
the war has been in favor of relief for
the people. The Republican party, and
1t alone, is responsible for the laws
which SO heavily Cypress the people.
Continuing on the silver question he
lid that up to 1872 the government had
free coinage of silver. In 1873 silver
was demonetized. That was one of the
greatest legislative wrongs ever put upon
the people. 1t was an outrage: still the
Democratic party is not responsible for
it; that was republican congress. In
1878 the Democratic house passed free
coinage bill; the senate rejected it, but
put an amendment ON it providing for
the coinage of 100000 a month. The
Republican president vetoed it, but it was
passed over his veto. Since then we have
been endeavoring to pass a free coinage
bill. We have passed it through the
house several times, but have never been
able to have it become law. The present
law was passed during the Reed con-
gress. ltprovides for the purchase by the
government of 81 800, 600 worth of silver
monthly. Then came the Stewart silver
Till. 1t passed the senate by the votes
of majority of the Democrats and
a minority of the Republicans. In the
house it was defeated by combination
of majority of the Republicans and a
minority of the Democrats. 1t was not
the Democratic party that defeated the
silver bill. but few Democrats and a
large number of Republicans.
M. Mahatfey says Grover Cleveland
| Lapplause] is not in favor of silver legis-
lation. Grover Cleveland has accepted
the nomination on the Democratic plat
form, silver and all land there is not man
in this audience who believes that Gro
yer Cleveland ever said anything that he
did not believe. [Great cheering.
He showed the attitude of the Demo
Cracti party towards national banks,
ana stated that the Democratic party
had been against national banks ever
since jackson began his first fight on
them in 1882. National banks are pure
ly a Republican measure, and the Demo-
cratic party is the only one that has ever
made war on them.
The speaker then attacked the Third
party platform for not having tariff
plank in it. Colonel Mahaffey interrupt
ed him by say ing:
eff there Is no tariff plank in the plat
form it ought to be there"
'And if there is anything good left out
of the Democratic platform, which / de-
ny, it ought to be there!" quickly re-
sponded Mr.. Query amid thunders of
applause. 1.-The Democratic platform is
good enough and broad enough for any
honest man to stand upon" Cheers
The speaker then discussed the tariff
issue. He said the Democratic plank
was like the Lords prayer in that there
is goodness and justice in it. The only
rem ady for oppression is to repeal the
unjust tariff laws That would reduce
taxes one-half.
In regard to buying railroads the
speaker said it would take nine thousand
million dollars to pay for them (more
money than there is in America, Europe,
Asia and Africa land every dollar of this
would have to be raised by taxing the
people; for the government has no money
OF its own-none except what it gets by
taxing the people. If the government
owned the railroads a million and a
half people would be needed to run it,
and it would be run like the other de-
partments are now run. We have now
already 10000 office holders, and 1870 of
them were in the convention which NOM
mated Harrison. Ii we had a million
and a half their power could not be told
and the expenses would be increased al
most beyond compute ton. If such a
thing should happen we would expert
ence the Worst CyIanny Slice Une edfIn
was formed.
The speaker then turned his attention
to Messrs. Peek and Mahaffey. He said
their complaints were in reference to
federal legislation entirely, while they
were candiCa tes for State positions. He
asked the audience to draw the distinc-
ton. Should they be elected they could
not pass the silver bill or carry into effect
any of the measures they advocate. Col
onel Peek, be said, was largely instumen-
tai in Governor Northens election two
| wars AGO and for that all Democrats