People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-30

as rank communism USED. Will
read you a letter from the Southern
Cultivator. Listen, you who say that
plank on railroads is communism:
every illiterate man in COmmu-
nifty is shame upon that community.
1t is the duty of that community to
educate the illiterate or get him out OF
the community"
What do you say about that? Is that
right, too?
A voice: educate him or get him
out"
Mr.. Watson. You just wait. will
give you a harder one directly No man
ought to put off on any other COM
munity what he is not willing to have
put off on his own, ought he? No man
ought to try to put off on aneighboring
community what is a shame to his own,
ought he? What do you think of man
who says, I will kick out of my COM
munity what is shame to me, and put
it on another community Is that a
sample of your Democratic Christianity
''Every poor man in a community is,
in some sense, a burden to that cOmmu-
nifty. It is the duty of the community
to educate that man out Of his poverty -
or what? "Send him off on another COM
munity." Now, amt that carrying out
the Golden Rule with vengeance
That is dealing with your neighbor as
you would would like to have him deal
with you Now | submit that if it is the
! duty Of the community to educate the
citizen and that community neglects its
duty, that it is the community which
deserves the punishment, and not the
citizen, The citizen should be punished
for the crime against himself by the
| 1c
! 1t is no wonder they are asking, "Where
A voice. Traitor Traitor Corbin
bank
Mr.. Watson. That is about the last
argument of desperation. There is no
doubt of that.
Now, some of the best men that ever
lived were illiterate men. Some of the
men who have done the greatest service
to mankind were illiterate men. The
men who wrested Magma Charta from
| King John did not know how TO write
their names when they came to sign it.
Some of the grandest officers in the
Confederate service notably n. b
Forrest, were very illiterate, and yet he
could whip his weight in wildcats
Great applause, and bow-wowing and
mewing. The idea that illteracy of
itself makes man different from what
God Almighty made him goes upon the
theory that man becomes great by sit
| ting on a school book or putting his
shoulder against a college wall. The
truth is, it don't do anything of the sort.
A mans brains, like his aspirations,
come from on high. No man can over
estimate the benefit of education, from
my standpoint, but after all, education
Il,0 ,ArIt9c Nv
embeIlishes him. 1t makes him more
useful. But when the Democratic party
or Democratic officials say that because
man is illiterate he is dangerous, and
that because society does not discharge
its duty to him it is justified in expelling
him, iC takes a position that cannot be
defended by any fair discussion.
Voices. 'Rah for Black 'Rah for
Judge Newsom! Cock-a-doodle-doo
Mr.. Watson. Is that an argument in
tended to bolster up Governor Northen
in his views on education, or his charge
that his own platform is rank COM
munism? Laughter.
Another beautiful thing Governor
Northern said in speech down at Sparta,
where he spoke from the same platform
with my friend, Mr.. Black. He said :
''Strike your wife, who in early life
gave you her warmest affections, but do
not strike the grand old Democratic
party. StrikeGyour child
ITEM thousand demons lashed with
whips of scorpions could not create a
moro Internal din than was produced by
the howlers condemned the brutal
recommendation, but that the surgical
knife of truth and justice was APP
piled to the fostering, cancerous senti-
ment. Five minutes were consumed by
the howlers.
Mr. Watson. Well, this is about the
pleaaantest crowd have struck up with
vet. Full of fun. Chuck full. I had
no idea that the Peoples party had such
life in it right here in the city of Atlanta.
And right here in the shadow OF the
gubernatoriaI mansion | find the Demo
Gratis afraid to have speeches of their
governor read to them. Now I want to
see what sort of a fix this gentleman
over here has got into, and how these
gentlemen relish it. Resumes reading.
"Strike your little child, clad in white,
kneeliug at her mothers knee, as she
lisps the first prayer Of infancy, Now l
lay me down to Sleep but do not strike
the dear old Democratic party"
Why don't you holler? 1t was little
too stiff for you that time, eh
One of the reporters for city paper
(sotto voce). ''Can it be possible that the
governor said that?"
Mr. Watson. I am going to say it
again, boys, to give you another chance.
| will give you an opportunity to ana
I'VE it and show how far Democrats do
themselves credit as husbands and
fathers in giving Endorsement to senti-
ment like that
Strike your wife, who has been your
faithful companion in the years that are
passed nursed you when sick; been
your comfort when well shared with
you the tolls Of poverty, and has been
your greatest source of enjoyment when
YOU got out of proverty; has been al
ways loyal, eonfding and true; the
mother of your children; the JOY of
your home the dream of your life
strike her, but do not lift your hand
against the dear old Democratic party.
Howls Of Bow wow-wow Mew-mew-
NEW Traitor Traitor Cock-a doodle |
doc! Strike Watson Down with the
traitor and pandemonium, generally.
Mr.. Watson. Boys, [ am sorry it hurts.
You are even more tender than the boys |
down in Augusta. (Laughter.)
A voice. I can't see the point.
Mr.. Watson. There will be points |
enough all along for any Democrat to |
run up on, as sure as you live.
Strike your child-your beautiful little |
daughter, robed in white, becoming |
more like an angel every day, on &C
count of the spotless raiment she wears. |
Not only that, but, strike her as she |
kneels at the knee of her mother, your