People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-07

| DubllCanS are IN line WIFI Cn0 pou1n-
ern Democrats. But you never can
hope for relief as long as the Eastern
and Northern Democrats dominate
the Democratic party. Why, the At
lanta Constitution says, In recent Is
sue,that you have heard but little about
the force bill. The force bill to-day
is the only thing that keeps the In
dustrial masses from coming together
and throttling this money power with
a resistless emphasis that nothing can
withstand. And it says again, that
the most serious difficulty confront
ing the Democracy is the probability
that the Republican party will aban-
don the bloody shirt issue. Here IS
one of their organs saying THAT 1t Is
to the interest of the Southern De-
mocracy that the force bill shall be
kept to the front. Why? 1t keeps
YOU and the farmers of the West
separated. The Western farmers are
suffering by these unjust laws just
like you, and you must be kept es3
tranged in order that the national
bankers shall have their usurlous
profits.
A voice: That is the Gods truth,
Another voice: I will swear to
that, Mr.. Watson. Followed by
great applause.)
WHY, even the Atlanta Constitu-
ton stumbles on the truth once in a
while. Gaughter) The Republi-
cans of the North by bowling "rebel
brigadier," and the party leaders IN
the South crying out, "force BILL"
they expect to drive you back into
the old parties and thus keep you
under their feet. Here in the South
the Democrats denounce Watson
and try to howl him down for going
with Jerry Simpson, yet the Demo"
Gratis of the North indorse this same
Jerry Simpson. Now, don't you
think that if the Democrats of the
North can indorse Jerry Simpson
that the Democrats of the South could
afford to swallow me.
They say that preach social equal
ity with the blacks. That is false. |
have never said so. [ said this:
You visit your friends and I will visit
mine. You invite your black friends
to your home, and [ will invite my
white friends to mine. You send
your children to your schools, and I
will send mine to ours. also said,
what is to the interest of poor white
man, is to the interest of poor black
man. What is to the interest of a
white farmer, is to the interest of a
black farmer. What is an injury to
a black laborer, is also an injury to a
white laborer.
Voices: That is the God AL
mighty's truth. Hurrah for Wat
son.
Mr.. Watson. All, you may try
to hide it, you may disguise it as you
please but there is new life brought
into the old South. The scales are
falling from the eyes Of our people.
They are breaking away from old
party lines, and marshaling under thu
banner-the pure banner Of equal
rights to all mon, white and black,
rich and poor, city and country, town
and village, all classes alike reaping
the benefit, and your children and
children's children will go down the
stream Of time thanking God for the
Peoples party. (Great applause)
In this great movement, no man was
earlier in the fight; no man was more
earnest in the fight than General
Weaver, Of Iowa.
Voices: Hurrah for Weaver;
down with Weaver, and general con-
fusion.
Mr.. Watson. Take it easy, boys,
you are not in Augusta now. You
are visiting, and you had better be
on your good behavior.
I repeat it, that one Of the first
men to engage in this reform move
ment, and one Of the most untiring
and conscientious, was James B.
Weaver. General howling. Now,
boys, you see the sort of methods the
Democrats resort to. You see how
fair a chance they want to give a
man to talk to you. More bowling.
and indignation from decent people, !
You see, boys, how anxious they arg
to hear fair, honest discussion.
have become used to it in the Tenth
District, but such conduct is proba.
bly, strange to you here. (Address>
ing the dlsturbers.) You talk abons
Weaver's hatred to the South.
Where is there man in the crowd
who away back yonder when the
passions were heated by war that
did not say as bitter things of the
North as ever he said Of the
Sout? When the Congress of the
United States had under advise
ment the pensioning of the Mexican
soldiers, and the question of giving
the benefit to those men who were
in the Confederate army came UP,
General Weaver at the head of the
entire greenback force, marched
right into the Democratic camp and
said that every Mexican soldier,