People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-23
DEBATE At SANDERSYILLE
THE THIRD MEETING BETWEEN
WATSON AND BLACK.
An Orderly Discussion Of the Issues
Between the People and the
Organized Democracy


Sandersville meeting, September 8.
The assemblage was largely Major
Blacks friends, coming in by the
train load from beyond the limits of
the county, and even of the district,
as at all these meetings, in organized
bodies. The People largely outnum-
bered these bodies Of claquers, and
Mr.. Watson scored signal triumph,
as may be seen by comparing the
speeches. In opening, Mr.. Watson
said f:
The Augusta brass band is on
hand as usual-followed by the Or
gained crowd who accompany Mr..
Black to do the cheering. They
carry with them the banner on which
they have painted side by side the
pictures of Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Black. They do this to show what
modest man Black is. daughter
and cheers.)
Augusta politicians should be very
careful how they parade Stephens
picture. He denounced them as
tsthimble Triggers and tricksters" to
whom he babe defiance. (Cheers.)
1t is but another illustration of Dem
ocratic stupidity to parade Mr..
Stephens picture against me, when
It is well known how he stood for
principle against party and always
stood ready to appeal from the poll
ticians and newspapers to the peo-
pie. (Cheers.)
The Democrats had tried to preju-
lice the negroes against him because
be voted in favor of Daniel Proctor.
Democrat, agains Anthony Wilson,
Republican, as sixty-One others had
done in the Georgia Legislature, in
Guiding some of the best Lawyers in
the body.
Wilson c&,ne into Sae district and
n4ale speeches for me. Previous to
that time the Democrats called aim
a worthy and intelligent colored
gentleman who had been unjustly
treated. After that time they sud
denly discovered that he was an
s'ignorant, thickheaded, old niger
and as black as the ace of spades"
Great laughter.)
Gov. Northen and whine-thro'- his
nose Moses made speeches here the
other day. Northen denounced
Watson for defeating the claim of
Bradwell in Congress. Northen said
all the members from Georgia want
ed the claims paid. If SO they were
In favor of robbing the tax payers
for the claim had already been
paid in full. (Great cheering)
Mr.. Watson then alluded the act
of Congress approved by the Presi-
dent September, 1888, providing for
the payment in full of the Bradwell
claim. This created quite a sensa-
ton.
Then Mr.. Watson proceeded to
explain that he was calling for the
regular order to force the sub treas.
urY bill to the front-a bill which
would relieve the distress of millions
of people. Northen and Livingston
had framed the subtreasury at St.
Louis in 1889, and had promised It's
passage to the people, and had got
high Office by doing so. Now they
were denounoing him because he
would not allow private bill to
come up out of its order as matter
of special privilege-said private bill
being in favor of claim which had
been paid off in full.
He (Watson) was calling for the
regular order-the miller's rule OF
e.first come, first served"-in order
that a general bill benefting both
white and black might have chance
(Great applause.)
Ga calling for the regular ordel
he had given offense to many indi
vidual claimants, but he could not
help that. He had felt it his duty t.
insist on the business being done ii
the regular way without special ia
vors to individual claimants. Gap.
plause.) This had made him Un,
popular with many members of Con
gress, especially to the New Yorh
delegation, because he had objected
to their looting the treasury to the
extent of S2,500,O00 for new post
Office at Buffalo. They had already
got 100000 for that purpose. They
wanted $2,5O0,000 more. Remem
boring that our beautiful State CAPT
toll only cost 100000, I thought
it outrageous to give $3,100,000 fol-
post-office in Buffalo, and / knocked
the bill out. (Applause.) 1t was 9
Democratic steal and the New York
Democrats got very mad about it
Look at the record and you will see
that the New York members spe-
cially tired to wreak their vengeance
on me during the tangle I had with
Joe Wheeler on the question Of
drunkenness In Congress. He would
submit to the audience, both white
and black, whether he had not done