People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-23

right, boys; by Cd watson Shall
speak at all.
Mr.. Black. I pass over much that
might be said of his record between
that period and the date of his cleo
ton. IF I had time to submit to you
in detail what he said | could show
over and over again where he said
that he was Democrat; where ne
criticised other parties because they
were not democratic enough for his
fastidious democratic tastes; and
while he did insist that he went to
that convention representing certain
agriculturists, which I have always
and do now, and will everywhere,
most cordially and most unreservedly
agree to the correctness OF the claim,
| shall insist that while he went In
there representing certain demands
that had been made by the agricul-
tural interests of the country; yet
he went in there to represent, he
went in there to press, he went IN
there to enact, if he could, into legis-
lat1on those demands inside and not
outside of the Democratic party.
(Storms of applause and shouts OF
derision.) [ never have and | never
intend to say that he ought not to be
loyal to certain demands that were
insisted upon by one wing OF the
Democratic party; but | say that
having been nominated by the Dem
ocratic party as q Democrat and
having been elected as Democrat,
after having gone before the coun-
try as a Democrat, whatever special
demands he felt called upon to rep
resent and to enact, if possible, into
the legislation Of the country should
have been inside and not outside the
Democratic party. say, too, with
all respect to that large and respect
able wing of the party, that the
Democratic party, proper, never did
and never could approve these de-
mands.
Voices. Right! right! rightl
Watson! Watson! Watson! (Leers
and jeers, and general uproar)
Mr.. Black. I have before me the
Congressional Directory, which, as
you may know, furnishes short
biographical sketch of every member
of Congress, furnished, as I under
stand by that member himself. In
that directory, in the sketch which is
furnished of his life, Mr.. Watson
puts himself down as elected DEM
ocrat.
There were others put down
elected as Alliancemen. There were
others put down as Independents.
There were others put down as nom-
mated as Alliancemen and supported
by Democrats. But he goes into the
public record furnished to the Con-
gressional Directory, and furnished
by himself, selected as a Democrat"
(Great cheering.) Mark you-(re-
newed cheering.) Mark you'll elected
not as Jeffersonian Democrat
that broad term that may mean
much or may mean Gttle-but
elected as member of that political
organization known asy Democratic
party of the Tenth Congressional
district. loud and long continued
cheering) What is the first thing
he does when he goes to Washing
ton? He not only separates himself
from the Democratic party but he
associates himself with others who
were not Democrats; not only not
Democrats but had banded them
selves together for the destruction Of
the Democratic party.
Shouts of, Hurrah for Watsonl
Hurrah for Black. CA Babylonian
duel between the two wings occurred
at this point, lasting several seconds.)
Mr.. Black. Here are the namea
of those gentlemen with whom he
associated himself. Two of them, /
believe, according to the record,
though nominated by the Farmers
Alliance were supported by the
Democrats.
A kid on a rafter, '|Where am
at %
Mr.. Black. I will tell you where
you ought to be at. You ought to
be at home with your mother.
Two of these, believe, had been
nominated by the Farmers Alliance
and Independents, and supported by
the Democrats, but not single one
of them had entered the Congress of
the United States as a member Of the
Democratic party.
T At this junoture great confusion
took place on account Of a person In
the center of the hall talking in a
tone inaudible to your reporter, but
sufficient to annoy bis neighbors. A
tall police officer, who would make q
fine model on which to display cloth
ing, stood there as helpless as fan
in cyclone, while cries of "Put him
out put him out!" added to the
confusion:1
Mr.. Black. He not only associated
himself with these people, but he be-
came their candidate for Speaker of
the House of Representatives against
the very party that elected him and
sent him to represent them. (Great
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