People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16

to fight for these principles and, if
necessary, to die for these principles,
l had turned around and basely be-
trayed them? prolonged cheer
ing.
Now, who do they want you to
elect as Vice-President on the Demo
cratic ticket? Adlai Stevenson.
Adlai Stevenson was elected as a
member of Congress in the year
1876. How? AS Democrat. He
was member Of Congress in 1878.
How? AS a Democrat. He was
member of Congress in 1880. How?
AS a democrat. Yet he refused to
go into the Democratic caucus; he
refused to vote for the Democratic
candidate for speaker, and he had
himself put upon record every time.
How? Not as a Democrat, but as
a greenbacker, following that "old
wretch, John B. Weaver" Great
applause.] Now, boys, have not
they boxed their party up in great
order. Their Vice Presid can
dibate said in 1880 that Weaver was
so great a man that he would break
away from the Democratic party to
follow him, and they say that | have
done the same thing. How do they
propose to treat both? They say
that for the same course precisely,
Watson shall be branded as traitor,
and Stevenson shall be elevated to
the second highest Office in the gift
of the people. Why should they
make fish Of one and flesh Of an
other? Why should they measure
out to me insult and condemnation
and pile rewards upon him? The
Democrats are so drunk that they
can swallow yard of Stevenson's
record and turn around in help less
sobriety and inquire, ''Mis'r Speaker,
where was ] at p Great laughter.
Why, up here at Charlottesville Mr..
Black actually forgot where he was
at in his speech and had to stop and
tumble to find it. Not because he is
not able to argue it, but it is because
there is not man ON earth that can
argue the Democratic side and avoid
getting lost. Great laughter.
Now, one or two corrections.
Major Black facing him you
said at Charlottesville that I de-
nounced Mr.. Tilden as not having
sense enough to write his own will.
My friend, you are mistaken. In
my book | said that Mr.. Tilden, in
accordance with the decisions Of the
court, did not have sense enough to
write his own will. I put it off on
the court. In your speech at Craw-
louisville you said that I denounced
Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Black. Tilden you mean.
Mr.. Watson. No; am on Cleve-
land now. In my book | said that
Mr.. Cleveland was man of truth,
of honor and of courage, but that
unfortunately he imbibed the Wall
street idea Of finance. You stated
at Charlottesville that I denounced
his personal record.
Major Black. [ said you CRITICS.
ed it. That referred to your Thorn
son speech.
MIR. Watson. There you are mis-
taken. / said that down South the
democrats were denouncing thu pen
sion laws, while up north the Demo-
Gratis were taking credit with the
soldiers for these very pensions, and
that the New York World had
claimed, and showed by figures, that
Mr.. Cleveland paid out such and
such amounts of money. Not only
that, I showed that in the Demo
cratic national platform the Demo
Gratis claimed that Cleveland had
paid out more money to the soldiers
and sailors than had been paid out
in a similar period. said that in
1879, Democrats aud Republicans
passed the Harris Pension act, and
it passed the House without a divi-
sion, but when it reached the Senate
there was a division, and one Of the
men that voted for it in the Senate
was John B. Gordon. Great ap-
plause.
Now, fellow citizens, the point I
make is that it was not fair to tell
you down here that they were
against the pension, and when up
North claiming to be in favor of
them. That was the point I made.
viii not take up much Of your
time to show you that Mr.. Black
was always opposed to the Alliance.
He denounced it as calculated to
break up the Democratic party.
Two years ago he wrote the Austin
letter which he bravely avows to-day,
and i'll that letter he denounces the
Alliance as undemocratic. He de-
MED your right to measure anybody
with your yardstick, and opposed
your organizing to redress your
grievances, and to-day he denounces
your platform. How Mr.. Black can
ask an Allianceman to support him
| do not understand.
He quotes from Mr.. RIcKeighan.
He said that MoKeighan was OPP
posed to the sub-treasury, and also
what Mr.. McKeighan said was the
remedy.