The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-10-26
IOGIC And ELOQUENCE
spn DEMOCRATS AND DIsMAY'
PLhN' ED THIRD PARTYITEs
nson Last saturday--FOrcible Speech
III - ~, congressman Ben Russell and
colonel Emmett Wommack'
DIR. Hand Had say

Colonel Emmett w OAiAAacA'
DIR. Hand Had Say.
Cotrrdav was another big day for the
,.r"ocrats of Terrell county.
Two Two of the partys most Drllilant ora,
Dorp here, and their logic, wit and
'OIe ,' "T enthused democrats and put to
eIo4 the very few third partyites.
lo u was y, the day appointed by Hon. Ben
=, 1,'sCnn the democratic nominee Tor
D. lrr 10 address the people OF TINS
con5 CONT colonel Emmett Wommack, the
tU~aIy North Georgia campaigner, was
I Ian also here, and the two fairly ''shelled
the woods low &c NJ Prssel1
and the local democrats Dr. Hand, the,
t 4La third party candidate for congress
was given an opportunity to address
Terrell county audience--a privilege ne
oonld not otherwise have had, Tor only
the wednesday before he was here to I'LL
an appointment of his own but did not
and a single person in the house when
no anpealed for the purpose OF telling
his tale OF woe.
LIZ When the speaking began at half past
+on o'clock there were 800 or AZ o people
in the opera house.
Colonel J. NJ. Griggs introduced
Hon. Ben f. Russell
a. tbe next congressman from the Sec
ord district. referring to him in very
complimentary terms. He said Mr.. Rus
coll was a good man, true man and an
able man, and told how, when lad
fifteen Years of age, he shOuldered his
CuD in cambridge and went to fight for
Ills country, returning when peace was
declared and with tongue and pen en-
listed in the war against the mlSruie OF
carpet baggers and scalawags.
As, Mr. Russell arose he was heartily
cbeered lie began his speech by elo-
ouenty referring to the big democratic
majority in October, saying 1T was an
emphatic rebuke by an indignant people
to the new patty that would bring upon
us a repetition Of the dark days OF recon
structi0n when alien bayonets were press
inc the southern people in the streets OF
every town.
lie then took up the third party plat
form and showed how utterly implactl-
cable are it's demands, and how much 1T
would cos to run the government as they
propose TO do it. He said their platform,
1Or little thing, had in it the NEST stu
penJous planks ever known.
The two old parties look With fear and
misgiying for the prosperity OF tAe
country with national debt of a few
million dollars, bat the third party peo-
pie would run it up to $12 100000, 600 or
Sl40O0,000 600, and claim that the COun-
try would prosper under 1T.
The idea of the government flooding
the country with It's NJ t >, to be used as
circulating medium, Wao completely
showed up. Tie speaker said such money
would soon be worthless. and when the
country was fl Oded TIL / times would
be worse than when the people We're
using Confederate money. In tnosG times
the people carried their money to market
IN baskets and their purchases home in
their pockets. With The country Hooded
with thru party money the people would
have to take their currency in wheel
barrow when they went to market.
The railroad plank was riGdled, and
the speaker made the point that The num-
Der OF employees would be greater than
any staining army on the face OF the
globe
He next spoke Of the burdens of the
talil, and showed that with every pur-
chase Of 500 worth OF goods the people
pay a tax Of SAT. Yet, he said, the third
party folks say the tariff is side issue.
lie depicted in burning words how
Iulnous the iniquitous and burdensome
taTlH laws are, and how, together with
tne Two liberal pension laws, the money
concentrated in tHe north, and did not
wonder at the present depleted financial
ooHaltlon OF the southern people.
lie took up all the vital questions that
are now agl tating the minus of the Pe0-
PIE and his calculations of the subjects
discussed showed how thoroughly famil-
LSr he is with them. His whole speech
ao"unded with sound democratic doc
tTine.
he closed with a grand and eloquent
uIolte TO the democratic chieftain, Gro
Yer Cleveland, and tired amid deafen-
ing applause.
-, = Little breeze. :.
~o'onel Ben Christie, a local third
Parry leader, then arose and proceeded
oIh 'roduce Dr. Hand. Colonel Christie
o mehI at it very energetically and earn
Guy out was suddenly stopped by Mr.
russell. In his zeal Colonel Christie
POI IGlu mat DR.. Hand, too, had represented
no l1 county in the legislature, but had
ar T1eI Dee geen found wallowing in the tnite
1tI,.H4lth of the ghllies and sewers of
W3.iaihla, and would not be If sent to
fae %tSHi III Colonel Russell was on his
W ~ III an instant and with his face aglow
SAFE ,Gn an8e: rushed to Colonel Christie,
4 Do ~. stop, sir! What do you mean?
So1 Intimate such is true of me?"
D. mold of his arm al the same time.
i P,,. oITleS on the stage rushed TO Colonel
WosI:l and caught him. The scene
md i,"ely and Grammatical indeed. The
NI iilGiice arose from their seats and
eu ana hurrahed for Russell, and
fl, rulnoer crowded around him on
~ stage and shook his hand.
3 for rIiohe Christie said he did not intend