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

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that article i'll the Alliance Farmer,
at is Fixed" It was at that time
that Colonel Peek, who was spoken
OF for Congress, withdrew his oppo-
sltlon to Northen and he went into
office on that platform. Amt that
the Gods truth
Voices all through the assembly.
Yes, yes; that's right. We know it,
Mr.. Watson. (Cheering.)
Mr.. Watson. Where is Peek. and
where is Northen? Mr.. Peek's
friends and neighbors are asked to
vote for Northen, in whose favor?
In favor Of the man who wrote the
st. Louis platform and pledged his
faith to support it and now denounces
1t as rank communism. The man
who is now the very tool of the
rings and newspapers who fought it.
Where is the man who can deny it?
Is not Colonel Peek standing on the
very platform made by Governor
Northen in 1899? After that came
the lannon's Ocala convention. When
was it held? After our election.
We were elected in November, 1890.
Now, listen. That St. Louis resolu-
tion-that ST. Louis platform formed
the nucleus. At the Ocala conven-
ton I found the following: L. T.
Livingston offered a resolution in
dorsing the St. Louis platform, and
said, 81 believe the people can stand
on this platform forever" I believe
it now, as he said it then. At that
time Governor Northen re-echoed
the sentiment and we all felt that
the platform fashioned by their
hands was the thing that we should
stand on, was the thing that we
could fight for, was the thing that
we could die for if necessary. (Long
continued cheering, and a solitary
voice, Hurrah for Northen.) Fur
ther the Colonel said: "This plat
form is a declaration of our Supreme
Council" What platform The
St. Louis platform. That platform
had a sub-treasury plank. That
platform had land plank. That
platform had railroad plank. Every
bit of it, especially the land specula-
ton business, was to be voted on
and addressed to the knights of
Labor urging them to come to the
farmers. and Colonel LIVINGSTON
urged that as one Of the things they
could fe1.s namely, the speculative
land ownership feature. ''This is a
declaration of our principles, and our
enemies are stumping the State de-
claring that it has not the following
of the people" Is anybody stump
ing the State saying that the ALI
ance cannot stand on these princi-
pies? "Our enemies are stumping
the State and desire the platform
read and vote taken on it by States
SO that there will be no mistake as
to how we stand" STEELE, of the
Farmers Benefit Association, said
Il wish to state that the Benefit AS
ISOLATION can stand squarely on the
St. Louis platform" Now what
were these resolutions? First, as I
understand it by these minutes, they
were introduced by Colonel Living
ston.
Mr.. Livingston. Mr.. Watson, the
motion was on the Ocala platform.
A voice. No lodging, Colonel.
Mr.. Watson. The platform to
which I was abiding was the much |
despised Ocala platform, which now
[ find no man in the Northen camp
so poor as to do it honor.
A voice. Be quiet, boys listen
it is ST. Paul now.
Mr.. Watson. Why, boys, they
have moved the Corbin bank up
here from Augusta. I thought they
had enough of that at Sparta. Such |
despicable methods, boys, hurt your
cause.
Now, if the hoodlums will be
quiet minute | will call your atten-
ton to this resolution offered by Col. |
Livingston:
Resolved, That this national conven-
ton of Farmers Alliance and Industrial |
Union do hereby most earnestly and en-
phatically indorse the
A voice. Corbin bank.
Mr.. Watson. Amt it funny how
they squeal when when I am getting
them where the wool is short. (To
Col. Livingston) Your friend de-
serves your thanks. Go the audi
dence) This is fair debate. There
is nothing personal about this. If
Col. Livingston can stand it you
ought to. This is a matter of pub
lie conduct, and it is a thing that we
ought to examine if my friend will
be quiet. ] cannot go on if this
humming out there is not stopped.
A voice. You stay there, Tom,
until the sun goes down, and we will
be with you.
Demonstrations from the Augusta
and Hancock hoodlums, and a gen
tleman in the audience nterposed,
whether with or without authority
do not know, insisting on certain
persons sitting down.
Col. Livingston addressing the
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