The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-16

Now, there is another thing Not
only did do this not only dd | stand both j, IS
| l lay your demands before your congress
at every opportunity [ got, but SO far as pos,
| sible | attended to every detail in the work of
| the tenth congressional district.
There is scarcely county in this district
where l have not established new poStoilices
or rendered more efficient old ones But one
| of the most gratifying and satisfactory things
that had the pleasure to do was to restore TO
| his father and mother wild and hayward
boy. who had run away from his father and
mother and joined the army. He went to the
and d for 3hat Eea f Tas the army
and restored him to his home. (Cry That's
right.') Not only that, but g, 80 far as my my
| knowledge of arithmetic could De mace 10 co.
| | made two thousand
Packages of Garden Seed
| go all over the district. CHEERS, ana voice,
! ''And the best seed ever was i'll this sountry.(
| There are 100, 900 in the district, only mad
| 1900 packages of garden seed, SO you see now
And tell you one very gratifying thing to
| me- and the thing which the men who are now
| opposing me call me to account 1or, because
| OF the part the black people had in the dispo-
| sition of them. They denounce me through
the papers because 1 had sent you colored
| people some oil these garden seed and some of
| these documents which your taxes had helped
| to pay for. | want you to bear that in mind.
How many democratic congressman ever sen. sent
| you garden seed before. Demonstrations from
| the negroes) Did l, or did not! Ceres,
| Eyes, yes.D
| that i had confidence enough in my district
to believe that if did what you fold me to do
! you would do what you promised me to do.
| iCheers, cries we will.') Therefore, when
nearly every other CONGRESSMAN was
Tf caI fen mWs coming S1i Nome to start
| the mill to grinding, coming home anxious
to save the democracy and their own bacon,
coming home to show the people how they
loved a public Office as Il public trust, l staid
| where you told me, 1 staid until the hammer
'Hurrah for LITTLE Tommy and "(fOdhy
Jimmie Back.'O In other words | did feel
that L could face this, my own constituency
is represented by men and women here to-
day: | do believe where all classes are repre-
do feel that L stand here before you and
say that if In any respect failed to do your
will it was because L was not able, and not
because | did not try.
Now. fellow citizens, / want to talk to you
little about
Our Friends, the Enemy.
You well remember that this congress was
elected by a sort of landslide, the greatest
majority that any party ever had in the halls
of representatives.
The democratic party found Itself in mag
nificent working trim 1t had carried all the
old states and many new ones. They carried
all Of the old districts and many new; many
fore. They went into office loud
mouthed about what they were going
black no. we sf know ro vd 5ne oTnes ane
badly wasted; we know your condition is
full Of distress; we know you have worked
without reward, and have suffered and borne
much. Now have entered into power, We
will show you what we will do for the loyal
followers of the democratic flag" Woe unto
the man who maketh promises that he doth
not keep; unto the party which fails to
carry ont the promises upon which it gets
it's office; and woe to the leaders who de
| ceive the people, / have an abiding faith that
| truth, honor and fair dealing are as good
| creeds to follow in politics as in private life.
| Here today where every man can have his
say, where every man is invited TO correct
me If mistake. | ask you to say upon what
pledge the democratic party Went into power
l ask you If they didn't expressly promise to
economic your expenditures Didn't they
promise to repeal the Mckinley tariff act
that taxes your clothing farm implements,
household and Kitchen furniture? And didn +
they most especially promise that they would
circulation. Are these the promises? Have
[ ovcrstated the case or understand It'll
Didn't they make just these pledges TO secure
their election mt your hand?
Let's see how these pledges are coming
out. Look at their 'ecird. There is quite
| 4 difference Botwecn Promising ana Doing.
There ought not to be u great against
a party when they had no opportunity and can
prove that they tried; but when the party had
the opportunity and the vote necessary to
work out the result of the opportunity then
! say if 1t comes before the people and can
| net prove they endeaYored to carry out the
| ple(reS-then it should be condemned forever
| iu the eyes of the people. Well, how much
| have our taxes been reduced? Not one cent.
From OCEAN to ocean and from the lakes to
the gulf there is not one man who pays
a smaller tax on account OF the congress That
has just adjourned Not one. No man s taxes
are iesscned; no mans burdens are lightened;
no mans rewards are increased. challenge
contradiction when | say TO you. Fellow cit
liens, black and white, thar you Will continue
to pay all of the taxes which the Republicans
put upon you.
Have they ever economical? AS soon as
they entered, the party pledged themselves
TO economize by passing the Holman resou-
ton The newspapers made big blow about
it. Once when the other party called Tor the
rod
vious question being raised because l was OPP
posed to gag rule.
They went into office foamlng at the mouth
The Mckinley Tariff Bill
There was nothing too bad to say about the
Mckinley bill. They dreamed OF 1t at night.
If they did not curse it it was because prOtan-
ity would not do justice to it. It was =
nightmare to them. IT was calico tailed
b0bgOblin They stad there for eight months
from first to last. eight solid months, ana
from firss to last if there was anything which
the democrats didn't attack 1t was the NC,
Kiney tariff act. Yet they haven't had a
chance! / viii tell you what they did do
though. They introduced little popgun tariff
A. Font forty -pight on the manufactured ar
Fices The very first fellow they PIT was the
farmer The farmer has got no friends ana
ther cfOre when q man wants to light the
farmer is the very first man that is hit. They
also passed tin-platGh IAN DIN imo,, I 1,a,,t
~ fba United States senate say it here and
DEFY contradictIon-the democratic senators
In tho limited States senate lIlaue no uctei~
mined effort to get this bill to vote, and they
had The power to do it; they could have
brought it TO a vote
Now ~ Free silver
If there is ANYTHING that the democrats ought
to have crutchcs when he talks about, II is
1rnr silver Whenever democrat starts ont
10 talk about the free silver issue, he ought
to have u fence rail strapped to his back
Why fellow citizens. if there was any pledge
mon which the honor of the democratic lead
ers was stakcd. it was free silver II there
was ANYTHING that the, newspapers told you
You should have, it was free silver. II there
was anything that was to suffice for All poilt-
zeal wants it was free silver. When this
first came to vote in the house they could
much difference. the senate wouldn't pass 1t
ANYHOW, for it was a republican senate. Then
this republican scuatc-mcan lot Of devils Us
they are-wcnt and passed it. Having no
regard to the prophets Of the democratic
honsc they passed this bill that the democratic
house couldnt pass. Then it Went back down
10 the house and thirteen Of the democrats
who had stood by us in March could not be
found except among the enemy. When it
went to a vote ii was thirteen worse than
If had time to go into the record I would
show YOU how at the opening of this session
a pIedge was made in Wall street to strike
down free silver III show you where Mr..
Hill. Mr. David y. Hill, said that this con
lsress must not pass n free silver bill at the
very time that The Atlanta Constitution was
attempting to make the people believe that
Mr. lin was for free silver while Mr.. CleVc-
land was not. Not only that, Mr.. Springer