The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-10-28

After so much has been said of the
recent election We still have much TO
he proud OF la Georgia. Our party
has grown to fully one-ha!f OF the
white voting population Of the state
i'm less than eight months, and no one
darss dispute the fact that it is com o
posed of the best citizens Of the EN-
pire state Of the south-msn who have
tile courage OF conviction and tsnacity
Of purpose, men who, under all circum-
stances, dare to advocate and main
tam the doctrines and principles upon
which our government was founded
and established. 1t is amazing TO
know that, in this land of bulldOziug
hoodlums, suppression Of free speech /
and pIut0cratic Intolerance, the deter
mined advocates Of equal rights have
been successful i'm pushing their army
to an equal division Of ths white vot-
ers OF the state.
a victory for the people las been
achieved, "a principle established,
planted by the river OF waters eternal
iu the south; this, too, when the dem
ocrats, with the whole money power
in all departments, were combined Z
against us. White men in debt We're /
threatened, tenants were inundated, I
employees i'm many instances were /
t refused time TO vote, TO others it WAS .
said, you viii get out or vote the I
democratic ticket" They wined. din /
ed, bGsalzfasted aud even psuned the 7.
poor negro the preceding night and l
with blue ribbon and brass band the
/ proud merchant, aristOcrEtic doctor |
and their captains, lieutenants, ser
gents marched the. negro TO the polls
and voted him against his convictions. /
/ Fired by the whisky ring, socia. equal
. ity WAS established. In my own
county the above tuctics were also
[ resorted to o defeat me. They went so
far as 10 rob the poor house of its
/ inmates, hauling them to the polls and
. voting some who, ON account of iunucyr
cannot find their way back when Il
/ hundred yards away ffOm the poor
farm.
J Such arc competent for democrats to
use to defeat The Will of the wealth
producers. To what extent these
frauds were practiced, we have only
TO say that this little county of Rock
dale, with voting population of 1, OPS,
cast ,I54 votes. A noted hall was
filled with negroes, who were made
merry by mean liquor, locked iI Tor
tile night, Breukfasrsd iu the morning
and, headet 10y the leading mOnsyed
men Of the city, were marched ia "a
. line 10 the polls and voted as soon as
. they were opened. II was also circu-
b lated that if I was elected governor of
II Georgia 7 should not take my seat; but
Ishouid die tile death of Lincoln and
[ Garfield.
with Doodle, bulldOziHB and intimi-
p dation they used tile 1O8,5G7 Culured
e voters iu Georgia, and did What the
y / refusal to divide managers at the dit
- Tereut precincts Indicated To all intel
IS Iigent people they would do to save
70 the glorious old party from negro
a supremacy, when the C,lured voters
II could not be bulIdOZed, bought Oh
e inundated into voting the democru.
10 tic ticket, they were driven from thC
c polls, only a few being allowed to cas-
re- their ballots for the peoples party
.e though the large majority would hUv'
d zone so if aIIoweG.
D. Despite all this we have made
{. most wonderful move for our U'lus,
"a and have burnt the bridges behind al
.c with orders to the front No rsvolu
10 ton has ever started with such force
ID sc. people ever fought Imder such dis
.c advantages as We have. We have me
20 the enemy on every Geld with his oil,
IN political generals in command, equip
o. ped with doodle for buying, muuitiOn
C. for Intimidating, counting and stuf
IS. fling.
OF Ours was a campaign Of soTow
is without dollar, without AN UmJu
at lance to carry tile weak who fell by tin
Ia wayslde, without trained political gen
De- erals, 81 q have fought good fight an'
us have enlisted in our army for relic
Ct and reformation more than half Tn
f- white voters of Georgia. The fight j
ly on, and there viii be no grounding O
go arms, no white flag raised, until on
be demands are granted.
lEI We never expect TO kiss the ham
g. that is shifting us. OF to lap it like
,ls dog; neither do we intend TO heed tia
be satanic voice crying ''come back
1s- We have nothing to regret, but muc
ey be proud OF. We have no persona
pt war TO make, but our political sYor
sir is uusheathed and crossed with par
sr- ties Of promises and not OF deeds
Ne On the sth Of November I, with th
n- many thousand other GeOrgians, vii
Ids say 70 the world that We know u
I'D north, no south, no east, 10 west, bu
one common country with equal right
% all, by voting for our peoples part
M c5ugrss1meu and Weaver and Field
lis ~. l. FEEE.
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