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

you that ne repeats 0t0l OAAAnS nO
said in his Thomson speech. In his
Thompson speech he arraigned
Cleveland for his record on pensions.
T saw that I stand here to defend the
Democratic party from every un-
l truthful charge that he can make
| against it. I~can do 1t, and | do it
by successfully impeaching the wit
ness. TGreat applause The Demo-
cratic party needs very little defense
at nv hands or anybody else,s'
What did it do between the time ne
took its commission and the time ne
left it's ranks. It's record on national
banks, the currency, on everything
and anything, was made up more
than four years ago, and thlnk
would hesitate long before would
90 before the honest people OF the
country and denounce as vile and
corrupt and unworthy of public con-
fdence a party while hold the
commission of that party IN my
hand. TGreat cheers.
Listen, my third party friends. Ii
there is anything that has happened
that the Democratic party is respon--
sible for, you were a part OF 1T and
must bear your share OF the respon-
sibility.
Oh, my friends, my friends; he
might make out of every Democrat
a devil, and out of every Democratic
follower devil, but he would only
be blackening to that extent his own
political record and the political
record of his own political asso-
ciates.
A voice. Hurrrah for Watson ]
Counter hurrah and cheers for
! Black.
In that Savannah speech of his,
according to the report have here
he delivered an eloquent peroratlon.
He predicted under Cleveland's ad-
ministration a new era Of prosperity
for the Southern country of ours.
He said that under Cleveland's ad-
ministration prosperity would lie in
the pathway of the South, and she
would go forth like Miriam with a
shout Of victory on her lips. He
closed his career as elector by saying
that it had been ga labor of love"
A voice. Hurrah for the man up
tree. Laughter They haye him
freed over yonder. Renewed laugh
ter.
Mr.. Black. Now listen. Two years
ago he was nominated for Congress
by the Harlem convention. He was
nominated as the representative Of
the democrats on the Ocala platform.
[ admit that.
I do not care what anybody else,
says, if I know the truth l am here to
stuck to it. (Applause.) There is
no reason why | should fear it, and
if did fear it, and it hurt me to the
death, I should hold on to it still.
Great cheers.
He was nominated representing the
demands of the Ocala platform, Here
let me tell you to-day that he does
not stand on the Ocala platform.
You go home tonight, you honest
farmers, and take the Ocala platform
and put it on your table and take the
Omaha platform and lay them side
by side and then If you do not tell
me there is a difference I will be will
ling to yield this contest. Another
thing, he represented the demands of
the Ocala platform inside the demo-
cratic party.
A voice. That's so; he cannot de-
ny it.
Another voice. Watson has bet
ter party than that now.
Mr.. Black. Well, maybe he has;
but he was nominated by conven-
ton called by the authority of the
Democratic party, representing the
democracy of this district, and he
did stand on the Ocala demands, but
this was one wing of the Democratic
party, ] ask you, ask him, by what
authority he turned upon the other
wing of the party which put him in
power.
A voice. Talk to him, Major.
Mr.. Black. Here, fellow-cltizens,
if had the time and the occasion
would admit, I would like to 90 over
this record, step by step. He pro-
claimed everywhere that he was a
Democrat. He said in private, if I
am not misinformed, that he was as
good Democrat as anybody.
A voice. He was for Jeffersonfan
democracy.
Mr.. Black. Yes, you say Jeffer-
sonian when you do not know the
A B @ of Democracy. You saw
Jefersonian Democracy when YOU
represent the party that is entirely
at war with every conception that
Jefferson ever had of this govern
ment. That time-the time we ara
talking about-you were Cleveland
Democrat. Now what are youp AS
nay friend over here has said, I gun
pose you are a Weaver Democrat.
A voice. A Horace Greelev Dem.
ocrat.
Another voice. A Western Dem
ocrat. (Cheers, jeers and laughter.l