People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16


friend says, show come sugar SO
cheap" They take nearly $11, 000,-
900 in round numbers out of your
cotton tax, out of your corn tax, out
of your wheat tax, out Of the tax on
the toll of the day laborer, to paw
that 81, 100000 and then my friend
asks how comes it SO cheap? (Laugh-
teri
They pay it to the sugar plutocrats
in Louisiana, IN Florida, and in Tex
as, who raise that sugar. Do you, as
q candid man, justify that robbery
Of the cotton raisers, Of the wheat
raisers, of the corn raisers, of the
toillng day laborer?
Voices from Mr.. Blacks adher-
ants. No, we do not. The Repub-
incans put on that tax.
Mr.. Watson. Where does your
democratic platform say a word
against it? It does not say one
word. Ours is the only one that
says one word against subsidies and
bounties. The platform of the par
ty that is marching on to victory as
no political party ever did. Great
applause.
Now look out Democrats, for am
coming again at you. What is his
answer to the third question?
asked him how he was going to
remedy these evils. He did not say
he was going to remedy the sugar
trust scheme; he said nothing about
the Reading coal trust or the
Standard oil trust. Are not these
robbing the people? He said moth
ing against National Banks; he says
nothing against that sub-treasury, as
to the whisky product; he says not
one word against that sub-treasury
as to the silver product. But he
says that we will reduce expendi-
lures and have State banks, and
then all will be serene right away.
(Cheers.)
A voice. Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord!
Hurrah for Watson!
Mr.. Watson. Now let the Demo
Gratis get ready for something nice.
AS to the reduction of expenditures,
| have only this to say: that Mr.,
Cleveland, during his administration,
found it utterly impossible to reduce
expenditures, owing to the growth
of the country and the increased de.
mands of the public service, and 50
we are actually compelled to pay
more and more year by year; and
Senator German, of Maryland, a
great Democratic leader, said in the
Senate Of the United States that you
will never be able to administer this
government for less than $500,000,-
600 a year. / do not know whether
[ agree with him or not; I rather
think it can be reduced, butnot much
less than from $450,000,000 to $780,
100000. But, my Cod! how does
that compare with losing one out OF
every two bales of cotton, one out OF
every two bushels of corn, one out OF
every two bushels Of wheat, one oat
Of every two days labor, by these
Infamous money laws? ! tell you
gentlemen, you ought to take these
thoughts home to your hearts and re-
feet upon them like honest men; il
you do you will come to the conclu-
sion that while the tariff ought to be
destroyed-torn up root and branch
it is infnitessim&lI compared with hav-
ing the moneyed monopoly control
the prices Of all products of all the
people of the land.
To the second he offered State
banks, and pointed to the Democratic
platform, saying that the farmers OF
Georgia put it in that platform. Eel
low citizens, he forgot that during
this very session of Congress that ten
per cent bill came up for action be-
fore Democratic House, and it was
defeated in the house of its pretend
ed friends by an overwhelming ma
jority, just as free silver was de-
feated.
A voice. Colt Tommy; give him
the record. applause and sneering
IN front.)
Mr.. Watson. You just hold your
lip, and you will know what you are
laughing at directly. i notice that
Major Black is not doing any laugh
ing. Q4aughter) He knows where
he is going, il he does not knowIwhere
he is at. (Renewed laughter.)
[ know they did right. Why? Be-
cause [ believe that to be one of the
boldest schemes for swindling ever
invented. 1t is commissioning lot
of State bank swindIers TO help the
National bank swindlers to swindIe.
A voice. Tell US about the Cor
bin bank, Tommy.
Mr.. Watson Ito the voica). What
do you mean BY the Corbin bank ?
Face the music and tell what you
mean by the Corbin bank, you con-
tamptibIe skulker! Tell what you
mean you cowardly skulker I say
again Shaking his finger at the Of
fender), what do you mean by using
that phrase, Corbin bank?
FThe gentlemen of the opposing
side looked crestfallen and the black
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