People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-23

nero Is many a. u4ebu hStC W III III
that heard my speech IN the Market
hall before was elected. Every one
who was there knows that | pointed
out the same facts, and put the
whole town on notice Of these
things, and one of the men that |
mentioned by name was Calvin
Bfice.
A voice. Yes, we know that.
Mr.. Watson. And the other was
Roswell 2. Flower. You all remem-
Der that?
Voices. Yes, every word of it.
prolonged enthusiasm.
Mr.. Watson. Now, be quiet, my
friends, and let me go on. No mat
ter what the facts were before my
election no matter what the proof
was or was not the very moment l
became convinced that there was an
iIreconeilabIe conflict with the straight
out Democracy; that there was an
irreconciIable conflict between the
farming interests and the Demo
craey that there was an an irrecon-
cilable conflict between the laboring
classes and the old party
A storm of voices drowned the
speakers voice at this point and some
angry retorts came from the other
side.
Mr.. Watson. When [ made up
my mind that the men OF this
country had to choose between the
Ocala platform and the regular
Democratic party - Conclusion
drowned in confusion. Don't you
know that that time has come :?
Don't you know that the Democratic
party now is playing you for
suckers?
Voices. That has played out !;
we're on TO them.
Other voices. Rats, rats, followed
by bowling Of the unearthly sort.
Mr.. Watson. Why do say that !?
Because every demand that they
promised to give you-free silver,
reduction of expenditures, increase
of the circulating medium, the in
come tax, and fighting the outlawry
of national bankers-has been de-
MED.
Voices. That is the Gods truth |!
Hurrah for Watson
Mr.. Watson. All these reforms
that they promised TO enact into
statutory law they failed to do so.
No man is 80 blind that he fails to
see that they never intended to en-
act them. Not only that, they do
Lot incorporate them in their plat
form. Let Mr.. Black stand by par
ty, will stand by principle. APP
plause. Let him talk about Demo
cracy as a name, without any
reference to principle or platform,
am going to stand loyal upon those
eternal principles of right and jus
tice represented by the wishes Of the
people of the Tenth congressional
district.
Cries of, Devil dewitt Oh, you
devil! Rats! traitor! Weaver and
"Where am | at Z"
Mr.. Watson. You are in the
fence-crack. There is where you
are, and there is where your candi-
date will be in November, Buddie.
(Applause). See it as you will; mis-
represent it as you may; distort the
facts as you do, there is not man
in this town, if he is honest with
himself, who does not know that [
stand squarely by my p' inciples and
by the people to whom I owe my
election. Tremendous applause.)
Facing Mr.. Black.) You say
that you have run me away from the
position that | took at Crawfords-
vile. Facing the audienoe). He
has not done anything Of the kind,
boys. He has not done it now, nor
will he ever do it.
A voice. He can't do it, and he
can't drive us.
Mr.. Watson. Now listen. He
charges me with having given as an
excuse for leaving the Democratic
party caucus the fact that the Indian
apols convention had passed a certain
resolution instructing me not to go
into the Democratic caucus, and says
that l ought not to be bound by it
because I was instrumental in having
it passed. Now that could not be a
good reason because I had no vote
in that convention. But to show
him that he was wrong [ repeatedly
called his attention to the origin Of
the St. Louis resolution; to the
origin of the Ocala resolution. I
called his attention to the origin of
the Indianapolis resolution to show
that the one was the sequence of the
other.
Voices around the speakers stand.
Driven driven driven!
Mr.. Watson. Driven from where :?
I will show you directly who has
been driven, if anybody has been
driven turning to the Hancock dele
cation where a continual hum of
voices interfered with the hearing,
even Of your reporter. If you gem
tlemen would only listen it would be
much more instructive to yourselves
and satisfactory to me. He talks