People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-07

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howled him down. but he got back at
them with the declaration that the
south professed to love brave men. men
who would fight. Weaver had the
courage to fight for his side, but Cleve-
land and Stevenson had not the cour-
age to fight for either. They stayed at
home while north and south were bat
Ting for what each believed to be right.
1t was then the farmers tried to shout
and jeer at Cleveland and ask demo-
Gratis how they could vote for such
towards. They were dangerously near
the fighting line again when Watson
ended his speech and Livingston took
the platform to reply.
The old father of the alliance in
Georgia had an embarrassing role to
play. He was face to face with the
men who followed him for years in all
the doctrines of the peoples party, and
who believed that he had deserted them
to secure office. just as did Gov Northen,
another old alliance leader. He tried
to discuss the issues calmly aud reply to
Watson's charges against him. but he
had to battle with the crowd and a
dozen times stopped and said he would
not speak further. Watson then came
to his relief as he had come to Watson's
and induced the alliance men to keep
quiet and hear Col. Livingston. Liv-
ingston said party should not be
judged by its followers alone, but by
its principles. As leaders and what it
had done, land by its rascality, yelled
an old farmer down in front. Now
you shut your mouth or I'll come down
and shut it for you" said Livingston.
The old farmer spat on his hands,
pushed up his sleeves and said: Come
on, we'll see about that" The serious
ness with whichhis banter was accepted
disconnected the congressman for
minute, and then he laughed it off and
proceeded with his speech.
"Who framed the peoples party?' he
asked.
Col Livingston" came in a wild
shout of of reply from the farmers.
This the colonel denied and said that
it was framed at Cinninnatiin 1891. All
the alliance planks, excepting the sub
treasury plank had been adopted by
the democrats 1t was all in the Chi
cagO platform and that was why he re-
manned in the democratic party. He
claimed that the alliance forbids polit-
ical action and the alliance men yelled
him down with questions to why he led
them into politics as an alliance party,
and where "Livingston's yard stick"
came in.
He next tried to show the alliance
men that all they wanted was the Chi
eago platform, and in explaining that
he claimed it was for free trade, for free
silver, and for everything else the alli-
ance asked except the sub-treasury
plank. In all this the colonel came in
to collision with the farmers again, and
they yelled for Watson to show him
"where he was at" Then Livingston
got mad and swore that he had more
friends in the crowd than had Watson.
He would prove it. He called for a
vote by show of hands. 1t was so
nearly even that he tried it again, claim
ing that many democrats held up their
hands by mistake when he called for a
peoples party vote. "You democrats
keep your hands in your pockets, now"
shouted the colonel, while these peo-
Piles party fellows vote" They did and
the show of hands was so great that
Livingston did not call a second time
for the democratic vote. So the circus
continued, with men getting ready to
fight every few minutes and the plat
form forgotten for the outside disturb
ance
Livingston attacked Viewers record
and quoted some of the generals re-
marks about the woman-whipping
southerners. 1t was fun for his follow
ers for a time, but Watson, in his reply.
got back at him by showing that it was
Livingston who brought Weaver south
year ago, and travelled about the state
of Georgia with him. Watson made the
colonel very tired with this bit of his
tory and even democrats admitted that
the little champion of the peoples par
ty had the best of the fight, for such it
was through six hours from 10 o'clock
TO 4 o'clock.
So wild became the crowd toward the
close that Watson was heard by only
those on the platform, while the crowd
were wildly quarreling among them
selves and fighting. Donnybrook fair
never had better counterpart in POI
litical debate than this great meeting
between the democrats and peoples
party advocates in Georgia.
A Fair CouJt.
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