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

SesAACA AOAS OCAOAC AC Was uO1uludl5U;
and I say that I know no reason why
q representative of the Tenth Con
gressional district should get his In
structions from anybody in St. Louis
or anywhere else.
Now, let us see. MY distinguished
friend said down here at Sparta the
other day that my misery was that
forgot some recent utterances of my
own.
| AT this point some well-dreased
| goslings, from fifteen to eighteen,
whom it is safe to say never earned
q meals victuals in their lives, began
guying a plainly clad working man
who stood "'twixt the wind and
their nobility" In trying ito catch
both, missed all but the concluding
words of the speakers sentence,
namely]:
In giving an account of this meet
ing at Senator PETERS he called it a
conference; but it was an abomina-
BILE, a damnable caucus when the
Democrats met.
The speaking was interrupted at
this point by the continued Interrupt
tons, and the chairman said, "The
police will take those boys from the
rear end Of the hall" They were On
the wrong side to be taken; the peo-
pie saw the point Of the joke, and
more confusion resulted.
Mr.. Black. Of conference at the
house Of Senator PETER he says this j:
''The gentlemen present unanimous
ly agreed with the resolution passed"
Where? By the Alliance at st.
Louis? No. By the resolution
passed by the great Alliance conven-
ton at Indianapolis Unlimited
confusion on the stage where the
Hancock banner waved. | I have here
tofore traced the history of that In
dianapolis resolution, and shown it
was prepared at the home Of one of
his friends and supporters, and was
introduced and submitted to him and
met his APPROVAL And repeat, be-
cause I think it j important to be re-
membered IN this connection, that no
convention at Indianapolis, of farm
ers or any other body, had any au-
thority to instruct or limit the action
of the representative Of the Tenth
Congressional District of Georgia.
| Nominated as Democrat, elected as a
| Democrat, and holding his obligation
to that party that put him in power,
| he transcends his authority when he
recognizes any other master.
] Now then, so much for the record
of my competitor, which is subject
of fair and j st criticism. I have
dealt only. wiM the facts, and the
| facts as upon the public record
of + +, and most of them
fur1 imself and his party,
Col e as a Democrat, yet,
| froI 70 he reached Washing
ton | the last day Of the
sessio it here, Saul Of Tarsus,
on his y ge from Jerusalem to
Damascu Hot more intense in
his pwps estroY the church
Of God tas Er. Watson tt
destroy party that put him il
power.
Voices. r&itorl Traitor! and
how dc tand that.
Mr. Hush! Hush! Hush
Now - the platform upor
whi\ .ompetltor comes before
the peu,Jie Of the country soliciting
their support? l have not time tt
go into an analysis. [ will take III
the plank which is known as the
financial plank. They want to abol-
ish all banks-State national--al
kinds. No banks at all, money to be
issued by the government to the
people. Listen to me. Let me say
to laboring men, you may not heal
me here, but the tine is coming
when you will recall all I havo sale
about this platform Tonight. and
you thank me for it. but / could
stand here now and receive you1
censure with proud consciousness
that am doing thisin the interest
Of the people, and the day will come
when You will thank me for it.
A voice. Oh, Major, what fools
we are. Ha, ha, hal (Others joir
in laughter and derision.)
Mr., Black. Listen, listen. Con
temptiuous laughter, but not bolster.
ous.) Listen to this, my third party
friends over there. Hear what
have to say. You are willing tt
listen amt you?
A voice. Go ahead, Major. We
can stand 1t. You can't fool US &
bit.
Mr.. Black. The financial plank
in that platform was conceived II
the interest of the agricultural class
1t was conceived by an organization
Of which you are not members, and
to which you are not eligible. I
was not conceived in the interest o.
the city laborers, and one of the rea
sons why the sub-treasury bill wa
reported against by the present Con
gress or its committee was that i
was class legislation and against the
interest Of the laborer and Others
toilers.