People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-05-27
Grand Rally of the Peoples Party in
Decatur County.

DCCdUuA OOunUys
Early in the morning the honest, hard
working, over taxed and uncared-for
farmers (only for their votes) came pour
ing into Iron City until over five hundred
people had assembled to participate in
the Peoples Party's first grand rally in
our county and listen to a joint debate
between Rev. E. B. Mobley and Ben E.
Russell, the chairman of the democratic
executive committee.
Mr.. Mobley is the fearless champion of
the Peoples cause. He is a man Of fine
appearance, whose whole soul is enlisted
in the cause Of the people.
Mr.. Russell is senior editor of the Dem
ocrat, and has served one term in the
legislature.
Mr.. Mobley opened the debate, and
showed how the democrats wore Wall
street collar around their necks with
''this is my pup inscribed on the same,
and showed beyond any contradiction
the perfidy of democrats, their coward
" dickering to Wall street and their
paid hirellngs at the National capitol, and
how, if we left this country's cause in
the hands of either of the old parties,
that rather than leave the offices and the
chances of spoil, they would see our
farms desolated, our wives and children
homeless wanderers and begging their
bread. He certainly had this immense
crowd with him, judging from their ex-
ultant cheers.
Hon. W. III. Drake, county lecturer,
was master of ceremonies, and promised
Russell a patient and respectful hearing
from the crowd of Peoples Party men,
which was accorded.
Russell labored on the tariff-that soft
taffy-but it fell fat On that intelligent
people, The few democrats had been
grooming him for some time for this
day He came out from cambridge with
all his glory and pomp, feeling that he
would have an easy and glorious victory,
but he returned Inundated and demol-
ished completely. Poor fellow! He
would not even partake of the bounte-
Gus dinner the people had spread. Too
badly whipped And the last report was
that he was making tor the sea-coast at
Brunswick-for what purpose we could
not learn. ''Whom the gods would
destroy they first make mad" Hope
that Mr.. Russell has not got it that ba l.
Mr.. Mobley skinned L. o jackson for
going around last summer making Peo-
pies Party speeches and now trying to
hold the people in the democratic party
Well, he may hold some weak.k need,
soft-heads, but the bold and fearless yeo
many of our county will never again
become covering sycophants. jackson
called the Cuthbert convention to get
himself endorsed, but it did not work
just that way. He joined the Alliance
as a stepping-stone to some office. Some
charged him with that hankering then,
but we all know it now.
Our neighbor, Mr.. F. A. Thomas, dis
tributed fifty copies of your great paper,
and it will be like bread cast upon the
waters. Would that every man in Geor-
gia could or would be a subscriber. Our
victory over corruption would be sure
and as lasting as the hills.
The fight is on this county, and will be
to the finish. If our reform is success
full, then prosperity will return; if it
fails, then will follow confusion, an
archy, and finally the overthrow of the
republic. May God speed the right.
I. C. u.
P. S-The grandest thing that hap
pened at our rally was the proposition
thai all who were for the Peoples Party
to fall into a line, which they did with a
yell and all went except a very few, and
they looked lonesome indeed. | G. U.