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

your reporter had them, for he con-
tinued
Mr.. Watson. When he was run
ming for Congress against the Hon.
Seaborn Reese, Twas his supporter as
under the same circumstances [
would be- the confusion increas-
ed and your reporter could not catch
the concluding words When he was
running for the Senate against the
Hon. A. Fl. Colquitt I was his sup
porter, and would be the same again.
But what support did the Augusta
ring give him?
Voices Right; right; right. We
know all about that Tommie. TThe
third laugh.
Mr.. Watson. Where did you hold
the indignation meeting, boysP
Voices. Ha! Ha! Ha! You're
getting there Tommie. Good bye,
Jimmie.
Mr.. Watson. Listen boys; listen
now. | stood by him in that fight,
and there is not a word in that nom
mating speech | cannot stand by to-
night.
A voice. We REMEMBER the ban
ner, Mr.. Watson. We will get the
banner.
Another voice. And the flowers.
Mr.. Watson. Yes and the flowers;
and before get through carrying
that banner, the sunlight of Gods
victory will carry it
The confusion commenced anew,
and the speakers voice was again
drowned. It was impossible to get
the conclusion of his sentence, al
though your reporter was within two
feet of the speaker.
Mr.. Watson. He speaks to you
about my going into collision with
Jerry Simpson and other great lead
ers of the Peoples party in the North
and West, and asks, who are these
men fighting to-day?
Cries of right, right, right, and rats,
rats, rats 'Rah for Black answered
by defiant shouts from Mr.. Watson's
followers.
Mr.. Watson. No, it is not rats F; it
is the truth, boys, and the Demo-
Gratis are hopelessly lost when they
cannot see the difference between
old fashioned truth and new fashioned
Gratis" Great applause.) Who took
Kansas from the ranks of the Repub-
lican party? Can you tell me that 2
A voice, Rats.
Mr.. Watson. Yes, if that is
sample of your Democratic intelli-
gence it is no wonder your leaders
are crying out "Where am I at"
Why, it was Jerry Simpson and his
friends and other men of his ilk who
made inroads on the Republican
stronghold, and that is the reason
that so many districts are now rep
resented by representatives of the
Peoples Party.
Cries of, Rats; rats rats. Tell us
about the Corbin bank?
MIR. Watson. Oh, don't get tired
so quick. Whenever you hit Demo-
crat between the eyes with the truth
he has no more sense than to cry
out Gratis; rats" Who put John J.
ingalls, out of the Senate? He was
kept there for years. Why? Simply
because he was SO good at skinning a
rebel. (Great laughter and ap4
plause.) It was this same much-de-
spised Peoples Party that hurled
him out of his seat in the Senate.
Voices. Rats, Tommie rats. Go
home, Tommie; go home, Tommie;
go to see Mrs. Lease. Bah; bah;
bah.
Mr.. Watson. Don't you know bud
die addressing one of the rats) that
the Democrats of Kansas adopted
the Peoples Party platform, and to-
day are givingJerry Simpson their en-
dorsement for Congress Now why
don't you say ''rats rats %
Voices. Yes, rats rats rats.
Mr.. Watson. Turning to Mr..
Black your candidate will not say
rats, rats. He knows better. At
one of the grandest conventions ever
held in Kansas-the State conven-
tion-the Peoples Party put in
nomination for congressman at large,
Major Harris, one-legged Confed-
crate soldier who had been a Demo-
crat all his life, and was from the
South.
Voices. Goodbye, rats; farewell,
rats.
Mr. Watson. Now, let us go to
something else. I want to call at
tention to one fact, and that is that
while the Democrats cursed my book
until the air was blue with profanity;
while they cursed until the blasphemy
took on all the hues of the rainbow.
there is not single statement they
complained Of that was not the
truth. In these very items which
were read out by Mr.. Black, what
did he gain? Did he question the
truth of the assertion ? No, he simply
questioned the propriety of making
it. He did not question the truth,
but SAID that it was bad taste In me
to say that some Of the Democratic
leaders were rascals.
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