The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-10-28

, presence of the police and thirty-five
: deputies appointed at the special re
quest of the national democratic com
mittee, the mob came to the hotel and
ordered us out of town. Here, as Gen
: Weaver's carriage drove along the
street. old ladies came out on their
porches and spat at him and Missed. Al
Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, it was
thought necessary to put on sixty extra
police while we were there"
IF CLEVELAND Is ELECTED.
''Did the fact that Gen. Weaver was
a union soldier influence or cause the
Disturbance"
Partially, no doubt: but the impell.
ing motive was to preserve inviolate
the solid south. Gen. Weaver spoke in
the south a year ago and was accorded
a hearing. This year he is the stand
ard-bearer of new movement that
threatens their disintegration and the
political destruction of the enemies of
free speech and free ballot
"What. in your opinion, would be the
effect of Cleveland's election?'
Confronted. as we are, by condi-
ton of affairs so appalling in the south
that it appeals to the patriotism of
every American citizen, the election Of
Cleveland would, all these facts being
known. be matter of establishment, as
it would be a practical Endorsement of
these things, and as such would be at
once the shame and danger of the re-
public"
| ''In your opinion, then, Weaver cam
not hope to carry any of the southern
states?"
IF we could get fair count under
| federal supervision we might. The
| farmers are with us, but the negroes
| will be intimidated and the white vote
counted out. The Georgia democrats
might have had 40, 900 majority as
easily as 10000. They know how to
count Their moral perceptions are SO
blunted that they do not seem to know
how viciously wicked they have become.
They resort to lawlessness, murder and
fraud. They rejoice in high-handed
wiclledness, in villaiuous articles, and
in every wicked device. and combina-
ton by which the democratic party can
be served and saved They are an or
ganized appetite. Their sole concep-
ton of party is an organization that
acquires and distributes offices What
the bourbon democracy of the south
has not learned of ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain, Satan never
taught the children of men"
HONEST ELECTIONS OBSOLETE.
There has not been an honest cleo
ton in the south for years. continued
Mrs. Lease after the negro had been
enfranchised the democracy started out
with the proposition that it was right
to count out this vote, and they have
followed that up with the idea that it
is right TO count out any political OPP
ponent Democracy holds power in the
south by fraudulent voting. They
openly boast of their ability to have
full account, and while crying out
against force bill they have fastened
a force bill of the most dangerous de-
scription upon the people"
You have been speaking of Georgia;
let me ask what was the general atti-
tude of the democracy throughout the
south?n
Its general attitude toward us was
ried their hatred to such an extent that
they refused Us a building or other
place in which to speak; denied US adj
mission to the leading hotels They
can't stop here was the reply given 10
our committees. who sought to engage
us quarters. Some places the pro-
prietorS could scarcely treat us with
ciyility, and they. and members Of their
families, donned Cleveland badges in
our presence to show their contempt
for us as their guests. Southern chival-
ry is 4 myth"
ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
What was the general attitude of
the southern press toward yourself and
Gen. Weaver?'
in reporting our meetings the press
was vindictively false TO a marked de-
gree. They carried personal and polit-
zeal hostility to the bounds of savage
warfare. They sought to incite pre-
JUDGE against me bv calling me Yam
llee and . disciple of John Brown, until
] found il necessary, in order to allay
this prejudice, to ask the chairman of
each meeting to introduce me as an
Irish woman. The fell spirit of slave |
holding intolerance has found it's last !
entrenchment in the south and guards !
its despotism by that same species of |
lawlessness that brought about the :
frenzy of Sumter and the despair of /!
Appomattox. To exterminate this !
spirit, every loyal citizen should come !
to the rescue, and make the question of !
the paramount issue of this campaign" !
rs it not possible that the western
democrats will object to your candid |
expose of the methods of the brethren
in the south?"
Possibly they may, but l feel that it
is my duty. however disagreeable and
difficult; my privilege, however exact |
ing. to expose, and by exposure defeat, !
if possible, the men and methods which !
have overthrown throughout the south !
the most sacred franchises of the con-
stitution. This is not my cause alone |
not the cause of any political party
it is the cause of every law-abiding |
American citizen; the cause of the |
whole countey-for there can be no re-
form brought about on the economic |
questions, and no permanent prosperity |
for the south and nation; no inseparable |
union: no stability for society, no order, |
law or justice-nOthing worth having |
in government without honest and pure !!
elections. And / for one will never |
cease my efforts on the rostrum and |
through the press until tits just as safe
for Gen. Weaver or any union soldier to |
talk in the south as it was for Col Liv- |
ingston to talk in Kansas In this |
question of a free vote and fair count. |