People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16

three-fourths of whom were Blacks
followers. Mr.. w. C. D. Lundy
made is way to the stand and handed
your correspondent beautiful box
of cut flowers for Mr.. Watson, with
the following note attached:
Hon. THOMAS E. WATSON Please &C
cept this very small token in honor Of
the noble cause you are 80 gallantly de-
Tending and may God lead and guide
you safely.
81 know that the Lord will maintain
the cause of the afflicted and the right
Of the poor"
CITIZEN hear Thou in Heaven their
prayer anc their supplication, and main
tain their cause" LADIES OF GREENE,
Sept. 6, 1892.
At 1902 brass band came down
the avenue to the tap of the drum,
with followers enough to swell the
crowd to probably twelve hundred,
Mr.. Blacks majority Of three to one
still being maintained.
At 10: 13 long, loud shout rent
the air to my right and front, in the
direction Of the depot, which sug-
gested the thought from Scott
"Dinna ye hear the slogan?
IT'S Douglas (Watson) and his men u
At 10: 20, looking down the ave-
nue. to the main cross street, I beheld
the street begin to fill from curb to
curb, and the shouts that rent the
air as the head Of the column ap-
preached suggested another thought
from IreIand's noble poet:
"Leave ponaps to those that need 'en;
Adorn but man with freedom;
And proud he braves
The gau0iest slaves,
Who crawl where monarchs lead 'ems"
Ere the preceding thoughts found
a Judgment in my mind, Mr.. Watson
appeared upon the stand, shook
hands with Major Black and your
reporter, bowed right and loft to the
audience and took his seat amid
storm of applause.
ESTIMATE OF THE CROWD.
There were probably from twelve
to fifteen hundred on the grounds
before the arrival of Mr.. Watson and
his supporters, who awaited him at
the depot and on the streets. Of
these, twelve to fifteen hundred,
probably three fourths, were Mr..
Blacks adherents. From twenty
We to twenty-eight hundred fol-
lowed Mr.. Watson to the rendezvous,
and Immediately in the rear came the
Black contingent Ono pun intended,
I mean Mr.. Blacks contingent)
from Augusta and other points.
Some of the mouth-pieces of mo
nopoly claimed a large majority for
Mr.. Black some more modest
acknowledged that Mr.. Watson had
a numerical majority; and others,
with becoming decency, made no
estimate whatever. I make the esti-
mate at $500 present, all told, Of
which 5000 were for MIR. Watson
and 900 for Major Black, or two to
one in Mr.. Watson's favor.
A BRIEF RETROSPECT
I found the followers of Mr.. Black
mad to the point of brutality; the
support Of Mr.. Watson enthusiastic
to the verge of lunacy; the keeper of
a public hosiery, forgetting the re-
lation between landlord ana guest,
bearing himself in q manner that
would disgrace a Hotentot; neither
gray heirs nor gentlemanly de-
meanor, IN three other instances,
protection from insult.
It is to be hoped that the landlord,
when the heat of political excitement
wears off, viii remember that the
relation of guest is sacred one; that
the man who stands at least as high
in the social scale as he, behaves
himself like gentleman, and pays
his way, is entitled to courteous
treatment. It is to be hoped, also,
that the men who grossly insulted
your correspondent, and the CORES
pondent whom [ venture to say even
Major Black will acknowledge sent
fuller and fairer reports of these de-
bates than any on the ground, will
be ashamed of their conduct.
l do not mean to apply these re-
marks to the people of Sparta, in
general; I know in the words of an
other, that you cannot indict an en-
tire community, but | do say that
the bearing of portion of the
people of Sparta would disgrace a
community of barbarians.
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE.
As Mr.. Watson and his men were
comming down the avenue, Mr.. S.
w. D. Roberts approached your COR
respondent and inquired how many
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