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

representatives met the farmers O.
the country at st. Louis, and swort
breast to breast and face to face tha
these would fight for the principles If
respective of party. loud applause
and cheers called for both gentle
men, All, | know quite well what
was IN his mind. The great trouble
In the past, with labor movements
had been that there had been divi.
sion between the laborers and pro.
ducers of the country, and the lab
orers and producers of the city
(Hlsslng from the dude element, and
angry cries from the honest Workers.
And our leaders knew quite well that
there could be no permanent party OF
success unless the laborer and pro-
Queer could be brought to see that
their interests were the same; and
after a great deal of preparation in st.
Louis, you all know that those
three other planks were inserted.
The three planks that Mr.. Black
most strenuously repudiates, and they
were always insisted on by the
knights Of Labor. Great applause. }
And one of those planks which was
in your platform, and which Mr..
Black SO strongly condemns, was
that the government should own and
operate the railroads. Now, do you
not think that it was perfectly right
and legitimate that [ should point
out that he was aligned with rail
roads?
Voices. Yes, certainly; and snarls
of: Nav Nav! Rats, rats!
Mr.. Watson. l do not mean by
that to detract from Mr.. Blacks per-
sonal integrity, but | do mean to say
that Mr.. Black, as attorney for the
Central Railroad, is not IN a position
to give these questions the calm can
did attention, with your interests in
view as I am.
Cries of That's so, Tom; hurrah
for Tom Watson.
Mr.. Watson. He says that my
friend, Joseph B. Cumming, was the
man that introduced the resolution
putting me in nomination. Did you
pay attention tosthat? He read: s'There
beng no other candidate" DID you
notice that?
A voice. That is right. (Cheers.)
Mr.. Watson. He said: ''There
being no other candidate" No man
IN this assembly honors Joseph B.
Cumming more than [ do. Nothing
that I say is to be construed into per-
sonal disrespect to him any more than
to my friend Mr.. Black, but you all
know that | owe nothing on the face
Of the earth to Major Cumming in
my congressional race. You all
know that / owe nothing to Major
Black. You all know that I owe
nothing to the Augusta politicians
generally, in my political race.
Voices. That is right, Tommie,
my boy; we all know that. Bless
your soul, we put you there.
Mr.. Watson. Yes; it was the
farmers of this country; it was the
artisans Of this country; it was the
laborers of this country that put me
into Congress. My friend Mr.. Black
said, in his speech at Charlottesville,
that if I had remained in the demo-
cratic party there would be no man
In the tenth district that would dare
raise his head to contest my claim.
A voice. 'Rah for Black. You'll
have to stay at home, Tommie.
(Jeering and leering, defiance and
retort from Mr.. Watson's friends
Mr.. Watson. Why, you are get
ting touchous again? Yes, they try
to side-track me, but I took my com
mission from the people addressing
himself to the audience on the right
and left); took my commission from
you, and [ have kept the faith. |
took my commission from the people,
and I appeal to the people.
Cries of: Good, good.
Mr.. Watson. I appealed from the
court house ciques to the farmers,
to the laborers, to the artisans of the
villages, the towns, the cities and
the country at large. | appealed
from the rings, the political and new
paper rings of Atlanta and Augusta,
to tie great heart Of the people, and
took their banner in my hand, and in
season and out Of season, to the
neglect Of my own business, fought
their battles, and | appeal to you
now, and not to the political ring
sters of Atlanta or the rowdies Of
Augusta. Tremendous applause.)
Fellow citizens, if I had simply and
solely stated that I would take the
democratic banner, regardless Of
principle, and stick to the party
through thick and thin;-if had dis
carded principle and adhered to that
policy, [ would be at home tonight
a private citizen, and Major Barnes
would have been the representative
in Congress, because the Augusta
ring does not love Mr.. Black much
more than it loves me.
A voice. That is a center shot.
Hurrah for Watson.
Mr.. Watson. Yes, you all know
that that is the truth. There is not
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