The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-13
MOSES LAYS OUT WATSON
THE THIRD PARTY LEADER BADLY
WORSTED AT LAGRANGE.

The Democrats Give Him Fair Field.
but His Argument Was Knocked
Out Completely in the Reply OF
Representative Moses-Only a Hun.
dred Third Party Men in the Crowd.
LAGRANGE, GA, Oct 12.-Thomas K.
Watson, accompanied by Maj MoGregor OF
Warrenton, arrived here last evening and
was met by very small crowd Of his fol-
lowers and escorted to rooms at the La
Grange hotel During the evening quite q
number Of the members of the Troup Dem-
ocratic League called upon him and assured
him that he would have respectful hears
ing, and so he did. Representative Moses
arrived this morning and was met by q
crowd OF enthusiastic democratI, headed by
the Hon. ]. II. Pitman, president OF the
democratic league OF Group county.
Seated in a phaeton drawn by four mag
nitlcsnt white horses. be was driven to
the Hotel Andrews. where from the balcony
above "a shower OF beautiful flowers fell
| upon the carriage from the hands Of the fair
women of LaGrange, and he was cheered to
! the echo by the eXpectant throng awaiting
| him.
Mr.. Watson opened the debate at 10
raignment OF the Democratic party, using
freely suoh terms as 'infernal scoundrels."
In speaking OF the action OF prominene
democrats In Washington he studiously
avoided any discussion of the transporta-
tion and pension planks in the platform,
and discussed the free silver and pension
legislation OF the democrats. Mr.. Watson,
In concluding his speech, thanked the people
Of LaGrauge for their courteous treatment
and attentive listening TO bis long harangus.
MosEs COMPLIMENTS WATSON.
When Representative Moses rose to reply
he was greeted by cheering from 1900
democratic throats in front of him. He
paid his compliments to Mr. Watsonis in-
consistency in going into the democratioi {
caucus in Washington and then refusing to
vote for Speaker Crisp. He said he believed
Mr.. Watson WAS the ablest man In the third
party aud was In his opinion the only honesE
one among the leaders.
| AT this juncture q sensational soene oc-
/ CURED. A third party enthusiast, who had
imbibed corn juice too freely, said that the
statement was lie.
Representative Moses turned upon him
| and said: III you are bully and want to
adopt the John Sullivan style Just wait till
| get through aud III attend TO you"
Democrats sprang upon the stand, and, in a
moment, men were packed about the Of
fender like sardipes. Finally policemen
rushed IN, aud the boisterous visitor from
Harris county, finding himself in fnir way
To be hustled to the lookup instantly sub
sided. Representative Moses then took up
Mr.. Watson's comparison Of the third party
to maiden who must be woed to be won,
and said This is the same old maid that
slept with Beast Butler Ia 1884, and she was
now the mother OF the forty odd children
THAI met In Sc. Louis to make platform OK
folly.n
WATSON DUMB.
He scathed Mr.. Watsons declaration that
he would wipe out the color HDe in politics,
and turning TO htm, asked him TO say then
and there, in the presence OF the colored
men, Is he meant To say that il it were in
his power that be would divide out the
offices TO the voters according TO their votes.
irrespective OF color, and il te did not mean
that, why deceive the colored people with
his false and misleading statements. To
this Mr.. Watson made no reply. Repre-
sentative Moses then showed the unfairness
OF Mr.. Natson'6 argument as TO the number
Of pension bills passed. by the Cleveland adj
minisEration bY saving that Mr.. Watson
never told the people that Mr. Cleveland
was hurled from the presidential chair be-
cause he had had the manhood to veto
pension bill that the north demanded. aud
which President Harrison subsequently
signed
ANOTHER sCATHING REBUKE.
He pinned Mr.. V atson down to his pub
lic utterahces and fa6llg him on The plat-
form administereI a scathinR rebuke Tor
| carrying the flag OF democracy TO W ash-
| ington and slrrendering it 70 the Weaver
Lease Q cmbination. Representative Moses
spoke two hours and Mr. Watson concluded
in thirty minutes, with speech in which
he asserted chat he would stand to his party
as long as he had strangth TO speak and ex-
horted his tolloyers 70 be hrm and their
country. 1hethird party people numbered
about 100, many oe them having travelled
thirty miles or more through the country.
0p the stqpd ReRreseRtaEiye Moses chgl-
| lenged Mr. Watsoo 20 Joint debate IN Mn
! WarsonB district, but Mr.. W dtsoh- de-
cfinet1 4~ Tte deihocrncY "a jnbiIant afd
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