People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-09
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dustries because he represents
friendship to national banks; be-
cause he represents favoritism to
monopoly that now brushes the peo-
pie; because he represents opposition
to the income tax; because he repre-
sents opposition to free silver. That
is why we cannot stand by Cleveland
when we have better house to get
in. CHEERS and counter cheers;
jeers and counter jeers, with babel
of voices asserting and dissenting,
the people finally asserting Them
selves)
Why do we stand for Weaver and
the Peoples party? It is because he
represents the policy of expanding
the currency and giving the people
more money; it is because he repre-
sents the policy of the free coinage
Of silver; it is because he represents
the income tax idea; it is because he
represents the idea that this money
monopoly, represented by the ma
tional banks, shall die the death
which it so richly deserves. Great
cheering
Why don't we want to be drawn
into a campaign simply and solely
for tariff reform? Because they
will not tell us what they mean by
tariff reform. Laughter and ap-
plause. 1t is because they violated
their pledges on free silver, and they
may do it on tariff reform. Re-
newed cheering and laughter. 1t is
because the men who opposed the
Mills bill, alleging that it was free
trade measure, are running the party
machinery; because they say that
tariff Of fifty-fve cents is curse and
a triff of forty-seven cents is bles-
sing. Why, my friends, it is only
differ ence of seven cents on the
schedules. Derisive laughter, and
voice close by from gentleman /
know to be for Mr.. Black, "That's
faot."1 But, they introduced their
pop-gun tariff acts putting tin on the
free list and bagging on the free
list, and cotton ties on the free list.
They never did intend that these
bills should become laws.
A voice. Why do you say that?
Mr.. Watson. Why 90 say that?
Because they made nc determined
effort to bring them to q vote; be-
cause these bills, if they become laws,
would reduce the revenue $158, 000,-
600, and the moneyt-ad to come from
somewhere to make up the deficiency,
and they made no provision for that
deficiency. They are not taking in
any more money now than they are
paying out; there Ia almost def
cheney now, and where, repeat is
the money to come from to meet the
current expenses If their little pop
gun bills should become laws? That
is why, and l repeat that they never
did intend :hey should pass. Great
cheering on the one side, and more
respectful attention on the other.
Where IS it to come from, repeatE
A voice. It has got to come frera
somewhere.
Mr.. Watson. Yes, it has got to
come from somewhere, but where?
They dare not pass an income tax.
Why? Because the great millionsires
will not allow them. [Great enthusi-
asm.] If they were really in earnest
in their pretended course toward free
trade, why did not they offer some
method of replacing the falling OFF OF
the revenue by the passage of the
revenue bills? The fact that they
have not done so shows that they did
not intend to.
Turning to Major Black.) Are
you free trader, Mr. Black =?
Mr.. Black. (Soto vooe.) I will
answer you at the proper time.
Mr.. Watson. Major Black says
he will answer me after awhile. WE'LL
that is mighty easy one.
Voices. Hurrah for Watson! Hur-
rah for Black! Goodbye Jim! Good
bye Tom!
Mr.. Watson. (Here few words
passed between the can lidates that
your reporter could not hear.) Mr..
Black says he is not a free trader;
therefore, presume he would not go
in the direction of free trade. Now,
I want Mr.. Black to tell me, in the
light of the democratic platform,
which we must accept as the anthem
tic declaration of the democratic
party, where he is going to get the
money to run the government when
the tariff is reduced.
Cries of "He'll answer so that you
won't know where you're at, from
some, and counter cries of q" lie can't
answer Iyou; he may do the way
the others did about free silver"
Mr.. Watson. There is one thing
nearly forgot. (Holding up pic
ture.) The Augusta fools got cut
some pictures about the Peek slavery
bill. The Atlanta fools could not be
outdone, SO they got out bill about
Bradwell, and Governor Northen is
carrying him about the Tenth Con
gressional District telling about this
claim. Now, want to say this
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