People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02

try boys can get ahead of these silk
hated city politicians, and give them
two in the game. We understand
this fight; we understand this sud
den affection for the negro; we un-
derstand why the democrats have
woke up to such a sudden affection
for the colored people in general,
and to Anthony Wilson in particu-
lar. Your votes have become very
precious in their sight all at once.
Loud laughter, and q voice, CANT
he telhn' de Gods truf?"7 They
used to meet here in this court house,
not more than half dozen of the
most properest men in the town.
Laughter. Why, "a big umbrella
would keep the rain off the demo
cratic darty in Sparta. Renewed
laughter. They would sit around
a table, and it would not require a
very large one either, and they would
map out their policy and trot out
and trim up the jade and tell you to
mount, and if you did not like it you
could lump it. A voice, ''That's
right. Oh, how well we know it."
You had no voice in it. "A voice,
bright you are." If you COM
planned you were denounced as indie
| pendents. A burly voice, "The
peoples going to take a hand in de-
nouncing."l If you refused to sup
port the ticket, you were denounced
as a radical; if you would not vote
for the Office holder, you could not
vote for anybody. IAN enthusiastic
colored man at my elbow, "'Fore
God, porter, he's knocking dem fell
lows silly"
Gentlemen, this reform movement
has knocked that higher than kite.
A voice, ooh, how glad l am of
that" Yes, and the people at large
are glad Of it; and the only men
who are mad about it are the town
ringsters who had you in their power,
and made you walk the chalk line,
whether you wanted to or not.
You men of Georgia, and of other
great States, know what was the
matter. Hence, the farmer in the
field, the skilled mechanic in the
shop, the laborer in the factory,
in the corn patch, in the cotton
patch, rose in their majesty and
said: "This is a government of the
people, and by the people and for the
people," and that no little crowd of
town politicians, that no little spindle
shank editor should rule. the people
and make the laws. They said that
the people should have voice in the
government that the laborer should
be heard; that the rights Of the me-
chanic should be respected, that the
farmer should get there; SO they
formed great league in 1889. Col.
Northen was down there. Col. Liv-
ingston was down there. Your great
representatives Of the knights of La
Dor were down there. Your great
representative of the Farmers ALI
ance were down there And when
they met they said this: ."The more
we work, the poorer we are; the
more we toll, the more we suffer !;
but the men who do not toll are ar
rayed like Solomon in all his glory"
Great applause, laughter and cries
of True, true, every word of It,, "
They said that when the people are
in rags, it must be from some other
cause than that they produce too
much clothing. If it was owing to
the people producing too much cot
ton, they would have more clothing
instead Of less. Cries of: "That's
so."7 They said that it was very
strange thing that the more corn the
people made the less bread they had
to eat. A voice: Skin 'em, Tom"
Another voice Cali the hides done
gone," and laughter.
Another plug-hatter rode up on
horse back, and trying to force his
way into the crowd said: GA free
dinner for everybody; you are all
invited down to the barbecue-white
and colored."7
Mr.. Watson: I hope. the reporter
will set that down, that while was
here speaking in defense Of the peo-
ple's cause, that while [ was speak
ing in defense Of the. platform which
Governor Northen helped to frame,
that while [ was speaking in defense
of the platform which Col. Living
ston aided in forming, that while |
was speaking in defense Of a plat
form which Col. W. L. Peek helped
to formulate, that a plug HATED freak
rode up here on horse and tried to
bride the people away from discus
sion Of these questions, of such vital
interest to you all, by offering free
feast, and that the people arose in
their majesty and might and said,
" SKEDADDLE." Wild applause. ]
There he goes! Well he may ske-
daddIe. Oh, my friends, if there
ever was a time when the people
could not be bought, now is the time !
Il there ever was a time when the
true, manly American people would
not sell out their birth-rights for
mess Of democratic bog and hominy,
now is the time! TTumultuous APP
Dlau8a They NAV spread their