The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-09
TOM WATS0%S GRAND RECEPTION
At HONE.
He Renders An Account of His Steward
ship TO His People.
A CAUsTIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE
"COWARDLY MAJORITY"
Special to Chicago Tribune.

laulCS IuTllcu OUT DSlOIC MS arrival anu
decorated the town. Flowers were
strewn on his pathway as he went to
the grand stand, where he was to
address his constituents, four thousand
of whom were assembled and greeted
the leader of the new party with cheers.
When Mr. Watson could gain hearing
he proceeded amid the greatest cnthus-
iasm:
FellOW-Citizens: On my arrival home
after the longest absence have ever had
it is extremely pleasant to have this
welcome. If should attempt to express
my appreciation to the white and black
alike, my thorough appreciation of the
magnificent compliment that you have
paid me. words would fail me, and moth
ing would express it except an expression
of the feelings that women resort to and
that sometimes men have to resort to to
exprcsa themselves. FellOw-citiZens, for
eight months ] have been attending 10
your affairs my own business has been
neglected, my own affairs have taken
care of themselves for eight months; |
have stood where you placed me, doing
that which | understood was what you
told me to do great applauscl, and the
man or newspaper which says that have
ever shown the white feather in front OF
your enemies speaks most untruthfully.
1t is an easy thing to make pledges
when around the man who makes them
there is cheering crowd of women and
hundreds of men. When the strong arms
of the people are about you it is easy to
be true; but, iellow-citizenS, when one is
standing alone; when he has no friends
except his conscience, which says he is
doing right, it is not an easy thing, with
all of your friends hundreds of miles
away, and your enemies fighting you
foot to foot and front to front. / thank
you not only for this ovation myself, but
thank you in the name Of my good little
wife. who has shared every honor of my
honor and without whose company
should have been weak indeed, If have
been able to be true to you. which |
think have, if | have been able never
to forget that town in the old south dis
tricts where the warm hearts Of the peo-
pie whose place represented in the ma
tional halls who wished their views put
before the country, it is owing largely
to that part of the firm Of Watson & Wife
which is the better member of the two.
[Cheers for Mrs. Watson.
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STEWARDSHIP.
] can say this toyOu, tcllow-citizcns, [
have never seen the time there when |
was ashamed of you or your platform
or of your instruction and | have come
back to you in such shape that you arc
not ashamed of me. Applause | see
in yesterdays Constitution that the Cdict
had gone out that | should be killed for
ever politically, but, fellow-citizens, after
| struck the line of the Tenth Congress
siOnal District at every point whore the
train stopped there was the good, strong,
brawny yeOmanry Of the coantry, and
the sweet women Of the land had fowery
tokens for me at every station of the
road. wish had here the magnificent
shield Of flowers framed for me by the
good ladies of Norfolk.
Now, wish to discuss with you fairly
and plainly some Of the facts of this cam
paign. | am glad to see so many of the
colOred people here. lam going to have
something especial to say to you cry,
"That's right" in the course Of this adj
dress. / have never yet made a cam
paign in the Tenth Congressional Dis
trict that | did not always have some
thing especial to say t. these people:
and to-day | am going to read them a
few lines Of good doctrine. for | know
how to put it down. Voice, "ITurrah
for the Ocala PLATFORM"
Let me render to you a brief account
of my stewardship while have been abb
sent. / shall make no comments upon
it, / shall leave that to you. have
bills on nearly every point
included in the Ocala platform. Intro
ducCd bill to prevent the payment in
advance Of your tax money to the bond
holders. In one year there was Sl3. 0O0,-
600 of your money taken out and paid to
the bOndhOlders year in advance Of
the contract. That bill was referred to
the Ways and Means committee, and no
man ever heard Of it afterwards. Intro
duced bill to repeal the National Bank
act, which even Gen. Gordon SAYS is a
great crime against the people Cries of
80, OF, which even the Augusta
MroaicJehas at last found to be mOnopOly
in favOritism and class legislation. That
bill was referred to the Committee on
National Banking and Currency, whose
chairman was New York banker, who
put it in his pocket apparently and sat
down on it, for it was never heard of
again afterwards. Yet member of
this congress, Democratic by majority
Of l4S, is telling us that all they want is
an opportunity to repeal the national
bank act. 1t takes more chance for the
Democratic crowd to do anything than
any crowd that have ever struck yet.
Cheers.
HIS MOVE AGAINST PINKERroSIsM.
For years and years the corporations
have had standing army. The Pinkcr-
ton detective agency has men hired to 90
into other states armed with Winchester
rifles, and shoot down. in cold blood.
labOrers dissatisfied with reductions in
their wages. Also, as | know. there has
been a fight made in congress against
that institution before. One Ofthe first
things ] did was to introduce arcsolution
and bill, and that fingered there for
six months and ] was covered with a
bucket of cold water every time | went
before the committee TO have anything
done with it. bpz after the strike %
Homestead, and when the presidential
was on. and votes became an
object Of price and solicitude, then they
sent committee over to Homestead
sent it over there after these Pinkcrton
men had been used as previously stated:
after the men were dead, lying in the
streets, murdered by that Internal gang
Of ruIlians who would never dared TO put