The Forrest City times., 1892-09-02

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 inc whites as ihe .'so-called superior race" and made many other similar bids for the negro vote He failed to enlighten anybody and scored not point. Col. Whipple is a brainy man. but when he undertook Co defend the Republican party of ArkaBsas he tackled job beyond his capacity.
 g.P. CAENAuAN. the Peoples party apostle. came next. and consumed zn hour and haf CT valuable time in sn3szSoTi1S to f1rmu- late set of principles for his Sii~Sed party. His talk WAS simply a TeiisSl of Neaver's harsugue ot Saturday. His whole speech appeared to be sH ef- fort 10 establish an entente corciale with the republicans. The sGbtreasu- " scheme. government ownership ot railroads. fll- issuance Of foods of hat money. were ali strongly endorsed. + would he waste of time snd space to review his speech. He offered DO rene- dy fol existing evils. theGSa he pciaieG them out and denounced them r0undiy. He pleaded for votes for he popuiiIes without offering a single reason why man should advocate the sO-calcd PTln- ciples of that so-called party. There were some really eloquent flights of eioquence in Prof. CsTnahan : speech. some successful and plea>iug attempts at oratory. but they were simply spcel- mems of rhetoric without iOgic or appil- cation. When he had finished his speech Miss Gertie Wilson, a young lady who is by all our people admired and es- teemed. not ouly for her personal charms, but for her intellectual attain ments and moral worth, arose to pre- sent the speaker with bouquet. lt1as Fishback' s turn to speak, and, ignorant of the intended presentation, for Miss Wilson could only be seen by few persons immediately around the stand, the crowd began to yell for the next governor. Order was quickly restored, however, and Miss Wilson, in short but exceedingly well-chosen address, offered the bouquet to Prof. Carnahan. And she said more in her one-minute talk than Whipple and Carnahan had expressed in their combined two hours and half talks-their talks lacked the element of common sense, which hers possessed.
 COL. ". M. FIsHBACK then took the stand. His voice was iu very bad condition. but, despite that, he experienced no trouble in dem0lish- ing the positions of Whipple and Car nahan. He exploded the idiotic theory advanced by Whipple that the tariff IS not a tax and the producer and not the consumer pays the tariff. He displayed statistics to prove that while the Southern and Western states are growing poorer and poorer each year under the iniquitous tariff laws en- acted by republican congress, the highly protected New England manu- featuring states are growing richer and absorbing all the wealth of the nation. He demonstrated that the protective policy and practices of the Republican party did not put the money extorted from the people into the coffers Of the government, but into the pockets of the protected manufacturers. He pointed out many glaring examples Of this. which we have not the space to men- tion. He ridiculed Whipple's assump- tion of republican honesty, and proved the leaders of that party to comprise the most unblushing lot of thieves and boodlers upon the face of the earth. | He ventilated the record of that party | in Arkansas, and warned the people agalnst the force bill, which, he said was very live issue, to the passage of | which that party stands pledged, pot l withstanding it's leaders affect to re- gard it as a dead issue. When he got through with Whipple and Carnahan they had not ground to stand upon. | At the conclusion of his speech an ex- | quisite bOuquent was sent to the dis 1 tinguished statesman a good will offer | Ing from the democratic ladies Of For rest City.
 REJOINDER.
 In Whipple's half hour rejOinder he attempted to answer Fisnback' sting ing arraignment of his party, but sig nally failed to cover single point.
 HON. CASEY YOUNG.
 At the urgent request of our people
 Hon. Casey Young of Memphis spoke at the courthouse Tuesday night. His address was masterly effort. and his impeachment of the Republican party
 was unusually vigorous. He recited the history of republican scallawagism
 in the South during the reconstruction period, and told in glowing numbers of the heroism of those old Arkansas dem
 ocrats who fought the party's battles
 at time when it cost something 1 sometimes life itSelf-to be a democrat.
 He paid a high compliment to Col
 Fishback, whom he denominated one
 of the best friends our state ever had
 MT. and Mrs. Cleveland were referred
 to in affectionate terms, the former be-
 ing described as one of the purest
 statesmen of any age. He denied that
 Senator Hill had knifed Mir. Cleveland
 in the last election and said he was not only good man and good democrat,
 but one of the most astute politicians oi
 the time. He asserted that the passage of free silver bill at this time would re-
 suit in beneiiting only four men. who practically owned all the silver bullion in America. It would be impossible tC portray on paper Col. Young's magnifi cent speech. It was simply superb; and l it effected much good.
 l sPEAKLETs.
 Sweet was present, mouth and all and uttered fervent "amens" to Whip. ple's speech.
 1 Col. Izard called the Cleveland clut to order and vote of thanks was ten. dered Col. Young for his masterly de fense of democracy.
 The colored brother was tick led over
 Weaver's old jokes.
 The ladies are entitled to the thanks of all democrats for the tasetful deco ration of Col. Fishback's horses and | carriage.
 N. $. Fizer was chairman of the ] Weaver meeting Saturday.
 Why pay other dealers 75 cts. and