Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-21
WEAVER AND LEASE.
-usc-pARry AGGREGATION
ne OPENS IN GEORGIA
-, of the Paissks Charges
,.ssss' ps"', ,.om Kansas More Eie-
inc s.,, than the iowan.
..,.,urh % tic pispsach.I

-.
~ "a, september 20. General
wiro'O -. Third-party candidate tor
Weaver. 'D ,r,ae his frs, speech IN his
President, georgia a. this place to-day.
es@paiGs,w Weaver and wife and Mrs. Lease
Gsas's .., arrived at . o'clock from JACK
o. ksnsA. "a we're escorted TO hne head
sopviie' ~ the southe.n Hotel. There
euSr'eI "a = many people IN town. but oy
wee large crowd The interest IN
s % p''si''w viewers visit was not at oil ex-
Gins. ,,,.t the General and his party
81 oo. .,9 40 the Opera House by the
we're esce, =. ',istce OF the Third party.
Cosniy rr,csceiyed with cheers 0Y the
9bS. VIZ, re Opera House. Inc cEowu
rseple ln Sssrely 500. 200 OF whom were
tsmbereal h e." occupied the gallery. Gene
telroes, W." ,ras introduced shortly before
ri weave, /" Chairman L. II. Nouiton IN
noeleeA, :" remarks. lie spoke ABOUT
ost houi ,,vrR IN raE WEST.
IA ~ his recent trip out West
he tis' ,b,-uastic manner IN which ne
So ile -eceiyed IN all the western
lsd Dec .cord,ng 10 bis account his trip
Naics, re West was o continued oVa.
iaioasns he predicted that almost Oil 81
iiaa' az 49, western, southwestern. ana
DO, ' Scr would 90 for Weaver and
red. orr,ber Of copies Of the Atlanta
AlA'S. .,ntaining a fulLpage article on
lsarslt Ov osyeer jn Pulaski. Tenn, WITH
lNe'et. If his brutality and outrages
sf6''lsS. coapder of the post there. had
vaas ,''',r,buted m the town ia the morn.
lssa 9H,s.aerJ Weaver addressed the chief
pf. ID ms speech 70 replying to these
Io'AoA - III denounced them al as IN
tsslsss 'a,g false, and circulated merely
\, campaign purposes
prLAsEI CHARGES DENIED.
,.rio4 that he bad levied assess
ne IN WEALTHY citizens OF Pulaski
rssH :, command Of post there ana
VaA, IA the money 10 his own use. lie
tol't5t.. nunlber OF southern refugees,
$50 20 nj All the necessaries OF life, had
ic',..' pnloski aud that by order OF Gen.
sea ~ NJ Ace commanding the division. he
"a 'ty.,Se5 an assessment upon the
80 ,s.idepts OF the town TO be de-
Tesis- a. the maintenance Of the refugees.
Nov he said, never came into MS
ne nylh am, was turned over TO the Com
lh.ls General. CYRUS Carpenter, and
Easn. distributed 20 the refugees.
y Ds-,,s ,lat he had taken the horses
IA, IL and shot down the pigs OF the
ibl 80 a. his own use he deried, saying
CUT GOOD boarding house, and did not
e. sboot down private property In
ln' Inner That be had robbed the
t .,..ss ~ Pulaski Of supplies and pow
e. .. T., Which they were never paid, he
-! 49, Weaver made the explanation
ia, he has made betore-viz., that
= -,be Union army entered Pulaski II
| VI ~, ,ssd If supplies Of all kinds. BY
= General Dodge he ordered the
- N take possession OF all supplies
800 cy.ng vouchers for the same.
L., one Of these vouchers was alter
,,,3. pad. he said.
"a a.Ss,sl Weaver did not undertake TO
- IN detail the charges made against
-. 4, he Journal. and did not enter into
- rarticn.ars Of any of the numerous
l,.sss msdo against him by citizens OF
y-,,.6 above their own signatures, and
- 10 bv them before magistrate.
n, r,3s 4 general appeal to those present
,.irrv mo issues Of the past and join to-
,,b.r gith their former foes in opposition
ne money power of the North.
Gsnsrsl Weaver spoke about an hour.
2. VA, frequently Rpplauded by the
til,i.party people present, but the ap-
,,rss was not general nor lon2-con-
a.uei.
MAS. LEASE MORE ELOQUENT.
VI. lease made much better effort
pe General Weaver. and spoke nearly as
lr- The crowd was surprised at Mrs.
.,sss eoquence and the mastery man
=, ,1 which she delivered her address.
| ,,rT Democrat applauded her literally.
| ihsrs vas nothing, however, in Mrs.
! lf,,s's address beyond general appeal 20
| i,ga the issues of the war and let the
/ tissd past bury its dead" She
,s-fsd them that the people OF
h West had already done this. and were
t,Jstllng upon the people of the South
4 ION With them IN their revolt against
ls money power Of the North. She said
pl the Peoples party had already forced
i,e Democrats and Republicans out West
u combine. and this year the Peoples
tsf,y proposed 10 elect everything In
irsas from dog-catcher 10 Governor.
Mrs. Lease poured hot shot into the plat
im Of the Republican and Democratic
lutles alike and ridieuled them III quite q
lively manner. She declared that the
Vest would 20 sohdly for Weaver and
bed this fall. and predicted the complete
tguph Of the Peoples party at an early
b.
Neither Mrs. Lease nor General Weaver
attempted O. discuss the platform OF the
lofiFs party beyond assertions OF what
tsou.d do.
Mrs. LEASE AND eAABo.
Nh Lease toward the close worked up
bt e9l0rei portion of the audience to a
Ia pitch Of excitement, and some OF
rgi expressions Of approval we're so ludl-
Glrs that She burst out laughing herself
Z De midst Of an anecdote.
Nearly two thirds Of the white people
PRESENT were Democrats. The meeting
vs. exceedingly orderly and well con-
sl'ied and there was not an unpleasant
lsleai during the day.
General Weaver and Mrs. Lease speak at
Lltay tomorrow.
I DlPHThERlA ON A SHIP.