People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16
A voice to the right. It hurts.

1uc sau0 VOICE. mean JAaG you
hurt
Mr.. Watson. Oh, you are my
friend that is all right.
Now, one of the men whose places
was sold, and bought by me, was
Mr.. Edward Landslide. It was
bought through Mr.. Phinizy-he is
here on the Standard after the sale
I went and paid the sheriff some
three or four hundred dollars more
than the price at which he knocked
it down, and one of the strongest
friends I have in this race is Mr..
Landslide, because he knows that
after I bought it / paid his wife Gt
was his wife's land) some three or
four hundred dollars more than she
had any reason to expect, and gave
her three years to redeem it. (Thun-
dering applause,)
(Shaking his hand menacingly at
the fellow who cast the slur). You
rake up everything in the way of
sewage and garbage, and you deal in
charges that your champion dare
not touch on (The speakers
voice drowned during the conclu-
sion.)
Ii I had voted for the Bullock
bonds, as Mr.. Black did, would
have to go on my knees and beg par
don from you people for that vote.
Understand me, Mr.. Black has made
no charge of dishonesty against me,
and | make none against him. I
believe that in voting with the mi
nority, as he did, and spreading his
protest, as he and Mr.. Walsh did,
that he and Mr.. Walsh thought they
did right. (rurning to Mr.. Black
And l say here to- day that I voted
for you for Congress when witnesses
We're raised up against you on that
vote; and / supported you for the
United States Senate against Mr..
Colquitt, knowing Of that vote, and
believing that you cast it honestly.
honored an honest vote honestly
cast, even IL it was cast as [ would
net have cast it. I did not mention
! that vote on any other occasion, but
If I had voted on a question upon
which the people were so unani-
smous-if l had been one of twenty
Sseven voting for it when over one
| hundred were against it, in paying
bonds which the people in adopting
| the constitution in 1877 said were
| fraudulent and void, [ never would
have heard the last of it. Now I
| just put these two thing before you
| to show the difference between the
/ two campaigns-between your meth
| DDS and mine. Ii I had chosen I
could have put Mr.. Black On the ex-
planatory like you did me, but | pre-
fer to act the gentleman. [ have
taken my banner without prejudice
or passion, while you have hurled at
me Infamous falsehoods with a
malice that I cannot account for
you have howled in my teeth, ''Cor-
bin Banking Company Mr.. Phini-
" is On the stand, and heard my
explanation; Mr.. Landslide is one'o1
my Warmest supporters, man who
knows more about this thing than
any one here possibly can; and now
in the face Of this irrefutable expla-
nation, when you cry out Corbin
bank again, cry out, also, Bullock
bonds. One is just as true as the
other. There is no dishonesty IN
either.
cat this point something was said
by the same creature, inaudible to
your reporter.)
Mr.. Watson. Oh, you have
lodged, have you? Now you have
done your cause lots Of good,
haven't you?
A voice on Mr.. Blacks corner of
the platform. Who is that fool ?
Cans somebody stop him?
Mr.. Watson Ironically. Now see
how proud Of you your friends back
here are.
Now to return to the point where
I was interrupted. | do not have to
inquire where | was at. I was on
the point Of showing that no man
ever denounced State banks like old
Thomas Jefferson. /, with Thomas
Jefferson, denounce the State banks
as anti Democratic. My friend, Mr..
Black, says that State banks are the
thing, in the face Of Jefferson, al
though he claims to be a Democrat.
He says that this thing Of stamping
paper and calling it money is a
vicious heresy. Now / want to show
you that Thomas Jefferson advo-
Gated this very idea Of stamping
money without the intervention Of
national banks, and that he especially
denounced the system of State
banks. Now, if I show that to the
Democrats, won't they be sick?
There was great deal Of confu-
sion at this point. Jeering and howl
ing in the audience, mingled with
efforts on the stage to suppress the
young upstart element. llr. Wat
son read from volume, but as the
noise prevented your reporter from
catching the exact words; therefore
prefer giving it as best. | can in the
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