Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-09-29
Jimmie and Mollie.

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have had all the Southern education
they care for. The guileless, innocent
creatures went forth week ago, babes
in the wood, to preach the complicated
and idiotic Peoples Party gospel to the
people Of the South. They refused to
| believe that this Alliance movement
was manufactured to shoot in one
direction in the North and in another
In the South. They forgot that Its
only object is to carry for Cleveland
certain Republican states like Kansas
and that IN the Democratic common
wealths no one cares the value Of that
article known as a tlnker's dam
whether 1. amounts to anything or not.
They know better now. They sailed
forth like the roaring lion and the
whooping whrlwind with 1--WE claim
the earth" as their motto. They
return like a weeping willow and n
downcast bell wether, Disguised, panied
and smelling strongly Of hen fruit
somewhat impaired as to quality. The
Southern people did not receive them
with that entente coriidle, bonhOmic
and eiferyescent geniality characteristic
Of the Sunnyland residents. They did
not rise up and bless the apostles OF fiat
money, sub treasures and calamity as
was expected, They came TO the
meetings with pockets bullying with
decayed turnips, underdone pussycats
and loud odored eggs aud did not wait
for the collection box to be pass,
before Offering of,their substance to
show their appreciation Of the cause.
The mOus;ached old fiat humbug
Weaver has issued an address" dc.
falling the woes of his own and Mollie's
pilgrimage. We quote from its hall
column whine:
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. %. To MIR. X.
ID, Irwin, Chairman State Committee
Peoples Party, Atlanta, ia. Dear Sir.
At the request OF your committee
entered this State on the Goth instant
Tor the purpose of addressing the people
OF Georgia upon the political situation
aud the issues involved IN the present
National campaign. Tho places named
tor said meetings were; Waycross,
Albany, Columbus, Macon, Atlanta,
Madison, Augusta and ElbertUn.
liud the spirit of organized TOwdyism
1t some OF the points visited within the
a a. ~ Ia A..
able for me to attempt to nll the
engagements at the points not already
reached. Personal indignity was
threatened at Waycross but was sup.
pressed by the attendance Of large
number Of our friends aud the careful
management Of MIR. Reed, the local
chairman. At Albany We met howl
ing mob. which refused To accord us Il
respectful and uninterrupted hearing.
At Macon the conduct of thu
mob which greeted our advent int
that city WAS disgTaceful beyond de
cription. Rotten eggs were throw n,
prior TO the introduction Of the spe, k
ers, one Of which struck Mrs. Weave
on the head. Eggs were thrown
repeatedly during the continuance Of
the mob and turbulent crowds confirm.
eh to howl and boot until past midnight,
At Atlanta similar crowd Of rowdies
gathered ut point OF meeting bent on
tumult and disorder. Learning Of this
Mrs. Lease and myself refused to
appear either in the forenoon or In the
evening, am convinced that similar
treatment awaits us at the points not
visited. | decline TO meet such ap.
pnintments.
(Signed ]. B. WEAVER.
Is II any wonder Jimmie and Mollle
want TO come homer They must
understand by this time what the Dem
ocracy expects Of them. Taubeneck
announces that he still thinks Georgia
all be carried overwhelmingly by the
Peoples Party. We also understand
that he thinks Tophet will soon cool of
aud the Pacific ocean get dusty.
We have uttered some harsh criti.
cisms regarding Southern people but
we will take back a good many of them.
They have at least good judgment In
spotting humbugs aud demagogues
when they see them.
Noble and Jimmie are plodding
back. They hope to lind some dupes
| IN Kansas but even here, foolish RS the
State has been in the past, the measure
If the Popullst gang has been pr, tty
| well taken.