The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-09
GEN. WEAVER SPEAKS AT PULASKI.
The CowardlY Persons who Threatened
to Kill Him Did Not ApDear

to Kill Him Did Not Appear.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. a-Gen. James
B. Weaver, Peoples party candidate for
president, spoke at Pulaski today, despite
the rumor that he would be badly treated
for alleged tyrannies in that section dur
ing the war. The men who made affida-
Wits of his cruelty remained away from
the fair ground where Gen. Weaver spoke,
and it is thought by some that this
averted trouble. About 100 people met
the train on which Gen. Weaver arrived.
A procession was formed of 1877 people, led
by band. Gen. Weaver rode in q car
riage with Mrs. Lease and John Fl. Nc
Dowell, Peoples party elector. By actual
count 325 people passed in the gates. Per.
feet order prevailed during the entire day
and during the speaking.
Gen. Weaver said:
As God is my Judge, never did In Pulaski
one single thing that ia charged, except the
levying of money, and pronounce the charges
as unqualified faisehoods The war II over.
como here on . mission Of fraternity. They
said dare not come. knew dared come, and
would have come had the threats bean . thou
aand times stronger.
Following are the charges against Weaver, q
printed in the Covington, Tenn, Leader:
Gen. Weaver. while in command ct Pulaski,
in January, 1864, issued an order to Charles c.
Alternately. John II. Newhill, Robert Rhodes
and others that they pay into his hands 81, COO
for the maintenance Of refugees (mesning
negroes and renegade from Alabsmal This
order was accompanied by threat that II the
money was not paid. they and their families
would be sent South and their property given
to said refugees. All OF these parties are dead
now, and were over 60 years old when that erdeE
was issued. Can any Southern man vote for
such . hesrtlsss wretchf
A man by the name OF c. W. Witt sold Mr..
Jasper Cox, q very poor man, 1900 pounds OF
bacon. Tor which he received the cash. Mr.. Cox
took the bacon to the cotton mills in Lawrence
county, and traded 1t for cotton twist This he
carefully stored away In the loft of his little
cabin, thinking 1t would assist him in pur-
chasing q little home after the war. as he was
very poor, with large family, and had no
home. Weaver learned through some source
that this gentleman had the cotton twist, and
sent adetachment of soldiers to his home and
took possession OF II, and shipped it to Iowa for
his own use.
Tho cotton twist was worth at the time It was
stolen $1,000
Jasper Cox Is living In Giles county.
John T. Williams. poor but highly respecta.
BILE farmer in Giles county, had twenty five fat
hogs, which at that time were worth $40 per
hundred, gross, and q lot of turkeys. Weaver in
person took a file of soldiers into Williams
place and made the soldiers shoot every hog on
the place. and had them brought into camp.
When Williams asked for q voucher Weaver
said: 81 don't give rebels In the South vouch.
ers. would rather furnish rope to hang every
d-n one of them" Mr.. Williams il still Living
and will swear to the above If necessary.
The hogs were valued at $780,
The turkeys belonged to Mrs Williams, and
she begged 10 have them spared, but the heart
less wretch had them al. killed and taken to
headquarters for his own special use, remark.
ing to Mrs. Williams that she had no business
being the wife of rebel.
Weaver made it practice to charge our citi.
Gems ~ cents each for passes to come into and &c
out of the Federal lines. This money he gu,
into his own pockets. This pass read as follows
. Pass the bearer through the Federal lines.
J. B. XEAvHR. Commands