People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-07

State of Georgia that would not take
Georgia railroad bills. There was a
a chance for the people of Georgia
to have one million and half of
money. Why did not the Peoples
party of Georgia accept that? Why
did they do the boys act? They
remind me of boy who went to his
mamma and said, ''give me a biscuit"
He got it and then he said, "put some
butter on it. Well, the indulgent
mother gave him the butter, and then
he insisted on having some jelly, and
she could not give that because there
was none in the house, and the young
scamp threw it away because he could
not get all he wanted. Just so it is
with you Peoples party men, you
throw away what you cannot get be-
cause you cannot have all you want.
There Is the bill and you and your
leaders say you do not want it be.
cause you cannot have the jelly.
Livingston said everywhere in
Georgia, and I never heard Mr..
Watson make but one speech on
the
So much derisive laughter greet
ed this, the people anticipating what
was coming, that failed to hear the
exact words, and will not SUPPLY.
Mr.. Livingston. Mockingly +.
Ha, ha! ha! You Third party
people know that Itook the position,
and | dare you to deny it. And
now when your own State Legisla-
ture passed that resolution and we
put the bill in the House your Peo-
ple's party put their veto on it. Now
do you want good money?
A voice. That is just like you
did at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Livingston. Yes, if you know
no more about money than you do
about the Worlds Fair, you may get
home, but you will never have sense
enough to get to Chicago. Now let
us see whether the Democratic party
paid any attention or not to your de-
mands. Listen. There is one other
plank in your Alliance platform
Livingston's yard-stick.
That the sub-treasury bill now
pending in Congress, or some better
measure should be passed. And
when the Democratic party dis
covered that there was a constitu-
tional provision against the repeal,
they offered you something in lieu
of it and you spurn it.
Scott! You remember the Geor-
gia railroad bills, and you are a
Third party man?
A voice. Yes, but my name is
not Scott.
Col. Livingston. Well, it does not
make any difference. You have
never seen a Georgia railroad bill
that was not as good as gold.
The voioe evidently replied, but
your reporter could not hear him.
Neither did the speaker, for he
said:
I cannot hear you.
A voice. You'd better not.
Mr.. Livingston. Who do you
suppose this platform was signed by?
Felix Corrupt, W. L. Peek, Ivey,
Stevenson and Taylor, myself con-
curing, as president of the ALI
ance.
A voice. Black or white?
Col. Livingston. I'll tell you what
is so. You will come to an honest
confession one of these days, if you
ever get so that you can make an
honest confession. You are very
much like the man who had ranch
out in Texas, and he went one day,
to cross a stream, and the water was
so clear that he thought it was shall
low, but it was deeper than he bar
gained for and he went ca-chug, to
the bottom, and as he came up
he caught the grass on the side of the
bank and said: ooh Lord you know
that I have never been in anybody
else's cotton patch Well, the
effort was too great Sfor him, and he
slipped his hold and went down
again. Coming up again he made a
desperate attempt and said: ooh,
Lord, you know that never stole
anybody's COWS or branded their cat
tle." His hold slipped and he went
down the third time, and it began to
look very serious when he came up
the third time, and he blurted out:
ooh, Lord, you know that [ have
been the dangdest liar in the world -
(Laughter.)
addressing gentleman in the
audience who moved.) Sit down,
there; I amt going to rub it in on
you if you be quiet. Laughter.)
[ want to say this, my dear friends,
that have shown you that the
platform I ran on for Congress was
that Alliance platform-the Living
ston yard-stick. My friend in one
of his speeches, if he was quoted
correctly, says that I ran on the
Ocala platform. l do not know
whether he was or not, but the
Oeals platform was formulated after
| was elected. I was elected in
November and the Ocala platform
was formulated the following month.
Nowjthen, he either ran as an AL