The Forrest City times., 1892-09-02
POLITICS AND POLITICS.
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 The Noses of the populites, J. E. Weaver, who is to lead the elect of the Lord out of the political wilderness Gin consideration of fat salary from the republican campaign committee), ar- rived in the city last Saturday morn- ing and was met at the train by con- mittee of two. He spent the forenoon in shaking hands with such of the Peo- ple's party advocates as came within his reach, and at O clock in the after noon appeared at the stand erected un- der the stsirways leading up to the operahouse. His audience. consisting of about 300 persons, mostly negroes, stood in the street or were seated upon benches under the trees around Jones hotel across the street, and rendered him respectful attention during the mortal hour and half during which he dealt out his stale platitudes and antiquated jokes. Weaver is certaiRly remarkable man. Perhaps he has no t4utl III 4Lti VI bab OA Ahs lS ID 1 probable no other public man on earth could have consumed this hour and l half and in that time said as little. He advocated the sub-treasurY scheme, l but failed to define it's operation. He | made joke of the force bill and de- ! clared it a back number, but neglected
 to dispose of the plank in the republic an platform which called for It's asop- | tion He did, however, say that if elected president he would veto any such infamous measure. He tiekled the popuites by asserting as fact that they would carry all the North. western state and caused howl from the republicans by stating they were 1 not in it--that the fight had narrowed | down to a trial of strength between the Third and Democratic parties. He summed the "soldier" plank in the St. 1 Louis platform, and proclaimed that the only salvation for the county was in electing Third party president and congress. He called for three cheers 1 for the nurseling into which he was | trying to instil some of the vigor of manhood, and they were given with a will by the few populiteS aud their ne- | gro allies. When the howls and groans l had subsied he announced that he had d book at the hotel, writtenby himself, which he would be pleased to sell the dear people. It covered all the points glanced over in his talk and he knew it was a good book-iust the thing the l people needed for he wrote it himself. 1 Price, one dollar and fifty cents. The writer followed to the hotel to see what sort of book peddler Candidate | Weaver was, but his genius in that | lA kak, tad there were no offers to buy. Beyond a short review of his political acrobatism
 in which he admitted having belonged to every political organization that had existed since the war, there WAS not the least instruction or point in his speech if speech it might be called
 Even the intelligent populites were dis appointed.
 THE GUBERNAToRIAL CANDIDATES. | Col. W. G. Whipple, republican can didate for governor, arrived on the early Little Rock and Memphis train and received no attention or courtesy from local members of his party. Col. | Fishback and Prof. Carnahan reached the city on the l0:40 Iron Mountain train. The Forrest City Cleveland club met Monday night and arranged for the reception of the democratic 1 standard bearer. The members of the club, with badges adorning their lapels, l repaired in body to the depot to greet their fayorlte. All arrangements had been made by committee appointed for that purpose and consisting of l.. Mallory, O. B. Rollwage and Dr. J. E. Stone. A reception committee. con- | posed of Capt. James Russell. Hon. N W. Norton and Hon. George F Taylor, | took charge of our distinguished guest and, when he alighted from the train, escorted him to a carriage which had been tastily decorated with flowers and l evergreens by the fair hands of a con- mittee of ladies, and which was drawn by four white horses. Headed by the Forrest City cornet band, the process sion wound through different streets until Front street was reached, when the ranks were divided into two files, between which the carriage passed amid the wild cheers of enthusiastic admirers. Col. Fishback dofied his hat and acknowledged the honor with smiles and bows right and left. Our next governor was then escorted to his hotel and the procession broke up.
 At2 o'clock a large assenblage- propably thousand perSons-gathered about the stand where Weaver had spoken Saturday. 0. B Rollwage was elected chairman of the meeting. and in few words expressed his appreci- ation of the honor conferred upon him. k. G. Bradfield was elected secretary.
 COL. W. c. wHIPPLE
 was the first speaker introduced. He struggled hard to make a round plug fit square hole in trying to explain how the producer, not the consumer, paid the tariff on all duuable goods