People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-30
PEOPLES ATLANTA GEORGIA.

! near as nuCn as ne wants, ana every
Democrat will hear more than he wants
Cries of 'Newsom Newsom! p and
Kissing.
Mr. Watson: Now. fellow-citizens
this capitol has been built by the people
| OF Georgia. Ii has been occupied by
both the other parties, and they have
been listened to with respect. No PEG
| pies party man, | am sure. ever disturbed
one of these speakers. [ simply request
at the hands of those who do not agree
with my political views that they will
treat us in this capitol, which is as much
ours as theirs, with the same respect
that we bestowed on their speakers.
This is not a country where freedom of
| speech is abridged Every man has a
right to speak his opinions i'll Georgia.
ask for no convert except those that
can reach by reason. We are all entitled
to our opinions, but at the same time it
seems to me that we ought to give re-
gpectful hearing, without insult, to those
with whom we do not agree. If we
cannot do that, it is the part of gentle
men to stay away. New, NEW, bow
WOW. That is the standard Democratic
argument. They are afraid everywhere
| to meet these issues and discuss them on
| their merits. In nearly every place /
! have been these Kisses and boots and
! wells have been resOrted to. Now, when
| gentlemen resort to that line of argu-
ment does it not show the weakness of
| their cause
Cries of Eyes, yes p and laughter.
| Demoniacal yells from the dude element
Mr.. Watson: That is not the argu-
ment Of men who are seeking for truth
Every man who came here tonight with
an honest intention and to hear these
great questions fairly discussed must
| condemn such methods, and will very
nationally conclude that men who came
here not to hear us fully and fairly dis
cuss our views but to prevent others
from hearing them discussed, must be in
position that is untenable. There must
be something rotten in their principles
or they would be willing to meet us with
reason instead Of with Kisses.
Kisses and cat calls.
AS | said, the protest of the minority
is the watchword of progress. The
Reformation, which has spread it's bless
lngs all over the earth, beneftipg the
church from which it withdrew as much
as those who withdrew from it, was q
protest of the minority. And so in gov
ernmental affairs, nearly every principle
embodied in the constitution, which at
the time it was framed was al innova-
ton in political government, was pro-
test Of the minority. Many of the prln-
Isciples now endeared to us resulted from
the protest of minority Of brave men,
some Of whose lives were forfeited to the
principles therein contained. Why, the
principle that the people have right to
be heard in the making of laws was
truism for which men of one hundred
years ago sacrificed their lives.
Voices: ''YOu-yow, bow-wOw- WOW,
new" followed by laughter and ieering.
Mr.. Watson Listen my friends You
do not know how all this sounds to some
of these good people. At the time that
the patriots were shot down in the streets
of Lexington at the outbreak Of the Rev
dictionary war
[Hoots and yelIs drowned the speakers
voice and I missed the conclusion of the
sentence.
Horne I'ooke was tried in the courts in
England and fined six thousand dollars
for his expressions Of sympathy for the
patriots so shot down.
A voice in the balcony: "Cock-a-doO-
dIe-doo." Laughter from the disturbers;
Indignation from the people.
Mr.. Watson: It is worth something
to see how the protest of the minority is
treated Nevertheless it goes on and on
until it accomplishes its purpose, and the
truth and justice of the principles for
which brave men laid down their lives
become so self evident that they are &C
cepted without question in the next gen
Grafton.
Now, fellow. citizens, we of the PeO-
Piles party promulgated a platform which
was a protest of the minority against the
policy of the majority. The protest of
those who suffer from bad laws against
those who make bad laws. A protest of
those who are getting more poverty
stricken every year when others are
reaping the fruits of their tolls. A pro
test from those who are under against
those above. A protest from those who
produce and who think they are en-
titled TO fair share in the fruits of their
production. Take the labor question up.
Is it not high time that light should flow
in upon the fundamental propositions?
Is it not right that the man who labors,
whether in the factory or the shop, in
the field or in the mine, in the village or
in the city, is entitled to fair share of
the product Of his labor. Hoots and
rank communism.
Mr.. Watson: That charge is made by
A voice Bully for Northen. Hur-
rah for Northen. New, NEW; bow
wow"
Mr.. Watson That charge is made by
the Hon. William J. Northen, and he
ought to know; for he helped to frame
that platform. Why do you not hurrah
for Northern ?
Voices; eyes, hurrah for Northern
New, VOW, VOW, yow." This uproar
lasted three minutes
Mr.. Watson: Our platform says that
there ought to be an income tax. That
is not rank communism, is it ?
A voice eyes 'Rah for Blackl'
Mr.. Watson Our platform says that
the land is the heritage of all the people
and should not be monopolized for spec
ulative purposes, and alien ownership of
land should be prohibited That is not
communism, is 1t ?
Our platform says that there should be
direct issue Of money to the people
from the treasury, instead of its being
monopoIized and a royalty paid upon
it to the monopoly known as national
banks That is not communism, is it ?
Our platform says that the taxes of
the people ought to be cut down to ne
cessities of the government economically
administered. That is not communism,
IS it?
Our platform says that the railroads,
the great highways up which passengers
go, down which freightS go, those great
al taries Of commerce, should be owned
and operated by the government in the
interest of the people. Is that COM