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

Congress of the United States
pledge you here and now that if |
ever come back / will bring back my
commission to you.
Men of Georgia, of all political
parties, will you put your approval
on public record such as Mr.. Wat
sons? / said / ala a Democrat, that
| stand on the Democratic platform.
If | so through, it will be as Demo-
crat. If in the course of events that
flag goes down, my lifeless body will
go down with it. I would rather,
here and now, renounce every politi-
cal hope of the future, and If the
day ever comes when prove recre-
ant to the trust, I hope a lash viii
be put into the hands OF every honest
man and whip me out of the State.
Mr.. Black sat down amid deafen-
ing shouts of approval from his adj
herents, and loud and numerous calls
for ''Watson! Watsonv' from that
gentleman's followers. Mr.. Watson
having Quoted his admirers, consid-
cradle confusion was kept up by
such cries as ''Jag Watson, where is
he at" and so on.
MR.. wATsoN's CONCLUSION
When I was over in Sparta the
other day crowd of men that came
in there from Atlanta, Milledgeville,
Athens and other points, attempted
to disturb the meeting, and keep me
from being heard. That same thing
has been repeated here to-day.
oioes-0Y es! Yes! Yes!' 9th
er voices-"Oh! Oh! ~Oh!--Nol
No! Mop
repeat here, and I repeat it with
emphasis, that whenever this occurs
it is piece of ungentlemanly con-
duct; it is piece of contemplate
conduct, and say that the man who
will interrupt gentleman when he
is speaking like this, discussing grave
public issues Of momentous conse-
quence to every American citizen;
when he is refuting oalumnies with
out a parallel in the history of men
dacity; he is not only not gentle
man, but he is an Internal coward.
| Voices. "That is right; that is
right, Tom, hit him again." and
counter cries Of derision from his
opponents.)
Mr.. Watson. I know you don't
want to hear me in this conclusion,
but I am going to have fifteen
minutes of talk, Interrupt lions not
counted against me, and there are
not men enough from atlanta, from
Athens from Milledgeville, to keep
me from it, either. (Long, continu-
ed applause.)
The speech of which Mr.. Black
complained, abiding to his being
from Kentucky, was made in that
very connection. l felt outraged
that a native born Georgian, speak
ing for his honor, for his wife, for
his dear children, for the people Of
the State whom he loved SO well, could
Ia 1corheard y hisA,native State,
when his opponent was il 90 noth--
er State. That is the connection in
which [ said it, without meaning any
offence to Kentuckians or any slur
upon Kentucky. (Cheering.)
Now let me say to all this i'm
msnse crowd that Mr.. Blacks speech
from beginning to end was not dis
cussion Of the great issues before US
to-day.
TCTies Of. "No! Mol Mol"
Great cheering.
Mr.. Watson. Where did he meet
q single point that I made in the ar
gument? He stood here for an hour
and half abusing Tom Watson, and
nothing else. (Cries OF, CHATS so.
Right you are.')
Mr.. Watson. Hydrophobia is
bad disease, but Watsophobia seems
to be much worse. (Applause)
I asked Mr.. Black how he was 60
ing to relieve the poor people Of this
country, when he lessened their tax
es, what other taxes would he put in
the place of the tariff tax, which he
proposes to reduce. Has he told
you? Cries of ''No! No! Mop
Mr.. Watson. No; and he never
will tell you. When I asked him If
he believed the people were suffering
from vicious legislation
Cries of "Black! Black! Hurrah
for Black" Great confusion and
gesticulating in the audience.
A voice. Tom, give me the word
and / will whip the whole - -
crowd!
Mr.. Watson. Hush, my friend
you are disturbing as we'll as they.
Leave them to me and l will skin
them as sure as you are alive. Go
the .audience) / will control my
friends with one hand and my enc
mics with the other. I do not have
to stop and inquire "Where am
at?"
A voice. You never did; Tom,
and you never will We always know
where you are at"
Mr.. Watson. know that drunken
Democrats sometimes have to stop
and ask where they are at. Loud
lauphter,1 Let me 90 riOht IA tho