The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

She Tells the Story of the Brutal Treatment
Given Her and General Weaver.
Chicago Interview.
shortly after our arrivalsat Albany
turbulent. bowling drunken mob gathered
in and around the hotel. The Democratic
chairman came and offered rs the use of
the Opera-house free, and assured us 'on
the faith of Georgian we would not be
mOlested nor our meeting interrupted.
Yet. Notwithstanding tho gentlemans
interrupted in the vilest manner. plot
had been laid to shut us in the opera house.
and at the conclusion of our address 1Se
would be compelled to llsted to TRADE of
drunken abuse from negro hired by the
chlvalrio Democracy to demonstrate their
ideas of social equality. W
"AJ Columbus another storm awaited u.s.
A reporter of the Atlanta Journal, who had
made q speciality of collecting atfidavits in
regard to General Viewers war record at
Pulaski, and who had followed US persist
entity to incite rowdyism. wac present at
this meeting, and, as usual attempted o
disturbance. Enough of our people were
present, however TO partially suppress 1t,
but we suffered q great deal of indignity.
AT Macon the trouble eliminated. This
time not the ho0dlums of the city, but the
leading citizens in the Democratic club, as
was shown BY notice sent out the pre-
vIous week, prepared to show their
strength at our meeting by disturbances
o'clock p. Ne, when our meeting was sup
posed 70 be under full Roadway, the DEM
ocraJic club, 500 strong. with banners hy-
ing and bands playing Dixie marched
speech was drowned by the frenzied yells
of mob who were ready for any deed of
violence melted by the Democratic leaders
to laugh at lawlcssness ana clap hands with
murder. After the mob had become IN
managable-had bombarded the hotel
wit
eral Weaver. driven our party from the
balcony. and pressed into the
hotel until the proprietor was con-
cerned for his building ANA the safety
of his guests-the chairman Of the Demo-
cratic club, Mr.. Atkinson. accompanied by
the principal of the Macon University, and
IT. Heidi. NJ. h. pastor. implored me 10 ad-
dress the mob. if only for five minutes that
the odium might be lifted from thoir city.
The university professor assured me that
their y Dung men had heard naught save
Democratic talk tor twenty years.
mir. Atkinson has since stated that but
one bad little boy threw butOne good little
egg which happened TO strike Mrs Weaver
An unqualified falsehood. as from sixty TO
eighty eggs were thrown lille we were in
the balcony. But falsehood would natur-
ally go with egg-throwing and ballot-stufi-
ing.
held at bay the light before the date of our
meeting q brutal and murderous mob, and
barely escaped with life. We learned that
extensive preparations had been made for
our meeting. Turkeys were in readiness
to be lowered on the speaker; tomatoes.
cabbagcs and eggs In profusiop, and along
with all dire threats OF armed men; and
the Democrats openly boosted that they
would not permit Yankers and foreigners
to disturb their institutlons' Our chair
man was not permitted to make even AN
announcement. Threats were freely made;
pandemonium reigned, and General Weaver
decided to cancel all dates in Georgia and
leave the State"
''Was Georgia the only State In which
you were offered violencesD
NO. Eggs were thrown during our
meeting ut Richmond, Va. and at Green's
boro. N. c.. the ladies' waiting-room of the
Richmond IL Danville railroad was in
vaded by the scions of the old slave hold.
ing aristocracy that disrupted the country
thirty years ago, and that now comprises
the Young Mems Democratic Club. Inso-
lent staring insulting remarks, vicious
yells for Cleveland and vile remarks in
hearing of Mrs. Weaver aud myself
constituted our treatment from the
noticed them in the room