Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-22
GENERAL WEAVER.
A Correspondent Tells of His
Visit to Meridian.
Four Thousand People Turn
Out TO Hear the Reform
Leader.
He Makes q Great Speech and
Answers His Slandercrs.
The Democratic Party Bosses
SOrcly DiSgruntlcd.
Special Correspondence ]

Special Correspondence.
MERIDIAN, Sept. 16 Gen. Weaver's
visit TO this place on the 18th inst, was
a great occasion for the peoples cause.
From early morn until tho hour for
speaking, throngs of the sturdy yeo-
many poured into town and called
upon the great leader at his hotel.
Gen. Weaver spoke in the great Sam
Jones Tabernacle where he was greeted
by an audience of about 1000. He
opened by reviewing his Western tour,
saying there never was in the history
of this country such tremendous de-
monstrations in favor of the Peoples
party. They met him every where by
thousands and showered the trains in
side and even on top with flowers. At
this point some Democrat said he had
not gathered any flowers here. lie re-
piled by saying tho flowers here were
in the hearts of his audience, and we
made the welkin ring with shouts.
He next spoke of his trip through
Arkansas. Had large crowds, never
less than 1900. Same of Texas, and said
further both States were safe for the
Peoples party in November. His
speech at Ruston, La, was received by
an audience OF fully three thousand,
and that State was falling into line.
He said the way this movement started
was by one farmer going over to his
neighbor and talking of their condi-
ton, working hard, etc, and discover
ing the same things, and calling in
others and by putting their heads to-
gether and doing some thinking and
investigating found they were being
robbed by legalized thievery.
He next spoke OF
LABOR, FINANCE AND TRANSPORTATION,
and showed to the minds of all his vast
audience how they were being impov-
erished by the manipulation of finance
in the interest of money sharks and by
being compelled to pay large dividends
on watered stock to transportation
companies. Challenged any 60 day or
60 year lawyer to show that il was
right for the people to make money
and let bankers have it at one per cent.
who then loaned it back to the people
from 10 to % per cent, why it would
not be proper for the people to have it
to themselves at two per cent. Why
give their credit to a favored class at
one per cent. and then turn round and
borrow it back at ruinous rate of
interest! The exception clause was
put in the Treasury note especially to
depreeiste it in the interest of the
money sharks.
He showed that at the end of the war
there were two billions of money in cir
culation among the ten twenty five
million Of people at the North, which
was eighty dollars per capita, and all
out of debt and enjoying unDrecelent-
on prosperity; whereas now with
population of sixty-five millions of peo-
pie, we had by even Secretary Fosters
statements S1,50000O000 or say S57 less
per capita than the Northern people
had at the end of the war, and now
every body in debt going to ruin. He
showed the rottenness and deceit of
both the old parties to the people, and
how this Congress, pledged to reform,
had increased expenditures, refused to
repeal the Mckinley bill they were
pledged to repeal, and that Wall street
threatened them with the loss of New
York, if they passed the silver bill, aud
how they expected to keep the South
chained to this car of juggernaut by the
cry of Force bill, and humbug the
West with the cry of Tariff, and by
such humbuggery enslave not only the
South and West, but the whole people.
He said,
THE WEST is OPPOSED TO THE EoRCE BILL
and does not intend to have It.
and referred to Harrison's letter of
acceptance, wherein he lodged the
Force bill plank, and said the Peoples
party had already beaten the Republi-
can party and intended to defeat the
fraud known as the Democratic party.
He told the Democracy their party was
rotten, and in addition it had the gal
looping consumption and would soon be
dead.
The speech was the most terrific ex
pose of the old Democratic fraud that
any people ever heard. 1t sent con-
viction to hundreds of his audience
and utter CONSERVATION aud dismay to |
the ringsters and bosses.
A professional gentleman who stands |
high in the city for his mental attain
ments remarked that he had no idea |
Gen. Weaver was such
GIANT MENTALLY,
and that it was one of the greatest |
speeches he ever listened to.
ANSWERS HIS SLANDERERS
I forgot to say Gen. Weaver took up
the reports of his speeches and read |