People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-19
Harris County.

AU mass meeting OF the Peoples
Party Of Harris county, Brother r.
B. Trayfor was elected chairman and
J. G. Blanton secretary.
The chair stated that Rev. S. A.
Walker, the war. horse of McDaffie
county, would be in at | o'clock.
Rev. j. W. Wilson was called up.
on for an address, and responded in
his usual forcible and happy manner,
taking up the Omaha platform and
fully enunciating its principles to the
satisfaction of all fair minded and
unbiased men present. He then
took up the money question and
handled it with gloves off, producing
figures and facts that were unde-
niable.
The chair announced a recess until
l o'clock.
Rev. S. A. Walker, of McDufie
county, arrived on time, and court
house was soon filed to overlooking
with both white and colored citizens.
The speaker stated that he expected
to deal in plain truths, saying that
he was 50 strong a believer in the
doctrines Of truth that if truth was
taken out Of heaven it would soon
become hell, and placed in hell it
would soon become a heaven. He
said he had no need of misrepre-
senting the Democrats. He handled
the silver question, the tariff, the rail-
road plank and the land plank to the
entire satisfaction Of all true men
present, showing the work of the
cowardly majority in Congress and
proving that there was not money
enough in circulation to carry on the
business of the country. He then
took up the great force bill and ne
gro supremacy hobby and proved by
all the oolored men present that they
did not want anything Of that kind.
He compared the Omaha platform
with the doctrine of Jefferson and
asked the Democrats present to com
pare their present meaningless con
fusion of words with the true Demo-
cratic doctrines of Jefferson. The
speaker closed by saying he thanked
God he was a soldier in the late war,
and had nothing to take back; was
glad to fight for Southern rights and
to vindlcate Southern manhood, but
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and had strength and mind to fight
for more glorious cause, and that
he expected to battle till the cause
of right and true principle tri-
umphed..
Brother Walker did not need the
show of hands to tell him who was
with him, for the applause came
from all over the house, from both
white and colored. He held the
crowd bound to him for nearly two
hours, and long before he had fin
ished his argument you could tell by
the countenances of the honest til
lers Of the soil that he was speaking
to Peoples Party men. All were
with him except about one dozen
court house moss backs some who
claim to be Ocala DEMOCRATS.
After the speaking many rushed
to take the gallant champion Of right
by his hand, exclaiming they had
heard Of the old war-horse Of the
Tenth district, and that they did not
blame Hon. Thomas E. Watson for
calling him his partner.
Men were heard to remark that
they had been strong Democrats but
they were obliged to be Peoples
Party, for Mr.. Walker did not leave
them anything to stand on, and pro-
nounced it the best speech they ever
heard on the situation.
Mr.. Editor, we have lot of office
seekers to fight in Harris county.
There isn't an office holder but who