The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-11-03

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could proceed. lie then said: "fhey
may have their travelling bar bar to
eyade the law and their howhug
mobs. but | have the hearts OF the
| people with me in this fight"
That's right, Col. I. we're with
soa." shouted dozen alliancemen.
The democrats showed fight 1t this
and Livingston and Watson had to.
show their good feeling towards each
other to prevent a general pitched
/ battle.
| Watson's next fire brand Was n
i quotation from Northen's speech in
which he said: "Go home and strike
The wife OF your youth new grown
iold. strike the innocent and prattling
child at her knee lifting up her voice
/ ia PRAYER, but dou't strike the grand
old democratic party"
His comments on this made the
democrats mad and the "wool hats
hilarious and there were loud shouts
of denial.
The little Colonel Tom" threw
omen his coat and vest. barring his
/ breast, and shouted: 'I'm not
afrai,i; you never saw my lip culver
nor my face blanch in the hour OF
danger"
Bull, for you, Col. Tom, we're
with you; give it to emf came from
his crowd.
Watson then sailed into Livingston
Northen and Cleveland, and
berated them for their at
titude on the free silver bill. He
tried TO quote jefferson on state banks
but The Democrats howled him dswn.
One section Of the crowd became
wilder than the other, and q man
shouted: "Don't you cut me"
Coats were shed, knives and razors
became the arguments, and the whole
500 men hogan to surge toward that
center frem which came the voices.
Col. Livingston jumped to the
front Of the platform, in front Of
Watson, and yelled: "Bill Wander
gri1, for Gods sake 90 away from
there and keep quiet. 1t you fellows
don't put on ysur coats and settle
down I'll get down and lick sll Of
you"
Livingston is big man aud said
to be brave. His prompt and def
ant command quieted the men who
were getting ready to fight and then
friends separated them. The knives
again we're slipped up their sleeves
and after Col. Livingston had threat
ened to lick half dozen other men
in different parts Of the crowd, he
succeeded in getting them quiet
enough TO ALLOW Watson to proceed.
Watson took up the silver plank
again and jumped into the demo-
cratic house for refusing to pass the
bill even after republican senate
had passed it. lie also ridicHled the
democratic record ON tariff reform
and regarding its professions of
economy said its house had spent
more money than the so-salled billion
dollar Reed congress. He took up
the force bill and quoted from south
ern democratic papers to show that
the democrats were afraid that the
republicans would drop that measure.
This cry of force bill had been used
by democrats to hold the south solid
for years. 1t had been the only
power to prevent the laboring classes
in the south leaving the Democratic
party. The democrats were Yelling
to the republicans: "For Gods sake
keep up the agitation on the force
bill, for it's our only salvation in the
south. So lond as you support
such a bill in the north, we can
brighten the south into standing to-
gether against it," But the people
of the south no longer feared the
force bill, they wanted honest cleo
} tons. They no longer feared negro
domination.
) The negro was not asking for So
cial equality. They did not want it,
but they did want and they should
have their political rights, and the
poor negreessand poor whites we're
beginning to understand that their
interests lay along the same lines
; They should stand together agai ms
|, their oppressors [cheers and "Tha't
1 right" from white men and black
who stood closely packed togeths,
near the stand.] Il pray God for a
pure ballet" said Watson, and there
: were loud "amen.." He spoke of
y Weaver, and the democrats howled
him down, but he gos back at them
with the declaration that the south
. protested to love brave men, men
: who would fight. Weaver had the
courage to fight for his side, but
Cleveland and Stevenson had not the
!. courage to fight for either. They
stayed at home while north and south
we're battling for what each believed
|: to be right 1t was then the farmers
I tried to shout and jeer at Cleveland
and ask democrats how they could
: vote for such towards. They we're
| dangerously near the fighting line
again when Watson ended his speech
and Livingston took the platform to
reply.
: The cid father of che alliance in
. Georgia had an embarrassing role tc
I. play. He was face to face with the
I men who followed him for years in
all the doctrines of the peoples party
r and who believed that he had desert.
I ed them to secure Office, just as did
a Gov. Northen, another old alliance
t leader. He tried to discuss the is.