The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19
HAzLEHURsTs JOINT DEBATE.
Democrats and Third PartyItes Discuss
the Political Issues.

iuS Z EOntlCAl Issues.
HAzLEHURsT. GA. Sept. Is.-There was
a joint discussion OF the political Issues
here yesterday by Col. f. d. Graham, the
regular democratic nominee for the legis-
lature Mr.. Padgett, the independent, and
DR.. 8. W. johnson, representing J. ]. Will
Jams. the Peoples party candidate. The
meeting WIS organized by electing r. T.
Williams chairman and DIR. J. II. Latimer,
Jr., secretary.
u. w. Patterson then introduced Col.
Graham, who said he was placed In his
present position by sixty-eight of the most
honest, upright and intelligent citizens OF
Appling county, chosen by the people Of
the ten districts OF the county, without So
lioitation on his part. He was. therefore,
IN the striotest sense OF the word, the cam
didate Of the people. Col. Graham ex-
coriabed Padgett aud literally tore his plat
form into doll rags.
He asked DR.. johnson what he would
think Of a man who called himself Peo-
pies party man that would come cut and
run against Jack Williams, the candidate
Of that party.
Yet Mr.. Padgett claimed 10 be a demo-
crat, while he was jumping on his party and
trying to destroy 1t.
Col. Graham discussed the tariff 10 a
mastery manner. He showed the necessity
for tariff reduction 10 order to bring the re-
lief the south needed, making a mastery
exposition of the subject from It's inception
TO the present time. The farmers raised
more than could be consumed in the United
States. The farmers Of the south
raised 1900 900 bales Of cotton,
while only 3,00O,000 bales are consumed In
the United States. The reciprocity intro
duced into the Mckinley bill was used to
benefit the manufacturers and not the
IA hn nFa1aF ~fN.
made were with the little agricultural states
OF South America, the reciprocity being the
admission by the United States Of their agri-
cultural products In return for their admis-
sion duty free OF our manufactured articles
The Peoples party said we wanted more
money. He showed there was more money
per capita now in circulation than ever be-
fore in the history Of this country but this
money wRg unequally distributed.
The speaker took the silver currency Of
India aud Mexico for an object lesson, fully
demonstrating the madness of free coinage
without the cooperation OF some other
great commercial nations
The railroad plank of the Peoples party
was handled without gloves. To buy the
railroads would cost $4,000. 600, ,0oO-more
money than the entire circulation of the
money to pay for them come FRONT The
speaker then appealed TO statistics TO show
the great cost OF operating the roads and
asked where the money would come from to
operate them. He called attention TO the
many roads now In the hands OF receivers
because they could not meet their ubliga-
tions.
He discussed the danger in the land loan
scheme taking the Argentine Republic as
an object lesson, showing how the "sedulos, -
as their script is called there, had gone down
to 20 cents then TO so cents and lower
bringing bankruptcy to the once prosperou,
country ruin TO its citizens, and financia
panic TO the civilized world. Ths othel
planks Of the Peoples party were reviewed
at length and their absurdity fully exposed
The speaker devoted some time TO refut.
ing campaign lies circulated In various To-
cations for the purpose Of working up
prejudice against himself The speeches
of Col Padgett and DIR. johnson wore too
tame TO warrant comment