People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-23
GEORGIA 23 1892

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how utterly impossible it was to ad-
dress you upon these questions which
we think are right, and Mr.. Black
honestly thinks are wrong. | have
only twenty three minutes to con-
clude, and if am permitted to say
| it
A voice. I do not think you viii
be permitted to say. it, Tommy, old
boy. You are too rotten.
(This sally was greeted with a
long continued applause by the same
old gang)
A voice. Let us adjourn, Mr..
Watson. They don't want to hear
you talk.
Mr.. Watson. No; T do not think
they do. / have pitched this argu-
ment on a high plane. | have in
dulged in no personalities. | ask
you who have done such great wrong
to Major Black as well as myself, if
it is right for few men who do not
want to hear those questions discuss
ed, to keep thousand from hearing
that want to hear. No one man
ought to insult speaker, and try to
keep him from speaking to a thous-
and who want to hear.
A voice on the second seat from
the stage. I cannot hear you hear.
MFR. Watson. No; hardly hear
myself.
/ had prepared for this occasion,
careful argument on the business
features of our platform, clearing
away misrepresentation, and ex-
pounding it from the standpoint Of
Jeffersonian Democracy. l intend
ed to show you that every plank
was in accordance with the teachings
of Jefferson; but as a matter of
course, you see that have had no
chance to do SO tonight. Laugh
ing and chatting, leering and jeering,
bowling and growling.)
Let me tell you what I showed at
Sandersville. l showed from JET
ferson's work an endorsement Of our
land plank, which Mr.. Black de.
nounced. | showed an endorsement
Of our plank favoring direct issue
Of money by the Government, which
he denounced. I showed denuncia-
ton of the State banks, which he
wants, and which | showed Jeffer-
son said would be a curse to the
country, and what do you suppose
he said? "Why, l cannot be bound
by everything that Jefferson said
sixty or seventy years ago."
A voice. Hurrah for Jefferson.
Another voice. Hurrah for Black!
Mr.. Watson. Well, which are
you going to take for your standard,
Mr.. Black or Mr.. LETTERS on?
Many voices. Black; Jefferson;
Black, Black, Black, Black, Black.
Mr.. Watson: If you take Jeffer-
SON at all, you must take what he
said sixty or seventy years ago, be-
cause he has not had chance to
talk since.
A voice. Jefferson is a dead |
duck. We want the new Dem
ocracy.
Mr.. Watson. Yes, you want any
thing but fairness and justice. You
want anything but, ''equal rights to
all men; special privileges to none.
You want national bank class legis-
lation. You want railroad mono
poly. You want the gold standard
instead of the free silver, which JEFF
ferson wanted. You want to pay
tribute to the bankers, rather than
free currency for all the people.
A voice. Uurrah for Black! Let
Tommie 60 to h-ll
Mr.. Watson. What? What? In
the presence of ladies. My God! has
this day come in Geoagia?
Now, some of you think that it is
great crime to start new party,
and many of you do not know that
the Democratic party was third
party, started by Andrew Jackson.
(Great applause from the benches
occupied by the workingmen, ming
led with cries of, ''Traitor, traitor"
from the same old gang)
Mr.. Watson. You cry traitor,
and have not sense enough to know
that Jefferson never did call his
party the Democratic party, but call
it the Republican party.
A voice. Tommy, you could have |
been President Of the United States
if you had stuck to the Democratic |
party.
Mr.. Watson. You say, ''if I had
stuck to the Democratic party"
Why not say stick to justice and
right?
Same voice. Yes, but you went |
back on the Democratic party.
Mr.. Watson. Went back on who? |
I never went back on single man |
that cast a vote for me.
(At this point there was another |
outbreak Of blackguardism. 1t
would seem that an equal number Of
the imps of darkness could scarcely
equal the confusion and malignant
spleen exhibited. The speaker,
with great vehemence and indigna-
ton continued)
I had message to deliver to this