People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-12

in Wall street to strike down free
silver; would like to show you where
David B. Hill stood at the time that
the Atlanta Constitution was trying
to make the people believe that he was
for free silver and Cleveland against
it. Not only that, Mr.. Springer and
some others went over to New York to
a banqnet, where there was lots of
good things to eat and lots of good
things to drink. Well, at the moment
when the wassail and wine were
going forward, and you Democrats
VINO mad borne the standards to vic
tory were lying asleep on your couch
es, after praying God for the people to
triumph (and you would have triumph
ed If your leaders had done what they
promised yOu), at that selfsame mo-
ment the plot was made that free
silver should not be passed, and the
bankers of Wall street struck it down
as they did in 1873. [ gave you warn
/ ing, and you may have thought that
was too previous, but if [ ever have
had to take back any deliberate state
ment Of mine because it was not true,
| cannot at this moment recall it.
/ [ Applause and cries of, THAT'S sou
They did not intend to keep their
| promise. The votes standing on the
trecord will show whether or not my
statements are borne out by the proofs.
LCries of 1--WE know you, TOm," "Good-
bye, Jim" "Hit him again."
You all have heard about the force
bill. | have heard that the babies down
here are put to sleep by telling them
about the force bill. Laughter
am told that tired and lazy mules and
horses go faster Immediately if you say
force bilP to them. Renewed laugh
ter. Now how would you like it if [
were to tell you that the democrats
north and east threatened our south
ern democrats that if the free silver
bill was passed the force bill would be
put On the people Of the south, Muir
mers of indignation [ know this has
been bitterly denied, but [ stand here
ready to furnish proofs. Cries of "yOu
can do it, " Ego it you, goodbye Jim."l
| nave here the report Of a converse
/ ton which occurred when that free
silver bill was up, reported for the
Washington Post, an independent
newspaper at that time, and quoted
in the National Economist, which had
a circulation all over the country, and
never denied by anybody, that those
| AASAiAONA c@OO VI UAAC ANOI LII duO IdSU SdEQ
that they would not have the dishon-
Isl 50 cent dollars, and threatened that
J ii the free silver bill was passed the
5rce bill would come down An the
Il So ia'-ria eople.s [-liit 'em agagn, you,
\ goodbye, Jimmie Black''7 Not only
ehaE, but had it from SehefE2rr Col
Qufst'5 nriyate secretary, Henf ) oolA~s.
That il " me C~Ssrts W. "'de 9t
4 Chicago,-and the northern any, x.-,gern
u democrats said "if you force that free
silver bill look out for the force bill"
\ Now, if the time has come when the
relief promised to the peOple-the re-
| lief that is indispensable to the well
! fare of the country-is to be defeated
I by threats from northern and eastern
| democrats, or from northern and east
ern anything else, [ do not care
whether they are democrats or repub-
/ licans, they are enemies of my people
and 1.-THE speakers voice was drown
ed by a storm of cheers and cries of
ago 1t you, we are with you! goodbye
jim, keep them on the run."] The at
\ tempt is being made to show that the
republicans have killed the silver bill
every time that it has been an issue in
the last ten years, but [ am here to
prove that the democrats have helped
to kill it, and don't you forget it..
| [Great applause.l
| want to read to you what one OF
the democrats Of the House, Mr.. Gels
senhainer, said after the defeat Of the
bill:
People forget even recent history very
fast, - said Congressman Geissenhainer at the
| Arlington. For instance, Mr. Reed plumes
| himself and his party for defeating the silver
| bill, and would have it go forth to the world
| that the Republicans deserve all the credit for
annihiating that measure. Is it not well to
! recall at this juncture that when the Senate in
| the Fifty -trst Congress passed bill for tbs
| free and unlimited coinage Of SILVER and IL
went to the House, it would have passed that
body also had not twenty-five or our Demo
cratic Representatives stood out firmly then
as now for honest money? On that occa-
sion the country was saved from the silver de-
fusion by small contingent of Democrats,
and yet we are to get no credit for it that SER
vice is forgotten ana Ignored q G Mr. Ke ei
| when we needed every Democratic vote that
I.cOuld be attained"
In other words they considered it
such a good thing to have violated
their pledges to the people, they con-
sided it such a strong card to play to
their northern and eastern Democratic
friends, that they were not willing to
allow the Republicans to claim all
the credit of breaking the promises
which were made to the white and the
black people of the South. [SThat's
true! That's true, hit EN- again. [
want YOU to remember, that newspa-
pers and leaders deliberately made
pledges to the people, and as de-
liberately repudiated their pledges;
and it is time to put the question to
you whether you will stand by the
party that is true to your highest and
best interests, or continue sup
porting the men who deliberately
deceive you? Cries of "hit them
again! Hit them hard
Now [ would like to tell you how
they took nearly ten million dollars
out of the treasury to send carriers
around with the mail to be delivered
on the tables in the offices of men in
the cities; but when we asked them
to give fifty thousand dollars to make
the experiment in the country they
spurned us and called US lot OF DEM
agogues, because we wanted little
of the taxes spent among the people
who paid it.
We stand for the income tax. 1
introduced that myself. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means and it never was reported back.
fell Won NV fellow citizens you will