People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02

WneTe, on, where are the demo-
Gratis that were going to keep me
from speaking here today? CA
voice, cup Salt River. Hurrah for
our Tcm.') We have been conser-
vative; we have been patient; we
have submitted to personal abuse,
and returned none; but the man who
thinks that the Peoples party is
afraid of any living crowd of mis-
creants, reckons without his host.
LCries Of, "Now you're shouting,
Tom; we're right here, and here to
stay until after November.'') We
are going to stand to the rack; we
are going to hew to the line (; we are
going to follow the flag ; and that
man who stands in the way of the
mighty march of the people, in their
mission of securing "equal rights to
all, and special privileges to none"
had better insure himself against
bruises, and knocks, and sore bones,
before making the attempt. There
is a limit! ("Good-bye, Jimmie. y
| do not mean by that to threaten
any personal collision; | do not
mean by that to inculcate any per-
sonal hatred, but what I mean by
that is that we are going to keep
right along in the middle of the
road. The road belongs to us as
much as to any other class of citizens,
and all the abuse, all the ridicule
that can be heaped upon us; all the
lies that can be told about us, are
not going to deter us from meeting,
as free men, face to face to hear the
truth about how the democrats have
distorted the facts. Cheering and
applause.)
Now, there never was better
illustration of the power OF right over
wrong than this meeting. They
have tried to get you away from this
meeting with persistence worthy
of better cause. They have piped
and you would not dance (laughter)
they have taken snuff, and you have
not sneezed' (renewed laughter) :;
they have killed a dyspeptic sheep
or two, and one or two fruit fattened
hogs, and the people have deter
mined to let the meat spoil over the
pits (great laughter, and cries of,
go on, Tom, you are feeding us") },
and while they may go down there
and fill their stomachs, you will go
home with your heads full of Peo-
pies party facts. Great cheering
Now, to return to the "Peek sla
very bill.'' When that bill came
from the House of Representatives,
with Mr.. TUFTS and the Sparta
Show-my-light's stamp of approval
upon it, what did we do? We
amended'the bill so as to give the
rich man no advantage of the poor
man. CA voice, "Thank you," and
the whole audience took it up). And
one of the best amendments to that
bill was introduced by Col. w. l.,
Peek, who is the standard bearer of
the Peoples party for the high and
responsible Office of Governor of the
State of Georgia, and whom the
democrats are abusing as a slave
driver. CHEERS for Peek. Here
is the record, and that will show you
the extent to which they have tried
to deceive you people. "a voice,
Owe knows you and we knows
them.") Here is the proof, and if
there is single item that I have
failed to touch upon, you just sing
out and I will sing back. Peek
offered an amendment that "No
provision of that Act shall have
commenced until after the hlreing
commenced the service under the
contract" Why was that? Because
an unscrupulous landlord, taking adj
vantage of ignorance, might have a
contract made for five years, and the
innocent signer would be sold into
slavery without knowing it until he
was bound by its provisions. It was
totally unlike the bill which the
Show-my-hght said entitled it's au-
thor to monument at the hands Of
the people Of Georgia. Voices,
"God bless you.'') The Tut bill
was one that could have kept the
people on the rack in every instance
where an INSCRIPTIONS man chose to
exercise his craft over the ignorant
man. But Col. Peek said "No; let
us have the contract for only one
year." and if there be any mistake as
to whether the contract, as made,
was understood by the party bound
by it, how was it that to be ascer-
tanned? When the employee, the
servant, the hreling, or the laborer,
actually recognized that it was a
good contract by going to the farm
after Christmas and starting into
work. What was that put in there
for? For the purpose of keeping a
man from claiming that you had
made contract with him sometime
in December-that you had prom
ised sometime in November to go to
work for him, and got him entangled
on some frivolous claim; for in
stance, that he had received a plug
of tobacco, or taken a drink from
him. No; that amendment offered
by Col. Peek did not suit the Show