The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-09
WATSON AND HINES.
The Two Champions Of the Third Party
Speak In Macon.

Macon, ia, July 4.-lopecidi.)- benoiu
the hero
This is how Mr.. Iverson J.. Harris, of Ma
con, introduced the Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son to several thousand people today.
These words Of Mr.. Harris's were greeted
with great applause
The third party rally at Macon on July
4th had been extensively advertised and
the railroads gave special excursion rates
to the people from the surrounding country.
Though the weather was exceedingly hot,
the audience stood it for several hours and
listened to Watson and Judge Hines In
the crowd were many democrats.
No disturbance Of any kind marred the
day.
On the stand with the speakers were the
local third party committee and other gen
tlmemen.
MIR. Iverson L. Harris, talented member
OF the Macon bar. introduced the orators
Judge Illness speech.
This was the first time that Judge Hines
has made a speech Of any sort in Macon.
Mr. Watson has spoken here before. but
Judge Hines never had. The people were
naturally curious to see and hear him.
Judge Hines spoke about one hour. lie
made very conservative speech
Mr.. Wntson's Speech.
Mr.. Watson alluded to the fact that the
Fourth Of July a day which belonged
to no party and one in which every Amer
lean citizen had a common heritage 1T is
associated" said he, in our minds with a
protest against English domination and
with the establishment of our government.
1t is well to reflect that today we are again
threatened with English domination and
that we are threatened with a loss of that
form of government which our fathers eS-
tabliShed. If we are to submit to English
dictation in matters of national finance we
had just well let the English bayonet
defend what the English capitalist has con-
Quered.
Unless we can maintain that principle
which allows the majority to govern them
the spirit OF the republic is gone | declare
to you today that the most important ques-
ton which confronts us is whether We shall
have any government at all. ii oulceS are
to be obtained BY trickery and fraud: II
stuffed ballot boxes and suppressed votes
are to be the order of the day, then We have
no government at all. Whenever the places
OF public trust are to be auctioned of to
the highest bidder anarchy takes the place
OF law and chaos rules where order should
prevail. | call upon all citizens, prospect
i've of party to reach common agreement
upon this question. which Is higher than all
parties and to determine that the honest
and free ballots of the actual voters of this
land shall chose our rulers and dictate our
laws. Why are you democrat today!
What do you believe In? What theories of
government do you hold to be correct?
you go to the polls driven by the party lash?
"A democrat of today must be one Of two
things-he must believe in the principles or
Thomas jefferson or in those or Grover
Cleveland. If he believes in Jenersons prln-
cples he will search for them in vain in
the democratic platform or in democratic
practice. If he believes in the principles OF
Cleveland, he embraces every republican
policy he has denounced and he denounces
the very principles he has been taught to
love. No man can endorse Grover Cleve-
land who is not willing to endorse John
Sherman.
IAN illustration of the confusion which
dominates the democratic mind was af-
forded by the recent speech of the Hon. h.
q. Turner in Atlanta. He is a gentleman
of the highest character and of very fine
ability. In discussing the silver question
he said he would be in favor of it's coinage
of 20 to / as a beginning Strange to say,
in 1856 Judge Turner voted squarely against
the free coinage of silver. In 1892, as
squarey in it's favor: iii 1893 he voted to
stop the coinage of silver altogether, and
In 1894 he says he would favor coinage at 70
to l as beginning. If you change the ra-
ito of coinage at all you upset the entire
system. and to restore unity you must call
in every silver dollar now afioat and coin
1t over. Mr.. Carlisle says this alone would
cost $5S000,000. When a defender of Mr..
Cleveland able Judge Turner is gets
into dlthculty or this sort 1t simply shows
what hard case he had to argue and how
difficult it is for man to run for two offices
at once, Judge Turner is now doing,
without getting more or less tangled up in
the difficulties of the situation.
"Populism proposes to restore to the peo-
pie Jefferson's theories of finance, free gold
free silver and treasury notes, commonly
known greenbacks. 1t proposes to sup
ply the demand which business feels every
where for more money. 1t proposes to lower
expenditures. to lower taxes and to put the
burden of maintaining the government
upon those who are best able to bear it by
the enactment of a graduated income tax