The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06
THEIR OPINIONS.
HINES AND WILSON DISCUSS THE
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
They Are Not Satisfied with H. when Is
Evidence That the Declaration IL All
Right-They speak at Mtlledgeviie.

NiIledgeville. Ga, August 4.-(Special)-
Milledgeville has been in the hands OF
the populists today. Watson and Hines
spoke here to two thousand people HE III
o'clock Georgia train brought III the popu-
list leaders. They were met at the depot
by n brass band and driven in handsome
turnout to the speakers stand on the cam
pus of the Middle Georgia Mechanical ana
Agricultural college. Captain Crawford,
n prominent attorney, introduced Judge
Hines, who spoke for one hour and a half
Judge Hines opened by saying that Mr..
Atkinson had denounced the populists as
anarchists, to which Steve Clay said
amen, and yet the state democratic con-
vention had adopted the populist platform.
The popuists, said Mr.. Hines, believe in
abolishing the present convict lease sys-
tenn The democrats say it is not yet time
to discuss it, but they will attend to 1T
when the proper time arrives. That's
the way they straddle that issue. The
democrats are the greatest straddlers on
the earth, but the straddlers are not the
rank and file of the democracy, who are
as honest as we are. But the men who
parcel out the offices in advance have made
so many promises in the last few years
and failed to come up to them that they
now straddle on all important issues by
saying they will settle them when the time
comes. The populiSts believe in an honest
ballot and a fair count-not in whisky
barrel rule" said Mr.. Hines.
Attacking; the Senator's.
Judge Hines paid his respects to the
United States senate and Mr.. Cleveland in
the following words: They are set of mill
lonares. who have no more interest in the
people than the man in the moon. Today
they stand by the liquor trust and the SUI
gar trust, and Cleveland wants free coal
and free iron because his friend Whitney
leases the Nova Scotia Mines"
Judge Hines spoke at length on the finan-
cial situation, putting forth the
argument that supply and demand
do not control prices Over-production, he
said, has never yet hurt people. The re-
pUblicans are for the free coinage of silver
at "a ratio of 10 to l. Where do the demo-
Gratis stand on the silver question? What
did the democrats do in their late conven-
ton? The Constitution says they did one
thing and The Journal says they did
other The popusts are accused of preach
ing social equality because they believe in
giving the negro the right guaranteed by
the constitution of the country, the rlSht
to a free ballot and fair count. Why, Gro
yer Cleveland has gone farther on the line
of social equality than any other man, dem
ocrat or republican. While governor of
New York he favored a measure placing
white and black children side by side in the
schoolrooms.
The Judge Is Sarcastic.
Continuing, he said: why quit the grand
old party, why turn the boys out who are
living on the democratic fat? Why not
fight it out in the old party? I'll tell you
why. Because the party has become so cor
rupt that it does not carry out its pledges.
What is the object of a political party 1t
is the accomplishment of certain great pur-
poses Ii the party has become so discord-
ant and corrupt that it is not agreeable as
to the principles for which it is going To
and ought to be retired, and that is the Tx
the democrats are in now. They have more
discord among themselves than any otner
party on the face of the earth. They are
now cussing themselves great deal more
than they cussng the popuIstS why
Because the men in the democratic party
who have stood true to its principles anu
who believe in true and honest methOds III
politics have been turned down IN Georgia
They promise financial relief. They
have absolutely refused 10 give You ang
financial relief. Though they denounced the
Sherman law as a cowardly makeshlIt, lheS
absolutely refused to repeal that law ana
they simply repealed one clause OF IL ana
/ that clause was the only one mat hltleu
at silver. They promised you d'IIi relorln
What have they done to date? They nave
/ done nothing and the iemocracys tate lies
| swinging in the democratic cradle between
/ the house and the senate about TO die
! They say that they are willing to vote on
any measure that they can get together on
! Mr.. Cleveland said that the party had the
power to redeem its pledges; Ihey are
| going to give you Bill Mckinley. Jr., for
| Bill Mckinley, Sr.
| Cannot Tell the Difference.
Judge Hines ridiculed the tariff bill now
| under discussion being a direct blow AT
| the prosperity of the south and west. He
! said that il was one of Mr.. Cleveland's
schemes for running over the New England
| states to democracy. And he SAID. W e
| don't want any more northern democrats
! because YOU can't tell northern democrat
| from "a republican to save your soul. You
! can't tell an eastern democrat from west
I ,,.tt Il
| man has got to put on his specks TO ais
! tinsush between a southern democrat ana
| 4 republican. The democrats asked for
| chance in the last presidential campalsn-
! They promised free silver and tariff reform
Hame they given them to 70? How many
chances are YOU going TO give them? Mr..
| Atkinson said in his Fayetteville speech
that the populists are sick people. have
been all over Georgia and l have seen
populsts. We are growing demcc~'''s
are joining US everywhere; The Evans
tics are joining
democrats are joining us everywhere.
They are sick because the old party mas
gone back on Jeffersonian principles. sick
because John Sherman commands the dem
ocfatc ship and Mr.. Reed furnishes the
rules by which Mr.. Crisp manages a demo
cratic house" In conclusion Judge Hines
said that no man need be afraid OF the
third Party-it Was lighting for honest So
jefferson. equal right to all and special IA
vor to none, and sooner or later the prin-
cples would triumph in Georgia.
MIR. Watson iS Bitter.
Mr. Watson was introduced by Colonel j.
F. P4.tle, last seasons candidate for con-
gress.oraI honors on the third party ticket.
Mr Watsons speech was a strong plea for the
negro vote and bitter denunciaton of
democracy for failure to redeem platform
pledges. He said that the populSts were
lighting for the political principles Of our
revolutionary fathers. while the democratic
party knew not what they were lighting for.
The democratic platform was made to
catch votes. The financial plank in the
platform of 1898 was like the farmers fish
basket. which had mouth both up and
down the stream To catch fish both ways.
the populist's position on the financial ques-
ton everybody can understand. and If II
was not good democracy there was none IN
/. the country The only fight now being
made by democrats is by men who want
office. The democratic party is Bound TO
die because it is divided against itself
You can be anything and be democrat,
he said. There more different sorts
of democrats than the ingredients in board
ing house hash. The democratic party can
not travel. Why? Because the democrat in
the east is against the democrat in the
south-the democrat in the west is different
from the democrat in the north. They are
all different They cannot pull toSeth-
err, because they all want to go