The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16

sult-or some Of the logical results--of the
position of the third party on this question
Oh the railroads. Why, my friends of the
third party, you cannot have seriously con-
s1dered these matters or you would not l
am sure, stand to any party which advo-
Gates such principles for minute.
Now, those third party fellows are trying
to draw Off some of you democrats by
saying that you ought not to support the
democratic party because it hasn't done
anything. Why, that's all moonshine. Tom
Watson and the rest Of those fellows were
urging you to leave the party just as hard
a year ago when congress hadn't even met.
They're just against the democratic party,
that's ali. And when they say that they are
not going to support the democratic party
because the party through its representa-
tives at Washington, had not done anything
they are simply trying to fool you. They
were just as strong against the democratic
party before it had any opportunity at all
to act they are now.
What Has Been Done.
Colonel Atkinson reviewed at length what
the democratic party has done since it as
summed control of the government.
When the party went into power" he
said, cit found the government resting under
the impetus of thirty years of federal leg
islation. 1t went in ut an unfortunate time,
for the shadow of financial depression,
it," He went to show that the
odious federal election law had been re-
pealed that the tariff bill, which takes a
long step in the right direction toward
which we finally aim, had passed both
houses; that the democratic congress had
shown that it was not in the hands of the
money power by passing the income tax;
that the revision of the pension laws al
ready accomplished would in four years
save $10O,0o0,OOO to the taxpayers.
Now, I'm frank to say that congress has
not done all that l had hoped or all that
YOU were anxious that it should do" con-
tinued Colonel Atkinson, but they have ac-
compiished much Congress has been in
session less than a year 1t will, ! know,
do much more the line of the promises
which the party has made to the people.
1t is not fair to judge the work of congress
by what we would have liked to have seen
done, but compare its work with that of
other congresses that have gone before No
congress has done more in the same time
none has done as much. Why, if the con-
gress which you third party people want to
elect were made up of the same kind of
fellows as those western fellows you have
Up there now this congress has already done
more than your third party congress would
do in million years. If the people find
that their representatives in congress, or
some of them, have not voted in the way
that they had a right to expect the peo-
pie will strike them down and send others.
No matter what political party you are in,
you've got to trust men. That is something
which all of you will, when you think of it,
acknowledge. Now, the question which pre-
sents itself to you men who have strayed
away from the democratic party and gone
to the third party is Just this: Why leave
correct principles and go to rotten princi-
pies? The thing to do is not to desert good
principles because men may go wrong
strike down the men! If you are men,
Der of the church and your preacher goes
wrong, you do not fire your Bible into the
fire and curse your religion, but you dis
charge your preacher and get another. 1t
is exactly the same thing in this matter of
parties, and the men who are chosen to
represent the principles of those parties.
There is not of you men who call your
selves third party men who Will stand by
and endorse the principles of your party.
The fact OF the matter is you don't believe
in your party-you just believe in Tom Wat
SON"
Where They Are Incoasiste"t.
Taking up the Inconsistencies of the third
party and their leaders. he said
Take this silver question. The third
party leaders tell you to desert the demo-
crs. dc party because you didn't get free sill
VIZ, and yet they laughed at it before. 1t
has not been SO very long since they were
going over the state hootng at the idea OF
free silver and claiming that it only meant
a bout 80 cents per capita anyhow; now they
Jay desert the democratic party because
the party has not given you free silver.
DO they mean to say that you'll get II by
sticking to the third party? Why, as | re
member it, there were eighty-four free sill
vel democrats up there from the south and
only nine populists. Isn't it good arithmetic
to say that you have eighty-four chances
to get free silver by staying in the demo-
cratic ranks to nine chances by going with
the populists? The thing to do is clear and
Gistinc+ Stand by those who are in favor
OF making silver primary money and re-
storing it to it's rightful place as money.
Send back those men who have been faith
full to their trust and call on the people of
the other parts of the United States to
send to congress men who will stand with
them.
Look at the record of your populist mem
bers of congressi You people favor the re-
peal of the ten per cent tax on state banks
The third party fellows voted against that.
On the tariff they were divided, even on
the proposition of free wool. Half of the
third party fellows in the senate voted
against free WOOL voted to raise the price
OF your blankets and the clothes you've got
to buy. They either are divided on every
question or they have voted directly against
the interests of the people. On that same
tariff bill every one of the populist members
OF the HOuSe voted win Reeu against TAX
ing up the bill.
land what is their record on other Things?
W men the seat of Rockwell, the only free
silver man from the east was contested
every last one of the third party people
every last one of the third party
people voted against him. That
doesn't show very much friendship
So. silver does it? 1t is true they voted
IN favor of the proposition of free coinage
of silver at a rs ito o. IS to l. But "heh
we democrats-who had no interests III
silver mines and who were willing IL we
could not get free coinage at one ratio 10
get if at another-endeavOre to secure
free coinage at other ratios, what did they
do? At the ratio of II to l they sat qule-
and wouldn't help, and at the other ratios
they did exactly the same thing.
A voice from the third party corner
Didn't some democrats do the same?
Eyes, and I'm in favor of defeating all
who did That's why l am in favor or de-
feating your third party people
Bills They've Introduced.
Colonel Atkinson then took up the con-
gressional record and told of some of the
bills which the populist members of con-
syress had introduced. There was one by
Mr. Hudson the effect of which would be
TO increase the amount of pensions by over
81 800 900; one by Mr. Davis, requiring the
government to assume all mortgage debts
at very low rate of interest, the effect
of which Colonel Atkinson explained,
,,-c MD he t0 enable the fellows around the