The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-22
THE SPEAKING IN THE GIL ITOL
YARD LAST AFTER
NOON.
WAITE FAILS TO
SHOW UP 10 Speak.
Major Buck Walton Being tle Only
Speaker Present, He Makes
Lengthy Speech Advancing
Populistic Views.

Last afternoon, as per previous an
lnouncement. the Populists had n rally VI
lin the capitol yard, or at least they at
Itempted to have one. About 80 mel
grouped around under the trees about
lo'clOck and of this number at least II
were died-in- the-WOol Democrats, draw
to the scene only through curiosity. The
! rally was for the purpose Of welcoming
| Ex-Governor Waite of Colorado to the city
and upon his arrival that gentleman was
expected to make a very able speech to the
worthy Populists. Major Buck Walton
was brought to the front to DO the "olio''
part, and for an hour or more did he
converse ON THE various subjects that he
thought of, while he waited for the arrival
of the main speaker. He never came,
however. lime rolled on, the 3:15 train
on which he was expected clme in but
still there was no Governor Waite, nor
was there any word of explanation from
him. Major Walton spoke on and on until
he had thoroughly exhausted all Iris sub
iects and then he quit, while the crowd
slowly dispersed.
The major started out in his speech by
making the usual prelude as to the pres
ent dull times and busted bank accounts.
He cited that the rich men gold bugs
were rapidly acquiring possessi IN of this
country. That in q short while the man
of comfortable means, "the middle class"
would be done away with entirely and
there would be but two classes of man
kind, the rich man and the slave, mean
ing the poor man. He appealed to his
hearers to rise up and prevent this catas-
trophe if such be i'm their power. He
then rambled onto the silver ct of 1873
and stated that he would to God that
there had been one single hon ast watch
man ON the tower in that trying hour to
protect the peoples interest, and their
present WOES would never have been
visited upon them. He 'dded that he
would that a man like John II. Reagan
had been in congress then 70 protect the
peoples rights and save the I1orey OF
their fathers. ''Even Though Reagan is
but silver Democrat, he is one of the
most honest men now living Throughout
the length and breadth of this nd" said
the speaker, in the conclusion of his
Reagan boom. When he had said this he
lstODped and waited for an appl Iuse. The
wait was an embarrassing enc, however
as no applause came. The o1o lists evi.
IDENTIFY do not desire to cncoI 'ge Judge
Reagan in his waywardness, h"Nce theil
refusal to applaud the mention of his
name at their rally.
He touched next on Secretary Carlisle
and said that he was surprised to see q
man of his ability pulled around like Car
list was being done by Cleveland He
cited further and for about the fifteenth
time that the country was soing no ruin
| that unless the Populists came together
and let the silver Democrats fall in line
in their rear and all lead on to a strong
and vigorous fight the country was lost
Along about this time the speaker said
he would deal with the Populists' plat
| form. That he would not deal with ii
in ALI is Decentralization, but only il
its rational parts. That the man who
wrote the platform must have sat VI
all night to write it and got very tired as
he got Odwn near the end. The GROVE
doubtless remembering that the 16 to
hair tearing in their platform comes neal
the tail end did not seem to appreciate
this sally. At least they did not ap
paud it, though the speaker awaited
some such evidence of approval.
Major Walton continued his speech by
saying that if the people wanted to ge
the country back on solid basis tina
they must rehabilitate silver at a ratio
of 16 to 1, or about that ratio, and throw
the minis of the United States open t.
the silver production of the entire civ
ilized world. II know" said the speak
err, that the money lenders say the for
eign countries would dump all their silve
on us then. Well, here is my poke
quilting the top of his PANTS pocket Opel
with his hand) let them dump. an
ready to receive all they will dump ant
d. | dare say you all are, too, my friends
:; loud applause.) l would like to adj
that while the world might dump it
silver on us it would likewise dump it
produce on us and by this means in yer.
short time England, France, German.
and all the balance of the crowd woul'
, be made paupers."
: The speaker concluded his speech b,
Z, saying that the bankers who were tn
creditors did not care to have silve
money because that meant the freedom
of the people and these self same creditor
5 were bitterly opposed to the people beini
free men. Urging his hearers to sta,
l loyal to their cause and work hard TO
!, its success, he bowed down and retire
and the speaking was over.
THAT SILVER CONVENTION.