People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-20

fordville 1t is a shame for few de-
signi' g politicians to force upon par
ty a candidate whose record and acts
prohibit near 50 per cent of his white
fellow citizens from exercising the
right of franchise. But it appears from
the result of the registration that is
exactly what the politicians did when
they nominated Major Black. Come
down, Major.
Can MAJOR Black tell what he did
with the flag Boykin Wright, Sonny
Collins, Dan Bowles and Billy Atllin-
son placed in his hands IN 1894?
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Having surrendered the flag, and
run out of the fight, the respectable
democrat has abandoned such leader.
His following is composed principally
of Boykin Wright, and ''21 year old
negroes"
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When questioned, at the joint debate
in Sandersville, Major Black acknowl-
edged he voted for the sale of wbiskey
in the prohibition e ection in Augusta
and announced that he would do so
again. Brave, conscien tlous gentle
man. Having laid down a congress1on-
al commission because it was stained
with fraud, how can he remain can
didate when 33]6 per cent of the men
registered to vote for him in his own
county are negroes just "21 years of
age" aud near 50 per cent of the white
voters refuse to qualify in his interest.
If conscience is not asleep he'll quit
the race in less than 10 days.
tits the 'nigger party" has been
frequently charged against the Popu-
lists by the Augusta Democrats. If you
eliminate the "31 year old negroes"
fro your Augusta registration list you
won't have enough democrats left in
the Democratic Party to form color
guard for the flag which the Major
"trampled under his unhallowed fe ct"
If Major Black receives 5000 votes in
Richmond county nearly half Of them
will be negroes p years old" Where
is your white supremacy" Brother
Wrighta
ssSiS y.=s3al, zhat.tll heelsrs vvo,lld push
a IN year old negro" up to the Regis
trar, IN Augusta and have his name
entered he would announce: "Anoth-
er A. P A. vote killed. "White SUI
premacy" has lost it's charm for the
present in Augusta, why
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Rev. w. W. Wadsworth says that
elections in Augusta are not only rot
ten but farces. He presented his ticket
to the managers, and they deliberately
substituted another for it, and refused
to put the enc he voted into the ballot
box. MIR. Wadsworth is not a Populist
and the Augusta democratic papers
will not say he is liar
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He saw them vote the same negro as
many as three times. Who will say
Mr.. Wadsworth is telling lie. Broth
er Bayne, of the Herald, is not afraid
to tackle Mr.. w. Try him on this
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Ii Major Black talked Prohibition
and then voted for the sale of whisky,
who can say he will, if elected, vote as
he talks ?
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miserable, hypocritical, pretenders -
who? Why those 1900 negroes who
claimed they were all born between
January and October in the year 1874.
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In whose interest aid these ''misera-
BILE, hypocritical, pretenders" periure
themselves? Hon. j. C. C. Black the
Christian statesman, who surrendered
the democratic flag because it was
tainted-just tainted, you know-with
fraud.
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Boykin Wright says his crowd com
mitted fraud in '94 because Mr.. Watson
made fiery speeches. Well Tom is
making the same kind of speeches in
1895. Therefore Boyl1in is fixing his
"2l year old negroes" for the commits
sion of another fraud.
And you decent, respectable, church
going, god-worshipping Democrats of
Augusta, shut your eyes and mouths
and expect God to recognize yotr neu-
trail pray ers.
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Watson's defeat will not deter the
Populists from pressing their political
reforms, nor benefit Major Black but
it will give countenance and encour-
agement to the illegal practices of the
paid ward heelers, which will result in
killing out any future municipal re.
forms in Augusta. Put that in your
pipe, and smoke it slowly. When you
cast your vote for Black and his 1900