People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-09-18

| OScu showing lnem IN UNG 1dSO lOuA
| years what we could do We don't ask
| the Democrats to throw down Their
muskets and when they ask us to give
| up our guns we say please excuse us
You keep yours and we will keep our'n.
If you had both the guns the tempta-
ton to shoot might be too strong to re-
sist. We can't let you get the drop on
us that way. II you mean 10 be fair
you ought not to want us to give up our
| guns. You would want us to keep them
just as you keep yours. Your leaders
have fooled us in the past just as they
have fooled you in the past and there
is no reason why they may not do 1t
again. If the Peoples Party were dead
the old leaders might get in again and
then where would we be? Just where
Moses was when the light went out.
Sewall has got to come down. lie
brings no votes to Bryan, be drives
voters away from Bryan. l would
bring votes to Bryan and bring thou
sands of them. Sewall can come down
without hurting his party, l have got
to stand on the ticket where my friends
placed me. 1t would disband my party
injure the cause of silver, aud hand me
down to infancy as coward or a traitor
| Great cheering) l can't come down. You
may try to run me off, but l am going
to fight before you do it, am willing
to so into partnership with you, but L
don't want any Jonah and the whale
business, with you playing the whale.
You might forget to do what the whale
did with Jonah. We might never get
out any more Sewall is a national
banker. He does not have the man.
hood and patriotism which my friend
Reed has, who is a national banker,
and who felt the cause so deeply and
so earnestly that he resigned from the
bank in order to help us make this
fight cloud cries from all over the hall
of Reed, Reed get up and show your
self. in response to which Mr.. Reed
arose and bowed.) Reed is almost as
pretty as | am. Because the Peoples
Party represents the laborers and the
patriotism of this country you can not
kill it. Mr.. Sewall is a national bank
err and therefore out of touch with his
people, Mr.. Sewall is railroad king
and therefore out of touch with the
people. Mr.. Sewall is a bondholder
and therefore out of touch with the peo-
Pile. And l make bold here to say that
Mr. Bryan himself has laid down the
rule which, if carried out, will take Mr..
Sewall off the ticket. He said in New
York in public speech that a candi-
date running upon platform should
not only indorse every plank in that
platform but should indorse every SEN
tence and every word of it. Apply that
rule to Mr. Sewall and Mr. Sewall would
get off while l stepped ON. Mr.. Bryan
must have meant that. let HIM deny it
if he didn't. That construction has
been put on his words in Georgia and
has been put on it by Democrats 1t is
the only construction that can be put
on it, Mr.. Sewall does not stand
square1y on the platform. Watson
DOES Let Sewall scoot and Watson ar
ri re- He should remember the contra ct
between us which L suppose is binding
on both parties.
81 understand that there is feeling
here of resentment against Mr. Bryan
because he has not accepted our nomi-
IN +;op opJ baoo1ca no 1oas NOT onoa,+
me as his running mate. You must
realize that Mr.. Bryan's position is one
of great difficulty, and you must realize
that he can only act when it becomes
1 absolutely necessary to act 1t was
not absolutely necessary for him to act
until the Peoples Party had done it's
duty. Our national committee has not
done its duty, but l pledge you my
word that it shall do its duty. Senator
Butler, the chairman of the committee,
has given me his word of honor that the
notification of Bryan and Watson will
take place not later than the 18Th of
this month, ana when Bryan is notified
he will accept, don't you doubt it. Do
you suppose that he can afford to in
suit |, 100000 votersP Has he got money
to burn? Has he got votes to throw
away If the gentleman doesn't want
those 500, 900 votes why did Senator
Jones go to st. Louis and beg for them.
CA voice-'will you accept?O Yes. 1
will accept. (Cheers). l tell you this:
I see no reason why any man in this
campaign could not at this time say
precisely where he stands and which
way he IS going and what he intends
to do, will tell you what, as leader
of the Peoples Party l intend to have.
1 not only give you my statement that
l will accept, but Ipledge you my word
that Bryan will make a statement, and
he will accept. I am not going to be
made a foot mat for some politician to
wipe his feet on. If any body
thinks am they are mistaken
in the man. We are willing to
say to the Democratic leaders we
will stand by you in this fight Loyalty
and hravely, taking our fortunes as you
take yours, go up or down with you,
but you have got to treat us like men.