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

you beg at their hands the gold with
which to pay your debts. Ii the gold
standard is adopted we will be nation
OF the most abject serfs the world ever
saw. (Cheers.)
A voice We will get up little fight
on that
Watson-''No danger. There is not
going to be any fighting. l believe IN
the final triumph of right. have not
yet lost confidence in the people of this
republic. (Voice-'Hurrah for Wat
SONY l believe that those who would
establish the gold standard will them
selves speedily realize the dreadful
abyss into which they would plunge
themselves, their friends and their
neighbors, and would help to secure
the necessary legislation that will re-
store prosperity to this country and
help us in the cause of more money and
less taxes.
Can GU remedy this situation by
electing Mckinley and Hobart cloud
cries of No, no, no) If there is man
here who believes that these things
can be remedied by electing Mckinley
and Hobart let him hold up his hand
Zone hand went up One, thank God.
Great cheers.) When say thank God,
simply express my pleasure at seeing
the gentleman on my right in such a
hopeless minority. He is just as much
entitled to his opinion as am to mine.
He is going to be mistaken in his vote,
because Mckinley and Hobart can not
remedy this situation. They do not
even propose a remedy. They simply
propose to enact into law something
that is now q mere strained construc-
ton and ruling Of law
Can you remedy the situation by
electing Bryan and Sewall? cloud
cries of No, no, no, from all over the
hall.) Are you certain of that loud
cries of You bet we are.0 l say no
| Why? Because Mr.. Sewall represents
| that element in the Democratic Party
which is exerting itself to the utmost
| to tie Bryans hands so that he can not
carry out his cor tract. 1t can not be
done with Bryan and Sewall, because
you can't have Bryan and SewalL.
| daughter Mr. Sewall can not carry
his own family. (Laughter.) When
ever my own son takes the stump and
begins to make speeches against me
like Mr.. Sewall's son is doing against
him will get off the ticket and crawl
under the bed and hide myself. Mr..
Sewall can not carry the ward in which
he lives. He can not carry the town in
which he lives. He can not carry the
State in which he lives. He is a wart
on the party He is the knot on the
log. loud laughter.) He is a dead
weight to the ticket. Every man ought
to know that if Mr. Bryan is to be
elected he will be elected by the votes
which the Peoples Party gives him. If
he carries Nebraska, where he lives, it
will be the Tom Watson P6pulists who
will carry it for him. loud cheering
If he carries Kansas it will be the Pop
ulists who carry it for him, If he car
ries Iowa it will be the Populists who
carry it for him. If he carries the great
State of Texas it will be the Populists
who give it to him. And / put it to
Won Democrats if you want our votes
don't you think you ought to tote fair
with us You say, let's go into copart,
nership, but you want to be both part
ners. Why, even in that kind of a
copartnership where the law says that
man and wife are one, but it takes two
to make the bargain, and yet you Demo-
Gratis who can't get along without our
1880, 900 votes say that our partnership
ought to consist of the same two part
ners, and you want to be both. Well,
we want to fuse with you, we don't
want to swallow you and we don't in
tend that you shall swallow us. Great
cheering.) You ask us to take Watson
off the ticket. Why? Would you be
so blind as to defeat Mr.. Bryan by TAX
ing Watson off OF his ticket Even in
the height of political passion and pre-
JUDGE why would you defeat Mr. Bry
an by demanding that Watson come off
the ticket? The moment l got off the
ticket there would be thousands of pro-
tests from people who would not con
sent to any such arrangement Cries
of No Watson, no Bryan.) | have no
i'll will against any man that lives.
cherish no animosity because of past
associations. l came to Texas not to
stir up strife between men, but to try
and make peace among all of our peo-
pie. l come to speak to the Democrats
of Texas to urge harmony between the
Democrats and the Populists, If Mr..
Bryan is elected the Democrats must
realize that it can not possibly be done
without the Populist vote. The Popu-
lists have gone as far as they could go
We went outside of our party to give a
Democrat the first place on our ticket.
We could have gone no further. No
fair minded Democratcould have asked
any more.
I'VE don't want to destroy the Peo-
pies Party in this country. If 1 came
off of the ticket it means the death of
the Populists Party If you are honest
in demanding silver legislation you
should not want the party to die. Where