The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-03
CAMPAIGNING IN FLORIDA.
A Club 10 Save the Country Organ
fEed at Catfish Landing.


From the Florida Citizen.
Catfish Landing, Va, Aug, 30.-The citi-
zens of this place received notice that a
Washington statesman would be pleased
to address them on the state of the coun-
try. All agreed to turn out and give the
speaker a good send-off. The meeting was
held yesterday. Maj. Jones, the silver
tongued orator of Gopher ridge, in a speech
of one hour introduced the honorable gen.
tleman to us.
In his opening the statesman told us that
the country was in danger, and that the
first thing to do was to form clubs of 16 to
l, In each precinct in the state, to the end
that he might retain his fat office, and the
country be saved He promised to send the
club, when organized, one copy of the
census report of 1880 and the report on the
ravages of the cinch bug, which, he told
us, was as deadly to the government as
the gold bug.
He then informed us that we were all
slaves, ground down under the iron heel
of monopolies and trusts that greedy cor
porations, like the gallinipper of the flat
woods, were sucking the life blood of the
horny handed fishermen and others sons
of toll; that tine railroads were running the
country and killing some stock; that the
East Coast Line in two years, had killed
six head of cattle and one Shoat, and had
paid only at the rate of $40 for cattle and
s12 for a year-old choat Weighing at least
80 or 40 pounds; and he called on the free
man of Catfish to rise up as one man and
frown on the railroad, and we did so.
He then made a few remarks about
the Rothschilds. He said that they were
getting all of the money of this country
and hiding 1t in Europe. He said that
a good many folks thought that there
was only one Roths-child, but he knew
better. For eighteen years this was the
only subject that he studied, and he found
in the agricultural department repSrt
that showed that old Roth had a large
family. mostly children, and that all OF
them were well-to-do. The richest one
is a fellow called Barren Rothschild, So
called because he is too stingy to get mar
ried and raise a family, and this Bar
rem has got money enough to buy all of
St. Johns county, and still have collards
and bacon most every day.
He said also that at all of the large
taverns kept by Flagler and Plant they
have a big sign painted Tramp States
men Must Pay in Advance for Meals"
He said that If we would send him back
to congress, he and Jim and Coxey ana
TTllman would make it hot for the gold
bugs and railroads.
Major Jones, who can read and write,
then offered the following resolutions:
The citizens of Catfish, in mass meet
ing assembled, resolved
First, That we recognize in the Or
ator of the Day Man of the People, and
the commonest kind of a man;
Second, That a club of is to 1 and bust
be founded at Catfish, and demand the
unlimited issue of money by the govern
ment, and that every postmaster be re-
quired to distribute this money according
to the needs of the people;
Third, That copy of these resolutions
be furnished to the papers for publica-
ton
The resolutions were adopted by vice
versa vote.
P. S.--The club is fully organized with
Is white men and l negro as an honorary
member.