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

tress comes up from all over the land.
1t is an unjust government. 1t will
cause .unhappiness among the people
and we ought to fight it, we ought to
battle against it, we ought never to be
satisfied until we get laws enacted that
will treat all the people alike, until we
get fair tax. prolonged applause)
"Do you want TO remedy this situa-
tionP Do you want fair and equal
tax? Is there any man here that can
claim that am demagogue2 (Vo ces
MOI Well, if because 1 stand here
and advocate better form of govern
ment-a government that will give all
men an equal show, and because
am opposed to the smallest
wealth paying the heaviest tax
and l am called demagogue for
that, call me demagogue forever.
say that these reforms demanded have
never been accomplished. Can you ac-
complish them by electing Mckinley
and Hobart? Chorus of voices-Never,
never) Don't talk before you think
now. CLaughter.) Look before you
leap. am going to carry you along
with me, l am not going to give you
any chance to get back across the
branch. You must burn the bridges if
you follow me. daughter and cheers
deal in straight goods and nothing
else and l mean exactly what l say and
am talking to you straight from the
shoulder. Isay this now: Can you do
it by electing Mckinley and Hobart?
L say no and you say no. Let me give
a reason for the faith that is in me.
Every large manufacturer in the coun-
try, with but few exceptions, is con
tributing freely to the Mckinley and
Hobart campaign fund, every railroad
company in America stands by McKin-
ley and Hobart, and the gold trust and
the bond syndicate stand for Mckinley
and Hobart. They represent the con-
centrated and monopolistic powers of
money. Don't you know it? (Cries of
"yes') They have TO tax; now do you
suppose they are going to elect man
| that is going to make them pay any?
Do you suppose that they are going to
elect man that will do anything that
you want done ? Do you suppose that
he will take away the privileges from
them which they now enjoy or regu-
late the class legislation by which they
now get their money? Do you think
these men are going to let Mckinley
and Hobart crrry out our reform prin-
ciples? Ono, no" from all over the
stand,) Then you don't want McKin-
ley and Hobart? (No, no.
"Can you get reform by electing
Bryan and Sewall? (The crowd yelled
itself hoarse at this juncture and men
jumped upon the seats and chairs and
shouted mo-" until they could not
utter another word. The crowd simply
went wild.) Hold on, now, boys.
| (Here fellow shouted, "No Watson,
no BryannD just you keep from in
front of the wagon I'll attend to that;
just you get in behind and keep up.
No, you can't do it by electing Bryan
and Sewa1l. Whyf Because Sewa1l
stands for the same monopolis tic inter-
ests that Mckinley does. (Cheers.)
He stands for the some railroad combi-
nation that Mckinley does, he stands
for the same national bank privileges
that Mckinley does, he stands for the
same autocratic power of money that
Mckinley does. Sewall is a contradic-
ton of Bryan and every argument
that proves Bryan to be right proves
Sewall to be wrong wild cheering)
Then you can't do it by electing Bryan
and Sewal Now you have got Hob
sons choice, boys. Naughter,D You
can do it in only one way and that is
by meeting the democrats half way and
no more than half way. (Yells.) You
can do it by standing in good faith by
the action of the st. Louis convention
and by the st. Louis platform. That
platform lays down law for you and
for me. 1t did not do what I wanted
done, as you all know. I told them
not to do it. I begged for them not to
do it, But they did the best they could.
They haven't violated their principles;
they haven't disbanded the party; they
have left me in charge. (Cheers) And
while Tom Watson lives the peoples
party can't be buried. (Cheers.) Now
| say that you can't readjust the tax
system unless you stand by the st. Louis
convention and its nominees. Bryan
but not Sewall-Bryan and Watson.
(Cheers,) Every argument that proves
Bryan right proves nue. a little more so.
(Cheers,) That l mean business my
past life shows, that I mean actual
war, l have got the scars of battle on
me to show. Peoples party of Texas,
appeal to you! Listen to the voice of
reason and not to the voice of passion.
Don't go astray. You can't indorse a
single Sewall elector. (Cheers.) They
might offer you ten to two, but the in
consistency would still be there, the
sacrifice of principle would still be
there, the degradation of party honor
would still be there, the disgrace of
your party flag would still be there.
Amt that so? Cheers and affirmative
yells.) And you can't support single
Mckinley elector for the same reason.