People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

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little while after, another son died from
a disease contracted by drinking. The
mother sits by the bedside until the
little light fiickers and goes out. "How
lonely L am !" A little while after the
saloon catches fire and burns up, her
house also, she just has time to throw
on her wrap, and runs out and sits on
the wood-pile, tears streaming from her
eyes, ana her face buried in her hands.
! Some one says: Poor, Mrs. Mason is
left alone; it is shame. They make
up purse OF money to build her a
house; and they pull her face from her
hands, and say; look up!' They say:
| You shall have another house, and
furniture" She says; II was not car
ing for the house; was not caring for
the furniture; but that same lite sa-
loon burned up VIII and John. Why
didn't you get up paper then? If you
can't bring my boys back it don't
amount to much.' am the fellow to
bring the boys back! VIII you help
me? (Applause).
When 1 was talking about the gin
mill, in Texas, I held q sooty lamp
chimney in my hand and asked what
shall l do with it, a great, big fellow
| followed out at top of his voice: George,
"bust her-that is what do with it!' |
held the thing minute-the whole
thing caught fire; saw 1he fire was
catching. What do with it? At first
one man said "bust it," then twenty
people said "bust it," but now the
whole thing rose and screamed and
followed, "bust her, bust her." as
loud as they could hollow. broke the
thing into ten thousand pieces. The
American people should dash the sa-
looms back to earth, aud back to hell,
from whence they came. A few days
after that, got a telegram: ''We have
carried for prohibition; thank God and
thank George stewart" l said, ''Thank
God, the victory has come"
Brother Jones and got a telegram
from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to come
and help them. Brother Sam said
George. one of us must 60" I told
| Sam that he could run meeting bet
| ter than could, and I had better go
and leave him; but let me go by home
and kiss my babies. A man don't know
where he is going, when he goes into a
| liquor fight; to fight that stuff that
! will burn the country up. | had two
of my barns burned down, with every
thing in them. l made the same
| speech at place that am making to-
night; they set house on fire, where l
| stayed, and we found q can of oil I'M
| der the place where l was sleeping.
They will burn the country up if we
don't stop them before they get too
strong. l said, Sam, will go home,
and l will go.r,, I went home and kissed
my wife and mother. That dear old
mother said: George, my boy, be
very careful" She stopped and sighed
the sweetest boy ever born in our
home had been taken away-my pre-
| cious brother. She said: "Son. do your
level hest for the women of old Ken
tuclSy,i If they do Kill you" tApplause).
kissed her goodbye, and with the kiss
of wife and mother and little ones
warm on my lips, l walked off, COM
hitting my life to Him who gave it,
and when got to Bowling Green, the
committee met me, and said George,
she is as hot as cooking if you
spit on her she will fry. Thought we
had better meet you" Heard some one
say: ''There he goes"-with a handle
to it -Four days we fought the battle
hard fight. l told them the story of
man who was called "Rattlesnake."
He caught rattlesnakes and put them
in glass boxes and sold them. I have
two in my house now, in alcohol. All
that alcohol is fit for-to burn rattle
snakes. He came home; had a bow
named Jim. The rattlesnake was put
up on the porch where everybody could
see it. He stepped out to the wood
pile, and little Jim pulled out the rat
tlesnal1e, and he struck him on the
face Papa, run here" Papa chopped
the snakes head off; slipped his arms
under little Jim's arms. MAMA, Jim's
dead" He put him on his mama's lap.
He ran to neighbours Tom, little Jim
is going to die; l wouldn't give little
Jim for every rattlesnales in the
world" Brother, there are snakes
here at all these Internal saloons, to
smirch the characters of your boys. A
good sister runs up to me and saws
"Mr. Stewart, the saloons have got nv
boy" Tears run down her face.
felt like my old heart would break.
said How many women can hold III
their hands with this woman?" 5O(
hands went up. Some young and
bright; some old and wrinkled; some
had on kid-gloves; some had on ole
black, cotton gloves; and as those hand,
were lifted in the air, said: ''Fellow
citizens of Kentucky, l don't know
what kind of stuff you are made OF, but
God Almighty made Tennessee noun
tain boy out of stuff that will raise the
black flag that will stand up for these
women, and live, and--die for them
if need be-" (Applause).
fought the battle at Bowling Green
took the train and went homo. WOW