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PEOPLE’S PARTY TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES B. WEAVER, of lowa.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JAMES G. FIELD, of Virginia.
For Presidential Electors,
At Large—A. L. NANCE, of If all.
W. 11. KEMP, of Emanuel.
1. GEORGE 11. MILLER, of Chatham.
2. A. R, JONES, of Thomas.
3. JOSEPH J. STEWART, of Sumter.
4. J. W. F. LITTLE, of Troup.
5. W. O. BUTLER, of Fulton.
6. W. F. SMITH, of Butts.
7. A. F. WOOLEY, of Bartow.
8. GEORG ET, MURREL I, of Clarke.
9. J. N. TWITTY, of Jackson.
10. D. N. SANDERS, of Taliaferro.
11. 11. G. HYMAN, of Johnson.
For Governor,
W. L. PEEK, of Rockdale.
For Secretary of State,
W. It. GORMAN, of Talbott.
For Comptroller General,
A. W. IVEY, of Thomas.
For Treasurer,
J. E. H. WARE, of Fayette.
For Attorney General,
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, of Jackson.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
JAMES BARRETT, of Richmond.
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Attention.
Voters of the People’s Party of
Berrien county are hereby respect
fully requested to meet in mass meet
ing in the court house at Nashville
on Aug. 27, by 10 o’clock, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
Congressional and Senatorial conven
tions, also to nominate a man for
legislative honor, and attend to other
matters of importance.
N. E. Patterson,
County Chairman.
A DEMOCRATIC SPEECH.
When the Kimball House lobby
was full of “organized” Democracy
on Monday night, last week, one war
horse told another war-horse of a
speech he had made a day or two
before. He said:
Well, they are strong in my county,
and as I have accepted the nomina
tion to run for the Legislature, I
took advantage of a Third party
meeting in one of the militia dis
tricts and went down to talk to
them. I had difficulty in getting
them to give me time, but by talking
very nicely I succeeded in getting
half an hour. Well, I talked kindly
and tried to wean them from their
heresies. I said : “It does my heart
good to be allowed to talk to the
honest yeomanry of Georgia, the
workers who produce her wealth. I
am grieved to see you going off after
strange political gods. You are being
deceived and misled by office-seekers
and designing men. I want to tell you
that the grand old Democratic party
is the party of the people; capable
of securing and granting you all you
want, and pledged to give you relief.
The grand old party invites you to
repent of your heresies and return
to your true home in her bosom.
Every honest member of the Third
party will find the latch string on
the outside, and on the back porch
there is soap, towel and water, where
he may wash and be cleansed of his
heresy. But as for the leaders and
office-seekers, those suns of guns are
not wanted. The Democracy is glad
to be rid of them, as a lot of bad
rubbish?”
And the war-horses drifted off in
to an experience meeting as to
what fools the farmers are, any
how, but agreed that the best nurs
ing for the People’s Party craze was
to be soothing and kind but rea
sonably firm with the patient.
VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.
The facts developed by the “jag”
committee are presented in a minor
ity report, and sustain Mr. Watson’s
terrible indictment upon the only
count the majority dared dispute.
This report follows in full:
To the honorable House of Represegta
tives: '
The undersigned member of the
committee appointed to investigate
charges contained .in the campaign
book published by Mr. Watson, begs
to submit the following minority re
port :
In the House of Itepresentaiives
on Friday last, Mr. Wheeler, of Al
abama, arose to a question of privi
lege and read certain extracts from
the campaign book of the People’s
party, whose author he stated to be
Mr. Watson, of Georgia.
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Mr. Speaker Crisp ruled repeated
ly that the language quoted raised
no question of privilege, and en
deavored to proceed with the regu
lar business of the House. Mr.
Wheeler, however, was not to be di
verted from his purpose of making
an attack upon Mr. Watson» He
still kept the floor in spite of the re
peated rulings of the chair, and
finally directed attention to the para
graph of the book wherein Mr. Wat
son arraigns the present Congress.
The Speaker having ruled that two
sentences in the paragraph raised
questions of privilege, the gentleman
from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] pro
ceeded to denounce Mr. Watson, by
name, in the bitterest and most un
measured terras. This denunciation
was taken up by the ostensible leader
of the House [Mr. McMillin,] who
made use of such terms of abuse as
had not been already pre-empted by
Mr. Wheeler.
At the conclusion of these scurili
ties, Mr. 'Watson took the floor to re
ply. He called the House to witness
that he had not assailed the gentle
man from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler],
but had done all in his power to
avoid the unpleasantness. While he
was proceeding to take up in their
order the charges of falsehood which
Mr, Wheeler had made against him,
Democratic members of the House
continually interrupted him in the
most offensive manner, and Mr. Mc-
Millin, the ostensible leader, was
specially prominent in cutting off the
explanation which the House had!
voted Mr. Watson the privilege of
making.
The interruptions were so persist
ent that in spite of the manly attempt'
of Mr. Butler, of lowa, to secure a •
fair hearing for Mr. W:.t on, that I
gentleman was forced to abandon the j
specific charges of falsehood which
Mr. Wheeler had made against him,
and come at once to the sentences
complained of.
Mr. Watson insisted that he should
have the privilege of commenting
upon the whole paragraph, so that
its real meaning might be more
clearly seen.
This was denied him, and, there
fore, he had no other alternative than
to say whether he believed his own
words to be true or false. He stated
that they were true, and no sooner
had he thus asserted his honest opin
ion in regard to his own statements,
than he was hissed by the Demo
cratic side and virtually driven from
the floor.
Mr. Tracey, of New York, having
assumed guardianship over the honor
of the House, demanded that Mr.
Watson’s words be “taken down.”
This highly technical and satisfactory
procedure having been had, the epi
sode was over for the time being.
In a few moments, however, Mr.
Boatner, of Louisiana, introduced the
resolution under which our commit
tee has held what is called an inves
tigation.
The resolution required us to as
certain whether it was true that
“ drunken members have been seen
reeling about the aisles,” and whether
“ drunken speakers have argued
grave public questions, etc.”
At the beginning of the so-called
investigation, Mr. Watson stated
under oath that had the opportunity
been given him to explain, he would
have said that while the charge was
a part of an indictment against the
house, the number of members who
had been seen drunk on the floor
were few, and that so far as his
knowledge extended at the time the
book was written, they were con
fined to three—though he had heard
of others.
He disclaimed any purpose to act
as prosecutor of the House in the
so-called investigation, and declined
to give names of individual members,
except under compulsion.
Asa matter of fact, no mention
was made of any individual member
until Mr. Oates, of Alabama, was in
troduced as a witness on the other
side.
Mr. Watson said he felt bound to
introduce sufficient testimony to
prove that he had not fabricated a
slander when he wrote the lines
complained of.
In support of his assertion that
members had been seen reeling about
the aisles intoxicated, he produced
several honorable members of this
body who substantiated his state
ment. Mr. Davis, of Kansas; Mr.
Butler, of Iowa; Mr. Kem, Mr.
Otis, Mr. Baker, had each seen mem
bers drunk on the floor of the House.
An analysis of the testimony will
show that it makes out a case against
at least four different members.
Unless each and everyone of these
honorable members are slanderers of
the House, then Mr. Watson is not a
slanderer.
Mr. White, of Iowa; Mr. Shelftof
South Carolina; Mr. Turner, of
Georgia; Mr. McKaig, of Maryland,
and other witnesses, had seen one in
toxicated member on the floor of the
House.
Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, had seen
two.
On this branch of the case there
was proof made out as to several
members having been seen on the
floor in the condition described by
Mr. Watson. The proof was posi
tive, and came from members of the
House. To meet this proof the other
side put up merely negative testi
many —members who had not seen.
Some of the witnesses thus sworn
are noted absentees. Mr. Stahlnecker,
of New York, by some strange over
sight, was not sworn.
On the second branch of the case
the proof was equally positive.
Drunken speakers were shown to
have debated grave public questions.
Mr. Davis had seen two such in
stances. Mr. Otis had seen two.
Mr. Butler had seen two, and several
other witnesses had seen one. These
witnesses had not all testified as to
the same occasion, or as to the same
individual.
One of the members testifying had
witnessed such a scene during the
discussion of the river and harbor
bill. Another had seen a similar in
stance on a pension night. Another
bad seen a like occurrence daring a
coloquy between members. Several
had seen it during the Noyes-Ilock
weil case.
Hence it is submitted that unless
these honorable members are all slan
derers, Mr. Watson is not a slanderer.
They have said under oath just what
he was hissed for saying in his book.
As to the particular case of Mr.
C >bb, the minority has this to say :
lie. admits he was drinking whisky
during the latter part of his speech;
his witness and colleague [Mr. Oates]
testified that the whisky was having
an evident effect on him. A South
ern lady [Miss Bessie Dwyer, of
Texas,] says she was in the speaker’s
gallery and that the gentleman’s con
dition was one of intoxication, and
was causing comment in the general
gallery and in the press gallery. It
was shown that the New York pa
pers made charges of drunkenness
against the gentleman next morning,
and that the gentleman’s friends ad
vised him to let the matter be, which
advice he took.
It is submitted that if Mr. Watson
has slandered the House, then some
member or members have done the
same, and that the House has been
somewhat slow in making its assault
upon the great daily newspapers, and
even now does not propose to inves
tigate the press gallery and bring the
offender to a reckonin'!.
The evidence further showed that
an honorable colleague and party as
sociate of the gentleman heard him
call several times for whisky, and
that he considered him intoxicated,
and that his condition was a source
of comment upon the part of many
members.
Mr. Otis testified to this instance,
as did several other members of this
body.
Probably the richest nugget brought
to light by the laborious prospecting
of our committee, was contained in
the testimony of General Tracey, of
New York.
This member was introduced in be
half of the accused. He said that he
had listened to the argument of the
gentleman who was said to have been
intoxicated, and this argument had
left him m a very peculiar, not to say
complex, state of mind. He said, in
effect, that when he went away, his
mental condition was such that if any
one had told him that the gentleman
in question was intoxicated, he should
not have been surprised; but that if
the man had said, on the contrary,
that the gentleman was perfectly so
ber, he should not have been at all
astonished.
The author of this report has lost
considerable sleep in trying to figure
out what this language means, but
finding the effort too severe for sum
mer work, has had to give it up. lie
merely spreads the riddle on the
Record of this House as an illustra
tion of the aggressive state of incom
prehensibility into which the*New
York mind can sometimes stagger.
Mr. Watson offered to prove that
the House keeps a bar-room in the
basement for its own peculiar accom
modation, and that members freely
patronize it. He was not only de
nied the privilege of proving this,
but Mr. Boatner decided that the
Record should not be allowed to
show that he had offered to do so.
Il is submitted that when drunk
enness is charged against the House,
it is competent to prove that the
House has supplied itself with the
usual orthodox means of getting
drunk; that it makes use of those
means in the regular and accepted
way; and that therefore the alleged
result, which uiually flows from these
causes, is not the wild product of
malice and slander, but is the legiti
mate offspring of that prolific citizen
generally known as John Barleycorn.
The conclusion this minority has
reached, therefore, is that Mr. Wat
son has not violated the privileges of
this House by defending himseli from
a violent and continued assault; nor
has he deserved its censure for say
ing that which other honorable mem
bers of this House have sworn is the
truth. Jerky Simpson.
A Clear Case of Shut Up.
Gore, Ga., August 8, 1892.
Mr. Editor—You will please pub
lish the following agreement and
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facts :
A. J. Moore, of Chattooga, agrees with
T. J. Lyon, of Bartow, that if the
United States Senate has not been
Democratic at any time since the war,
that he, A. J. Moore, will not open iiis
mouth during the present campaign
on the stump. And if it has been Dem
ocratic, that T. J, Lyon is not to open
his mouth or make a speech during
this or any other campaign of his life.
< Si *“ ed > IT. Moons,
August Ist, 1892.
W. H. Rushin,
J. J. Bagwell, of Polk.
Attest: E. W. Chastain, “ “
Julian Krog,
J. C. Stanley.
Now, for the benefit and in form a
tion of Mr. Lyon, Mr, Martin of the
Tribune, D. B. Hamilton, and others,
I give the Senate of the Forty-sixth
Congress, 1809-1871.
Alabama —Morgan and Houston,
Dems.
Arkansas—Garland and Walker,
Dems.
California—Booth, anti-monpolist,
Farley, Dem.
Colorado—Teller and Hill, Reps.
Connecticut —Eaton, Dem., Platt,
Rep.
Delaware—Bayard and Saulsbury,
Dems.
Florida—Joaes and Call, Dems.
Georgia—Gordon, Dem.,Hill, Ind.
Illinois —Davis, Ind., Logan, Rep.
Indiana —McDonald and Voor
hees, Dems.
lowa —Allison and Kirkwood,
Reps.
Kansas —Ingalls and. Plumb, Reps.
Kentucky—Beck and Williams,
Dems.
Louisiana —Kellogg, Rep., Jones,
Dem.
Maine—Hamlin and Blaine, Reps.
Maryland—Whyte and Groome,
Dems.
Massachusetts —Dawes and Hoar,
Reps.
Michigan —Ferry and Baldwin,
Reps.
Minnesota —Windom and McMil
lan, Reps.
Mississippi—Bruce, Rep., Lamar,
Dem.
Missouri—Cockrell and A est,
Dems.
Nebraska—Paddock and Saun
ders, Reps.
Nevada—Jones and Sharon, Reps.
New Hampshire—Rollins and
Blair, Reps.
New Jersey—Randolph and Mc-
Pherson, Dems.
New York—Conkling, Rep., Ker
nan, Dem.
North Carolina—Ransom and
Vance, Dems.
Ohio—Thurman and Pendleton,
Dems.
Oregon—Grover and Slater, Dems.
Pennsylvania—Wallace, Dem.,
Cameron, Rep.
Rhode Island—Anthony and Burn
side, Reps.
South Carolina—Butler and Hamp
ton, Dems.
Tennessee —Bailey and Harris,
Dems.
Texas—Maxey and Coke, Dems.
Virginia—Johnston and Withers,
Conservatives.
Vermont—Edwards and Morrill,
Reps.
West Virginia—Davis and Here
ford, Dems.
Wisconsin—Cameron. Ind., Car
penter, Rep.
Democrats 39, Republicans 31 ‘
Independents 3, anti-Monopoiists 1.
Democratic majority over Republi
cans of 8, and over fusion of 4.
While the Democrats had this
majority in the Senate, they had a
majority of 41 over Republicans and
32 over fusion in the House.
Now let Mr. Lyon hold his peace.
A. J. Moore.
Harris County.
At a mass meeting of the People’s
Party of Harris county, Brother R.
B. Traylor was elected chairman and
J. C. Blanton secretary.
The chair stated that Rev. S. A.
Walker, the war horse of McDuffie
county, would be’in at 1 o’clock.
Rev. J. W. Wilson was called up
on for an address, and responded in
his usual forcible and happy manner,
taking up the Omaha platform and
fully enunciating its principles to the
satisfaction of all fair-minded and
unbiassed men present. He then
took up the money question and
handled it with gloves off, producing
figures and facts that were unde
niable.
The chair announced a recess until
1 o’clock.
Rev. S. A. Walker, of McDuffie
county, arrived on time, and court
house was soon filled to overflowing
with both white and colored citizens.
The speaker stated that he expected
to deal in plain truths, saying that
he was so strong a believer in the
doctrines of truth that if truth was
taken out of heaven it would soon
become a hell, and placed in hell it
would soon become a heaven. He
said he had no need of misrepre
senting the Democrats. He handled
the silver question, the tariff, the rail
road plank and the land plank to the
entire satisfaction of all true men
present, showing the work of the
cowardly majority in Congress and
proving that there was not money
enough in circulation to carry on the
business -of the country. He then
took up flie great force bill and ne
gro supremacy hobby and proved by
all the colored men present that they
did not want anything of that kind.
He compared the Omaha platform
with the doctrine of Jefferson and
asked the Democrats present to com
pare their present meaningless con
fusion of words with the true Demo
cratic doctrines of Jefferson. The
speaker closed by saying he thanked
God he was a soldier in the late war,
and had nothing to take back ; was
glad to fight for Southern rights and
to vindicate Southern manhood, but
he thanked God he was living now
and had strength and mind to fight
for a more glorious cause, and that
he expected to battle till the cause
of light and true principle tri
umphed..
Brother Walker did not need the
show of hands to tell him who was
with him, for the applause came
from all over the house, from both
white and colored. He held the
crowd bound to him for nearly two
hours, and long before he had fin
ished his argument you could tell by
the countenances of the honest til
lers of the soil that he was speaking
to People’s Party men. All were
with him excegt about one dozen
court house moss-backs—some who
claim to be Ocala Demograts.
After the speaking many rushed
to take the gallant champion of right
by his hand, exclaiming they had
heard of the old war-horse of the
Tenth district, and that they did not
blame Hon. Thomas E. Watson for
calling him his partner.
. Men were heard to remark that
they had been strong Democrats but
they were obliged to be People’s
Party, for Mr. Walker did not leave
them anything to stand on, and pro
nounced it the best speech they ever
hiard on the situation.
Mr. Editor, we have a lot of office
seekers to fight in Harris county.
There isn’t an office-holder but who
is against us. Some of them have
been in office for more than twenty
years, and they have had the sup
port of the men they are now so bit
ter against. What say you of the
gratitude of men who have been
living by your kindness for twenty
years, and still want your support but
condemn you for not being a Demo
crat like they are ?
All our county officers stand for re
election on the Democratic ticket, but
they are still ready to abuse and
dictate to those who have helped to
make them what they are. '
We are going to vote for right and
true principle, leaving a just 1 rovi
dence to judge and give results.
J. C. Blanton, Secy.
Hamilton, Ga., Aug. 9.
Carroll, Douglas and Paulding.
Villa Rica, Ga., Aug. 15.
Several weeks ago arrangements
were perfected for a People s 1 arty
rallv at this place August 12. By 8
o’clock the honest yeomanry of Car
roll, Douglas and Paulding began to
gather on the grounds. They came
in every mode of conveyance, from
a wagon to a two-horse carriage, and
by 10 o’clock at least five hundred
people were present.
S. W. Nolan was elected chairman,
who called the assemblage to order
and in a few appropriate remarks in
troduced W. P. Stone, a new con
vert, who delivered the welcome
address and also discussed at some
length the issues of the day.
The chairman then introduced the
“war-horse from Cobb,” Hon. John
A. Sibley, who held the audience for
two hours. Brother Sibley 7 was wit
ty, sarcastic or clearly logical as the
point demanded, and his speech was
eloquent and convincing. His vin
dication of the economic principles
of the People’s Party 7 was complete
and triumphant. He exposed the
Democratic duplicity in away that
made the people open their eyes,
while the few Democjats. present
sat silent and overwhelmed with
confusion. Brother Sibley knows po
litical history like a book and is pre
pared to battle with any opponent
who may come in contact with him.
At the conclvsion of Brother
Sibley’s speech the band played Dixie
and the chairman announced a re
cess of one hour for refreshments.
After a most bountiful and pala
table dinner, prepared by the ladies,
spread,openly, and more than enough
for all present, speaking was re
sumed.
The chairman, in a few witty re
marks, introduced the old veteran
from Paulding, Win. Jones, who has
been in the fight from the beginning
and says he is in to the finish. He
exposed the infamies of the British
system of finance which has been
introduced into this country. He
showed himself a close student of
the currency question, and made
plain how our finances are operated
for the enrichment of the few and
the robbery of the many.
At the conclusion of Bro. Jones’
speech, Bro. Stone requested all Peo
ple’s Party men to meet at the old
academy at 3 o’clock p. m. the next
day for the purpose of organizing a
People’s Party club.
On Saturday, the 13th, at 3 o’clock,
the citizens of Villa Rica district
met in mass meeting for the purpose
above stated and elected S. W. No
land permanent chairman and J. R.
Mathews secretary. After a short
talk from the chairman explaining
the object of the meeting, proceeded
to enroll members.
Fifty names were enrolled at the
first meeting.
Moved and carried to name said
club the W. L. Peek Club.
After appointing several commit
teemen to solicit signatures to the
club, the meeting adjourned to meet
on Friday, August 19.
J. R. Mathews, Sec’y.
Second Congressional District.
The chairman of each county ex
ecutive committee of the People’s
Party of said district and the secre
tary of said committees of Thomas
and Decatur counties and members
of the congressional committee of
the Second congressional district are
hereby called to meet in Albany
Georgia, on the 20th day of August, *
at 10 o’clock a. m. to transact impor
tant business for the good of "the
party. A full attendance is certainly
desired. It is useless to urge its im
portance.
J. H. Pickett, Ch’m’n.
M . B. McDaniel, Sec’y.
Cobb County.
The executive committee of the
People’s Party of Cobb county will
meet m Marietta on Thursday, August
20. A full attendance is requested.
rn . J* -D- Perkerson,
Chaximan Executive Committee.
Grand Rally at Carnesville.
A grand mass meeting of the Peo
ple's Party will be held at Carnes
ville, Ga., August 25. Some of the
most prominent reform speakers in
the btate will be on hand. An all
day meeting. Friends from adjoin
mg counties are invited to attend.