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PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. PUBLIBHKD WEEKLY BY THE PEOPLE’S PAPER PUBLISINQ COMPANY. 117 1-2 Whitehall St. THOS. E. WATSON, - - President. C. C. POST, - - - Vice-President. D. N. SANDERS, - - See. & Treas. R. F. GRAY, - Business Manager. Subscription, One Dollar Per Year, Six Months 50 cts., Three Months 25. In Advance. Advertising Rates made known on appli cation at the business office. Money may be sent by bank draft, Post Office Money Order, Postal Note or Registered Letter. Orders should be made payable to PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. W. H. Lowe, Room 8, 17| Peachtree Street, is the advertising agent of this paper. TO ADVERTISERS. The circulation of the People’s Party Paper is now 17,000 copies to actual sub scribers. No better medium could be found for reachihg the farmers of Geor gia and of the South, and advertisers are requested to consider its merits. The following certificate of the postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., the office of publication, needs only the additional remark that the paper used in the publication weighs 44 pounds per ream to fully explain itself : Atlanta. Ga.. July 25, 1892. This is to certify that The People’s Party Paper, during the week ending July 23d, 1802, mailed sixteen hundred and sixty-three (1 663) pounds at this office. * J. R. Lewis, P. M. The circulation is steadily increasing, and most advantageous arrangements can be made for space. 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. Please Take Notice Os the change m price of this pa per in clubs. Our temporary offer of the People’s Party Paper in clubs of 10 for 50 cents per year is with drawn, and in the future we will be compelled to have 75 cents in clubs. We will, however, permit those who are now makir.g clubs on that rate to complete the clubs already begun at the 50 cents rate, but after that will be obliged to require 75 cents. TO OUR READERS. Notice is hereby given that the offer to send the People’s Party Paper to subscribers for two months at 10 cents is withdrawn. 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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. ' o 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 o o 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.