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PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE PEOPLE'S PAPER PUBLISING COMPANY. 117 1-2 Whitehall St. THOS. E. WATSON, - - President. C. C. POST, - - - Vice-President. D. N. SANDERS, - - Sec. & Treas. R. F. GRAY, - Business Manager. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1892. A CHALLENGE. I respectfully invite Hon. C. F. Crisp to meet me in joint debate at Cordele, September 27; Mr. Lester to meet me at Sylvania, September ' 30; Mr. Livingston at Douglas ville, September 19; Mr. Maddox at Cedartown, September 21, and Mr. Tate at Gainesville, September 23. Each of these appointments is in my published list. I will not con sent to divide time with anyone ex cept the gentlemen named—they be ing the candidates in their respective districts. I offef them the following division of time: I will open in an address of one hour and a half; they to follow in two hours; Ito conclude in twenty five minutes. As soon as possible I will arrange dates for each of the remaining dis tricts and will give the like challenge to the candidates for those districts. Thos. E. Watson. August 30, 1892. THE DEFEAT OF EVERETT. A crueller thing was never done by the Democratic party. He had staid at his post of duty like a man till the gavel fell. He knew the ma chine politicians were putting their knives in his back at home, still he did not-budge from his place. Liv ingston ran home every time a bush shook. Moses couldn’t stay to save his life. At the slightest racket in his district he would put out for home and go to whining through his nose in behalf of his own bacon. Everett stayed where he was paid to stay. He did not pocket the money of the people in plain viola tion of law, as Moses and Livingston . «an that he is, he earned every cent he took. How was he rewarded? The Democrats kicked him out and only salved the wound by a resolution of endorrement, “which was unani mously carried.” If he deserved a unanimous en dorsement, why did he not deserve the second term which is always ac corded 'when the Congressman has done his duty ? Why insult the victim of machine malice by deceitful resolu tions of “unanimous endorsement?” What was the man’s crime ? Simply that he was an Alliance man and did not take the Chicago humbug platform as his only doc trine. Poor little Moses I Poor old Liv ingston ! In two years you will re alize that the same knives are being sharpened for you, and that you have got to abandon the principles to which you owe your elevation from obscurity or you will be cut down just as Everett was. T. E. W. THE SPARTA MEETING. As soon as Mr. Watson reached home he made an appointment for Sparta, and it was published in this paper. The Democrats had already had spasmodic “rallies” at that point— the main deficiency being that the boys did not “rally.” Knowing that on Mr. Watson’s day the crowd would come, the Democrats laid their plans to break up his meeting and take his crowd.. They advertised a barbecue. They invited a cart-load of Democratic speakers of the “spell-binder” va riety—including little Joe Jeems, who voted for the so-called Peek slavery bill. The day having arrived, they hired the two groves in order that Mr. Watson’s friends might be forced on the open square in the broiling sun. ijeclining Mr. Watson’s challege for a joint debate, they began their attempts to to take his crowd. Brass bands were made to play merrily—to drown his voice. Hot-headed young men were put forward to yell for Black continuously, and thus to pro voke a row. Men on horses were sent to gallop up to the crowd and invite the people down to a “free dinner” at the barbecue. All to no effect. In spite of it all, the immense gathering stood like PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1892. heroes in the broiling sun, and not a man followed the horsemen or the bands. The rowdies were shamed into silence or driven off by good-natured ridicule, and during the last two hours of the speaking the order was perfect and the enthusiasm intense. The attempt to bulldoze Mr. Wat son gave him many friends, for our people despise cowardice and in justice. ECHOES FROM THE TENTH. Send one dozen more Democratic smooth-bore orators. They are needed. They are indeed. The woods are on fire and the cry is “Goodbye Jim.” * * # The Great Organs of Banks, Kail Roads and Plutocracy generally have suddenly discovered that Mr. Watson wasn’t so sick after ail. That “worried, careworn look” is on the countenance of the other fellow. How funny! * » * Hydrophobia is a bad disease, but the Georgia newspapers of the moss back stripe are suffering from a worse one. It is Watsophobia. Foam at the mouth, boys—and die hard! You’ve got to go. * * * Can’t we hear a word or Two more from Billy Northen and his whiskers on the currency question? It’s so rich we want more. Billy knows as much about National Finance as a he-goat does aboutjthe nebular hy pothesis. Go it, William! * * * Just a little while ago Billy Nor then made a very big speech at Cedartown, shounng how all the ills of the body politic could be cured by diversified farming. Now he says it is the “durned tariff” that does all the hurting, and that five per cent, less of the hurting will make everybody happy. Go it, William. * * * Why did’nt the Democratic Sen ators try to pass those Free Trade Bills in the Senate? Simply because that was not a part of the little game of fraud which was to be played on the country. # * * Everett won’t be there next Term to hunt Moses up and bring him in> the Hall to vote. No, No. The' Democrats struck down the gallant gentleman who not only performed his own duties, but saved Moses from many a censure. While Mr. Moses is whining through his nose in general he might say a word or two in praise of the man who used to be so faithful and constant in looking up his absent colleague when important votes were on. T. E. W. SQUIBS. And so the Constitution alludes to the McDuffie Democracy as the “Ku klux Democracy.” How sad it is to see a great big newspaper loose its head in that sort of way. Anthony Wilson’s speeches are a little tough on his newly found friends in the Democratic party, we admit, but so great a paper as the Constitution ought not to do the sack cloth act in public. It will hurt “the Democratic party.” It will indeed, * * * Was it Boykin Wright’s father who rode so many weary miles across the country to see Anthony Wilson and urge him pathetically to come to the Tenth District and [make some speeches againat Watson? We ask for information. We really would like to know. We would indeed. * * * One week ago Anthony Wilson was the darling of the Democratic heart. Lie had beenjbadly treated ten yeaas ago, and the Democrats (being some what slow in getting their facts) were weeping copious tears of the vote-getting sort over the said An thony. Now that Anthony is stump ing the Tenth for "Watson, and de nies that he was so meanly treated, the Democrats discover that he is a bad man from Bitter creek ; that he is as “ black as the ace of spades,” and has a general tendency to un adulterated cussedness. We feel sorry for the Democrats. We do in deed. * ♦ * Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, without meaning to do so, voiced the Demo cratic situation. It was this, “ "Where was I at ? ” We are anxious for Northen to say what platform he is on. Let him say in plain words where he is “ at.” Let poor little “ Far-a-way Moses” tell us what his platform is, and where “he is at.” How much of the Chicago platform do you stand on, little man ? How much of the Alli ance principles do you still endorse? Democrats! quit your dodging and tell us “ where you are at.” What have you done with your State plat form? How do you stand on State banks ? What have you done with the in come tax ? Where have you put your demand for more money ? "Where have you put your opposi tion to national banks? Why don’t you talk free silver ? Why don’t you norate on the sub treasury ? Boys, don’t be .shy. Tell us ia good, plain English, “ Where you ren at.” T. E. W. THE CHOLERA. The arrival of a vessel at New A ork on board which twenty-two passengers had died of cholera, has caused alarm all over the country, and it has been determined to pro claim a twenty days quarantine of all vessels bringing immigrants from European ports. The President of the United States yesterday con sulted his cabinet on the formulation of a national policy of quarantine protection, and it is fair to presume that a vigorous effort will be made to prevent the landing of the disease. More rapid transportation now makes it more difficult to guard against than w r hen previous epidemics prevailed, and it is impossible to predict the result. Sanitary precautions should be taken in every city and town. MR. WATSON’S SPEECH. To-day we present in full Mr. Watson’s speech delivered in Sparta? August 25. No subscriber to the People’s Party Paper should fail to read this speech from the first word to the closing sentence. It unequivocally answers the slanderous falsehoods circulated by desperate and unscru pulous enemies in reference to the po sition of Mr. Watson and Col. Peek on the so-called “Peek Slavery Bill.’ It also lays bare the silly falsehood about Mr. Watson’s hostility to An thony Wilson in particular, and the colored people in general. It puts a quietus upon the silly charge that Mr. Watson is an enemy to ‘educa tion, and finally shows up Northen, Black, et al. in. the- attitude of |brag garts who _ 'fall 'of fight until Mr. Watson appeared upon the scene, and then began to ask themselves the question, “ Where was I at ? ’ The speech carries with it a mes sage of hope to the oppressed, a gos pel of peace and prosperity to all. The mendacious attacks made by the professional liars *of the Atlanta, Augusta, and other papers, on Mr. Watson’s social equality views, and their gross perversion of facts about the meeting, together 'with the con temptible course of men from whom better things might be expected, in striking a man they feared to meet in debate through a woman, are too puerile to merit attention. In justice to Mr. Bennett, of the Jonrnal, we will say that he made a feeble attempt at the amende honor-, orable after the slander was sown broadcast. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. Send in your subscriptions at once so as to get a full and truthful report of the great debate between Colonel Watson and Judge Black, furnished by our own reporter. No one can get along without the People’s Party Paper during the remainder of the campaign. WEAVER AND FELD IN GEORGIA. Arrangements have been made for Generals Weaver and Field to fill several engagements in Georgia, both to enter the State September 20. The following are General Wea ver’s appointments i Waycross, Tuesday, September 20. Albany, Wednesday, September 21. Columbus, Thursday, September 22. Macon, Thursday, Sept. 22, at night. Atlanta, Friday, September 23. Madison, Saturday, September 24. Augusta. Saturday, Sept. 24, at night. Athens, Monday, September 26. Elberton, Tuesday, September 27. The following are General Field’s appointments: Savannah, Tuesday, Sept. 20, at night. Jesup, Wednesday, September 21. Helena, Thursday, September 22. Cordele, Friday, September 23. Milledgeville, Saturday, September 24. Shadydale, Monday, September 26. Covington, Tuesday, September 27. Preceding the candidates for Pres ident and Vice President by five days, Hon. J. H. Davis (Cyclone Davis), candidate for Attorney-Gen eral of Texas, will deliver a series of addresses as follows: Rome, Thursday, September 15. •Conyers, Friday, September 16. Toccoa, Saturday, September 17. Newnan. Monday, September 19. Griffin, Tuesday. September 20. Woodbury, Wednesday, September 21 Americus, Thursday, September 22. Thomasville, Friday, September 23. Valdosta, Saturday, September 24. FOR CONGRESS. The seventh district convention at Cartersville, Thursday, nominated Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd, for Congress. The second district convention at Albany, Thursday, nominated Hon. T. H. Hand, of Baker. The ticket is being rapidly made up of first-class men, and the battle waxes hot. Perhaps it is natural, but it is true, that the falsehood first made public by Governor Northen at Gibson, that Jerry Simpson had declared that “Southern men sold their nonor and Southern women their virtue,” is do ing duty in a modified shape for the Kepublicans out in Kansas. Out there the word “Kansas” seems to be substituted for “Southern.” Lord? how this world is given to lying. Hon. S. A. "Walker and John Sib ley met Messrs. Kimbrough and Walton in joint debate at Ossa hatchee, Harris county, August 30, and completely demolished them. The democrats could not stand the closing speeches and ran from the grounds. Bring on another demo crat. The average citizen can easily dis cover the result of the financial policy of the government for twenty-five years by putting his hand in his pocket. John A. Sibley will speak at Mari etta, September 5, in joint debate with Joe James; at McDonough on the 6th, in debate with James, Liv ingston and Atkinson ; at Hamilton, Harris county, on the Bth, and Flat Shoals, Muscogee county, on the 10th. The following note from a promi nent colored man is pertinent, and reproduced with pleasure, as request ed, the name being withheld until the writer may assent to its publicity: I see that Rev. C. L. Brad well has written a card charging Hon. Mr. Watson with having defeated him in in his efforts to secure a claim against the United States government. Will you be kind enough to ask Rev. Brad well (through your paper) to be a little more specific, and tell the na ture of his claim, and when Mr. Wat son defeated him ? Possibly some one else will have something to say on the subject. It is said now that Frick was hurt just as badly as he wanted to be, no worse; that Bergman was| in a con spiracy to aaise the cry of “anarchy” and thereby prejudice the public mind against the strikers. Frick was well mighty quick after the shooting, entirely too soon to have been seriously shot. Bergman is said to be rather amused and amus ing over the idea of being punished by law. Was Frick really hurt, is the question. Texas is warmer than dog days, politically. The Democratic con vention divided and set up two State tickets, and there are two Republi can tickets. The people have made first-class nominations, and it now seems that victory is certain. The farmers have been having a series of camp meetings over the State, at which thousands spend from two to five days, and political speeches are delivered somewhat after the manner introduced by the Chautauquans. From these meetings the crowds go away converts to the People’s cause. Volume 1, number 1, of The Voice of the People, Carterville, Ga., is out. It is a neat twenty-eight column paper, and is for the People to the core. R. B. Goodman is edi tor and manager for the Cartersville Publishing Company. Col. C. M. Jones has redeemed his promise of a paper “in the middle of the road.” Six counties are organized in the People’s Party in New Hampshire, and others are falling into line. The splendid Omaha platform catches them every time it is discussed. The appeal to the leaders of the movement for money is called to the attention of all lovers of the good cause. The Peapie have no rich manufacturers out of whom to “fry the fat.” The great movement is of the poor, and not of the privi leged. All who can should help. It will not take much money, when the vastness of the work is considered, but some must be had for legitimate expenses. Speaker Crisp has made several speeches, but has not yet explained why he did not, through exercise of the power put in his hands by the cloture rule, bring on a vote and secure the passage of the Bland silver bill. Three congressional districts in Western New York are being vigor ously fought for by the People. The Alliance is well organized and the re form movement strong in that part of the country. In the next House there Anil be several members of the People’s party from the part of the country above the. Potomac and east of the Alleghanies. The fact that the farmers’ move ment carried five districts in South Carolina for Congressmen, in Xhree of which they were beaten two years ago, should teach the fellows who re gard the Alliance as a temporary craze a lesson. It is a revolution, and will never move backwards. Hemphill and Johnstone, who were strong enough at the last election to defy the farmers, are now political ghosts. The Democratic shouters, with Mr. Crisp at the head, do not tell the people how the revenue commen surate with an annual increase’ of $44,000,000 in expenses of govern, ment is to be raised. They have no substitute for the tariff, which they say must go. Gens. Weaver and Field are win ning converts wherever they speak. All men agree that they are most wonderful campaigners. In the sil ver States, for example, all doubt as to how the electoral votes will be cast was removed when Gen. W eaver had spoken in the respective States Gen. Field put things in good shape in Tennessee and Alabama, and spoke nearly twenty times in Arkansas, where he was joined at Little Rock, August 26, by Gen. Weaver. Both go to Texas Monday for a few days, and will reach Georgia as advertised, after speaking in Florida. Vast throngs meet them wherever they go, and the people are stirred as never before in a political campaign. Surely God is moving the people to their deliverance from thraldom. By reference to the call for the congressional convention of the Fourth district in another column, it will be seen that the date has been changed from the Bth to the 9th of September. . This district is all right, and don’t you forget it. The light will go out on Moses on the election day in November. Arkansas holds her election next week. For years the organized Democracy has controlled the State, through the election machin ery. From present indica tions, the People will cast a ma jority over both old parties. The count must be awaited, however, even more surely than it was needed in Alabama The Commissioner of Agricul ture will find a nut to crack in the communication from Mr. Barrett in another column. Virginia is rapidly forging to the head as a leading People’s party State. The Sun, of Richmond, is a vigorous exponent of the faith, its columns showing that it interests correspondents all over the State. The nomination of Gen. Field set the State afire with an ardor which will brook no defeat. Colquitt County. Moultrie, Ga., Aug. 27. We held a People’s party meeting to-day, and the executive committee set September 12 as the day to nomi nate a candidate for Representative in the next General Assembly. We had some good speaking. W. J. Walters, Sec’y. Acceptance of Mr. Poe. W. B. Meek, Esq., Chairman People’s Party Senatorial Convention : My Dear Sir—l am informed by the committee of the People’s party senatorial convention of the Twenty second senatorial district, which con vened at Forsyth, Georgia, on the 11th of August, instant, to-wit: Messrs- John Y. Lowe, C. C. Ham lin, M. W. Kitchens and G. W. B. Burnett, that I was unanimously nominated to represent the People’s party of this senatorial district in the next legislature of Georgia. If I were to obey the impulse of my personal wishes I would decline to be our party’s standard-bearer in the approaching political contest. The patriotic love I bear my peo ple, and my earnest desire to aid our grand and glorious movement of re form in our national Legislation forces me to accept this honor with a pro found appreciation of its responsibili ties. lam gratified beyond expres sion that I can say, it was the people who sought the man, and not the man the people. For more than twenty years I have labored to the best of my abili ty for democratic success in my na tive State, Georgia. I have passive ly acquiesced, in all ways and at all times, even in questionable measures, with the Democratic party. I have been pacified with promised reforms, and have had faith in the promises made by this party. I believed in these reforms and had an abiding faith in our Southern leaders. The record of the Democratic par ty for the past few months presents to every lover of Ins’ county the startling fact that this party is hope lessly divided on momentous issues of vital interest to the people ; that the reforms we have been promised in our national financial legislation can never be secured for the people by the Democrated party. I abandoned the Democratic party (which is only Democratic in name) when my intelligence was convinced that it was no longer the party for the people, and when I discovered that its platform boldly asserted prin ciples non-Democratic and fatal to the prosperity and happiness of our whole country. In the People’s party platform 1 have found not a line which does not breathe a spirit of patriotism, and an earnest love and interest in the peo pie. I believe it is the best and purest party platform that was e\ er presented to the American people, and I am convinced that the success of this party will perpetuate our re publican gorernment. I am your obedient servant, Wm. A. Poe. The Democratic Party and the Negroes in Georgia. One would judge from the reports published in the daily papers of the State that the Republican negroes of Georgia have fallen most violent ly in love with the Democratic party. To one who is acquainted with the average Georgia negro and the usual Democratic methods in the South, this is the veriest rot. It is true that there are a few ne groes in Georgia who can be persuad ed or hired to do or say most any thing, but it is a notorious fact the intelligent negroes of Georgia can never be persuaded, hired, or bull dozed to vote the Democratic ticket. ' This is according to the eternal fitness of things. No one knows better than the negro himself that, were it possible, there has not been a time since he was made a citizen of the United States that cratic party would not have totally disfranchised him if it could. It is the merest bosh to think that any great number of the negroes of Georgia can be made believe that the Democratic party is any friend of theirs. Then why all this parade of lies in the daily papers about the negroes voting for the Democratic party? Look out; the Democrats of Geor gia are fixing to do exactly what they did in Alabama. In the black counties of Alabama the negro vote was counted for Jones whether it was polled or not. No doubt the same thing will be attempted in Georgia, hence all their twaddle about negroes going to vote the the Democratic ticket in the coming election. It is simply an effort to have the country think it is all right when the dirty work is perpetrated. J. H. Turner. No Fusion. Virginia Sun. Because the Republican party is refusing to make nominations in the most of the Congressional districts, our Democratic acrobats are charg ing fusion between the Republican party and the People’s Party. (We call the Democratic managers acro bats because they are such adepts at appearing on both sides of the fence at the same time.) Now, we know for a certainty that the Democrats are moving heaven and earth to in duce the Republicans to make nomi nations, because they rightly judge that that is their only chance for holding their voting strength. They know that with no Republican in the field all the blandishments in the world will fail of keeping the peo ple from voting their preference in the People’s Party; and defeat stares them in the face. We charge these sagacious managers with desiring to effect a fusion with the Republican party in their own interest. The Republicans refuse—hence these tears. But there is no fusion between the Republican party and the People’s party. The situation is simply this: Under the Anderson - McCormick law the Republicans are powerless. Whatever majorities they may poll, they are uniformly converted into minorities under the mysterious ho cus-pocus of partisan election judges. The Republicans are naturally sick of such a one-sided game, and being helpless to remedy it, they naturally turn their gaze on the People’s party, which as a party of reform, promises a pure election law on the plan of the Australian system. They say, “Give this new party a show. Per haps they can do what we cannot. Help them elect their Congressmen this year, and next year they will carry the State, and then the odious Anderson-McCormick law will no longer disgrace. our statute books. After that we will take our chances in a fair fight.” All that is perfectly sensible and straightforward from a Republican point of view, but it will be noticed that the People’s party has nothing to do with it. We are already pledged to a pure election law, and if the Republicans help us to gain it> all the better; but that in no sense constitutes a fusion between the two parties. Ihe motto of the People’s party is “Keep in the middle of the road.” That is where it is now, and it means to stay there. THE PEOPLE’S RIGHtT f üblished Weekly at Montezuma, Ga. Devoted exclusively to the cause of the 1 eople m their great fight against corrupt parties and wicked legislation. Official Organ of the Third Congress sional District. Price to Jan. 5, 1893, 50 cents. Send us a big club. Address, W. H. KILLEBREW, Montezuma, Ga.