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The Peoples Party Paper
VOLUME V.
AN ANSm TG 3RYAN
'Bourke Cockran Speaks at
Madison Square Garden.
JU PERKY BELMONT PRESIDED
the Now York Ex-Congre««-
dan, Who Spoke For One Hour aud
Twenty Minutes lu Reply to the Demo
cratic Nominee's Speech of Acceptance.
The Speaker Liberally Applauded.
New York, Aug. 19.—Bourke Cock-
Jrun, tho famous lawyer and politician,
made his widely advertised reply to W.
J. Bryan’s speech of acceptance at Mad
ison Square Garden. Perry Belmont,
•the banker, presided and introduced
Mr. Cockran, who said in part:
Mr. Chairman, Lidies and Gentlemen,
Fellow Democrats:
With the inspiring strains of that na
tional song still ringing in our ears, who
can doubt the issue ot this campaign?
»hat issue hgz been well stated by your
f
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BOLTJiZ COCKRAX
Arssiding officer. Stripped, as be says, of
ill verbal disguise, it is an is ue of com
mon hone' :y; i is.-uo between the honest
djs.chargo and th * dishonest repudiation
public and private obligations. It is a
question as to whether the powers of this
government shall b? used to protect hon
est industry or to tempt the citizen to dis
honesty. On this question honest men
cannot differ. It is one of morals a d jus
tice. It involves the existence of social
order. It is the contest for civ lization.
If it ba disheartening to Democratsand
the lovers ot free institutions to find an
Issue of this character projecting into a
presidential campaign. this meeting fur
n'shesus with an i..spiring truth of how
that issue will be met by the people.
, A Democratic convention may renounce
the Democratic faith, but the Democracy
remains i\.itbfill to Democratic principles.
Democratic leaders may betray a conven
tion to bi e Populists but they cannot se
(luce the poorest of Democratic voters
’torn the pathway of honor and of justice.
A ’ • j,-- t’c .; ..U.ilite oj ( a
Democrat de convection may in this ball
open a canvass levelled against toe foun
dations o: social order and hr beholds the
Democratic masses confronting him or
ganized for the defense, Fellow Demo
crats, let us not disguise from ourselves
the fact that we bear in this contest a se
rious and grave and solemn burden of
duty. We must raise our hands against
the nominee of our party and we must do
It io preserve the future of that party it
self.
Why lie Opposes Bryan.
Wc must oppose the nominee of the Chi
| cago convention, and we know full well
ithat the success of our opposition will
Xnean our own exclusion from public life,
but we will be consoled and gratified by
the reflection that it will prove that the
American people cannot be divided into
/parties on a question of simple murals nr
of common honesty. We would look in
vain through the speech delivered here
one week ago to find a true statement of
the issue involved in this canvass. In
deed, I believe it is doubtful if the candi
date himself auite understands the nature
of the faith which he professes. I say this,
not in criticism of his ability, but in jus
tice to his morality. I believe that if he
himself understood the inevitable conse
quences of the doctrines which he preaches
that his own hands would be the very first
. to tear down the platform on which he
Wands.
; Ihe pretense that men can be enriched
by swelling » be volume of currency is the
Oldest delusion which has affected man
kind since the very beginning of civiliza
tion. The volume of money plays but a
small part even in the ordinary transac
tions of life. It is not the volume of
money bub the activity of money that
• counts.
The basis of sound trade is sound
' money—money which is intrinsically val
uable. money which, like the gold coinage
)f this country, the government cannut
iffect if it tried to. I can take a §lO gold
)icce, and I can defy all the powers of all
;he governments to take 5 cents of value
from it. Having earned by the sweat of
any brow, having earned it by the exercise
fcf my brain, having earned it by the ex
change of my commodities, I can goto the
uttermost ends of the earth, and wherever
A present it its value will be unquestioned
<and unchallenged. That gold dollar, this
{meeting. the Democratic party, t he honest
amuses of this country, without di tine
lion of party division, demand shall be
Jpaid to the laborer when he earns it, and
that no power on earth shall cheat him
Di’ the sweat of his brow.
Described as a Conspiracy.
Quoting Mr. Bryan as proposing to
increase the price of commodities, Mr.
Cockr. n elaborated an argument to
show that when this increase is brought
about labor will be left to shift for it
self. This ho described as the Populist
jchome, and a conspiracy. Then ho
asked:
Will you submit to this scheme bo
tween the professional farmers who culti
vate the quarrel? of their neighbors, farm
er. who labar with their jaws, Populist
agitators of th? west and tho merciless
slaveholders of the south? This is a con
spiracy between professional farmers who
want to pay low wages and the unrecon
ciled slaveholder who would like to pay
no wages—here is the real conspiracy.
He re is the explanation of this Populist
movement.
When this tide of agitation shall have
receded —this tide of Populistic agita
tion, this assault upon common honesty
and upon industry shall have abated for
ever- -the fouuda ons of this republic will
remain undisturbed. This government
will still shelter a people indissolubly
wedded to liberty and order, jealously for
bidding any distinction of burden or of
privilege, conserving property, maintain
ing morality, resting forever upon the
broad basis of American patriotism and
American intelligence.
Mr. Cockran’s speech was well re
ceived. While many of those in the
upper galleries deserted their seats long
b fore the speaker had concluded, it was
noticed that those in tiie lower tiers and
those in the main auditorium remained
attentive throughout the discourse. The
audience took advantage of every oppor
tunity to manifest approval ot Hiecpuak
er’s seutiuiiLtj,
STARTLING ADMISSION.
Matlie Overman Declares She Is a Per
jurer—The Brown Case Reopened.
San Francisco, Aug. 19. Mattia
Overman, Who figured conspicuously
aud unenviably in the Brown church
scandal, has made a confession in which
she declares she is a perjurer and that
Dr. Brown is all his enemies represented
him to be. This startling admission of
Miss Overman made after months of si
lence, and after Dr. Brown has taken
up a new home in a new field, has re
opened the entire case. The woman's
confession has been fully considered by
the ministers and laymen that came
before the trial court.
Mrs.' Tunnell has gone before the
ecclesiastical court and has corrborated
all that Miss Overman confessed. The
members of the council could listen to
the startling story, but as a council they
could do nothing. Mis?K)?brman’s con
fession was placed in thw custody of the
bay conference. A resolution asking
the bay conference to take action on tho
, matterj was adopted by an unanimous
: vote. The bay conference will there
| fore meet without delay in special ses
sion.
I The Rev. Dr. 0. O. Brown will be no
| titled of the new turn in his affairs -• d
i will be ordered to appear in person or by
representative to show cause why the
; j udgment of suspension for an indefinite
period from the ministry should not be
, absolute and permanent expulsion. Dr.
Brown’s answer to the bay conference
may be expected soon.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Watson Will Meet Uuthrle In Joint De
bate—Holler Explosion Kills Five.
Raleigh, Aug. 19.—Cyrus Watson,
Democratic nominee for governor, has
accepted the challenge to joint debate
given by W. A. Guthrie, Populist nora
-1 iuee.
| A “sounV .money” democratic state
I convention fa called at Greensboro,
) Aug, 26.
The Patterson Cotton Mill company,
' at Concord, orders the building of an
other mill with 5,000 spindles, to cost
i $90,000.
' The Republicans of this district have
decided to make a straight nomination
for congress.
Low water caused the explosion of
the boiler at Taft’s sawmill at Troy,
: Montgomery county. Five men, Sara
1 Ewing, John Ellis, Ed Dickson, Charles
i Morris and James Carpet, were in-
I stantly killed. Four others were in-
I jured, three fatally. The boiler was lit
-1 erally torn to pieces. Some were struck
by pieces and others were scalded.
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Car Falls From the Top ot a Mine to
the Bottom of the Shaft.
Baltimore, Aug. 19.—Pete Ryan,
foreman of the st. Lawrence mine, tne
; property of the Anaconda mine, and
Jack Campbell and John Manning, two
: miners, were killed at 5:10 o’clock
| Wednesday morning by the fall of a car
i from the top of the mine to tho bottom
i of the shaft, at the 1,200 level,
j The miners were working at the bot.
■ tom beneath the bulkhead, at the 1,200
| level, deepening the shaft, when the
I csige containing Ryan fell from the top,
' instantly crushing the life out of two
, men below, and also killing Ryan, who
j was in the cage. The latter had just
; came to the top and was about to step
1 out of the cage when the brake refused
I to work and the cage started down the
I shaft with fearful velocity. The en
' gineer tried to put on the clutch, but it
would not work.
To Organize Well Equipped Postal System.
Washington, Aug. 19.—The govern
ment of the Cape of Good Hope, one of
the recent acquisitions of the universal
postal union, is taking prompt steps to
i organize a well equipped postal system
'in its domains. Its postmaster general
i asked for the co-operation of this gov
| erument with a view to the better pro
| taction of regular mail matter posted
' for delivery and for mail passing through
■ the country in transit. In seeking in
' formation about the equipment of the
. postal system of the United States, it
I has just submitted a request for a lull
| sot of registered package and registered
I tag envelopes and registered pouches,
: inner registered sacks, brass lock pouches
l and international telltale locks.
I A Strange Disease Attacks Illinois Cattle.
Ottawa, Ills., Aug. 19.—Farmers in
Brookfield township just south of Mar-
I seilles are greatly exercised over a new
I disease which has broken out there.
I The disease has spread in three herds
I of over 100 head and many of the ani
i male are hopelessly blind and many
' others are rapidly losing their sight,
i Mr. Dennis, the Ottawa veterinarian,
I who was called to see them, can find
, nothing in the authorities relating to
I tho disease, which in each case affects
I the pupils of the eye. It may be neces
■ sary to have the affected cattle killed to
| prevent the spread of the malady among
the animals. 1 ,
A IVoman Choked to Death by Robbers.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 19.—Shortly
after daylight Kate Cabanie, who kept
I a general store in the southern suburbs
j of the city, was found lying just outside
I the back door, choked to death. She
was attired in her night clothing, and
, it was evident that she was aroused af
‘ ter going to bed by her murderers. The
; woman lived in a room back of her
store, and had no one living with her.
| She did a good business and had accn
, mulated considerable property. The
I room was ransacked by the murderers.
Topeka Enact, a Curfew Law.
I Topeka, Aug. 19.—The city of Topeka
i has enacted a curfew law. It provides
i that all children under 16 years of age,
! found on the streets or in public places
■ uuaccelmpanied by guardians after 9 p.
; m. in summer and 8 p. m. in winter,
; shall bo arrested and fined not less than
$5 nor more than $25; The fire bell will
| ring every evening 15 minutes before
j the hour.
I No Fight Between Troops and Indiana. >
i Tucson, A. T., Aug. 19.—A corres-!
f pondent has just come from the place
I where the action is said to have taken
i place between the Yaquis and troops E.
; Seventh cavalry. He found the report
•>f the liuht to to without louudaliuu, ■
AYjr.lZ RIGHTS TO ALL ; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE”
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1896.
SPAIN HAS AIW CASE
Her Claims Against Uncle Sam
Considered Groundless.
DISCUSSED IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES
Th© Publication of the Document Demand
ing Damages Not Regarded as On© at
Which Offense Should Bo Taken by This
Government—Stand Taken by Bayard In
Previous Case Will Serve as Precedent.
Washington, Aug. 19.—1 n official
aircles there is considerable discussion
Concerning the pamphlet of the Spanish
legation, prepared by its attorney, Cal
deron Carlisle. In the state department
there was no criticism as to the publica
tion of the document, and it was not re
garded as one at which offense should
be taken. While it is acknowledged
tiiat tho only prima facie object of the
. document could bo tho laying of tlie
' Way for claims against tho United
States, there wore also intimations that
the pamphlet was issued and given wide
circulation for the purpose of making
tho United States more vigilant in pre
venting filibustering expeditions leav
ing the shores of the United States, as
the Cubans in this country are redoub
ling their efforts to send munitions of
; war to the insurgents. It is known that
: from the beginning of the trouble of
I Cuba, Secretary Olney has made every
I effort to have the United States to so
j act as to bo able to prove that the gov-
■ ernment has done everything possible
i to cheek expeditions against'Spain.
I It was said unofficially that every
i claim that Spain could make against the
i United States would be met in such a
l way as to destroy all ground for dani
i age. Attention was called to the note
of Secretary of State Bayard to Julian
I Valero, who in 1885 was min ster from
' Spain, and called attention to the arri-
I val in Cuba of filibustering expeditions,
' and of expressions of sympathy for the
i Cubans, and pointing out that the trial
I of offenders by jury was a serious ar-
I guinent against appealing to the courts,
; as the people would sympathize with
i the offenders, and they Would be ac-
I quitted.
Reply of'Mr. Bayarrt.
: To this portion of the Spanish Minis
ter’s note, Mr. Bayard replied that tho
government of the. United States did
not attempt to exercise any power over
the opinion or expressions of people
Within its domain. "The government
. does not assume,” he wrot", “to visit
' with penalty conduct which, if com
-1 mitted within foreign jurisdictions,
might be punishable therein. To iio
! otherwise would be, in effect, to attempt
' to recognize and administer within the
! sovereignty of the United States a de.
I tnestic law of another toveroign. Pro
! cfeuiog.; ii.itter me acutraiiiy laws or
the United States are set in motion by
! due information mads under oath by
some person cognizant ot' the facts al
leged.
it is upon this position of Mr. Bayard
that the state lartment and the U nited
: States gove ...ent has been acting. It
has been re; ly to act so soon ns it has
' informatic of unlawful aets. Mr. Bay
ard, in his note, added:
; “Tho executive can no more punish
i or repress offenses of this nature (expe
ditions against another government)
without the judicial ascertainment of
the fact that an unlawful act has been
committed than it could by administra
tive mandate award death on charge of
murder. Neither in one case nor tho
’ ether could the representation of parties
; claiming to be aggrieved override the
j indispensable requisite of a judicial pro
ceeding.”
Beyond Government Control.
I Mr. Bayard says considerable more on
i this point, emphasizing his position.
| He does not ask Spain to be he plaintiff,
but says that tho United ? afes will be
, the plaintiff in all cases whore a breach
' of the law is charged that will bring tho
. case within rhe statute:
' “Tho law being so in control of the
1 case, it must follow it to the end. The
executive has no authority over the jn
! diciary. The expressions of sympathy
cannot be controlled, however mis
placed.”
i Mr. Bayird concludes by saying:
l “Permit me to assure you that if any
i attempt shall be made on your part or
I by your agents to cause the laws up
| plicable to tne case and the international
! obligations of tho United States to bo
‘ respected to their fullest extent, and
j these attempts shall fall, and tho inci
| dent, be brought to the attention of this
■ department, it will promptly lend its
; aid to vindicate the law and enforce its
i remedies.”
Mr. Bayard thus placed the responsi
i bility of locating filibusters and hostile
demonstrations against Spain upon tho
, Spanish government.
i The entire note is printed out as de
fining tho position of tho United States
in the present case, and arguing fully
the assumption of the counsel of the
, Spanish legation in the pamphlet just
published.
i NEEBE LEFT HIS WIFE.
I One of the Anarchists Pardoned by Gover
nor Altgeld Has Eloped.
! Chicago, Aug. 19.—Oscar Neebe, the
> anarchist who was pardoned for his
' complicity ir the Haymarket riots by
Governor Altgeld, has left his wife aud
eloped with another woman. Neebe
was a widower at the time of his con
viction, and shortly after his release
from the penitentiary married his pres
, ent wife, who is well to do.
i Mrs. Neebe said Tuesday night that
her husband had left her and she did
not care if he never returned.
I “If he does,” she said, “he will meet
some unpleasantness.”
I The woman with Neebe is said to be
Mrs. Mueller of this city. The couple
, have known each other but a few weeks.
I Arrested For Killing a Cattleman.
Perry, O. T., Aug. 19.—Sheriff Laudy
| Folsom has been arrested by a deputy
I United States marshal on the charge of
having murdered a wealthy cattleman
i named Long some nine years ago. Fol
! som was suspected ar, the time of the
! murder but was not prosecuted.
Tn Open tho lowa Campaign.
Des Moines, Aug. ID.—lt was decided
here Tuesday night to open the lowa
campaign Sept. .1 with Allison, Benja
. j>.iu Harrison aud Robert G. Cousins.
LAWMSjN SESSION
The American Bar Association’s
Annual Meeting.
LORD RUSSELL IN ATTENDANCE
Great Britain’s Chief Justice Greeted With
Hearty Applause When He Entered the
Hail—The President of the Association,
Moorefield Storey of Boston, Delivers
His Annual Address.
Saratoga, Aug. 19 -There was a
large attendance in the convention hall
at the opening of the nineteenth annual
meeting of tho ft uorican Bar associa
tion. When Lord Russell, Sir*’rancis
Lockwood and Montagu Craokenthorps,
together with their ladies, entered tho
hall, they were greeted with hearty ap
plause. Judge George S. Butchellor es
corted them to seats at tlie front and
near tha platform. The president of
the association, Moorefield Storey, con
ducted Lord Russell, Sir Francis Lock
wood and Montagu Crackent horpe to
seats on the platform. Among others
honored with seats upon tlie platform
were J. Randolph Tucker, Edward J.
Phelps, William Allen Butler, Henry
Hitchcock, Austin G. Fox, Charles
Claflin Allen, Francis Rawle and James
C. Carter.
President Storey called the associa
tion to order and delivered his address.
He reviewed the most noteworthy
changes in statute law on points of gen
eral interest made in the several states
a id congress during the preceding year.
While the year had been marked by dis
content among the people, the laws only
show peace. Discontent did not effect
legislation. There was a noticeable
growth of a disposition to assert tha
general interest of the community at
the expense of the individual freedom.
He cited such legislation as the collate
ral inheritance tax, the graduated in
come tax, tlie graduated tax on the es
tates of deceased persons and the char
acter and number of the uses for which
money is raised by taxation. Most of
the address is devoted to railway reor
ganization, reviewing a statute of Ken
tucky which enables courts to protect
investors by making every railway re
organization on the subject of judicial
investigation. Mr. Storey said:
President Storey’s Speech.
The failure of a railway company finds
the managers prepared for the emergency
which they have foreseen, while it finds
the creditors scattered, ignorant, fright
ened and unready act. We nave seen
managers, while stoutly denying up to
tho last moment that, any such step was
, ton tern Dinted. Sfrret.lv |( j ,”c a bill, end
a iinout notice to those t ?9tea, fii'e it
ir ; court. Those proceedings have been
collusive. The managers of these insolv
ent companies have controlled both sides
of the litigation. Bills filed state that the
company cannot meet its obligations and
that thus the system will be disintegrated
and that the solvent company suffer.
Upon this allegation the company asks t he
court, in the interest ot the debtor, to de
prive the creditors of their rights.
After an extensive contest the self con-
Btituted reorganization committee appears
and bondholders are offered their cnoice
b ‘tween a contest conducted at great dis
advantage and expense and th? acceptance
of such terms as may be. While in theory
they could not accept, in fact they do not
dare to refuse. The expense of the reor
ganization has been in many cases enor
mous. and in fixing it there is no one to
audit the accounts, no one to represent the
creditors who suffer while the trustees
profit. Whenever an agreement is reached
the obstruction ceases. The foreclosure
moves swiftly and the officers of the court
no longer resist the claims of suitors at
the bar. The receivership has accom
plished this purpose.
Caute of the Discontent.
Many see the savings of a lifetime swept
away by mismanagement and the same
managers continue in charge- To the
reckless use of power by the managers of
cc rporations aud by those who profit in
tl eir downfall, we must attribute much
of t he discontent, the hatred of capital and
capitalists, of corporations and their offi
cers which underlies the movement that
excites our alarm.
Professor B'ewstt Lee of the North
western university, in his paper on
“Teaching Practice In Law Schools,”
said:
Half the cases decided in 1893 were upon
p ants of procedure, showing that a knowl
edge of procedure is .worth as much as all
the rest of legal knowledge. Lawyers
must get their technical knowledge in the
school of experience. Law is a science;
practicing law is an art. Law is the only
profession in which students can have
practical training before they begin work.
Most students, clergymen, engineers and
others have it. Professor Lee said the
most courts have been overrated, but
practice could bo taught by obtaining
printed trial records and giving them out
as the basis of class work.
After President Storey had concluded
his address the executive committee re
ported tho nominations for membership
and 88 new members were elected. Tho
aggregate membership of the associa
tion is i,3-12. The treasurer’s report
showed a balance of $4,133.58.
General Council Elected.
The following general council was
elected:
Alabama, J. J. Williett; Arkansas, M.
M. Oohen; California, J. A. Gibson;
Colorado, C. E. Hersington; Connecti
cut, J. S. Curtis; Delaware, I. 0. Grubb;
District of Columbia, R. S. Bounds;
Florida, R. W. Williams; Georgia, P.
W. Meldrim; Idaho, R. 8. Grego.Tr; Il
linois, E. B. Sherman; Indiana, 8, O.
Picking; lowa. A. J. McCreary; Kan
sas, J. D. Milliken; Kentucky, E. J.
McDermott; Louisiana, W. W. Hoye;
Maine, C. F. Libby; Maryland, J. A.
Mason; Massachusetts, A. J. Jones;
Michigan. G. P. Wailz; Minnesota, It.
Whelan; Mississippi. T. H. Thompson;
Missouri, James Hagerman; Montana,
W. F. Sandors; Nebraska, J. M.
Woolworth; New Hampshire, J. W.
Follows; New Jersey, R. W. Parker;
New York. W. H. Robertson; North
Carrliua, J. L. Bridges; North Dakota,
B. O. Corbett; Ohio, M. D. Fillet; Ore
gon. J. J. Hill; Pennsylvania, W. G.
Smith; Rhode Island, A. M. Eaton;
South Carolina, O. S. Nettles; South
Dakota, J. W. Wright; Tennessee, J.
M. Dickinson; Texhs. J. T. H. Scott;
Vermont, E. B. Tafft; Virginia, J. L.
Yons; Washington, C. E. Shepard; West
Virginia, E B. Summerville; Wiscon
sin, A. L. Terry; Wyoming, C. N. Pot
ter; Arizona, E. E. Ellenwood; Indian
Territory, J. W. McCloud; Oklahoma,
H. E. Asp; Utah, R. B. Shepard. -
A BRYAN-WATSON CLUB.
FIRST IN NEW YORK ORGAN
IZED AT A DINNER.
Banquet for Southern Hen Ten
dered to Thomas R. R. Cobb,
of Georgia.
From The New York World.
There i» a Bryan and Watson
club open for business now in this
city. It was organized last night to
the acompaniment of feasting, ora
tory and enthus asn at a dinner ten
dered by Dr. Samuel E. Milliken to
Thomas II 11. Cobb, of Atlanta, <l»
Now Mr. Cobb, although young in
years, is widely known in polities
throughout the South. lie was at
one time President of the Young
Men’s Democratic League of Atlanta
4,000 strong, and wu recently elect
ed Judge Advocate of tho Sons of
Confederate Veter ms.
Last night’s dinner drew to the
Tuxedo, at Madison avenue and
Fifty ninth street, a large company
of Southerners, representing almost
every State south of Mason and
Dixon’s line.
Mr. Cobb has been stumping the
Carolinas with Mr. Tillman for the
I last three weeks, and only .usnended
■ operations in order to attend the
Bryan mee’ing meeting of Wednes
day at the Garden.
In respose to a request for an opin
ion on the political situation in the
South the young Georgian arose and
told what ha knew in a burst of deep
lunged oratory that boomed out
through the open windows and drew
crowds on the streets.
“I do not know nor care,” said the
speaker, “whether my sentiments are
popular here or not. I speak from
conviction aud, therefore, will speak
boldly. lam a Democrat, born ot
| Democratic parents, and have voted
aud worked .jr Dora, ci Soy ere.
since I was of age. But in the South
now there are differences of opinion
as to what constitutes a Democrat.
There is a large sound money Dem
ocratic wing and a larger silver Dem
oe r atio wiag. Then there is the
Jeffersonian Democracy, called Pop
ulists.
•Now, some of these men are
against all nominees of Democracy
from pique; others are for Bryan
and Sewall, but the great majority
ot Georgia Democrats will vote for
Bryan aud Watson, and I am one of
that number. Georgia will go for
Bryan and Watson because the Dem
ocra’io party indorsed Watson
through its executive head (Senator
Jones), at St. Louis. Thousands of
B yan silver Democrats in Georgia
and through the South cannoi un
derstand how men can vole for a
national bmk president for Vice-
President on an anti-national bank
platform. Sewail is a plutocrat, a
national banker, a corporation king;
Watson is a statesman and a man of
the people. Watson stands on a
parity with Bryan in intellect, cour
age, patriotism and service to silver.
“I have waited till now before de
claring my position, hoping Sewall
would withdraw, and believing he
would. Watson cannot withdraw,
fpr he was nominated to save his
party. Every silver man in the
Union would rejoice to see Sewall
get out. Watson spoke to 10,000
Democrats in Atlanta the other night
and they cheered him to the echo.
“The Atlanta Commsroial and
S rath Carolina Headlight and other
Southern Democratic pipers have
declared for Bryan and Watson, and
every Populist payer in the Union
has stuok to the St. Louis contract.
Bryan’s own state has acted in favor
of Watson and the other Western
Populist States have shown them
selves staunch to Watson.
“The Populists made the Demo
crats pass an inc'me tax law,
when the Democrats and Republi
cans had failed to call for it in their
platforms. And it would be law
today if it had not been for the influ
ence of a little private gold.
‘ Lastly let me say that the South
is not only back in the house of ite
fathers, and here to stay, but we are
not in the Union as servants, as
slaves. We are equals with any
section. The South gave Marshall
to the bench, AVashington to the
sword, Jefferson to the pen and Pat
rick Henry to America. These four
mon did more than all others to make
the Union what it if.”
Mr. Cobb’s speech wrought the
little comp my up greatly, and led to
the prompt and enthusiastic organi
zation of a Bryan and Watson club
tic first in this city.
Dr. Samuel E. Milliken was elect
ed president, and J. Davis Lewis
secretary. The new organization
will hold a meeting during the com
ing week to arrange for a campaign
speech by Candidate Wa'son in New
York at an early date.
A Card From Judge Hines.
Eiitor Cons.itution—la your ar
ticle io Sunday’s Constitution u.’der
the caption, “Planning to Fuse,” you
state that it was understood tint I
had made a proposition that the
Populists and Republicans should
fuse on an electoral ticket. This is
absolutely without foundation in fact,
and a pure fiction. This is but a
sample of the false statements con
tained in this article.
The Populists have put out an
electoral ticket for Bryan and Wat
son, and this ticket will get every
loyal Populisms vote in Georgia.
Any statement that there has been
any proposition on my part to take
down a single one of these electors
is a malioious fabrication.
In today’s Constitution is another
article in which you refer to me, and
in which you say: ‘ Judge Hines,
in conference with Boss Buck, is not
th > sort of spectacle that will enthuse
the rank and file of the Populists
in Georgia.”
Colonel A. E. Buck and Colonel
Walter M. Johnson called on ms
SVurday, and we discussed politics.
Are they not gentlemen? Did not
The Constitution indorse Colonel!
Buck, without his solicitation, for a 1
cabinet position under President j
Harrison? Did you not indorse
him as a gentleman of integrity?
T«iao* are gentl-mer, ana they
ai< at ad times weicome callers.
They did mo good service in my
rare in 1894, and I appreciate it.
Ido not hesitate to say that I
have urged them to give us their
support in 189(5, as they did in 1894
Republicans and Populists are wide
apart in national affairs; and the
gnif is impassable; but in state mat
ters they are fhterested for honest
electionr, and many o' them are
agiinst the barrooms, as wo are. If,
on these high grounds, the repubi
cans can vote our state ticket, I
want their help and votes. We will
appeoiate their support.
II you do not want their support
and voles, say so. The Populists of
G orgia know me, and they know I
am not bartering their principles.
The people of Georgia hive discern
ment enough to put Iha right esti
mate on that kind of journalism
whi h declares in brazaa heailines
that “Kid” Royal, the gimbler, is a
chum of the llou. Thomas E. Wat
son.
James K. Hines.
Atlanta, G»., August 17, 189(5.
Andrew Murray on the Platform,
Atlanta, Ga , Aug. 17, 1896.
Editor People’s Party Paper.
As the political atmosphere of
Georgia is getting to be about as
warm as the weather, I thought to
take off my coat and cool off awhile,
and while I am fanning to keep cool,
might as well pat in a word or so,
byway of parenthesis, so to speak,
aneut tha situation as it appears to
me.
I have been reading the various
papers published here, in Atlanta, as
well as papers from other sections
of the country, and I am well satis
fied that Bryan and Watson, from a
legal standpoint, as well as moral,
sh uld ba supported for President
and Vice President <f the United
Statee in the coming national elec
tion.
Mr. Blackburn, editor of The
Commercial, and Lawyer T. R R-
Cobb, of this city, whose recent
speech at a dinner party in New
York, expreesss sentiments that
every honest man, D“moorat or
Populis', is obliged to believe, and
should be honor bond to respect.
There is not a shadow o' a doubt
but that Senator Jones, chief cook
and bottle washer for the Demo
cratic party, went to S:. Louis to
NUMBER 49.
trade off S-awall for a Populist
if he could induce the Populist Con
vention to nan e Bryaa for the first
plaje. The trade was made, and
Sewall should be taken down, as per
agreemen’, and Wa son acknowl
edged aud voted for by the Demo
cratic party as tho rightful candidate
of that bargain But the etituation
appears now to bo like the fox in the
fable, “The Fox having a bone in his
throat seat for Dr. Crane, and prom
ised him a large reward if he suc
cessfully extracted said bone, the
doctor with his long bill plucked
the bone from Mr. Fox’s throat and
demanded hti reward, whereupon
Mr. Fox, after hemming and hawing,
remarked that he could have bitten
off Dr. Crane A head while he had it
in his mouth if he bad felt disposed,
and that he thought the reward suf
ficiently great that he didn’t do it."
Now, the application suits this case
as exactly similar; Dr. Populists ex
tracted the bone from the throat of
tho Democratic party, secured to
said party indefinite length of life,
for it is well-known that said party
was in a moribund condition, and tha
forthcoming reward is base treach
ery, such as the fox gave the crane.
There was a time when the demo
cratic party could be trusted, bat it
was when Jeffersonian Democracy
stood for the rights of the people,
all the people, not the classes but the
masses, but the Hamiltonian substi
tute, that prevails now, is a fraud that
should be relegated to the back yard
of pnblio contempt, for its record is
so corrupt that it stinks in the nos
tril's of every pure minded clean
handed, gentleman of every political
creed.
The combination of the Populist
and Prohibitionist parties of Georgia
was a master stroke of wisdom, if
not of Eecßssity, and every good
man in Georgia can Btaud on the
platform of said party with both feet,
without damage to himself or hie
ry, r>' rou-.trp; needs j -I .** such
a party and such a platform of prin
ciples, it means victory, for there is
absolutely nothing in that platform
to find fault with, but everything to
praise and commend.
Take it all together the Populist
platform of principles, as they are
presented now, enthives the people
like gold, old tme religion. What
a saving to the state of millions of
money, to say nothing of what is
better than money, the boys of our
commonweath, if the bar-rooms
co ild be wiped out. Is it possible
anybody can ba so blind aS not see
that it is to their intereit to vote with
the Populist part - .’ ? Then, again >
let us call your attention to the fact
that the Populist party go a step
farther in the direction of free edu
cation ihan the D .ranc'atic party, it
carries alorg with it the furnishing of
free book , as well as free tuition, to
all She ci ldren of tie the S.ate,
white as well as colored, and again,
the Populist party ca’ls f»r reforma
tories for young criminals, and their
chances for redemption, offered by
the Pops, should bring every right
thinking man to the support of the
party.
The D mocratio party, will send
out its stump speakers to bilittle tha
platform of the Populists, and to
decry the efforts of its leaders, but
they had just as well send out stump
speakers to make a crusade against
old time religion, for every man who
makes up his mind to vote for tha
principles emb idled in the Populist
p atform will do hoi or to himself and
his Bta'e, and will come nearer get
ting to heaven when he dies, tnan
the fellow who stinks to moie-n De
mocracy, and tries to inculcate its
rotten principles, from the stump, or
rostrum, to perpetuate the chains o f
slavery upon its foolish victims.
Yours truly,
Andrew Murray.
HON. SEIBORN WRIGHT
MADE A GRAND SPEECH
LAST TUESAAY AT THE
Tabernacle—Dr. Gamble and T
K. li- Cobb Addressed the
Meeting aud Claimed the
State by 25,000.
Mr. Wright spoke to between four or
five thousands Atlantiana last nigh,
(Tuesday). He was introduced by Mr.
Hooper Alexander. His speech cap
tured the audience, causing many per
sons to declare that he would carry
the State by 25,009 majority.
Mr. Alexander’s speech will appear
later.
Dr Gambrel’s speech was well re
ceived, as was Mr. T. R. R. Cobb.