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tel A m i m*4 l %&, m a H j -5 t M m 1H * yu f f l W- -•■ :•- •; M m aresMtW^v m- 4iA* R3I5H 12. CW5 L 1 II m |*i&w iiiO Uj evince} C ed fils Hearers jheDeifl°« ra tic Party -jilSSKE BOH® AKOTMEST THAT jjVANCED <0® PAPA’A - hen CANNOT ffTTE—A good DAY FOR DEIOCE iCf. I IS a rod letter day forde >y of Georgia an unques j marks a turning point Pift of state politics, Livingston speech of CM biear and forceful one. In [owed [mote too shadow plainly of a for doubt the l democratic party is the hr the people, and more ts held up the folly and [of [relief. the farmers going out Lply laments of Colonel democrat- Peek to of the less'uan, could not stand I and the truth wa s clear I little ground was left Ken less wanted upon I build a hope for third la in Rockdale. I the moment that Oolon pton took the speaker’s itil he closed his speech, ■the crowds in the court I the power of his able is so well put, and the lous applause as almost iutence was rounded, |o peat doubtful that democracy way of the is ieire in Rockdale coun iinie of Colonel Peek, Be big third party lead - i: Lr, ingston was to the crowds by L A. Stewart, he ■ted w itir loud and long J glad to see you, eol inouted one ” " Lon are here in “ 011 > said another, f I u P’eetings but were 18 f air to say p a number of r la g around on f tenches ” love. L14 • Boston’s speech. .Colonel Livings ^’-and ot llls and welcome, bowed in he Utizona—I l atthe invitation w f iuy fnends to Moolis that help L/A seem e or your minds. P ^miSes to talk r?°f dlscour se P greatest as comrnonvrealth. L ImS^^duty ’ / -onceive, in to e Ri T = and , lastly in . [^ applause.) Please 1TeL God, Ihwa Heav L 30 quarrel t, [tho-if 6 wilos f e a fa e hAen ive against Was lik e mOQfid it. ■eak ‘“ft lallT- L t e I A pr T io c • • mm i- FA# } i h mm* fipr * 15 mSshmsa mamR Ifillif arn, -as mmmm mm Lj-. LIVINGSTON AFTER THE 1 HIED PARTY. my heart, and they know is all theirs. (Cries of “That’s colonel you’re right.) “ It has been said that I am traitor to my people, a ®Judas the alliance cause. This has whispered around for some It has been published in alliance paper, edited by Irwin. It has gone to the that Livingston has gone on alliance demands. things have been said in ahscence, I have been ap¬ to and begged to job’ the party to prove I have n >t back on the alliance U.Uy this would ever be. -p “ No, let’s see if I have been traitor. Turn yuars ago the alliance i wee eiamoring for re forms. I v.as asked to become president of the state al liance. I entered the race un reservedly. Bear in mind how we all stood in those days. Here Colonel Livingston trac ed his connection with the alii auce, showing up the ; yardstick they had made and how it had no third party notch on it. Then he spoke of the railroad plank in the alliance platform, saying it had no government government owner ship clause, but a control clause, and stating that he had never deviated from those policies. He reviewed the St. Louis convention, showing how the alliance from the couth was jobbed of its representation thereby overpowering delega tions from such organizations as the woman suffragists, wo men prohibitionists and even negro societies. He recalled how Gilmore Ellington and Branch had got their represen tation from some of these alien associations after they went west and not from the people of Georgia. He said he didn’t abide this convention nor did it become him to do so, for it was not his duty as an allianceman from Georgia to do it. “I told Mr. Weaver that if he would take out of the nension clause and the railroad owner ship, clause’I thought the Geor gia delegation would vote for the platform. He said he would try to take them out, but the convention was gaged and lie couldn’t. Aud yet Turner said I svni[ afhized witn these, aud it was published here in Uie Southern Alliance Farmer. ” j ;>Ir. Irwin way present arose and sw h The columns were open L -= >ur denial, col onel. why didn't- you write a I . -TO” olonel Livingston: “ Y gs, and you would have stuck I three fines simply ing I had been seen and dei the ort—that’s all the voice 1 I would had. ” (Applause.) EL PEEK. GETS SI Colonel Peek: “ SATURDAY APRIL 1892 YOU ARE MY MEAT l I want to interrupt you ask that the reporters over throw away their cigars. make me sick. ” (Here crowd yelled “Don’t get sick soon, Colonel Reek. ”) The cigars were thrown away the speaking went on. Colonel Livingston told how had aspired to gubernatorial and had finally been to give up the 110 that he [held and for sake of harmony in the alli¬ ranks run for congress. recalled that the alliance a promise to the demo¬ convention if they would them primaries, they fight for reform in the ranks. This the granted, It is all on d. And you can q deny it, my alliancemen, you whoop d it from the jump, ‘We are You well remem how you ugyd t0 get 0 ff en _ wJien you were rea d out of G arty [ 110W don’t you. ^ 0 ud applause.) Over yon - n grove one day, when wag fi g hting Ju dg e Stewart on ie stump—he was a hard one, ^ oo for fi district’ ad baytized every maa - n the it seemed— don’t you know how he said I wag nQ democrat, and I deman ded a re t ra ction indignantly w fi en you same alliancemen hollered y0ll were hoarse, £ jj urra fi f or Livingston, he’s as good a democrat as ever breath ed ,, Don’t ^ou remember it? “ ^ppi ause .) And that was you You who stand here today p e fi eve j fi avo betrayed faith ] jecause j am a democrat! ^ on<y applause and shouts « fpj[. ' ra i, f or Livingston. ”) A . mvorRAT democrat to to the end. " was I was .f® elected Kec U,' a democr^ * A elected if would aoide /• - v >y p Q x democratic caucus and l si ‘ } es ’ } n d ° Si llertffin of acceptance of f the electio I l -tid: ‘ 1, pleege y L ho d - now that so long as a trust from my People democratic flag wiU ne e dishonored or trail in the d . . , and by ray word as an hon man 1 wall keep that pledge u grasp til my o heart;f ea .. lips f toreven orever ” placed over the mv llere ^ a L a ir cheermg. -h- th high m the air, _ and g M d each other s ha . < -siasnc exclama • I {< „ er was doubt. ” more such , over now, ” and many clamations were heard the camor. democrat ir Yes, I’m n “ a as I was then, ” continued Livingston. “I DO that treachery? Ha been faithless - to my (Shouts of “No, no. ” there is one man among you who says I ‘have betrayed the alliance faith let him say it now or forever silence his hack-biting tongue. (Cries of “ Nobody thinks it—not a soul. ” ) “ Theu, ” said Col. Livingston ‘ you will hear me out today. ROASTINE TIIE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM. “ What about this St. Louis convention ? W hat about its platform? In the first place tliere is hardly a straightout Ocala, plank in it. I challenge any mao >f you to read the fi¬ nancial plank and find its real meaning. It may mean anoth¬ er. It may ho good for the alli¬ ance of tin; south, it may be better for the north I confess i have never been able to under¬ stand it. “But let’s run on down the list to the twelfth plank—at that union soldiers’ pension plank. Colonel Peek will tell you it’s not there. They are all trying to make you think you are not voting for a yankee pen sion plank. Well, let’s see about that. Heim’s a little book enti tied * The Platform of the Peo pie’s Party,’ (Colonel pamphlet.) ston held up a little Guess where 1 got this book. It was given to me Congressman Thomas E.—,wel l 1 won’t call names. He sent to my desk and ho ought know whether it is from the source or not. It’s genuine. We go to the official platform book for planks. Why shouldn’t we go to third party platform books for third party planks ? Here it is: ” (Colonel plank..’ Livingston read the twelfth Somebody asked, “ Isn’t that a resolution—not a plank of the pDfform, Colonel? ” Well that’s what Colono i Feek w ju tell you, but let’s see. The evidence is that x wag inthe convention myself, Th(j next is a letter from Fran ces K Wi51ard > who was there and a mem ber of the committee to f rame platforms. (Colonel Livingston read the letterwhich stated plainly that the pension provision was a part of the ma] platform and notaseperate reso i utio n.) The evidence is ex¬ clusive> what more do you want? (Appiause.) ‘Again, 1 wrote to Mr. rl y. who has been for a time grand master workman the Knights of Labor, who a]so there . a telegram Washington reached me at | Markham last night stating an editoii ii in Mr. McCune s pa i per m winch he says the ! vilank ^ has been taken out j ade a r0R0 l u tj 0 n since (‘Good the j v enu r“/ iimed. ci< . G t Scoot !’ and exclamations were heard all er the house.) Is it there? Yes my dear deluded friends, they’re fooling you away from the south. They are leading you astray, and you are blinded. Will you them any longer ? ” “No, We’re done with ’em, ” was the loud chorus.) AN OCALA DEMOCRAT. Colonel Livingston said he was an Ocala democrat. His platform was more money, bet¬ ter money, widely distributed, government control of railroads. “If this isn’t democracy, ” said “111 go to Texas and climb the first hollow tree 1 find. This is the kind of democi at 1 am. Now you know what kind of a coon 1 am. (Lauglifer and applause.) But 1 want to say to you fellows out there on the outside, don’t think hard of these poor farmers, It is no little thing witli them. Oh, if you knew as know the thin crust of cornbread they are eating for their daily bread, if you knew their need, their deetress, you would kuow how hopeless they have grown. But, my good be patient yet awhile. They tell yc the democracy is nothing for you. it is false. A Nortlien democrat showed me other day the couches in the ‘of congress upon which stole naps of sleep for thir¬ long nights at intervals to watch and keep the bitter yan with their force bill away your southern throats. 1 tell you 1 know the hearts of these democratic and 1 know they belong the people of the south. ” TO SPLIT THE SOUTH. “The third party people are trying to split tbo South, VVtJ liu,t i- liii'l One reconstruction God spare if mo tber is to come. You old men—you, Tom Moore, you remember the days of civil strife and I call on you to . at¬ test it if we want another division here When Jwe all came bark from the front of battle, when d- ath had laid cold hand uponalmost every family and tombs!ones dotted every smiling valley of the south. We came back to find the block man and republicanism in power here. good God knows we don’t want to those clays again. (Applause.) it looks like they are trying to lead from each other, and it’s all not war. but for what?” (Shouts of “ for office.”) tremendous applause following speech. It lasted for long time Men went wild with Democracy was t l, e word and the of patriotism and parly royalty on. COLONEL L EEK’S SPEECH. Colonel Peek began by saying was the happieet day of his (’aughter) when he could stand and apeak for the people s party. But after the first sentence he interrupted by much'talking and content in the hall Colonel Livingston arose and “Hear him, boys. Listen to Peek. I 11 talk again Peek asked Livingeton how time he would allow him. minutes,” said Livingston. “Oh do,” shouted several “Colonel Peek, you jus* endoise Livingston said and let’s a 1 go home. At this everybody laughed. “Hush, boys,” said Livingston. “Let ’em alone,’’ said Peek, “I afraid of ’em.” Colonel Peek finally got and went on to defend the third He said the people had trusted dem0Cr a! C y party too long a aad rp good had corae of it. He whaUbe par ty had ever done for , f Georgia. He said the 6o!(Jiers? „ asked eo mebody cal v -No,” answered Colonel evasively, and went on praise of Colon* 1C. C. I'ost, leader, and the other third party PRICE $1 00 A YE LR. ‘, Ah,” said he’ “they may cry uB down, bat all big reforma i as Start with email beginnings like this 009 God is with u«, and I w uidn’v b# connected with any party that Gh«d’t blessing did not rest on.” (Slight applause from the gsixte' a third pariites who had been initiated in th* forenoon.) ,‘Bnt who’s the daddy of this third part}', nuyhow? nobody but Colonel Livingston. He used to make in4e>f*?“ dent speeches nil over the state.” Lin vingston: “I never did in my lifo (Appauee.) reek : “ jf on did, for I heaid ;■ on a hun¬ dred times.” Colonel Livingston laughed; BO did the crowd. “Oh, 1 see you’ve got that circular/ said Peek, pointing to paper in Livings¬ ton’s hand. “1 signed it—yes, and I would sigu it again. ( olonel Livingston’s chin whiskers curved upward as he burst int > a spell of laughter, and the crowd laugh l again, wondering what the circular v .vs. Colonel Peek went on j with les speech, repea ing his praise ofjPost aud the other leaders. Now and then his sixteen third partyites would applaud him, and th« next minute lie would make some remark as, “God save ns Iron such men ns Crisp aud the crowd would hiss and murmur their discontent at such utteraii sea. He pitched into the banking system and iuto the democratic houso for not passing a silver bill. COLONEL LIVINGSTON AGAIN. When Colonel Livingston took the stand again lie said: “ Peek tells us that the Lord is with them in this third party* Well, 1 have always beai l thfit the Lord takes care of fools and drunkards, and may he oa the fool basis Colonel Peek draws his conclusions. But 1 don’t thiiiK my God would taK“ of an organization or party put! ing, or allowing to he put, an atheist or an infidel in the lead of it, vRid that is wiiat l ust is. ” - “He savs I’m the daddv of the party. Well, let’s read this lit- 1 tie circular and see. Hero it is: (Colonel Livingston read a call for a meeting of the all ance men of Georgia to orgat ize a third party in this state. It was signed by W.L. PeeK and A. G. Daniel.) “ Thers’e the third party’a pedL gree. ” he said and the crowds l.iviog- laugh¬ ed and applauded. Colonel Bt.on again touched up the third par¬ ty convention at St. Louis, sa> ing it was not in sympathy with the south era alliance. He suggested that the alliancemen go on in the democratic party. They were doing well ‘enough, con! rolling legislators and sending eight out of ten men from Georgia to coo gross. They con d Dever do so well n the third party. They were selling their bit th. right b for faithless pr tnisee. He said that he had been corAatent throughout and was endorsed by overwhelming ud applause. decidedly splen¬ All in it'Vw.s a did victory for Livingston -r d demoo> racy. People who gathered on the street* ^ afterwards said it was the best speech they ever heard. They compared it >o speeches of Tooms, of Cobb and of Speer for comparison of ability, and they acknowledged the truth of every argument. Many third par y men were converted outright. Colonel Livingston, when he show¬ ed the danger of sp it ing up the aliiance, scared them. He said there were only 25,000 names on the alliance hooks now, when there had neen 65,000 when he left the j feaL dency. and brought This was a clincher conviction. SAWMIbL-i $900.- -$160 TO Eniinos fflS Biers TO SUIT. 100 iN STOCK. Large Stock of SHAFTING, PULLEYS, Belt3.ra.0-, —AND— SUPPLIES. Lombard & Co„ Augusta Ga