The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-12

Senator Butler, of South Carolina, anG
Representative Watson. of this state who
met at Batesbu-g, s. c., Wedaeslay' to dis
ouss the sub-treasury plan, did not say much
about the subject Of the discussion 4 care
full reading Of the dispatch with regard 70
the discussion which was published IN the
MORNING NEWS on Thursday and OF the
| very full synopsis of the speech OF each OF
the debaters which was published In the
! NelCS aud Courier yesterday, failed to
I show that they said anything worth men
! tioning about the sub-treasury plan.
/ Each talked about other matters, but meg
! lected that. In justice to Senator Butler,
however it ought TO be said that he was
expected TO answer Representative Watson,
VINO regards himself as the special cham
piou OF the suh>treasury plan, and he was
given the privilege of opening and closing
the debate, in order that he might present
his arguments 10 favor Of the plan and Of
ans werIDg Senator Buffers arguments
against it.
Representative Watson, however, prefers
10 deal in anecdotes and flights Of elequence
rather than confine himself to dry argu-
ment in defense Of plan which cannot be
successfully defended, because his chief aim
apparently is TO please his audience aud
win applause. And he knows he can
make more friends for the plan by bold as
sertions and attractive promises with re-
gard to it than by any amount of argu-
ment He avoids details and argument,
| therefore, and contents himself with telling
his audiences what G great thing the plan
will be for the common people.
But the most interesting feature of the
debate was the effort Of Senator Butler to
get Representative Watson to say whether
or not he would support the Democratic
party if the national democratic convention
refused to indorse the Ocala platform. The
effort was unsuccessful. Representative
Watson refused to make direct response,
but what he did say left the impression that
if the Democratic party should refuse to
accept the sub-tressury plan he would be
found in third party.
Notwithstanding the fact that Representa-
tive Watson declares he is a democrat Of
the Jeffersonian type it is very doubtful if
he is in hearty sympathy with the Demo-
cratic party.
- idLl lllUl cL4CC II OIiA utau bC 10 tA'ese
he is a democrat provided the Democratic
party Endorses the Ocala platform. but he IS
rot democrat if it does not indorse that
platform.
The Nelcs and Courier, commenting on
the Batesburg debate, says with reference to
Representative Watson: HE is not a DEM
ocrat, and is no more entitled TO the respect
aud confidence of the Democratic party
than are Senator PETER OF Kansas, life
long republican. and Coal Oil Inspector
Mcdowell, of Tennessee, who was a few
short years ago the political associate and
social companion of the republican negroes
of Desha county, Arkansas. Indeed, these
eminent representatives of third party poll
tics are entitled to more respect than Mr..
Watson, for they have never been demo-
Gratis, whereas Mr.. Watson was nominated
by the regular democracy of the Tenth
Georgia district" And this must be the
conclusion Of all unprecedented men who
have watched Representative Watson's
course, and read his speeches during the
last few months.