People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-12
THEY READ THIS PAPER
AND LEARN WHEN MR.. WATSON
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN.
Democrats Crying Aloud for Leader
Who is Capable Of Exposing and
Rebuking.

minds me, they all read it, even
though they will not acknowledge
it. 1t has fascination irresistible.
Truth always has. They may hide
behind some friendly fence, they
may cover themselves with the
friendly shadow of their barn, they
may slip into their Office and pile
down in some dark corner where
they will not be so readily discerned
when they slip it under the unwieldy
ledger, but they all read it neverthe-
less. To them it's stolen sweets.
There's a charm about stolen sweets.
Perhaps they do enjoy it better
when read secretly. Don't envy
them, boys.
The Atlanta Journal learned
through these columns that Mr..
Watson proposes to open his cam
paign in July. This intention gave
them so much concern that they
actually forgot or else quickly aban-
doned the ignoring scheme SO lately
determined upon. The Journal
commented upon the fact. While
the Journal boots the idea of
danger or even concern-oh, yes
yet they sounded aloud and
earnestly, an alarm for old moss
backism. ''No danger, oh, no, not
the slightest, but we must, must,
MUST wake up and prepare to do"
The dear Atlanta Journal does
mot know what campaign Mr.. Wat
Ison contemplates opening on the 4th
COf the said July. They fail not
however, to jump at a conclusion by
ipresuming that it is the guberna-
Itorial, and that Mr.. Watson is in the
lrace or, how laboriously' they build
AWAY at this side-track from the
,Tonth district. And how persist
lently they endeavor to run Mr.. Wat
son on it. They are indeed anxious
TO change the base of his operations,
Ito get him out of the Tenth. This
is now their great aim. They know
thing or two, they do. That's the
reason they lndhstriously and so.
carefully labor on this side-track.
They will soon begin to try and
make it attractive.
Democracy does not wish the
privilege and pleasure of running
another campaign against Mr.. Wat
son in the Tenth district of Geor-
gia. They have run one. That was
the greatest of suficiency. They
are fully convinced that they would
rather oppose anybody else. In
short, they are not hogs, and they
know when they have enough. The
awful strain on their befuddled men
tai faculties, the appalling drain on
their procket- books, the total wreck
age of their nervous system by
doubts, was enough for them during
the campaign of last fall, and they
would prefer, cheerfully, gladly pre-
fer for Watson not to do so any more.
sFbis IS why they work so hard on
the aforesaid side-track. The side
track will be mercy for them-the
only mercy they wish-the mercy
they would intercede for if they
were not ashamed.
But, dear Journal, your side-track
won't work. Mr.. Watson is IN the
same old fight and on the same old
stamping grounds. You might as
we'll trim your lip and prepare to
quicker, for you have got to whistle.
And there's no time to lose. Soon
green, green grass will be growing
under your feet. You had better
start the begging for another slush
fund to buy the votes of the de-
bauched and ignorant; better get
your ''father before me was" "don't
nit the Democratic party" alag
trailed in the dust orators in condi-
ton to import them, without excep-
ton, to the Tenth Georgia; better
practice up your quill drivers in the
art of getting off campaign rot and
afidavits from everywhere and no.
where, for they will soon be needed
badly needed. The side-track
you have laboriously constructed
won't hold the engine, bud.
We know that you would be glad
to learn, positively learn, that Mr..
Watson contemplated moving far
West and opening campaign out
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