The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13
GALLANT TOM WATSON.

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GALLANT TOM WATSON.
.'Steady Men. Forward!'' Was His Tnspir-
ing Watchword.
Gallant Tom Watson. who is fight
ing the devil and all his inps in
Georgia in the columns of the Peo.
pies party paper of Atlanta writes
the following brave and heroic appeal
to the Populists to stand by their flag
till victory is won: STEADY men aud
forward! Did you join this move
ment for holiday campaign, think
ing there was no work to do and trials
to bear?
Did you merely want an Office. and
did you choose our side simply because
you thought it the strongest side?
Were you only a sorehead. seeking
q vantage ground from which you
could best wreak your vengeance on
the, Democrats for having sighted
you?
If So my friend you will soon leave
us-and you will be better off and so
will we!
But if you enlist in the war for
good reasons; if you become one of
us because you honestly thought the
country was badly governed. it's laws
shamefully unfair; its people suffering
from unjust burdens and liberty it.
self well-nigh extinct under the
crushing despotism of class rule. then
my brave comrade you are fuller of
fight than on yesterday.
You now know that the Democratic
leaders have deceived you Knocked
you and defrauded you.
. You now know that every species
of force and corruption which they
told you the North practiced as
against Democrats they the Demo-
Gratis have practiced against YOU
Your presidential candidate and his
aged wife were shamefully insulted.
Your speakers have been silenced.
Bribery of the most fragrant sort has
been practiced under your eyes by the
men who denounced Quay and Dudly;
whisky has been copiously measured
out around the polls by the good
Democratic apostles of prohibition;
pistols and knives have been used to
drive our workers away from the
polls. and the victory. which in many
counties we won IN spite of these
methods has been taken away from
us on the fimsy technicalities by
Democratic managers who have for
twenty five years denounced the same
acts when committed by Republicans
All these things you have seem
They will sink deep into your minds
If you were with US from principle
before you will be with us now more
earnestly than ever. more aggres-
sively than ever. more hopeful than
ever for none of us can think that
the South is going to tolerate the in
famous plans that have won the Dem
ocrats the election.
The preliminary brush with the
enemy is now over Bend
down to the task. men. and work as
you never worked before! The Peo-
pies party sentiment is here. and it
is here to stay.
Help to organize it. Help to get
it into fighting shape. Help to infuse
life and purpose into it The indi-
vidual voter must be taught that we
will protect him in the exercise of
his franchise He must be made to
| understand that this is an issue upon
which depends his future, his home
his liberty.
Comrades show that you are wor-
! thy of place in our ranks. Show
that you will be constant and brave
and true. Show that you can throw
of the gloom of repulse and compel
a victory by your indomitable pluck.
Remember that no reform movement
ever went to success save through the
grim ordeal of repeated failure. Re-
member that those privileges that we
hold most dearly to-day cost the blood
OF the brave men who struggled for
them through years of discourage
ment and defeat
Here is one who means to fight for
his sacred cause until they fold his
exhausted hands over his breast
Who will follow?-
| he Prayer OF Americas co His God.
! Almighty dollar! ruler Of the world
we approach thee with humility and
awe. Without thee we can do moth
ing. but with thee we are all-power-
full When sickness overtakes us
J thou canst obtain for us the tenderest
of nurses and the most skillful of
physicians; when death comes thou
canst provide costly funeral and q
monument above our grave. When
accused of crimes we are brought be-
fore magistrates thou almighty dol
lar can procure for US lawyer Judge
and jury and we get free. Almighty
dollar! JOY OF youth and solace Of old
age. the philosopher friend and the