Evening star., 1896-10-03
WATSON ON HIS TREATMENT
Bitter in His Expressions Against the Popu-
list Politicians.
Thinks They Have Traded Him on for
Local OmceS-Charges Against
the Railroads.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ATLANTA. Ga. October 3.-Tom Watson
is bitter in his expressions concerning his
treatment by The populist politicians
throughout the west and south. He says
that they have traded him off for the local
offices, giving .he democrats the electors in
every instance.
The Stars representative asked him last
night what he has secured through fusion,
and he replied, Nothing"
In his speeches this week he has defend
ed his position in opposing fusion. He says
that 1t would amount to an Endorsement Of
the democratic party by the populists. and
would seal his party's lips thereafter on
the mistakes of the older party. Mr.. Wat
son believes that the masses of his party
are with him, and that they are opposed to
fusion. He feels that he has been tricked
by the populist politicians. who preferred
county and state offices for themselves to
electoral tickets for him.
Charges Against the Railroads.
The pcpulists are waging vigorous
campaign here in Georgia against the DEM
ocratic ticket. They are still agitating the
Duncan Circular and are making great
capital Out of it. They have sprung an
other sensation, charging the railroads
with furnishing the democrats with all the
passes they need for their speakers John
Temple Graves publishes a letter giving
fac SMILES of requests for passes and the
passes, too.
State Treasurer Hardeman and Chairman n
Steve Clay are involved In the pass maj
| ter Hardeman requested passes for negro
speakers, and Clay obtained them from the
southern railroad. The negroes or some
one else sold the passes to a broker, from
| whom the populists obtained them. Now
| the populists are declaring that the South
ern is aiming to control the legislature,
and is hllVinP ifS W
| ton. Graves is Wol king this in his speech
es, as well as his writings, and he is pro-
| life, both as a letter writer and as speak
! er.
The populists say that they have to pay
| their way when they go out to fill appoint
| ments, and they complain of discrimina-
tion.
Claims on the State Ticket.
Chairman Cunningham claims 10000 ma
| jority for Wright and Chairman Clay
| claims 40,OO0 for Atkinson next Wednesday.
| Atkinson would have won by good ma
| jorIty had it not been for Boss Buck
order to the negroes issued yesterday, in
| structing them to vote for the populists in
the state election. Congressman Carter
| Tate of the ninth says that it will lose At
| kinson 2,WO votes in his district, as the
| negroes will obey Buck implicitly. Usual
\ ly they do not pay much attention to these
| orders, but this year they believe that Nc
! Kinley. viii be elected. Buck will be the
| distributor of patronage, and all the negro
| leaders who want jobs will not revolt Oh
| disobey his Instructions. The leaders are
| already at work on the rank and file CT
| their race. Some of these leaders are said
| to have been getting SO day, too. from
! the democrats for making Atkinson speech
| eS. Now, right on the close of the cam
| paien, they are turning around to undo the
work i'll which they have been engaged for
| two months.
What Mr.. Watson Says.
| In a speech yesterday Tom Watson stat
| ed that at the populist state convention
the republicans had offered to throw thei
| entire vote 10 tne populists if the latte!
| would give them just one place on the stat
house ticket. Watson declined the offer
| Now the republicans are going to vote fo
| the populists without any compensation
1t is said that the matter was referred Il
Mark Hanna, and he directed Buck TO in
| struct the republicans In this state to sup
| port the populists. Hanna'S idea was tina
it would have a good effect nationally Il
| cut the democratic majority down in th
| state, or better still, defeat them alto
| gether If that were possible. 1t is certain
that the situation is badly muddled il
| Georgia today.
James Creelman, the correspondent, 4
| here studying the situation" he says
| Mr.. Creelman states that he has beel
through the east and west and ne finG
| everywhere that the silver leaders vii
| drop the financial issue if Mckinley i
| elected, and he predicts that. Some of tn
silver men here told him that the issu
would not be dropped by the south. an
| that the agitation would be continued unit
| the double stand ard was re-eStabiShed.