The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-13
"Only one, and thank God that
say il, ! was that one.'


allowed himself TO be- run for 5aker
simply 10 emphasize the sGutI.c DE-
sire to meet the West half way tue
common battle against the Last.
The Southern Democracy was ~oal /
bidding defiance to Wall stre' ana
the East for the fret time IN ~ ears. |
why? Because the south al the
West had at last Joined together 10
throw off the yoke of the East. ne
| Western Democrats had not done thls.
How many Western states had III
den carried or Cleveland:
| when he said addressing the DEM
ocrats in the crowd, has there been
time before when you couio si"P
the Eastern Democracy IN the a.
with one hand and Wall street WIN
the otber and rely on the West To get
out Of the scrape:
lit was the Western Populist VINO
had made this possible and VINO ara
the Western Popuiists use TO be; me
Western Republicans. -,
1--WE can stand by Mr.. Bryan. He
has been with US and has fought Tor
our policy. But when we are asked 10
swallow Mr.. Sewall we beg to be ex-
cused. We cannot vote for Mr.. Sewali
because he does not represent our
platform. II We do, we say we oiu
not mean what we said In the piat-
form. You can't consistently say 'his
is a fight of the West and south anu
90 off To Maine to get candidate Tor
lVic.-Presjdent. Therefore, seeing that
, vour Democratic leaders had made
mistake we stepped into the breach
and did what they ought to have done.
l-nominated a Southern man Tor VICE
President.
. This ia a movement Of the South,
and West and you must have SOUTH
I erner on your National ticket.
5 I'm conclusion Mr.. Watson made this
', statement
$ ave are not going to put up any
candidate against Bryan. we are
going to vote for him whether Sewall
e "a Withdrawn or not. | am going to
t manage this campaign so that Bryan
e gets every vote we have got. L shal
C tell ny people to stand by the con-
s tract made at st. Louis. Let BryaI
r have every vote you can muster. Lee
q Jones say what he likes. Let him IN
insult us il he will. Make no answer
e Work for the cOuntry's interests. ~
lr your duty. Here is what we are goint
TO do in our State convention. W.
70 are going to put out 1ull electoIa
p ticket for Bryan and watson. W.
t, empower our committee to take OIL
t; part of our electors and put on par
Is of yours whenever the DemocraIi
Id committee retires Mr.. Sewall."
IL Mr.. Watson was cheered at frequen
e. intervals and his perOration fOlloWe
or by a long continued storm OF applaus
or WORK OF PopULIsT CONVENTIONS.
A lot of lush has been sent out 0
special kilograms and by the Assoc
ated Press to the effect that Popuhs
tn, in many States would support the ei
of tire ticket nominated at Chicago, ar
ell thus "rebuke" the POpulist cOnVentlt
he at st. Louis for no ninating Tom wa
Ird son. So far every State conventlt
ng has stood by the action of the st. Lou
convention, and the Peoples Par
in will proye to be the most loyal, t
ap- most compact and the most patriot
me political organization in America.
the KANSAS.
eve Kansas Pops had rOusing and e
aan thusiastic convention.
can g.. :. Crawford, of Abilene, put t
an y ooo dele gates in a happy mood in
any L,oVo ,,;nS uo address in which he sa
ing the Popuiist party had been born
necessity, and that it would live un
ho that necessity should have pass
away. "rhis was a year OF the p
~ ~ ple," he continued. 1T was year
ea Populist victories, and more than
way for the victory of that great comm'
&c ,e,e; of er, that young giant OF the "est' "
tive j. Bryan"
..Ne Mention of Bryan's name caused
dent Inuslae'so w E,norado vas elected te
JUS porary chairman by acclamatlon.
anu Chairman DennisOn, in the cou
of his address. lauded the POpullsts
nlms work done in the last Legislature,
,o,iy said that their bills that failed OF ps
n,uh nua age would be put through when
anu chance came. He declared for fus
~ of the silver forces.
But oIaIe oona.o'
for Governor.
The resolutions endorse the st. La
They p1aVloa pau, rat,,,ata ~ Kansas that 81
Iui the Populists have been in poll
iisei many good laws have been secul
.iosn i.,sn condemn the Republican House
ioau Representatives for failing to
!el'1 bills sent from the POpulist Ser
lIs. l, demand that officers carry out the
u".s of the people, that the AttOrney-t
ono eral enforce the statutes limiting
sue, porations to the business named
'alieu thair charters. and that railroads
,e de- theil o.Hl L,,;nass thon common
they uo Nv o.no '1aa,nns favoritism tn shin
by railroads; favOrs maxll
freigh law and demands restors
H. of convict labor. A telegram wa
g .,o dered sent to the POpulist convent
u .ne in session in Texas, Georgia, Nebr
hseh and Alabama informing them o
snr aue endorsement of Bryan and Watso
WEST VIRGINIA.
outset PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Aug. o.
laring POpulist State nominating CONVEX
ess in convened here today.
pillow, The platform ratifies the st.
I'd the platform and the candidates. IT.
n the the abolition Of the fee system a
plead reduction of the State officials sal
gh the The convention nominated Isaac
700 of Ralphsy ynder, of Paramount, for
nor. Two nominees were place
5 of the fore the convention, Judge
govern Steslly, a middle -of-the-rOad POI
emean- and Ralphsnynder, the free
rnmen- Democrat. Ralphsnyder has beel
# a spe- vassing the State for months
ring of Democratic nomination and he
hand of this nomination will persuat
to sus- own party to select him.
to the OKLAHOMA.
silver; c Ok,. A,o 5-Tho
ighways .,;o Tarr;tnr;al central com
siSSnp today, comforting with cont
pnnniisr TerritoriaI convention
VI 'ne to a proposition of fusion prop'
course in Ine tha opP Ponuli.t nominee fC
ty after t =" oress and il was m
ress as q s"1o " 1T ali free silver force
opponent 49,; - avsrv comfy and leg
at while unlIe % ~ e;carS to he fairly
nee plat ulstrloV, tno nonuI;s,s and Democr
ID by that between op"'i'
ems fall. PENNSYLVANIA
Alliance PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 5.-Th
hose Con- convention of the Peoples Pal
Alliance called to order at 10 4. m., y
caucuses University Hall by State Cl