People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-30
Indiana Protests.
Mecca, Ind, Oct, 81, 1896.

Hon, ThoS. b. Watson, Thomson
Ca:
Dear Sir.-Under the present cir
cumstances l feel it my duty to thus
address you, showing my kindest re-
CARDS for your manly fight for the
Peoples Party, and it is needless to
say that your work has been appre.
Grated by all true Populists of which
claim to be one.
There has been one q 5ne greatest
conspiracies ever enacted against
any Political Party that was ever
created, now in progress against the
Peoples party and yourself.
From the beginning of the cam
paign until the present time there
has been for sale Bryan and Sewall
capsfor boys,but noBryan andWatson
caps. There are all kinds of Bryan
and Sewsll campaign buttons and
badges, but no Bryan and Watson
badges. l presume this is not the
case in the South, or at least hope
so, but it is the case in Indiana.
What does this signify? simply that
Sewall is to be implored and Watson
ignored by the Democrats. 1t is
enough to make an honest mans
blood run cold. We as Populists
(and speak for the majority are
in sympathy for you and the cause
which you represent.
In this sta ten of the fifteen
electors are Bryan and Sewall and
five are Bryan and Watson electors,
and had the gall to ask the Populists
to withdraw the State ticket, which
however flor wonder) they did not
do, and now Chas. X. Mathews,
former editor Of the Nonoonformist,
the only true newspaper patriot in
this state has been deposed because
be was talking for the People, he
was not begging for Sewall and he
had to come off by order of the
Democratic committee. The question
was hurled at the committee of this
state by gold Democrats, if you take
on any more Populism, we will for
sake you, | would like to have
been on that committee, l should
have said go depart from me thou
workers of iniquity, let the Devil
take you and your infrmities, we
want nothing but honest votes for
honest motives, if we cannot gain a
victory without resorting to dishon,
est means we are not worthy to be
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calleG~ Aa-A i fSff a.
Through the action of the state
committee by no; giving an equal
division of electors will cause many
to vote for Mckinley, others will
vote for the Bryan and Watson cleo
tors. Thus in one instance Bryan
will receive only one third of the
electors, and in the other instance
will cause direct vote against him.
If Bryan is defeated the responsible
ty rests upon Jas. X. Jones, and no
one else, he has had it in his power
to withdraw Sewall, and if he was a
patriot and had the cause of the
people at heart instead of the Demo
cratic party, SewalPs name wonld
hsve b9en withdrawn at st. Louis
and perfect harmony would have
prevailed in short time, but as it is
the result is feared by many good,
uOHesI lulnAihS meHs
[ have written more than I intend
ed. If you can use shis letter to any
purpose for the advancements of the
Peoples cause, you are at liberty to
do so.
1t has been and will be our OBJ
ject to see perfect union of South,
North and West, all the labor class
arrayed with one object in view and
that is justice.
Hoping that sometime you will
be rewarded and honored as a true
patriot by the people that have
sought to dishonor the peoples cause
| remain, Your sincere friend,
W. S. FULwIDER.
tn Vote for SAWall ia q Sacrifice