Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-07

great government lays its heavy hand of
tribute on the man least able to bear 1t
and spares the one best able to con-
tribute.
The money of the government does not
just happen to be. There are great
many people who seem to think that
money was always here just as the trees
have been. They seem to think that 1T
was made by Providence. But God no
more made the $40 bill than he made the
ten penny nail. The government makes
the money and for the purpose of facili-
tating exchanges and carrying on busi-
ness The money question is not deep
and deadly mystery, and he who does not
comprehend 1t can only blame himself
for not studying and reading and listen
ing.
Mr.. Watson argued that as business
and population increase the volume OF
monty should increase, but this has not
been the case; and IL money grows scare
er it grows dearer, and labor and the
products of labor cheaper. AS the price
of the products of labor fall the price of
the labor which does the producing must
inevitably fall.
The speaker touched on the control of
the railroads very briefly, but said that
the people of Georgia had an example be-
fore their eyes of a great railroad sys-
tenn openly defying the constitution OF
the state and trampling 1t under foot.
I'VE will have 20 do what Germany and
Italy, Austria and India had to do to
protect themselves from these giant cor
porati The populsts, he said, made
their appeal to the enlightened con-
science of the people. He demanded
fair ballot and an honest count-ma5or-
ity rule. He asked il there was any
thing communistic in asking that ballot
box stuffing be stopped. At this stage
Mr.. Watson had his coat sleeves rolled
up to his elbows and was speaking with
great earnestness and arousing deep en-
thusiasm. The audience was very de-
monstrative and interrupted him with
cheers every few sentences.
For some time he dwelt on his own per-
sonal political history, explaining why
he left the democratic party and Joined
the populists. He declared that 1t was
for the purpose of building up new par
ty to which both the western republicans
and the southern democrats could go.
He knew that neither party would go
to the other as conditions stood. There
had to be half way ground. OF the
democratic platform and ticket Mr.. Wat
son said: They have taken our doc
trines, but do not like our doctors. They
want to run our train, but insist on put
sion Is the kind of fusion that there was
when the earthquake swallowed the
city,"
Reviewing Mr.. Cleveland's adminis-
tration Mr.. Watson said that the fingers
of a member of the cabinet at Mr.. Have
meyers dictation, wrote the demand of
the sugar trust for protection. He crit
icised the administration for the bond
issues and for opposing silver legisla-
ton. In concluding Mr.. Watson stated
that the populites of the south and west
would cast their every vote for Mr.. Bry-
an and would demand that Mr.. Sewall
should come down.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Watson's
speech there was a long demonstration.
When 1t was quieted Seaborn Wright of
Rome was presented and he made a
speech for the purpose of capturing the
nomination tomorrow for governor. He
is regarded tonight as the sure nominee
tomorrow on a prohibition platform.