The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
THE GOSPEL OF POPULISM.
WATSON MAKES HIS ADDRESS TO
HIS DISCIPLES.

Saws God no More Made Ten-DOllar
mills Than He Did Ten-Penny
Noiys-Democrats Take the POpu-
list Doctrines, But RePudiate the
Doetors-The Nation I'm Revolt
Against Grover CIevelHndism'
Government Ownership of Rail-
roads.
Atlanta. Ca, Aug. 6.-Thomas E. Wat
son made tonight his first speech since
h. was nominated for Vice President by
the populists at st. Louis. He had an
audience of six thousand at the Moody
tabernacle here.
The populsts are holding their state
convention and to-nights meeting was
for the purpose of ratifying the nomina.
,ion of Bryan and Watson. The audience
was made up of members of all parties,
but they we're mostly third-partyites.
The night was warm and the old far
rners drew off their coats. Congressman
Howard Of Alabama, B. NJ. Blackburn
and Judge ]. X. Hines preceded Watson.
The audience wanted Watson and insist
cd upon the others cutting their speeches
short.
Mr.. Watson began by asking that there
proceedings. LET every man be chiefly
concerned for the welfare of his country.
There has never been known since 1850
such political upheaval as at present con-
fronts the country, he remarked 1t
sweeps from ocean to ocean, and from
lakes to gulf.
What caused it? Some say that it is
a demand for the free coinage of silver.
That is partly true, but there are other
things. This country is in revolt against
Grover Clevelandism, which is the twin
brother of John shermanism. The peo-
ple Of the south who have so long been
trained to one opinion have broken their
party ties. They are now thinking for
themselves, their heads having ceased to
be mere hat pegs.
"Our concern for free silver is not our
only grievance. We indict the govern
ment of the United States because it has
dealt badly with the people. (Applause).
This government has been administered
in the interest Of the rich against the in
terests of the poor; of the dollar against
the man. Powers that have belonged to
the sovereign have been given to privi-
legged class. The national banks have been
given the power to expand and contract
the currency. We do not fight the ma
tional banker as an individual but the
system. We demand that the government
shall take back the power to make money
and exercise it for the benefit of the peo-
We complain that the government does
not tax the bondholder and the railroad
kings as 1t taxes the poor man. This
great government lays its heavy hand of
tribute on the man least able to bear it
and spares the one best able to contrf-
butte The money Of the government does
not Just happen to be-" There are a
great many people who seem to
think that money was always here, Just
as the trees have been. They seem to
think that it was made by providence
But God no more made the $40 bill than he
made the lO-penny nail. The government
makes the money, and for the purpose
or facilitatng exchanges and carrying on
business The money question is not a
deep and deadly mystery and he who
does not comprehend it can only blame
hlmself for not studying and reading and
Mr. Watson argued that as business
anu population increased the volume of
money should increase, "but this has not
Deen the case" he said. And if money
grows scarcer, it grows dearer and la
Dor ana uhe products of labor cheapens
As the price of products of labor fall
Ine price Of labor which does the pro-
u1cing must inevitably fall
The speaker touched on the control of
tle railroads. very briefly but SAID that
Se Sae people of Georgia had an example
lore +o,o tnelr eyes of great railroad sys-
tne state and trampling it under foot
We Will have to do" he said. "what Ger
many and Italy, Austria and India had to
corporations"
me populsts, he said, made their appeal
Ne 'i9 enlightened conscience of the peo-
bbl0, ne demanded a fair ballot and an
Munest count-majority rule. He asked IN
tthere was anything commInistic
s asking that baHot-box stuff
Tlg Wg be stopped. At this stage Mr.
he bi;a's0n son mad his coat sleeves rolled up to
liI9 eIDoWs and was speaking with great
eaInesIness and arousing deem enthusi-
ti @Sin Inc audience was very demonsfra-
go ana interrupted him with cheers
every rev sentences
For some time he dweIt on bis ov,r nov
b bll pohtlcaI history, explaining WHY
~ Itlt the democratic parfv and ioined
for 10 tPPopuilsts. He declared that it was
10 IL ~ purpose OF building a new party
~ which both the western renubiica1e
- ~ me southern democrats could go, He
tbe tb" o+,at mat neither party would go to
to be 'i5eI las as conditions stood. There had
Os Se halfway ground.
o. ~ ne Gemocratic platform and the tick
C' vi watson said: "They have taken
tors 42TStIIines, but do not like our doc
i0si. Iney want to run our train but
i5a9t on putting the engineer ofR Their
bc@ re- u 1usion is the kind of fusion that
ed tbs as as, When the earthquake swallow
tioy o1yre'+1e,~ing Mr.. CleveIand's adninistra-
of n III. dr. watson said that the fingers
rna,,ali r hDer OF the cabinet at Mr.. Have
The 80 dlctation, wrote the demand of
iciseG10 10Ear sie trust for protection. He crit
sues an ne administration for the bond is
In co,1.i5 co.. Lo5 opposing silver legislation
the nCooIinGiiuding, Mr.. Watson stated that
cast tp1Ip9lists ,I!ists of the south and west would
wonl5 53Helr 5I every vote for Mr. Bryan and
come down. MI 0e"aH should
speect 5he e conclusion of Mr.. Watson's
lnere was long demonstration.
ELECTIONS IN TENNESSEE.