The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07

nomination Senator Butler the national
chairman of the party, urged me to go to
Alabama and begin the campaign there.
l answered that there was no reason why
l should go to Alabama but that desired
to go to the western states and stop the
populist fusion on the Bryan and Sewan
ticket. Senator Butler replied that there
was no need for me to go west because
the fusions there would soon die out. l
did not see it in that way and wrote
to him frankly that there was no liken-
hood of the fusions dying out after they
had been firmly mortised into their places.
When l went to Kansas to speak l was
met by the popuist state chairman, Mr.
Breidenthal, who told me that the party
had already arranged fusion and begged
me not to make any trouble. / told him
that L would speak at the mass meeting
which had been called Then he asked
me If / would let him see my speech l
did a thing which | had never done be-
fore and have never done since / read
my notes. When l came to the part of
my speech in which I denounced Sewall
as an enemy of our cause and our prin-
ciples, Alr, iBreldenthal pleaded with me
to omit it. OF course / refused to do IT,
Am / not the nominee of the party
| asked him. Did you not yourself vote
TO make me the candidate for the Vice
Presidency?' Still he insisted that I should
not attack the millionaire candidate
Very we'll l said, I will take my hat
and my grip and 80 back to Georgia. At
/ that he relented and l made my speech.
| The crowd went wild and at the close
of my remarks there was a tremendous
rush for the platform. AT the next place
l spoke in Kansas ] had the same trouble
to face.
1.-THE committee said that everything
had been nicely arranged and that
ought not to disturb the plan, l insisted
on .,f -
boldly to the people. There was another
great popular demonstration and a rush
TO the platform. Again l spoke in Kan
sas. There was no one to meet me at the
depot, although the time of my arrival
was known. l rode to the hotel in a pub
lie cab with colored man who happened
to be going in the same direction That
is the way the populist managers have
treated the candidate nominated by their
national convention. Why, the feeling is
so strong in Colorado that some of the
ablest populiSts met me in Denver and
urged me to authorize them to organize
revolt in that state. The feeling is be-
coming more intense every day. We cam
not surrender to the democrats. Rather
than belong to an organization that mere
ly pretended to stand for principle
would go back to the democratic party
and help reform it, If those who have
been false to the mandate of the popudist
convention really desire to XIII the party
they picked out the wrong man when they
named me. | will make no compromises
When this election is over the populists
will know how to distinguish their true
friends from their false friends. But no
matter what happens 1 will stand by the
popuist flag"
Wnereat a thousand new wrinkles came
into Mr. Watson's keen intelligent face
as he shook hands with me and bade me
good might OF the five candidates before
| the nation he is the most picturesque, the
most original and in some respects the
brainiest. He is not afraid of publicity.
| He is not a SHAM