The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
GAN NOT GARRY HIS OWN FAMILY
Saws Mr.. Sewall's Son Has Taken the
Stump Against Him, That He Is
Wart on the Party and
a Monopolist.

more than the ordinary manifestation
| of the appreciation of the people. At
times it lasted for two or three minutes.
| Throughout the speech there were eX-
carnations of delight and all went away
pleased, if not converted. The introduce
tory addresses were short. Mayor Hol-
land welcomed the visitor and Governor
Barnett Gibbs presented him in very
few words. Then the throng got IL
chance to see the man many of them
had come many miles to hear.
He left at 4:30 Tuesday morning for
Bonham, where he addresses at the fair
grounds.
Il would rather that my name were
handed down to posterity as being the
author of the declaration of independence,
that victory of peace, than to have been
chronicled to the ages as the victor at
the battle of Waterloo. At the battle
of Waterloo no principle was established,
but the victory | speak of. the victory
won by establishing the principles incor-
porated in the publication of the declara-
ton of independence, was never lost, but
gained ground.
Il am here today to remind the labor
ing men of the cities that you entered
into Il contract with the laboring men
of the country and you ought to stand
by it. | am here to remind the western
reformerS that they entered into Il con-
tract with the southern rcformers and
tlat they ought to stand by it. (Cheers.)
Il am for straight populism. (Cheers.)
| do not propose to be carried to one side
of the road or the other, but | expect
to bear the banner right straight down
the line and carry it to victory or fall
with it in defeat. wild cheering and
prolonged hand>clapping)
What was that contract and when
was it made: What brought it about?
In 1889 there We're governmental condi-
tons that were unsatisfactory to the wage
Garner whether in forge or in factory.
whether in the country or in town. wheth-
er in the east or in the west. whether
in the north or in the south The sum
and substance of this dissatisfaction was
this: That the non-producers got what
the producers made and the producers
got nothing of what they themselves
produced.
what was the contract? Where was
it made? At st. Louis, in 1889, seven
teen labor organizations, representing the
organized labor of the cities of this re-
public, met the western farmers and the
southern farmers and signed up an agree
ment that they would act together and
vote together until the reforms demanded
in their platform had been enacted into
a law.
Il believe that the rank and file of the
la Dor organizations were true to that con-
tract then and are true to ii now, Just
as | know that the rank and file of the
| Farmers Alliance were true to it then
] and are true TO it now. Leaders may
! fall, but the cause shall not fall. (Checrs)
| Leaders may sell out but the gold bug
has never been coined that can buy the
patriotism of whole people. (Cheers.)
| Leaders may hold themselves aloof from
the party and trade off principles for pie,
but the rank and file still cling to the
principles of that contract and they have
sworn and | swear it with them that the
! battle will never cease until victory is
| ours.
Il simply asked you who made the con-
| tract to stand by it Just as | am standing
| by it. and if you will be as true as ! am
I going to be to you. God will bless our eff
| forts and we will achieve the reforms
He reviewed at length his record in
congress and dwelt upon equalization of
| the tax system.
You don't want Mckinley and Ho-
| bart" Go, no. Can you get reform by
electipg Bryan and Sewall? (The crowd
yelled itself hOarse at this juncture and
men jumped upon their seats and chairs
and shouted mo, no. until they could not
utter another word. They simply went
| shouted NO Watson. no Bryan.) Just
you keep from in front of the wagon; I'll
attend to that: just you get in behind
| and keep up. No, you can't do it by
elccting Bryan and Sewall. Why? Be
cause Sewall stands for the same monop-
olistic interests that Mckinley does.
| Cheersl
"Sewall is contradiction of Bryan and
every argument that proves Bryan to be
| cheering) Then you can not do it by
electing Bryan and Sewall. Now you
have got Hobson's choice. boys. laugh
ter.) You can do it in only one way, and
| that is by meeting the democrats half
way and no more than half. (Yells) You
can do it by standing in good faith by
the action of the st. Louis convention
and by the st. Louis platform. That
platform lays down a law for you and
for me. 1t did not do what l wanted
done, as YOU all know. | told them not
to do it. | begged them not to do it. but
they did the best they could. They have
not violated their principles; they have
not disbanded the party: they have left
me i'll charge. (Cheers.) And while Tom
Watson lives the peoples party can't be
brhed. CCheers.) Now | say that you
can't readjust the tax system unless you
stand by the st. Louis convention and
nominees. The only danger of Bryan's
being defeated is the continuance of that
man Sewall on the ticket CYells and Il
voice. that's right, Tom, give it to him
again.
Watson then advocated the government
ownership of railroads and reviewed the
financial situation from Il populist stand
point.
MIR. Sewall can not carry his own fam.
lily. Uaughter.) Whenever my own sol
takes the stump and begins to make
speeches against me like Mr.. Sewal'>
son is doing against him, | will get of
the ticket and crawl under the bed and
hide myself. Mr.. Sewall can not carry
the ward in which he lives. He can moi
carry the town in which he lives. He
can not carry the state i'll which he lives
He is a wart on the party. He is tn,
knot on the log. loud laughter) He i,
dead weight to the ticket Every MAJ
ought to know that if Mr.. Bryan is t,
be elected he will be elected by the vote.
which the peoples party give him. If h,
carries Nebraska. where he lives. it viii
be the Tom Watson populists who will
E carry it for him. cloud applause.) If HI
carries Kansas it will be the populist