People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-08-21
A BRYAN. WATSON CLUB.
FIRST IN NEW YORK ORGAN
lied AT A DINNER.
Banquet for Southern Men Ten
dered to Thomas II. r.. Cobb,
of Georgia.
From The New York World.

club open for BUSINESS now IN this
CITY. It was organized last night to
the accompaniment of fessting, ora.
tory and enthus ASH at dinner ten
dered by DIR. Samuel E. Milliken to
Thomas r r. Cobb, of Atlanta, Ga
Now Mr.. Cobb, although young in
years, is widely known in politics
throughout the South. He was at
one time President of the Young
Mems Democratic League Of Atlanta
1000 strong, and was recently elect.
ed Judge Advocate OF the Sons of
COME derate Veterans.
Last nights dinner drew to the
Tuxedo, at Madison avenue and
Fifty ninth street, large company
of Southerners, representing almost
every State south of Mason and
Dlxon's line.
Mr.. Cobb has been stumping the
Carolinas with Mr.. Tillman for the
last three weeks, and only suspended
operations in order to gttend the
Bryan meeting meeting of Wednes-
day at the Garden.
In respose to arequest for an opin-
ion on the political situation in the
South the young Georgian arose and
told what ne knew in burst of deep
luuged oratory that doomed out
through the open windows and drew
crowds on the streets.
81 do not know nor care" said ths
speaker, "whether my sentiments are
popular here or not. speak from
conviction and, therefore, will speak
boldly. / am a Democrat, born OF
Democratic parents, and have voted
naea worked Or Democracy o7ot
since I was of age. Bat in the South
now there are differences of opinion
as to what constitutes a Democrat.
There is large sound money Dem
ocratic wing and larger silver Dem
ocratic wing. Then there is the
Jeffersonian Democracy, called Pop
ulists.
fNow, some Of these men are
against all nominees of Democracy
from pique; others are for Bryan
and Sewall, but the great majority
OF Georgia Democrats will vote for
Bryan and Watson, and | am one OF
that number. Georgia will go for
Bryan and Watson because the Dem
ocra'ic party indorsed Watson
through it's executive head (Senator
jones', at St, Louis. Thousands Of
BY an silver Dem ocrsts in Georgia
and through the South canuoi I'M
derstand how men can vote for a
national bank president for Woe
President On an anti-natioual bank
platform. Sewsll is plutocrat, a
national banker, corporation king;
Watson is a states man and a man of
the people. Watson stands on a
parity with Bryan in intellect, cour-
age, patriotism and service to silver.
81 have waited till now before de-
claring my position, hoping Sewall
would withdraw, and believing he
would. Watson cannot withdraw,
for he was nominated to save his
party. Every silver man in the
Union would rejoice to see Sewall
get out. Watson spoke to 10000
Democrats in Atlanta the other night
and they cheered HIM to the echo.
"The Atlanta Commercial and
S 2uth Carolina Headlight and other
Southern Democratic papers have
declared for Bryan and Watson, and
every Populist paper in the Union
| has stuck to the St. Louis contract.
Bryan's own state has acted in favor
of Watson and the other Western
Populist States have shown them
selves staunch to Watson.
"The Po2ulists made the Demo
Gratis pass an inc me tax law,
when the Democrats and Republi-
cans had failed to call for it in their
platforms. Aud it would be law
today if it had not been for the infu
ence of little private gold.
Lastly let me say that the South
ia not only back in the house OF its
fathers, and here to stay, but we are
not in the Union as servants, as
slaves. We are equals with any
section, The South gave Marshall