Evening journal., 1896-08-13
WATSON'S STATEMENT
The Campaign as Viewed by the
Populist Candidate.
he Is FULL OF FIGHT FOR SILVER

strong In Denunciation of the Maine
shipbuilder-says That Fusion on bryan
and sewalI Is Promised In Only Four
statcs and Rejected In Thirteen.
ATLANTA, Aug. 19.-Thomas e. Wat
sons vice presidential hopes are still Wig |
orous. In a signed review OF the three
weeks campaign since his nomination he |
says he can see nothing but promise for |
himself and his party. Ho nys that fu- |
sion has been effected in but states,
while straight out Popullsm has captured !
13. The southern Democrats, he declares, |
are for him In preference to Sewall In
the signed article he refers to himself |
throughout as "Mr. Watson" He says In |
substances:
When the national convention of the !
Peoples Party adjourned after tho nom
ination of Mr. Watson as a setoff TO that
of Mr. Bryan, there was an interval Of
several days, In which II wns difficult to
see whose triumph 1t was. Had the Dem
oorats absorbed the Populists, or had the
Peoples Party halted tho Democrats when
they were half way over the fences Would
the Populist nominee be able to hold the
rank and file OF his party as against the
| fusionists. or would he be swept of his feot
| by the tide.
As the third week has passed away It Is
now quite clear that the Populist nominee
| has not been swept away, and that his
| position grows stronger daily. Feeling
that the rank and file Of his party would
| look TO him TO maintain the popnlist or
| ganization in this hour Of It's danger, MIR.
| Watson plainly and promptly stated that
| be was In the fight TO stay. This state
ment carried encouragement with It and
renewed all doubt on that point from the
Populist mind.
In Florida tho St. Louis ticket was in
dorsed; also in Georgia, Louisiana, Mis-
souri, and Texas. In Nebraska Itself, the
homo OF Mr. Bryan, tho Populists have
thus far demanded Watson as Bryan's
running mate. In KansmH the lenders"
have apparently traded off the electoral
vote TO Sewal In return for the statehouse
| officers. 1t remains to be seen whothor
the people of Kansas will ratify the trade
In Iowa, General Weaver's stnte. the
| Populists declined fusion offers and put
out a straight Bryan and Watson ticket.
| Indiana, Wyoming and Wisconsin have
done likewise
As a matter of fact, the great fusion
Z movement thus far has carried but four
states, while straight Populisni has carried
10 and fought its opponents to a stand
lstilhin the others
Wants to Go West.
Mr.. Watson has asked the national COM
mittee to send him to the west. He be-
lieyes that he shouldappeal to these people
face to face In this crisis. The west sent
her Weayers and her Simpsons and her
Mary Ellen Leases to tho south 10 $50,
asking that the south break away from old
/ party ties and meet the west in a new Or
Il ganizntion whose aim should be TO write
west and south IN political .bFotherhood
The south responded, and the congress-
man from Georgia. who took his Hfe IN
his hand and stepped form 10 meet Simp-
son and Davis and Peifer OF Kansas, now
wants to meet tho brave men of the west
and ask them whether they won't stand
by southern Populism In this day OF its
peril. He believes they will
Sewall Is the chain of tho Bryan wheel,
the brakes to bis car. Tho money power
dictated his nomination as a counter move
10 Bryans. In no other way oan any one
! explain why the entjie south was passed
over In the choice or "a Wee presidential
nominee.
: German. the Qoldbug and protectionlst,
is controlling Bryan's free silver cam
paign, and Sowall, the Typical eastern fu-
tocrat. Is BryAn's running mate. What
does this argues That II Sewall remains
on tho ticket and GoPman continues %
pull the campaign wires tho whole coun.
; try will see clearly enough that Mr.. Pom
dleton Of Georgia was right when he snid
that he was going to support tho Chicago
J | ticket for tho reason that no free silver
law would be passed.
We cannot be guilty OF tho absurdity OF
} choosing national banker as our leader
l ffrrhf ftnf al be
not hope to escare ridicule and just re.
proaoh If we choose an eastern plutocrai
TO lead us in a contest against plutocracy.
Refuse to votc For sawaii Electors.
We cannot believe that we GOULD keep
our own forces straight II we should stari
on crusade against corporations under
the command OF corporation king
Hence we cannot under any circumstances
vote for Sewall doctors Any policy othei
than the St. Louis policy means death q
Populism, and we ought not to be asked
TO kill our OVID party.
Tho south furnished the electoral voti
I which elected but she dared not write tn,
platform nor dictate the nominees II
was the riso OF the Peoples Pnrty which
united south and west, transferred tn,
balance Of power to tho west and com
Ipletely relieved the south from the necos
! sity Of sitting at the footstoo Of that twir
brother OF Ropublicanism, northern De
= mooraoy.
z Populism, having accomplished thes
: good results while out Of power, has q
IS least earned the right to live Hence, %
$ the third week Of the campaign since th
K St Louis convention passes away, it lie
comes more and moro apparent that chi
u Peoples Party will stand by It's NOMINEE
and that the southern Democrat OF tn
10 rank and file, II left to his choice vii
II vote for Bryan and Watson rather thnn 10
Bryan and Sowall. Tho southern Dem
10 oorat feels that Watson is IN accord will
their principles. their platform their sec
tionai pride and their matorial interests
5, while Mr.. Sewall Is not,
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