The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
SENATOR'S ALLEN AND BUTLER
DO THE NOTIFYING BY
LETTER.
LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR SENALL
From the Tone of Senator Buffers
Letter Watson Is ON the Ticket 10
Stay-Thc Only True Silver
Ticket.

Carolina, chairman of the populst eXecu-
tive committee, to Hon. Thomas L. Wat
son of Georgia, notifying him of his nom
nation for vice president:
Headquarters Peoples Party. Wash
ngton, ID. c., Sept II, 1S9G-To Hon.
Thomas T.. Watson, Thompson, Ga.-Dear
Sir: Such is our form of government that
the citizens of the United States must
shape its course for good or evil through
the agency of political parties When
there is no political parties that represent
this principle of government no party
that stands for right and the interests of
the laborer, wealth producer and all who
strive to make an honest living by fair
and legitimate means, then it is impossi-
BILE for the majority of the voters to eN-
press their will at the ballot box.
when all the political parties stand
for the selfish interest and personal greed
of money changers, corporations, trusts
and mOnopolies, as does the republican
party under the leadership of John Sher-
man and the democratic party under the
leadership of Grover Cleveland, then the
producing masses are victims without al
ternatives. To withhold their votes will
furnish them no relief while to cast their
votes for another party is to sanction
their spoliation and 10 strengthen the
power that Expresses them. This was the
political situation in 1892, when stern ne
cessity forced organized labor, the organ
| lied wealth producers and others who be-
lieve in good government and were en-
| gagged in legitimate business interests to
meet and form Il political organization
known as the peoples party. The dem
ocratic and republican parties no longer
represent the principles upon which they
are founded. Both have betrayed the peo-
pie and have legislated in the interest of
| bankers. Spectators, bondholders and
mOnopolists thus enabling the favored
| few to absorb the millions of property
| earned and created by the toiling masses.
The peoples party was the first politi-
| cal organization in tWenty-three years that
made an honest demand for the free and
unrestricted coinage of silver. The peo-
| pies party was the first political organi-
| cation to make definite and specific what
| is meant by opposition to monOpoies in
stead of INDUCING in glittering promises.
| 1t exposed the shortcomings of the two
old parties, so that one of these old parties
has been forced to retrace its erring steps
and cast off for the time being at least
| its base and treacherous leaders 1t was
| the peoples party that brought that all
| important and overshadowing question of
| financial reform to the front. Thus the
| democratic party, so long debauched and
now divided, a party beset from without
and within by the gold and monopoly dem
| ocrats who are plotting to gain control
| of it, can not be relied on to carry out
| those reforms of the peoples party and
| to restore prosperity to the American
| people Therefore there was never great
er need for the continued existence and
| vigorous growth of our party than now
/ The letter then refers to the nomination
| of Mr. Bryan by the democrats and says
| the peoples party ut its second national
| convention recognized in him man who
stands in the broadcast and truest sense
| for American institutions and American
| principles.
| 1t then continues:
'If the democratic party had been true
| to the people and its own platform in its
| selection of Il candidate for vice president
we would not now have the honor of adj
dressing you, one of the worthiest and
most beloved sons of the peoples party. in
| this official capacity. for in that event the
peoples party would have nominated the
whole democratic ticket by even larger
| majority IIull IL llOllllllultu WI. IlN
| But such was not the case. 1t seems that
| the party was not able ut one effort to
| purge itself of its modern heresies, cast
| off its plutocratic leaders. and at the same
time it nominated Mr. Bryan give him Il
running mate who had earned in the arena
of action. cOntending against the foes OF
! the republic. the confidence and trust of
| the masses of our people, as had MIR. BIy-
| an himself Had it nominated Il man for
| bn 1-ina nrpSilnOrV who known 10
| Americans as Il chieftain and leader in
| defense of toilers and producers of the
| land, one who. by the use of voice, pen
and other means had endeared himself to
| to American people-one with past not
obscured in silence suggestive of either
ignorance or Indifference to the struggle
| of the people with the money power, the
occasion of this communication to your
worthy self would not have occurred. The
peoples party. true to its principles ana
| true to its teachings. nominated Tor the
high office of vice president man worthy
| to have headed the ticket, man who rep,
resents what Mr.. Bryan represents. ana
therefore presents to the people today IN
| the persons of Bryan and Watson the
hest silver ticket in the field, ticket more
representative of American interests nan
any other. ticket that stands for Just
the opposite to that for which the repuhll-
can ticket stands. If the people win TINS
fight for financial reform it must he a.cc-
complishcd by the cooperation of the sill
yer forces of all political parties. To Sc
cure such cooperation of the, different
parties it is not necessary to have co,
operative ticket. Therefore Bryan and
Watson is not only the best silver ticket
but it is the true cooperative ticket.
1--WE have the honor, representing the
second national convention of the people
party. to formally notify you of your nomi,
nation forthe vice presidency of the, United
States. and hope you will accept the high
trust and carry our banner of equal
rights to all and special privileges to none
to victory against the combined minions
of special privileges, aggregated capital
and organized greed. We have the honor
to be yours most respectfully.
MARION G. BUTLER.
chairman En- Oflicio of the Notification
| Committee"
ALLEN NOTIFIES BRYAN