People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-11-20
Butler and Watson.

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press reply which he wrote (after
SO long time) to Mr.. Watson's Let
ter of Acceptance. This reply OF
Buffers was so evidently written for
the purpose Of beng published after
the election that it could hardly be
seriously considered at all. 1t was
SO late in the campaign that no utter
ance Of either Butler or Watson
could change the situation, and But
Ter knew it.
Below we publish MIR. Watson'a
rejoinder to Mr.. Buffers letter, omit
ting predatory allusion to the lost
letter which is no longer important
''HoN. MAR1oS BUTLER:
DEAB SIR-Yours received.
You did NOT dare to publish it (the
FIRST letter) because you felt its ar-
raignmenE of you to bo unanswerable.
AIr. Waahburne's kilograms Ito
which I was no partly did not con-
troll you then in not publishing the
letfar any more than thay control
yea now in suppressiDg it.
The truth is, Senator, you FEEL
youFself. to be deeply guilty msn,-
IS indeed you are.
Instead Of managing this great
campaign in spirit Of broad patriot
ism and Of courag eous loyalty to your
nominee and your party, You have
allowed your personal ill-will towards
me to divert you into a tortuous,
narrow, jealous and disloyal policy
which has ship-wxeoked the Peoples
party and brought the success OF Mr.
Bryan to crisis of extreme peril.
You now plead with me to pull
you out Of the hols. Tshall do moth
ing Of the kind. You pecked your
way into it, and you must peck your
way OUT. What's writ is writ and 1
could NOT now repair your blunders
il I tried to do go.
For eight years, we reformers who
organized the Peoples party, have
been deuouncing the National Bank
ing system.
How thsa can We support sewall,
the National Banker2
We have been denounoing the
Bondholders and plutoerats.
How can we support Sewall, the
bondholder and p,utoorat?
We have denounced class legisIa.
ton IN all It's forms.
How can We support Sewall who
represents class Legislation in its most
vicious forms?
We 1enounos the Mckinley Tariff.
How then can we support Sewall
who ia 8 McIEinleyite on the Tariff
question, and who not only has grown
to DO millionaire through the favors
Of claes legislation, but is even now
seeking farther bounty from Con
grass in behalf OF his ship building
interests.
equal rights to all and special
privileges to none," was tbs bed rock
priusiple upon which the great Ali
anco movement and the Peoples
party were founded,
Il we vote for sewal, the repre-
sentative and beneficiary Of "speoial
privilege we give the lie to all we
have been saying for The last eight
years.
10 ask the reformers of the South
aod West to vote for an Eastern cor
poration pIu.oorat wac is known
throughout New England as typical
opprossor OF labor, is equivalent to
requiring that they shall brand them
selves as hypoorites and humbugs.
No psrty sbould force the voter to
do violence TO ais sense Of right. l
could not vote for Mr.. Sewall with
out feelirg that had surrendered
my creed, renowned my own teach
ings, and disbouored my cherished
convictions.
Tho Democratic party had right
10 put such a man "a Sewall on its
ticket, and than demand that Popu.
lists vote for him.
In efeot, the Populist Convention
Of S.. Louis told the Democrats in
the most emphatic way that it would
support Bryan but would nossuppoft
Sewall.
I have felt myself bound by the
action Of cur National Convention,
and have persistently refused to &C.
cent Sewali "a orr nominee.
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