The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-07
TELLS WHERE He IS At.
Tom Watson Opened His Campaio ian
Last Night.
POSSIBILITY MADE BY THE POPS,
Peoples rarty win support Bry an, Bu,
sewali Doss Not Represent ropu-
list Observation-Disclosures ism.

Atlanta, Ga. August s-Thomas T..
| Watson opened hts vice presidential cam.
palgn tonight with an address of two
hours N length delivered before AN All
dience of 5000 people. Mr. Watson an
| pealed at the outset for free, non-,x,r.
| tisan hearing, and declared that he smoke
| with bitterness to none.
lic then entered into an enumeration
of the party demands. indictlng tho r,v-
eminent for high crimes and misle
meanors in the granting OF tho govern
mental powers of making money for a
special class; IN me unfair lcvyng OF
| ute upon those least able to endure I'm
c.osing the minis to the free and until.
| ited co mage of silver. giving the pnhlic
| highways of tho country into the control
OF srasping corporatots WHO levied ;rib-
me upon the people who were compelled
| ~ use them. and III the corruption of the
! ballot.
lie explained at length his course In
| leaving the democratic party, after hay
| ins been elected TO congress as DOM
ocral aud by the machinery OF tho dem
| ocratc party. lie said that his oppou, Ut
had run az stralgh, platform dem
ocpt, while lie had made his race On
the alliance platform aud was pledged
! to stand by that platform, though tho
| hca'cns fall. Furthermore the National
alliance convention had instructed those
! congressman elected on the alliance plat
n} hn TWO 40 rrr r,i' n"iitci u,
| only had he felt hound tc stand by pin
c!rle" rather than party hut he hid
.n a. a. mr e"m ''J" ,,A, .'u o"'
| unite the farmers of The South with the
farmers OF the West. 10 do that rem red
a new party The southern democru
publican party. nor would the Western
republican join the democrats. common
rallyng point vas absolutely nenes 'ary.
,.aneressmen stepped out OF the rcpuh-
ncan party. "of the thiuiy Southern con
TN, now t,.,a'E s sxl ur9 Mr. Watson.
"" G,nI, ono n'' and 1hank God that can say
'Ia' ! WIS tna, one a., had orowcd him
ito eNnlamed ,naI ne na" ; ",lw' +, nm
plastic the south ueSie 10 M i ~,
West hali Way IN me c'n,i't w ua,
me hIs, Ihe Sau,h',n veaiiips s,rcSS, Hi'd
today bidding defiance 10 W "a, st,o't ~
the East for the frS' TINE IN lnl,,S N'1iSi
WY Eecause we SCUM tn a throw IN In.
yoke Of the East. ThS Western demooi tl'
had not done, this How many Western
states had Illden cswled. or NIetelAnu1
when, ne iskcd audrtSSlg me nen-
ocrats in the crowd. has there ever been
q, lime before when Noi coui" SAP .na
Eastern democracy In me race WIN on,
hGnd and Ni,i street WIN t,e ",'','l " ~
rely on the West 10 gel YOU OUT OF lh'
scrgne? 1t was the Western pop who
mad made TINS poSslh!e 'rilu VINO hld t,e
MtStcln pon llscd 10 poF Mes'ori repuo-
lcars. Looking al ne nilaiis since ny
oWcaso elhyemflon the " m,h p2thu''S ~
gnu 10 my inoGdts', W II t,Vvii.r ., ~
nein You III tn's ,it ~. w. vi , cr n
vo, III. mo" u,nt No sail In o,lr shf,
iut ,he, u,o,n 70 ,Sne, air crow THEY
w.,, ~, ,o'" az ,ratr mi th.v want ia
wv IN n,,r nr"',,,'.i, 'rbnV say they
want fusion. hut II ia the fusion of the
,nTGh With Inc CIV il engulfs 4 CHI
our nlatfrrm aud they thought thov had
swallowed us. For awhile after the Chi
cago convention they thOaght they had
convention they me beginning 10 fool
= sure the bear has caught them
The, present political situation. he de-
clarod, was tho FIRST case On record whore
a half loaf was not found tn ho better
than no bread
We can stand ny Mr.. Brran. lie has
n1eh Wl,h US am iourh. OF pniIu'rs' nul
when We ale asked TO swallow Mr., Sewau
from M risoronN t,tInn OF Maine, we
beg 10 he excused, We can NOT vote Tor
oul w. 'n' an, ~ H., ~" W., ~ ~,
GSS,, ~ - - - ~ g., Nab ,r1 .ot =, ~
dIda''e Tor for vice presdcnt. seeing mt
vo,,r dc,n,rrntic Inoders mad mndo :, mis-.
*" W. .,,,,,od tr,o tba hr.,,'h n al H'J
What tbcv o,,,-ht - have done nom6natod
" Sn,th.,,., ,,,,m fnr vlco m,esit.n, I,bis
ana vnu ,nnsi have A Southsrner on vo,i,
National tcke'
In the of THE South we have re-
pudIatcd tAe error or thc Chicago convon-
don W.. had said ''let il he a yolng
loader from ihc West and young leader
from The south" Has no, ms S,uih been
in political bondage long enough? Has
| not i, PLAYED second fiddle long enough A.?
| II has hc.n n dream Of mine 10 do whn,
/ I could to reinstate tho South ~ her place
| IN the rovnl sisterhood Of State an
! peal to YOU as Goorginus as Souihoiu
men. TO seize this opportunity TO make
his alliance win abe West To- thro,V OFF
IN" domins.tion Of tho North ana Fast
which has proved rulnous TO the farmer
neopIc
! significant statement: I'VE are not 20
Ing 20 put up any candidate ngains