The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-12
LETTER or ACCEPTANCE.
'IN,u Wnt.nn's Celebrated Document
At Last Made Public.

oflcceNlncc. written by Thomas Il. Wat
So. accepting the populist nomination tor
vice president, was today made public.
Seyon columns OF Watsnn's peoples party
paper are devoted to it. The letter is sup
plemented by four columns Of alvico to
lhe pupulists to sit steady In the toat aud
hold tl.eir PARTY together
The editorial tone OF the paper Is one of
fulfilled prophecy. Watson declares that
the failure OF The populists TO support bryan
M the close States brought about Mckin-
eys election. He goes into a l0lg review
Of the circumstances leading 10 his -omina-
ton at st. Louis and accepts inc vice lresi
Dental nomination. 'Bccause ! said
would"
He declares If the st. Louis populist con-
yentiun had nominated a straight Icpuiist
ticket it would have been elected. 4 would.
he said, have driven the ii!ls ami Cor
mans where they belong d. in the rerub-
lcan ranks and the organs and lands
would have joined with the populis,s. He
comp!aius bittcrl, az the treatment he le-
coiVod at the hands of the popuist leaders
and addresses himself particularly to Sen
ator ButlCr in this way:
Senator. reform has no right to exist
II IT Is has no valid complaint 10 make.
Pcpulists can not denouuee the sins OF two
OLD parties and yet 20 into political CO.
partnership with them. The moment we
make a treaty the war mist cease, and
when We ctast oar wa! upon the old par
ties We have no longer any excuse for liV-
ing Whenever right compromises with
wrong II Is IN" right when suffers Inc
democratic managers seem to resent as a
strange piece OF lll"rtlnence the TACT thht
the popuiists dared to nominate ticket
d'Hering at the rear from tnelrs- coming
TO 'heh With 'he Two millloh votes tue!
were oeS2uS 'oi ana hleousiy heeulns'
WITH perfect assurance OF telling
me uuQua4lhed truth thal my ARRIVAL on
the uSId OF oa''le was not Ne'colneu as
He@r'iy as bl"CNci Mas Ie'elNeu ny Weu-
t''s'o" ~ 10 Nanto" ny iS'i'-
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t's1 WIN an 'ne @o'l OF man VINO "ontNu
70 erect the democratic ticket Al 'h'S
tnlhk you were wrong AS CHAIRMAN Oh
inc popu'ls' commute tAo Parry certainly
eNFee'eu you 10 90 an you oould 10 eject
the populist ticket HAD you demanded
Mt Sewaiis Withdrawal from the ticket he
would have been Withdrawn. ! have let
Ter of yours in which you state that the
democratic committee expected to make
the demand, but that you did not make it.
From the perversity of temper with which
the democratic managers have refused to
do the right thing by the popuists. L
would seem that obey prefer McKineyism
to anything which might seem to be partly
populst triumph Their subtle purpose
is to couple the Bryan election with the
comuleto destruction If tbc norultet r,rt,,