People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-08-21

AMI Watson is as pure and brave as
anyone of these.
THE FIRST BRYAN AND WATSON CLUB.
Mr.. Cobb's speech wrought the
little company up greatly and led to
the prompt and enthusiastic organi-
cation of Bryan and Watson club,
the first in the city.
DR.. Samuel E. Milliken was elected
president and J. Davis Lewis secre.
tary. The new organization will
hold meeting during the coming
week to arrange for a cam paign
speech by Candidate Watson at an
early date in New York.
Mr.. Cobb, approaching that his
speech of last evening will be provo
cative of criticism whether favorable
or unfavorable, has written the fol.
lowing signed statement to The Jour
nal, showing the reasons which actu-
ate his course:
To the Atlanta journal.
In answer to your request for a
statement from me in regard to the
opinions I expressed in New York
at the dinner given me by DR.. Sam.
uel E. Milliken of New York city, l
will say this: That what The Jour.
nal publishes this afternoon is practi-
cally correct report of my remarks
The occasion was social in it's nature
but l was called on to express my
views as to the present political stu
alton in the south concerning national
affairs and spoke what l honestly
believe to be the truth as to the po-
sltion of Georgia.
have been for Bryan and Wat
son ever since Senator Jones com
mitted the Democratic party at ST.
Louis and would have spoken for
that ticket in the Carolinas but
waited for Sewall's withdrawal,
which every consistent Democrat
confidently expected, but when Mr..
Sewsll announced at Madison Square
Garden that it was his intention to
stay in the race to the end in spite of
the fact that the south and west desire
his withdrawal, in spite of the fact
that his candidacy will not add q
single electoral vote to Democratic
strength, in spite of the fact that
Senator Jones, the delegated agent
of Democracy had invaded the con
vention of another party and practi-
cally pledged Democrats to Watson
in exchange for 100000 Popalists
votes for Bryan, in spite Of the fact
that SeVaH's own son is speaking in
Maine against him, in spite of the
fact that he is man of corporations
and trusts and the president of a
national bank when the Democratic
platform has absolutely declared
against national banks and in spite
of the serious fact that his selfish
obstinacy is actually endangering
the cause of free silver which he pre-
tends to sincerely advocate, and ia
spite of the fact that here in the
east nearly every man out of 10000
Democrats left Madison Square Gar
den when Sewall rose to speak, |
felt that it was time for every honest
Democrat in the south to repudiate
Arthur Sewall, the stumbling block
of Democracy, the selfish plutocrat
who throws himself beforo the cause
of Democracy and the chances Of
free silver.
MUST STAND BY TIE COMPACT.
Whether,it was wise for Damo-
Gratis to send an agent to negotiate
with Populists I do not say, but
m orally, legally and politically, the
Democratic party is bound to carry
out the deliberate contract OF its ex-
eoutive head made be; lore tho world
and for the valuable consideration
of 100000 votes. And 1 shall
stand by the contract even if the
agent (Senator Jones) renigs.
Then too, as a white man of the
south, my blood boils to hear this
Senator Jones damn white Gaorgians
as companions fit only for negroes,
Georgans who are his equals every
other way than mentally and who are
infinitely his superiors in intellect as
illustrated by the blum ie:s he COM
mits as chairman of great party and