People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

Why Fusion has Not Fused.

Why Fusion has Not Fused.
The most important political ut
torrance Of the campaign is printed in
The World today. 1t is Thomas E.
Watson's notification to Chairman
Jones and the Democratic managers
that fusion has not fused, and the
reasons for the failure.
Mr.. Watson is right in saying that
"the pivotal point in the whole cam
paign depended upon a union of the
Populiets and Democrats" 1t is not,
we think, so clear az he imagines
that such union would have carried
the election. Bat it would have made
it dangerously close, and it was the
only chance
Mr.. Watson says that "the menace
that endangers Mr.. Bryan's success
to-day il the profound classification
which exists among the humble,
honest, earnest Populists, who have
built up the Peoples party" This
dissatisfaction is due to the convic-
ton that they have been cheated ard
their most trusted leader abused and
derided from the time of the st. Louis
con vention to Mr.. Sewall's latest
refusal to withdraw. Mr.. Watson
warns Chairman Jones that the deals
of committeeman do not deliver
Populist votes, and that if the voters
are not satisfied they will stay at
home. If they stay at home in any
considerable number Mr.. Brysn's
only chance is gone. .s. y
Mr.. Watson's warning is all the
more impressive from the fact that
he has, in letter, speech and editorial,
vaymIy praised ana Foya1ly supported
MIR. Bryan. His present utterance is
certain to create deep impression,
whether or not it is too late to pro.
duce any effsct.-New York World.
'Rum and Rags go Together
So said Bishop Turner, the great
colored divine. The Methodist GEN
eral. Conference in 1886 said: "'rhe
license system is sin against society;
essentially immoral" The Southern
Baptist Convention in 1886 in its
report on temperance pledged its
members to work for the suppression
OF the whiskey traffic. The Queen
Of Madagascar said: 81 will take no
revenue from that which destroys
the souls and bodies of my subjects
Lord Chesterfield said: "Govornment
should not mortgage the morals and
the health of the people for revenue"
If the Queen of Madagascar, whose
subjects are placed by US as only
half civilized, refuses to receive rev.
enue from that which destroys both
soul and bodies of her sub lects, what
are we to think of the divines and
church members who stand shoulder
to shoulder to fight with saloon own
ers to defeat the man who is fighting
to abolish the cesspools OF moral and
political corruption.
Bishop Ireland says: "The liquor
traffic threatens destruction to our
Institutions" The liquor men OF
Augusta held meeting in August
and urged all liquor dealers to work
for Atkinson. Again these men held
another convention in Augusta Sep
TENDER 10Th, and urged the impor-
lance of electing Atkinson in order
to save the barrooms. 80 this Is the
situation, vote for Atkinson and bar
rooms or vote for Wright and the
abolition of barrooms.
Politicians ought not to be expect
ed to dig their political graves. IT
in this fight between the barrooms
and sobriety all the good and moral
elements of the state stand shoulder
to shoulder with the keepers Of those
miserable dens of sin, then it is quite
likely no other party will stand for
the abolition of barrooms in the
future. G. F. TURNER.
Brent, Ga.
Mr.. WGtsOn'S Speech at Lincoln,