The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-07
you in this fight and the western Dem

you in this fight, and the western DEM
ocrats say We are very glad to get your
help. Here in the south the Democrats
say, we do not need you fellows, AMI
we've got a little machine thatll turn
out just the majority we need
"They want to sail in our ship, but they
want to expel our crew. They want to
run our train but they want to kick
out our engineer. They say they want
| fusion, but 1t is the fusion of the earth
| quake with the city it engulfs.
| AT Chicago the Democratic politi-
clans swallowed our platform and they
| thought they had swallowed us. For a
while after the Chicago convention
they thought that they had caught the
bear. Now, since the st. Louis conven-
ton they are beginning to feel sure the
bear has caught them. The present po-
litical situation is the first case on record
where half loaf was not found to be
better han no bread.
I'VE can stand by Mr.. Bryan. He has
been with us and has fought for our
policies. But when we are asked to
swallow Mr.. Sewall we beg to be eX-
cused. We cannot vote for Mr.. Sewall
because he does not represent our plat
form. If we do we say we did not mean
what we said in our platform. You
cannot consistently say this is fight of
the west and south, and go off to Maine
to get candidate for vice-presiden1.
Therefore. seeing that your Democratic
leaders had made a mistake, we stepped
into the breach and did what they ought
to have done-nominated a southern
man for vice-president.
This is a movement of the south and
west and you mnst have a southerner
on your national ticket.
I'm the name of the south we have re-
pudated the error of the Chicago con-
vention. We have said. Let it be n
young leader from the west and a young
leader from the south. Has not the
south been in political bondage long
enough? Has it not played second fid-
die long enough? 1t was a dream of
mine to do what l could to reinstare
the south to her place in the royal sis
terhood of states. l appeal to you as a
Georgian, as a southern man. to seize
this opportunity to make this alliance
with the west, to throw off the domina-
ton of the north and east which has
proved ruinous to the farmer. the labor
er and merchant and the entire people"
In conclusion Mr.. Watson made this
significant statement: I'VE are not GO
ing to put up any candidate against
Bryan we are going to vote for Bryan
whether SeWall is withdrawn or not /
am going to manage this campaign so
that W. j. Bryan gets every vote We
have got | see the dread evils of Nc
Kinleyism threatening US, and l fear
that if we are defeated in this fight Nc
Kinleyism will be enthroned forever ana
the battle for freedom would just as well
be given up. I shall tell my people to
stand by the contract made at St Louis.
Let Bryan have every vote you can mus
ter. Let Jones say what he likes. Let
him insult you if he will. Make no an
swer. Pray for your country. Work
for her interests. Do your duty. Here's
what we are going to do in our state con-
vention: We are going to put out full
electoral ticket for Bryan and Watson.
We can't vote for Sewall. Then we will
empower our committee to take off a
part of our electors and put on a part Of
yours whenever the Democratic COM
mittee retires MIR. SeWall The Demo-
cratic managers may have made up their
minds to put Tom Watson down and
keep him down. but than God that the
people of the south have entered into no
such contract. Let it be known hence
forth that the south and west will never
again sit at the footstool of the north.
Mr.. Wason was cheered at frequent
intervals. and his peroration was follow
ed by a long continued storm of applause
and a surging of his admirers toward the
stand to shake his hand.