The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-19
Meteoric Excursion of the Bril-"
liant Kentuckian.
AIARM-cALL TO THE EAST
Likens Conflict of Capital and
Labor TO That of Slavery.
ElEGTioN SETTLED NOTHING
k.s Sees Grave Dangers Ahead For the
Republic. and CounseIs Corporate
Wealth to Look Well to IFS
ResponsibiIities.


nars XIV. Nov. 1S.-Hon. Henry Wat
tarsan. editor of the Louisville Courier
,TonrnaL who was prominently urged for
the nomination for the Presidency at the
Indianapolis convention. but whose name
was formally withdrawn, has remained IN
this city since the election. His views
ON the result Of the National campaign
inst closed have been furnished IN the
following revised interview:
srThc election Of Mr.. Mckinley, said
Mr.. wattcrson to-day, lis but the be-
~inning of the end OF the struggle which
one way snd another has been going On
IN the United States for twenty years, Il
began II tlle West and South for q de-
znand FOR fat money. Ne sooner was the
Greenbaek party disposed of than the
free Silver party took its place. This
<nlrainatel in the nomination and defeat
Of Mr.. Bryan. With that defeat ends
the free silver frenzy and the danger OF
n II, TO / kind. But the element Of dis
order 1t has called into being and the
sgrarian issues ii has set into motion are
left upon the scene, and we may be sure
that these will continue their assaulls
upon the life Of the nation and the in
ferrity of The people until they are swept
ont of existence in 1900 Mr.. Mckinley $
eleetion eettles nothing. 1t merely re-
moves fiat money and deprecated silver
dollars from among the rocks ahead.
Mr.. Watterson was asked If the union
Aetween the gold Democrats and the Re
nublieans could last and he replied:
*I do not see how ii can. The differ
enses are too doctrinal and radical. Mr..
Mckinley is an extreme protectionist: The
sound money Democrats are sincere rev.
enue reformers. Certainly statesman
ship is largely an affair OF compromises
Bat To be effectual and beneficial the
compromises must be logical and Just
Nothing could be more desirable than 4
anion among all abiding, order-lovIne
citizens against whatever and whoever
threaten the interests of the country. The
Bryan menace did produce such union
Organism was simply mobism, and before
such an issue whenever raised, party dis
tinctions must vanish from the minds OF
patriotic men, But until the immediate
danger is over, the original agreements
are bound to reappear."
"And what do you think all these things
portend with respect to the future OF the
country
81 think that the country is safe for the
present; that the future of the Republic
will be equally as sure, | doubt. But
faithful men should not be lulled into fan
died security because we have overcome
the dragon of reputation. The gorgon
of agrarionism is yet abroad. The Bryan
movement was most dangerous because
it affected, to speak in the name of the
people. The whole people must come TO see
that there have been mighty changes gc
ing on in the world before such a govern
nent as ours can be safe and Free"
"How do you mean, Mr. WattersonY p
In 1890, and under the leadership Of
Thos. Jefferson, the principle Of Demo
cratic government began its real fight for
life. Thc issue then was Are the people
capable of self-governmentY If Jeffer-
son had failed, the Federalist party would
have gone on suppressing individual
liberty and consolidating the central
power until we should have had a Repub-
lie only in name-a Florentine common
wealth, perhaps a line of princes. But
Jefferson succeeded and the law Of the
land strictly construed was secured to the
people Ia 1900 we shall have to face
the same general question in a new form
and the issue will be under existing CON
items"
"Are orderly governments and popular
government concurrent possibilitiesY
eli we are to have many Presidential
campaigns like the one just ended they are
not unless the great body of people can
be brought to realize the changes Of
century Of progress, every four years will
witness party taking the field in support
rrff ftn oil h~1x,4
very existence is a menace to the public
order"
"What DO you regard as the most radi-
cal change OF the century?'
I'm 1900 we were few millions Of
people snd we loved liberty In 1900 we
are neHr'y a hundred millions Of people
and we love money. Moreover, indi-
xidually I'D collectively, we have great
deal Of money. Most of this money is
invested in what are called corporations.
from a handful of individuals we have
Become nation of institutions. The in
dividnal counts for less and less, organi-
zatioIg for more and more. 1t is the
idios' Of the age we live in. We
may q, town the house but cannot at
enc rs the same time both destroy
1t and e@@ly it. That is what Mr. Bryan
and his fsllowers are pretending that they
san du. eanwhile, must a man lose his
3ndiyj3aal rights Of property because he
Aas i his accretions in a bank or
raj. )r even trust company? That
is the ion we have to meet and settle
xs agui3ss HE clamor Of the mob before
me can feel entirely secure about any
Shing.
sWhat Of the sectional spirit and the
aendeneyY
among people so great In numbers