Mohave County miner., 1896-08-08
Tom Watson. Populist, as Seen bv
 Lewis.


 popuiist nominee for president, is physically an atom of man. His frame ssmall he Is meager in flesh, and what there is seems laid on grudgingly as il nature hesitated to make the man at all The entire individual won't weigh l20 pounds.
 But slight though he be almos. to the point of feeble, Watson has the yiyacity and heat Of fire No one in Georgia can cope with him before crowd, unless it is Crisp, whom he bitterly hates. Wat. sons face is smooth; no mustache. no beard.
 Watson has eyes of gray. with yellow hair-long this last, and of the sort that hangs in straight locks and fiaunts de- fiaDce. It is divided we'll over on the left side, this hair, and combed smoothly back and over without any flourish or effect toward the beautiful. As he talks Watson has Dantonian trick to ges ture and whirl his arms, sways his small oody and losses his head like racer. This sets lock of hair to waving and hanging across his forehead and low, it takes part in his disputes, and, falling and floating like pony's mape, pune. tuates his periods with loppy emphasis. Ever and again as he talks, his thin, nervous right hand will recover this dis putatious forelock and with one motion furl it smoothly away back of his ear, where It is prisoner. however, only a moment.
 Watson's face is fine and sensitive; a rather bony face, hungry and drawn with the reading oi many books. His fore head is broad, but retreating; and gives one the impression that Watson sees more things than he thinks. This is true. Watson is not so much an origi nator as perceiver He sees things, he reads things, he hsars things; he is not 30 apt to think them.
 Consistent with these latter attributes is the hawkish tendency of Watson. His face, rather prominently phrased as to nose, is of the haichet, beskish kind. and has decidedly falcon effect. And that's what Watson is; and if there is sught in theosophy, which l much mis. dount-that's what Watson was-a fal- con. He has the sbrill raspy voice, the power of strong, high flight, the pinion, tho talnp fha taak and atIh al tb., onnnn of the hawk. He thinks tiercely too, and while Watson may have the wrong side of the debate as often as orhers, one may be sure by beak or claw hell set the sub. ject bleeding before he's closed.
 When Watson vas in the House few men cared for contest with him. He fears no one. His record is pure, bis character without sraip. His honesty has never bred doubt Industrious 10 the point of oyer-work, with an indom. itable bent 10 labor and dig, book fled 10 degree, Watson is always bitterly full, rot to say brilliantly aware, of his sub. ject. He has, moreover, lancet like
 
 with by tsunt or jeer or contradiction, Watson can talk like the thrust of A bowie knife his rhetoric stabs. For all these reasons mo [ members preferred to give the pale, overuained young man from Georgia wide berth m debate They got no victory, no honor and only .rnnnda fsar. ,olt;a;1r ,,;th htpn
 Wa'son dresses well, bu: not modishly His garb is not new fashioned. Bot he has all of cats scruples to be neat He has no sense of humor, and life is a serions struggle with him His sense ol honor is not only high, but acute, and he is painfully faithful to principle or a friend. As you look at him you realize after bit that Watson is one wbo would ride on tumbril and give his head to the auillotine for conviction. When the North produces John Brown, the South puts forth Watson. They are al ke to their regions. Yet it is doubtful if either would feel compitnented by the comparison.
 Watson has no tact. no talent for per sonal friendship, and is disagreeable whiIe doing right, He is essentially a creature of his environment, believes in the duelIo and the personsl responsibility of men for their words and deeds. He once shot several very satisfactory holes in fellow attorney, who invaded his