The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
TAIL OF THE P0PULlST TICKET.
nrrIER NOTIFIES WATSON OF HIS
NOMINATION..

NH
+.r Mailed Yesterday and Adj
,uossed to the Candidate at. His
roue in GeOrgia-The senator
onens by Giving a History of the
.ueged situation which Led to
,he Birth of the Party.
washington, Sept. Ex-senator Marion
d, potler. chairman of the populist ma
,;,,o1 committee, tonight mailed the fol-
',,,.i,e letter of notification to Hon.
r9nomas E. Watson, the nominee for Vice
President:
washington, D. G., Sept. IA, 1Ss6-Hon.
r5omas E. Watson, Thomson, Ca
raor Sir: Such is our form of govern
Inf that the citizens of the United
r.a+os must shape its course for good or
o,u through the agency of political par
.s When there is no political party
.s.+ represents the principles Of good gov
eminent no party that stands for right
and the interest of the laborer, wealth
ar,ducers and all who strive to make an
i,,,es+ living by fair and legitimate
Inns then it is impossible for the ma
ioritv of the voters to express their will
at the ballot box.
when all the political parties stand for
the selfish interest and personal greed of
money changers, corporations, trusts and
-,oronolies as does the republican party
,,,5ar the leadership Of John Sherman,
AVID fine democratic party under the lead
.r.bin of Grover Cleveland then the pro-
I,.iny masses are victims without an al
trnaffve To Withhold their votes will
furnish them no relief, while to cast their
,,,tas for either party is to sanction their
avn spoliation and to strengthen the pow
er that Expresses them.
This was the political situation in 1892
when stern necessity forced organized
labor. the organized wealth producers and
o+bers who believe in good government
and were engaged in legitimate business
interests, to meet and form new polli-
gaI organization known as the peoples
marty. This new political party, represent
ing the principles of true republcanlsm
as taught by Abraham Lincoln, ana oil
rue democracy as taught by Jefferson
and Jackson, as if springing full grown
from the loins of the people, cast over
100000 votes. winning in FIVE states with
in four months from the date of its birth.
The democratic and republican parties
no longer represented the principles upon
which they were founded. They had long
since deserted the principles for which
our ancestors left the old world ana
which were made our inheritance through
the blood and sacrifice of our fathers In
the revolutionary war, and had embraced
the odious and oppressive methods SO
long practiced under the monarchies and
despotisms of the old world. The ene-
mics of good government, the enemies or
peoples prosperity and the enemies OF
struggling humanity had dominated ana
controlled both of these parties for twen>
Nv wears. Both of these parties
had long since ceased to regard
the interest of the masses, and
became the agents through which cor
pOrations and trusts exploit the people;
both of these parties have betrayed the
people and have legislated in the interest
of bankers, SPECTATORS, bondholders and
monopolists, thus enabling the favored
few to absorb the millions of property
earned and created by the toiling masses.
They have been the agencies for robbing
the millions, for making the few million
aires and worse than this, they have
splaced the welfare and happiness of the
whole nation in the hands of, and sub
ject to the confederated money powers of
the world The candidates of both of
these parties for the past twenty years
have been pledged to the gold standard,
and have used the power of the govern
ment on the side of gold. No matter
which party the people voted for, their
votes were cast for their enemies and to
enslave themselves. No matter which
party went into power times grew harder
ana the wealth of the many concentrated
into the hands of the few.
Another party, an American party, was
wanted. There was need for such a par
~ to keep alive the American spirit of
MS 10 advocate and enforce the principles
OF the Declaration of Independence, TO adj
yocate the rights of American labor and
American manhood to restore prosperity
TO d suffering people, and to rescue great
and rich nation from the quicksands of
bankruptcy and ruin. Thus the peoples
party stands for the great principles of a
republican form of government as repre-
scented by the forefathers, and came into
existence to restore the government to the
people.
me peoples party was the first politi-
cal organization in twenty years that
made an honest demand for the free and
unrestricted coinage of silver Until the
present year both old parties put into
tnelr platforms a demand for the restora-
uon OF silver, but coupled with it qualify
ing and ambiguous phrases that mega
uVed the demand and then rallied the
voters OF the west and south for silver
ana the northeast for the gold standard on
was the first political organization that
declared against the surrender of the gov
eIhment functions of issuing paper money
10 national, state or private banks. The
peoples party was the first political or
sanlzation to make definite and specific
what is meant by opposition to monopo~
Aes' instead of indulging in glittering
seheralities. The peoples party was the
nIst political party to nominate candi-
yates for President and Vice President
u'at We're not gold bugs, and did not re-
1--WE gold bug support. 1t is the only
party now in existence which, with an
Undivided membership and a solid front,
Is demanding legislation for the suppress
SION OF monopolies, and for the equal pro-
Vcuoh Of all citizens against the en-
Vioachment of individual and corporate
power. 20 successfully has 1t exposed the
shortcomings of the two old parties, SO
,lsorously arraigned them for the be-
uayal Of the people. so vigorously has
! laugnt the principles of true democ-
tScy ana true republicanism, that one OF
mes. .uese Old PARTIES has been forced to re.
race It's erring steps and cast off, for the
eilne beng, at least its base and treacn-
er9us leaders.
,ha was the peoples party that brought