People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02
MIR. WATsON's TRIP
Through the West Some Of its Incl
dents and Results.

dents and Results.
Editor Peoples Party Paper.
Perhaps no political campaign in
the history of the United States has
presented more complex problems,
many sided situations and peculiar
features than the one now in pro-
gress.
Stripped Of all political subterfuge
the present contest is clash between
the money aristocracy, intrenched
behind the fortress of special privil-
eyes on the one side, and on the
other the starving millions of the
common people attempting to rescue
the heritage of Democratic principles
and republican institutions that their
fathers fought and died for.
Ia this battle of ballots there will
be doubt of the result if the people
can present 8 united front to the
enemy.
There are, however, secret agents
of the money power in every camp Of
the people, and their mission is to
SOW the seeds Of discord among the
allied forces by arousing the latent
avarice, cupidity, ignorance, selfish
ness and prejudice that unfortunately
exists among all classes Of people.
1t is the mission of the Peoples
party first to keep alive the fires Of
rus patriotism, to show the people
how their liberties are being de.
s'royed and their rights trampled in
the dust, to show these remedies for
the important position they are placed
in, to force politicians and political
parties to declare for definite issues
and principles aud, second, to unite
the people whose interests in securing
just government are in common into
one grand army Of reform. With
these purposes in view Mr.. Watson
made his tour through Texas and the
West, and / will undertake to sketch
briefly some OF the incidents and
results Of the trip, as had the honor
Of being his travelling companion.
TEXAs-From the time we entered
Texas until we reached Dallas the
people who had heard Of Mr. Watson's
coming crowded at every station and
insisted upon his appearance on the
car platform whore they could look
at, shake hands with aad hear few
words Of hope and encouragement
from the lips Of the great eommoner
from Georgia.
At Dallas we were met by large
delegation of PopuIists and escorted
to the Oriental Hotel. The follow
irg day-Sept. 18th, Labor Day-Mr.
Watson spoke TO about six thousand
people Gre wded into the fair grounds
as many more not being able to
get seats or standing room. The
audience was wildly enthusia site,
riaing time and again and cheering
the bursts of patriotic eloquence and
the periods of sober fact which only
our own "Tom" is capable of.
At Bonham, AIR. Watson spoke to
another grand stand of about four
thousand people and the Dallas
scenes we're repeated.
In Texas the situation is peculiar
The Democrats treated with con-
tempt q proposition of the Populists
to unite in a division of the electoral
ticket The epublicaus offered the
Populist leaders a division OF the
electoral ticket whereby the Populists
would receive fifteen electoral votes
for Watson and the entire State
ticket in return for fifteen electoral
votes for Mckinley and the Pop
ulist leaders, smarting under the
treatment of the Populist national
ticket by the leaders in Kansas and
Colorado were about to consumate
the deal when Watson stepped in and
appealed to the people not to permit
the transaction, saying that he would
not accept an electoral vote that
Bryan could not also receive.
KANs4s--After a days journey
through the fartile Indian er-itory,
we reached Kansas and we're met at
Erie by the State Chairman, Jno. W.
Breidenthal, and other leading Pop
ulists. Mr.. Watson spoke to another
| GRAND stand Of savaral thousand Deo.