Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-22
TOM WATSON TELLS z
ALL ABOUT 1T
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"How will high prices help the laborer,
Is asked. Labor is commodity, ana
with rising prices there is more work to
30 and the pay is better. You say the
laborer ought to favor the present dollar
because il buys more. What product is
not the result of the work of labor!
Everything has the imprint of labor upon
1t. If the dollar buys more, 1t is more or
the laborer's brain, his muscle and his
life.
Mckinley is not worrying about the
dollar he is getting, but what he Is not
getting.
Charles Dickens, when he visited this
country, wrote back that Ii was the most
prosperous country in the world; that
there was no hunger, no national banks
and no bonds. The children were all COM
fortably clad and well fed, and every
body was prosperous and happy. The
tree then brought forth good fruit You
can't reap figs from thistles.
Let the government make Its own
money and it's own laws, and have no
special privileges. Let every man stand
equal before the law.
You can't break a coffee trust, wheat
trust, bagging trust, or any other trust
without bringing more of it on the mar
ket.
1.-The goldbugs purpose going further
than the mere establishing of the single
gold standard. They mean TO make all
bonds and
All Debts Payable in Gold.
Before you tell me you favor the gold
standard put your hand in your pocket
and see how much gold you have.
IF you have single gold standard ev-
cry debt must be paid in gold, and wall
street will then have the world by the
throat. You will have to have the gold
to pay your taxes and your Indebtedness,
and from these hoarders alone can you
obtain it. Then look for depression and
Serfdom never yet thought of by this
American people.
1--WE of the south ought to get together.
Let us love our country more and hate
each other less. We are all southern
people, equally honest in our efforts"
II want to know" said a voice, "how
to vote? Who to vote for?"
That's what have been trying to i'm
press you with all through this speech
Could not be less modest Suppose man
was counting a girl and asked her to
marry him every breath, and she was to
ask him If he wanted her to marry him."
Applause and laughter
Are you in the field?" said another or
the audience.
Il am in the field and am going to re-
main in the field. Before was nominated
I was wired If l would accept l answer
ed l would My word of honor is out, and
no influence or threats can make me furl
the flag"
Twill not your course defeat Bryan?"
'"The populiSts were averse to going in
to the compact. Twenty-one states
threatened to bolt the convention My
name was used to prevent this bolt and
the inevitable split in the party, and to
prevent this division was the reason
agreed to run with Bryan.
IF should come down, instead of the
populists voting for Bryan, they would
be farther from doing so. They would
either stay at home or vote for Mckinley.
Should l come down, my friends would
feel deceived, and rightly so. And the re-
suit would be that
Bryan's Campaign Would Collapse
in Oregon and North Dakota. In those
states the democrats are running Bry-
an and Watson ticket in order to carry
those states for Bryan. My remaining
on the ticket holds the fusion together in
Indiana and Illinois, and this would col
lapse If / should come down. No demo-
crat ought to want me to come down.
1.-THE democratic chairman Of Oregon
wrote me a letter to the effect that If
come off the ticket that state would go
for Mckinley. s.
II want to help Bryan, but can't da
everything with my people"
Mr.. Howard did not appear, as adver-
tised.
Mr.. Watson left this morning for Gads-
den, where he speaks today.
1t was one of the most respectful and
orderly audiences ever assembled in the
city, and every word of the speaker was
listened to with marked attention.