People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-09
TOM WATSON'S SPEECH AT LINCOLN, NEB.>
From The Nebraska independently

Mr.. Chairman ana tetlOW NlVlzeuS' L
have been very much cheered by the
hearty welcome which l have received
in the great state of Nebraska. 1t is
-ot everywhere that ''ranktankerous
cuss" as the Republican newspapers
call me, can get such a welcome, and
before I proceed further with what l
have to say, it might not be improper
for me to correct some errors which my
Republican friends, the newspapers,
have made in the ardor of their affec'
tions for me, fearing that l might De
badly treated in Nebraska. (Applause).
take the Lincoln Evening Call OF Sep
lber IA, 1896, not because it is the
Republican newspaper which has
,ined erroneous statements about
tier, but because I think there
ger number, and bigger mis-
wded in a small space in the
than in any other paper
,er seen. applause, and
y You just wait min
loud enough for you.
.quainted with my voice
e. 1t is headed WATSON
.a.-The Populist Vice-Presi-
.ndidate Talks to the Call Re-
,ewall Must Withdraw, or
Name viii Be Removed From
.cket." Those are the headlines
the article. Then it goes on to
te that arrived in Lincoln last sun
evening, went to the lunch coun-
and took away several ham sand
hes, three cups of black coffee, ask
o be carried to the Populists head
.rters and was refused that privilege
statement is true, with these eX'
,tions: l did not ask to be carried to
Populist headquarters. That favor,
refore, was not denied me by the
1ulist leaders. l did not go to the
nch counter, or any other counter; !
did not eat three ham sandwiches, or
any other kind of sandwich, or any
other kind of food; I did not drink three
cups of coffee, or airy other quantity
of coffee, or any other quantity of
liquid; did not talk to the Call repor-
ter, or any other reporter upon any
subject whatever. (Applause) The
reporter, having evidently been re-
luired by his paper to put in some
thing, took portion of an article
which l had written for one of the
New York papers sometime ago, for
tn foundation of fact, and drew on
his Imagination for the balance, and
got in the interview and statement OF
facts which you see in the Evening
Call
l arm very grateful to my Republican
friends for their solicitude in my be-
half. I realize it comes from their
disinterested affections for myself.
(Applause l wish to say that ever
since arrived in Nebraska; have been
treate with the utmost courtesy by
&, horities in my party, from the
~. sernor t., the county ehairrnan. epd
nowhere in the south could a warmer
welcome have been given to a souther-
lner than has been given to me in this
| beautiful west.
J What the Populst Party Expects.
In this campaign l understand that
my party expects me to discharge a
certain duty; they put me on sentinel
duty, to hold the party in the National
campaign, and hold place on the ma
tional ticket They selected that pos
of duty for me without any solicitation
on my part or effort on my part They
selected me to fill that post of duty and
no matter what any Republican news
paper, or any democratic newspaper may
say upon that subject, shall hold that
post of duty until the last gun of the
campaign is fired, loud cheering and
'ries; Let her go, Watson.)
n not here to make little two by
silver speech. cloud applause,
leeringl / am Populist from my
my heels. (Applausel. I am
hamed OF my cause anywhere nor
10 unfold my banner anywhere
fight under it. And / believe am
ressing brave men aud true hearted
men, who wi not respect gentle
n less the fact ihat gentleman stands
hinchingly by what he ill.,. ks is
.ght. (Applause).
what Il formers Have Done.
In every age we have had reformcrs,
and reform parties; great works have
been done. The true reformer rcaD,
his rewa d from the consciousness that
the generations to come will bless his
ne and enjoy his work.
"a have no imprisonment for debt
any where among the civilized
=, Why? The rcformer found
'isoner in debt, starving. and his
Of Goa plaiut unhcard. The re-
+ said that is wrong" and he lift
battle axe and struck the door of
olson, and he kept striking, year
ar until the prison walls feil.an
o longer crime to be unable to
debt. And that is a good thing
o. he. 1t is a good thing for YOU, be
e most Of You would be in Jail, per
s. (Appause). There was time
IN the King claimed there was but
he way to serve God. The Reformers
i'd that is not right. Every individ-
nal should have the right to choose his