The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-05


bought the stuff at their own bid.
(Great cheering and laughter.) And
then these two farmers would be III
some way fitted to go back to Wash
ington and make laws for the people
of whom they might by this time have
learned something.
Although there had been some gags
from a few extreme Populists at the
beginning, they were all silenced now
and paying profound attention under
the unavoidable conviction that they
were were facing and listening to a
man who was not only a sympathiZer
with them, but one of them. 1t was
their own voice they heard in Watson.
Now Mr.. Watson was then in the
| midst of the financial question, which
he was making so plain that there was
| a placid look of satisfaction and APP
probation over the hundreds of up
turned faces.
Mr.. Watson exposed the trick in the
| Sherman Act which provided for pay
| ment in COIN whereas in the Bland
Act the demand said silver on the
silver certificates From the time of
| this Sherman coin" act, a conspiracy
| began among the Wall street bankers
to supply through these Treasury
notes, one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars in gold which Austria had
worked for in 1890.
Mr. Watson proceeded, referring
later to Mr.. Bryan as chat prince OF
men, which made the Welkin ring
| with applause.
When he found Democrat or Popu-
| list so stiff-necked, so reared back
! that they would not 60 together to
vote for Bryan, then, ] say, it is time
| to think that both had been tampered
with by Mark Hanna, and 1 would
| take this reared back Democrat or
Populist and yoke them together and
make them into Mckinley headquar-
| ters
This sentiment elected great enthu-
siasm with cries of That's it, ;" That's
the stuff, . Give it to 'em," Now
you're on the right track"
Mr.. Watson went on to eXhort the
people who wanted Bryan elected to
| so vote for him as to make their votes
| count. He said if these people were
sacrificed by others who were bought
| off by Mark Hanna, he would say in
voice that he wished could cross
| the continent and go into Hanna's ears,
| IldI AHtN NOultl ultht> LiIt ilsS III bCii
| thousand times hotter next time.
| Mr.. Watson later asked the audience
| had anybody heard that he helped to
repeal the Farmers Alliance charter
| There were some replies of Yes.
| Then he told how he was applied to at
| night sometimes, by country mem
| bers, TO draw bills for them and one
| night there was alarm because of a de-
l 81 h, T,J1 4 I n no Fa
| ers individually were responsible for
| the liabilities of the Farmers Alliance
| stores. He was asked his opinion. He
| said he had first to look at the char
| ter. and found that it had been very
| imperfectly drawn, but it was thought
| better to change by amendments.
| Iaese amendments were offered, he
| voted for them, and not against them
/ as reported in paper few days ago.
| The bill went to the Senate, was again
| amended. came back and was passed
| without a dissenting voice. The ru-
1 NOR had been started against him be-
| cause he had happened to be candi-
date when he had not put his name to
| paper, but had only given his opinion
| as a lawyer which he would do for any
| 0ne hera
Speaking Of the income tax, Mr.. Wat
son said satirically if you wanted tt
| find an honest man go to the stock
exchange and find one among those
who were throwing dice with the
devil and w&ning two out Of three
times. (Laughter.)
He presently began to touch upon
the Third party. He had always said
to them, Don't get so far away from
| the Democrats that you can't get
back" and he had told the Democrats
not to abuse Third party men and he
said that "if the two hadn't sense
| enough now to vote for Bryan, then
you should have the Mckinley yoke up
on you to drag over stumps and stones
for the next ten years" (Applause.) }
His constant aim had been to keep
brethren from getting so far apart
that they couldn't get together ut
| the supreme hour. They might be in
different regiments, but they ought to
be shooting at the same enemy. He
made an eloquent plea to the Popu-
lists present not to divide the men who
are marching against that despotism