The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-08-15
WATSON OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN.
He Addresses Three Thousand
People ct Atlanta, Ga.
HH LIKES BRYAN BUT CANNOT sWAI.-
LOW SEWALL.

AOW Dew Ak
Thomas Watson opened his Vice
P residential campaign at Atlanta,
Ga, Thursday night, August 9Th,
with an address of two hours in
length, delivered before an audience
of 5000 people.
Mr.. Watson appealed at the outset
for q non-partisan hearing, declar-
ing that he spoke with bitterness to
none and in behalf of the men who
held the plough, who pulled the
hoe, who welded the hammer. II
God gave him strength, he declared,
be would plead the cause of these
people, through the pens of the re-
porters present, before Is, O0O, 600 OF
people in the morning. Mr.. Wat
son said in part:
"The Southern Democracy was to-day
bidding defiance to Wall street and the
East for the first time in thirty years.
Why2 Because the South and West had
at last joined together to throw of the
yoke of the East.
1.-THE Democrats sail in our ship, but
they want to expel our crew. They want
to run our train, but they want to kick
out our engineer. They say they want
fusion, but it is the fusion of the earth
quake with the city it engulfs.
s'At Chicago the Democratic politi-
clans swallowed our platform, and they
thought they had swallowed US. For q
while after the Chicago convention they
thought they had caught the bear. Now,
since the st. Louis convention, they are
beginning to feel sure the bear has caught
them. The present political situation is
the first case On record where half loaf
was not found to be better than no bread.
1--WE can stand by Mr.. Bryan. He has
been with US and has fought for our poll
cies. But when we are asked to swallow
Mr.. Sowall, we beg to be excused. We
cannot vote for Mr.. Sewall because he
does not represent our platform. If we
do, we say we did not mean what we said
say this is fight of the West and South,
and go off to Maine to get a candidate
for Vice President. Therefore, seeing that
your Democratic leaders had made mis-
take, we stepped into the breach and did
what they ought to have done-ncminated
a Southern man for Vice President.
ssThis is o movement of the South and
West, and you must have Southerner
on your National ticket.
"In the name OF the South, we have re-
pudiated the error of the Chicago conven-
VI IT Int In
leader from the West and young leader
from the South. Has not the South been
10 political bondage long enough2 Has
not it played second fiddle long enough2
''lt was dream OF mine to do what
could to reinstate the South to her place
in the royal sisterhood of States. ap-
peal to you as q Georgian, as Southern
man, to seize this opportunity to make
this alliance with the West, to throw off the
domination Of the North and East, which
has proved ruinous to the farmer, the la
borer, merchants and the entire people"
WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN.
In conclusion Mr.. Watson made this
significant statement:
1--WE are not going to put up any can
didate against Bryan, We are going to
vote Tor Bryan whether Sewall is with
drawn or not. / am going to manage
this campaign 50 that w. J. Bryan gets
every vote we have got. see the dread
evils of McKinleyism threatening US, and
fear that if we are defeated in this fight,
will he enthroned forever,
and the battle for freedom had just as
we'll be given up. / shall tell my people
to stand by the contract at ST. Louis.
Let Bryan have every vote you can mus
ter. Let Jones say what he likes. Let
him insult you if he will. Make no an
swer. Pray for your country. Work for
her interests. DO your duty. Here's
what We are going to do in our State
We are going to put up a
full electoral ticketfor Bryan and Watson.
We can't vote for Sewall. Then we will
empower our committee to take off par:
of our electors and put on part Of yours
whenever the Democratic committee re-
tires Mr. SewaH. The Democratic man
ayers may have made up their minds to
put Tom Watson down and keep him
down, but thank God, the people Ut the
South have entered into no such contract.
Let it be known henceforth that the South
and West will never again sit at the foot
stool Of the Ncrth."