The San Francisco call., 1896-08-07
Fusion in Several States to De
pend on the Maine Mans
Withdrawal.
TOM WATSON RULES IN GEORGIA
The Vice.P Presidential Nominee Makes
a Speech in Which CleVe.
land Is Scored.

ovation by delegates and spectators. The
convention assembled in the hall of the
House of Representatives of the State
Capitol and was largely attended. Chair
man Watson made no extended remarks.
as be was reserving his speech for the
rally of Populists, which took place at the
City Tabernacle and at which Watson was
the central figure. The convention ex-
ton and did not get down to business
until shortly before 8 o'clock.
1t can be announced positively that
there will be no fusion of the electoral
ticket with the Democrats unless based
upon the withdrawal of Sewall for Vice
President. The Populists will nominate
a straight electoral ticket and will author
ize the State Executive Committee to
negotiate for fusion electoral ticket, pro-
vided Sewall Is withdrawn, but they will
be empowered to enter upon negotiations
upon no other conditions. Bryan and
Watson will be indorsed. 1t is Watson's
policy to run straight electoral ticket in
every State and to insist upon fight at
every point unless Sewall is withdrawn.
The convention reassem bled at 1870.
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nent chairman. j. L. Sibley of Cobb
County was made permanent secretary.
Judge Hines spoke briefly, declaring that
the Populists were to-day masters of the
situation and that their principles would
triumph unless they were very foolish, and
begging the convention to put out a full
electoral ticket for Bryan and Watson. 1t
would not do to countenance Sewall, the
Democratic nominee for President.
"If we propose" he concluded, Ito fight
the National banks and great trusts, we
cannot take a man who is identified with
both"
Numerous resolutions were introduced
and referred without debate to the COM
mittee on platform. Several of these de-
manded the withdrawal of Sewall. The
committee on platform retired and then
the convention proceeded to the election
of full electoral ticket, of which ex-Con-
gresham w. H. FELTON, was placed at the
head.
AT A O'CLOCK the convention adjourned
until tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
The Pron ibitionists demand an unquali-
fed plank on the prohibition question and
there is very strong sentiment in the
committee against it. The most interest
ing developm ent of the day was the dis
covery of the disqualification of Rev. ]. B.
Gambrell as candidate for Governor, be.
cause he had not resided long enough in
the State.
1t is now certain that the convention
will nominate either Judge Hines or w.
L. Peek for Governor tomorrow. Peek
was nominated four years ago by the party
and Hines two years ago. The indications
tonight are that Peek will be nominated
and that Hines will retire in his behalf
Thomas E. Watson tonight made his
first speech since his nomination for Vice
President. He had an audience of 5000 at
the Moody Tabernacle here. The audience
was made up of members of all parties,
but they were mostly third partyites.
Mr.. Watson began by asking that there
be no display of partisanship during the
proceedings. There has never been known
since 1860, he said, such a political up
heaval as at present confronts the coun-
try. What caused it? Some say that it is
a demand for the free coinage of silver.
That is partly true, but there are other
things. This country is in revolt against
Grover Clevelandism, which is the twin
brother of John Shermanism. The people
of the South, who have so long been
trained to one opinion, have broken their
party ties. They are now thinking for
themselves, their heads having ceased to
be mere hatpegs. Our concern for free
silver is not our only grievance.
..We indlct the Government Of the
United States because it has dealt badly
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eminent has been administered in the in
terest of the rich against those OF the
poor; of the dollar against the man.
Powers that have belonged to the sover-
eign have been given to privileged class.
The National banks have been given the
power to expand and contract the cur
rency. We do not fight the National
banker as an individual, but the system.
We demand that the Government shall
take back the power to make money and
exercise 1t for the benefit of the people.
We complain that the Governments doesn't
tax the bondholder and the railroad kings
as 1t taxes the poor man."
He briefly alluded to the control of rail-
roads, but said the people of Georgia had
one example before their eyes of great
railroad system openly defying the State
constitution.
s'We will have to do what Germany,
Austria, Italy and India had to do to pro-
tect themselves from these great corpora
tions. The Populists here made their
appeal. They demanded fair ballot and
an honest count"
For some time he dwelt on his own per-
sonal political history, explaining why he
left the Democratic party and joined the
Populists. He declared that it was for the
purpose of building up new party to
which both the Western Republicans and
the Southern Democrats could go.
Reviewing Mr.. CleveIand's administra-
tion Mr.. Watson SAID the fingers of men,
Der of the Capinet, at Mr.. Havemeyer's
dictation, wrote the demand of the sugar
trust for protection. He criticized the ad-
ministration for the bond issues and for
opposing silver legislation.
In conclusion Mr.. Watson stated that
the Populists Of the South aud West would