Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-28
The FourQurean-Price Company
doubted If either would feel complimented

douhted n either would feel compilueh'eN
by the comparison.
Watson has no tact, no talent ior ps
sonal friendship, and Is dlsasIeSe''o
while doing right. He Is essenei"iS
creature of his environment oehe'es ~
the duello. and the PERSONA "a go
hiIitv Of men for their words ana ueeus.
L. orca shot several very satisfactory
boIes IN a fellow-attorney who ln'aoeu
Ne sarsib,lities as they tried a case.
when watson came to Congress IN De
- tsqi one or two thought 10 puiiy
hin, Livingston, giant, physically. was
nna % these. II was at a Populist caucus.
- tha trouble arose out or WATSON
refusal TO support Crisp for speaSei. -
,rgaton used language tlnctureu -.
u,,th freedom than encomium lor ",,Ni,,
srha latter TO use a cant phrase oai'N
- 49,, Georgian with such VerVe anu
Sao~,v abandon, that Livingston new.
"a - rim again. Prompt as a norhee
VIC. Liant afYront. Watson is on MS par.
" of singular gentleness ana cal
10, ", others feel He Will never IN
III. others any more than ne o'o0N
outrage from them. co,h ri
E,van when Watson stirred up .na ;
.Iahama In his book, ana inaue -,
sIov statesman famous ior n's Iouss
inquiry offered on the noor oi 'a rohh snS
.Nr Speaker, where am ! a. IA cast
M 49,, ana others of Alabamanad cas-.
w e.. atone. Cobb was not at al
..e -, On the occasion adyerted TO- ~
go a'r,ny the debate on the report "
"as rockwell. OF Elmira-Hills man
S ~ a Republican. Noyes, IN ms pi@So'
This last. by the way, was seSiee
-.ana ~ Cleveland as a move assiio'
ian 80 a time when both were Candidates
siah az nresIdency. Cobb was on the
~, ry,,, s,da of the case, and, becoming bi'
,i'l not 10 say vacuous, In DEBATE
,ser,,SdanIv rolled his eye on the Speaker
and after deep pause put the piaintve
question quoted, MIR. Speaker, where am
I att" -. TO .,ao,,s
later. and It created good deal Oh nSa'
-, House strongly Democratic. The
Democrats attempted censute OF SUI.
othar form of House torture, and In ms
debate which ensued watson left his claw
rnorks all over them He tougn'
.he majority 10 a standstill. and evineec
such a thirsty ferocity for IL all that MS
assailants were only too happy to oui
as becomes men of sense, who inaovert
entity had caught Tartar
watson is not a poor man; for his re-
o,on he "a rich. He has farms which
nav. a law-practice which pays, and
nan -populistlc-which does not los'
much. He held seat only In the Fifty
second Congress. He has been a candi
date who failed twice since then.
watson Is self-made-eyery splinter o.
him. Born and reared In Georgia. chilc
! as he was at the time, the war wrecked
watson's early prospects, and all there Il
10 him to-day he built himself Alto
cether. he is a better American ana
better man than either Hobart or Me
Kinley: thinks less OF himself and more
| of the people. and syndicate could nc
more buy Watson or own Watson than 4
could buy OF own STAR No Hannas g
with the horoscopes OF such "A watson
Between us. the Populist nominee to
Vice President is the sort OF person on
| would not hesitate to name an executor
| Of his estate. One would feel reasonably
sure as one dreamed In his grave that hi
widow and orphans were getting thei
| dues. One might 60 long summer
day and meet no better man. Yet ont
must say OF Watson. as Emerson did o.
| Thoreau-it exactly states case-in re
suonse to an inquiry: while we love
| Thoreau. we don't like him.