People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-08-21
COBB IS FOR WATSON
HE MAKES A SPEECH IN
NEW YORK IN WHICH HE
REP UDIATES SEWALL.
A WATSON CLUB FORMED
Mr.. Cobb Declares Chairman
Jones Made q Compact with
P0pulists Which Should
Be. Lived Up To.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10. - Hon.
Thamas r. r. Cobb, of Atlanta,
member of the Democratic campaign
committee of Georgia and lieuten-
ant colonel on the staff Of Governor
W. Y. Atkinson, in speech last
night, declared his allegiance to Bry-
an and Watson. His speech was
delivered with all the fervor and
eloquence for which the gifted young
Georgian is noted, and that it had
full effect is evidenced by the fact
that his hearers Immediately resolved
themselves into a Bryan and Watson
club.
The secretary of the new club, J.
Davis Lewis, is tinplate manufao-
turer who declares that he was a
Mckinley Republican until he heard
Mr.. Cobb's speech.
I wired The Journal yesterday
that Mr.. Cobb was to be given din
ner at the Tuxedo by DR., Samuel E.
Miiliken. 1t was during the pro.
gress of this dinner that his speech
was delivered. He spoke with such
emphasis that his words travelled out
of the open windows and attracted
large crowds.
MR.. CoBB's sPEECH.
Mr.. Cobb said in part:
I do not know or care whether my
sentiments are popular here or not.
I speak from conviction and there.
fore will speak boldly. lam a
Democrat, was born of Demo-
cratic parents and have voted and
worked for Democracy ever since I
was Of age. But in the south now
there are differences Of opinion as
to what constitutes a Democrat.
There is large sound money Demo
cratic wing and large silver Demo-
cratic wing. Then there is the Jeff
ersonian Democracy, called Popu-
lists.
Now, some of these men are
against all nominees of Democracy
from pique; others are for Bryan and
Sewsll, but the great majority of
Georgia Democrats will vote for
Bryan and Watson and am one of
that number. Georgia will go for
Bryan and Watson because the
Democratic party indors ed Watson
through It's executive head Senator
Jones) at ST. Louis. Thousands Of
Bryan's silver Democrats in Georgia
and through the south cannot under
stand how men can vote for a nation
al bank president for Vice President
on an anti-national bank platform.
CALI sEWALL A PLUTOCRAT.
Sewall is plutoerst, a national
banker, corporation king. Watson
ia a statesman and man of the PEG
pie. Watson stands on a parity
with Bryan in intellect, courage, pa.
triotism and service to silver.
have waited till now before de-
olaring my position, hoping Sewall
would withdraw and believing he
would. Watson canrot withdraw
for be was nominate to save his
party. Every silver man in the
Union would rejoice to see Sewall
get out. Watson spoke to 10000
Democrats in Atlanta the other night
and they oheered hin to the echo.
The Atlanta Commercial and
South Carolina Headlight and other
southern Democratic papers have
declared for Bryan and Watson.
Every Populist paper in the Union
has atuck to the St. Louis contract.
Bryan's own state has acted in favor
of Watson and the other western
Populists states have shown them.
selves staunch toward Watson.
The Populists made the Democrats
pass an income tax law, when the
Democrats and Republicans had
failed to call for it in their platforms.
And, it would be law today if it had
not been for the influence Of a little
private gold.
Lastly, let me say that the south
Is not only back in the house of its
fathers and here to stay, but we are
not in the Union as servants and
slaves. We are equals With any
section. The south gave Marshall
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