The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-07-28
WATSON TELLS THE STORY.
SOME HISTORY OF THE LATE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
Intimates That Cabinet Place Was
Promised Him if He Would joint
the FuSiOnistS.
the FuSiOnistS.

the FuSiOnistS.
Mr.. Watson seems to be in perturb
ed state of mind. There is trouble in
pOpdom.
The intrepid Georgian is the recog-
nized leader Of the middle-Of-thp-road
populists. Marion Butler of North
Carolina is the biggest toad among
the middle-of-the-p puddle populists.
The two leaders cannot agree. In
fact, they have agreed to disagree.
Buffers senatorial toga is the fruit
Of fusion. He is therefore a fusionist.
His conception Of populism is that it is
useful for the lOayes and fishes that it
will bring to Butler. Watson thinks
he was the victim Of fusion. Had it
not been for fusion he believes that he
would have been vice president. So
here are two views of populism. Wat
son announces that the party has Writ
ually gone to pieces on the fusion
rocks.
In his Peoples Party Paper he
prints the history, in five columns, of
the late presidential campaign from
his point of view. He developed some
interesting things
Among other things, he calls atten.
ton to the fact that he was visited at
his home during the campaign by Ey-
an P. Howell, Ben Tillman and Dun
ming, who supported Mckinley, and
other leading politicians, but neither
Butler, the chairman Of his party 5
committee, nor any notification COM
mittee came near him. In this con-
nection he makes these significant re-
marks;
That Mr. Cunning had any in
tuence over me during the campaign
Is not true. He came to my house as
Ben TIllman came. and as Evan How
ell came. He was welcomed Just as
they were, He did not control my ac-
tion any more than they did. < = =
Had | fallen into Buffers plans and
assisted Bryan and Sewall it IS quite
probable that Bryan would now be
president, Sewall yice-president and
Watson" member of the cabinet.
Watson would not come up to the
feed trough, and then they said he
threw his principles lin the slop bar
rel" "Principles' according to them
are the fatty substances in the feed
trough.
Watson says further:
''In this good work, Mr.. Butler was
their faithful ally. The first thing he
did when he emerged from his retire
ment in North Carolina was to take UP
campaign quarters in the same build
ing with the democrats. The cam.
paign was to be run on strictly demo.
cratic lines. He and Chairman Jone,
were to be bosom cronies; two soul.
with but single thought, two heart.
that beat as one.
His next step was to have himsel
interviewed in the Washington paper:
to the effect that Bryan and Watson
should not be notified of their nomina
ton. Mr.. Butler said that it was no
the custom of the populists to motif,
candidates. He said that Weaver anC
Field had not been notified in 1892, anC
that therefore Bryan and Watson
should not be notified
about the third tine Butler mad
this statement through the paper
concluded that there had been enough
OF 1T. exposed his falsehood in re
gard to Weaver and Field and demand
ed that day be set for notifying Bry
an and Watson.
After much squirming on Butler
part Mr.. Reed finally pinned hin
down to day certain, and the notifica
lions were made.
IF he was acting fairly and square
Iy by his candidates why did he publish
to the world that he would not shoy
the usual courtesies to that candidate
Mark you'll that time not wor
had been said by me against SewaIl
anu no rupture had occurred betweer
me ana Butler. | was doing my lpve
pesI win most difficult situation
most Notifying situation.
Here was my own chairman raisint
JOhnSOn'S