The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-07-01

-p'' akSn clOsed uif feItefF by
advising Populists not to vote for
the joint electoral tickets. Every
Cleveland organ was giving the same
advice to the Democratic voters. I'll
any Populist would have followed
Mr.. Watson's advice then the letter
would have done harm. Therefore
the committee appealed to Mr.. Wat
Fson 70 take that. PARAGRAPH out Of
his letter. He. refused, Then the
committee refused to be responsible
for its publication.
Chairman Butler refused to pub
lish it, just as he would refuse to dol
anything in the" campaign that
would cause decentralization to his
side and result in aid and comfort to-
the other side. He did not publish
it because he did not want either di
rectIy or Indirectly to help to elect
Mckinley, and. besides, he did not
want to give to any one an oppor
tunity to charge the Peoples party
with the defeat Of Bryan, if such
should be the result. 80 r'o'f .#' J
NJ. Watson has recently charged
that Chairman Butler did not pub
fish his letter because it made an at
tack upon him and the Committee.
This is not only absurd, but is evi-
IDENTIFY untrue. AS stated above the
committse agreed to publish the let.
ter If Mr.: Watson would withdraw
! the paragraph that advised Popu-
lists not to vote for the joint eleetor-
| lial tickets. IF Chairman Butler had
cared nothing for the peoples party
or for the distress of the wealth pro-
,dueers Of the, country, and had, at
the same time, been moved by a pet
| ty Spirit to do Mr.. Watson an injury,
he would have given ont the letter
! just before the election, when every
[patriotic Populist was straining ev-
cry nerve to elect Brayan and de-
feat Mckinley and the'gold combine.
T. The appearance Of the letter at
that time would have caused the
Populists all over the country to
| bold meetings and repudiate the let
| ter. Evtry Peoples Party State
Chairman where there were joint
lAlectoral tickets would have been
forced to issue an address calling
upon the Pepullsts to disregard Mr..
u Watson s advice. Why did not Mr..
I Watson publish the letter himself as
soon as it was ready in the usual
wAyT Every other candidate as far
as we know took that course. Why
: did he not publish il, when it was de-
d layed' Why did he, not publish i,
+ when he was officially, informed tina,
r the committee would not publish il
. unless he changed that part of the
{ letter Which. advised = Populists not
> to vote for the Join. electoral ticketi
4 He knew that the letter should moi
'tbe published. and ,he knew that the
g committee would not publish. 1t il
ffthey honestly wanted to eject Bryan
o He was afraid ia, publish it hafors
the election.u' He left the commit
ol tee1 tAl she,pIIdaeEu rthe, apsihility
9 He wrote it, attacking the commit
u tee, ttor,be used after the election; Il
(. try ,tencal4' attention from" his sowl
q bfundets, Ahda ccwardiy hide behine
f his attacks upon others - '"F~':..
Tbs com mittee knew Why Mr.
:-IWatson did, not publish his lette
n thep., The com mittee knew, that h
a would publish it after. the. election
y The committee also saw and knew
I how he would try to use itA to, preju
q dice some Populist against them
efYet; the com mittee saw clearly tn
Fl line Of duty and followed 1t regard
! Hess Of conse quencessi.i ~ +" 80 "
al We believed then and believe no,
$ THAT one n. A. Dunnipg, who wa
o posing as Mr., Watson'ss persons
). friend and adviser, and who, ,ker
1t the road hot between Georgia u a n
r Washington and Chicago, where th
,ri Republican, committee had heat
srf rfquarters, WIS in ths'payl Of the RI
n publican champaign committee. W
a Believed then and We believe no
,e1 that this fellow punning had a cop
t. of Mr.. Watson's letter, and that tt
ar Republican committee. knew VIII.
IS kind Of. a document 1t Vas. tt
,ed Republicans were anxious for i
us ublioation- o. If the letter had bee
hed given out the Republican committ'
essf would have published millions,
ed copies and distributed them in evel
sci voting pface'in the doubtful State
hel When it became evident to them Al
an to Dunning that the National chat
.r- man would not give out. the lette
i'd then Dunning wrote a clreular hea
ld "An appeal to Popuhsts, and
be defence. OF Mr. Thomas F. Watson
he This document is SO similar in stat
or ments and expressions to the Wa
,er | son letter that Qunping mast ha
.eei had it before him when writing
On The chief difference between the
enl was that Watson closed his letter
ey asking Populists not to" vote t
pe joint electoral tickets, while Du
1e. ming went one step further a
he closed his document by asking Pc
it, ulists to vote FOR Mckinley. C,