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

". BesiCes he was shown That
such personal attacks on Mr.. Sew all
would not have tendency to cause &
man Of spirit to withdraw which
thus under fire, and more, that s4he
result would be to give Lin AIR.
SewalD a popular sympathy which
he did not deserve and winch he
could not get except o1 s1c6dht of
such abuse. .
But this was all in vain. Mr..
Watson not only ignored e7l & Slgu-
ment and sppsL fsom.tbS 81 A@Ittee
but proceeded in his original course
more bhndly apd foolishty than
ever, and thereby not only succeeded
in turning the tide Of PUBLIC .santi-
ment against him, bat caused a
large number Of Populists who had
been calling for appointments for
Watson in their State, to write to
the committee and cancel their re-
quests. na'7no as"'~' =
The excuse given by the Demo
crats for not Withdrawing Sewall
was not q good one. They should
have done it in justice to the party
no matter what Mr.. Watson said or
did. But with . large past of our
own party disappointed II not dis
gusted At the course Of oup>candi-
date, it was impossible for nsStQ ap7
peal to public sentiment to44R3o SO
our demand. III =
Mr.. Watson was the ono m9h who
could help the COMMITTEES erek kte tbis
public sentiment in favor og our do
msnd, which he not only refused to
do, but persisted in ptrsuing a
course that created public sentiment
against him. To no one was this
more disappointing and painful tina n
to the National committee.
In short, Mr.. Watson, for some
strange and ihexplAinable reas01 or
acting under The infuencs q Toad
advisers, some of whom We bfie1e
were Republican hirelingss jthrew v
away one of the greatest pportuni
ties that ever came 70 any man fol
himself and also to give his party q
commanding and proud position
He could have put the cause of hu
manity above self, and been, the sta
attraction in the campaign. He
could have even overshauowsd Bry
an by such a,oourse. This Hss the
only way to maintain the integrity
of our partyian to drive SewAll fron p
the track, and it wonld have sue
ceeded, or at least would have hat
thousands upon thousands of silve,
Democrats and silver Republican,
clamoring for Sewall to give ava.
for Watson. How .fDuehs -stronge
the position of the GPsopISs Rart.
would be today to forge to the frqn
in this, great reform fight if Mr
Watson had had the breadth and ph
triotism to take such q course. ,di
But when the National committe
failed TO secure the withdraEal b
Mr.. Sswall, there were but tv
courses left open for it to pursue (
The question was, should we help /
elect Mckinley out of spite becaus
our party had not been fairly treat
ed, or should we throw oursefve
into the breach and try to rescue
suffering people from the clutches c
the gold and monopoly ring' Thds
who are now criticising the comni
tee say that We should have TAX E
the former. course, and put out
separate electoral ticket in ever
State in the Union. This is whs
Mr.. Watson wanted the committe
to do. But he knows and every OR
knows that if the committee had !
tempted this course that our part
in three fourths of the States woul
have rebelled against such action !
an attempt to betray the party int
the hands of McKinley's backef
They know that it would have spl
j the party in twain, leaving a min Q
4 ity standing with the committee Fl
such a policy. They know that ovl
: half of the rank and file of our par
would ,have refused to vote s9sh
:. ticket, if all of the leaders of, Il
party had combined in advising
They know that noiwith standing O
s party organization was mofe or le
9 demoralizsd On account of 4
+ peculiar and unfair couditlo
& we were forced to meet, that yeti
o result would have been ten tim
y more disastrous if we had phrsu
r a diff srest course. Everyone Of the
, persons who are now criticising t
y, National committee; know. this #
II well, yet it suits their present p'
y poses TO oriticise the committee a
t. claim that q different course wcr
H. have been better. These are4
80 men who are now denouncin&
7e COMMITTED and who are howlinE
'p a conference 10 reorganizs;or ratl
to divide the party. The eopmf
P regrets their course mot 70 much
Ve account .of. their ahuss sed ~
ur misrepresentation, bptteea usast
ne are, whether purpossly rr not o.
e. what VIII, we fear, fusth sI1
m if not. split the parity AHts
wisdom Of the-voutse oA az Sdp
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