The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-28

met ION watson. Everybody KNOWS
Tom Watson. He was second tail to the
Chicago kite last campaign. OF course
Tom caught on at ST. Louis and that is
why Chicago got envious and wouldn't
support the ticket. If Tom had been
nominated at Chicago it would have been
different.
I noticed that Tom had in one of his
pockets his famous book which he wrote
while member of congress. It was a.
book on Congressional Jags." That's
the book that raised the great row which
said that Judge Cobb, of Alabama. rose
from his place in the house of rep
resentatives one day and asked where
am 1 at?" That made Tom Watson ia
nous and drove Judge Cobb out of con-
gress.
Tom still believes himself to be the
mead, tail and shoulders of the populist
party. Told him his party was dead. Tom
said 1t was mighty lively corpse. and
ned be damned If anybody could con-
troll the party but himself. The way
Tom Watson hates Arthur Sewall of
Maine. Is a caution. He has cut the
state OF Maine out of the map which
hangs over his desk. and it's almost death
for anyone to mention that state in his
presence. Tom still claims the credit Of
having beaten Bryan. In talking on gem
-eral political matters IthoughtlessIy mem
ton the name of Senator Marion Butler.
of North Carolina. If Tom had been
struck with a dynamite bomb he could
not have jumped farther Beloved like
bull and said that was a name that no
man, not even his most intimate friend.
could mention in his presence.
Tom expects to be populistic candidate
for president three years hence He is
in training for the job. Tom Watson's
not bad man. Good many years ago he
formed a mutual admiration society with
himself. The society's stronger today
than it was when 1t was formed. .
Met my old friend, Maj. Barnes. The
major weighs about 400 pounds In the
Fory-ninth. Frftieth and Fifty -first con-
gren5ee Maj. Barnes was the biggest man
in those bodies. Maj. Barnes is good
fighter. In The Fifhcth congress he and
ex-Gov. Oates OF Alabama marshalled
their forces against Ehe direct tax bill.
FiiJbustsred five days during which time
Maj. Barnes never went to bed, and all
the sleep he golJ was taken on the sofas
in the back part of the house of rep
resen,a sives-the way Maj. Barnes did
s,ore. Just kept the house in an uproar.
1t was impossible to transact any bust
mes, even if the filibustering had not been
on He won the fight, though. AFTER it
was all over he went to bed down at the
Metropolitan hotel and slept six days
without waking up.
There was one person whom desired
to meet in Augusta. He lis said to be the
haridsomest man in Georgia. Or was be-
fore he aeft Georgia, and perhaps he le6d
Georgia for Georgiais coed. OF that
am not certain. Therefore. won't say.
That man was Archibald Willingham
Butt. have known Butt for num-
Der of years. Quite a mice fellow. Good
salured-share his last dollar with you.
And when it comes to a show down ex-
pect he could give you his shirt. I asked
for Archie, and, to my appointments
was told that he had left town some years
ago. He had grown too big for The place.
Couldn't stay there. THE scenes for his
triumphs must be In a larger sphere,
whereupon he went ito Washington and,
If all reports are true, he is going to
marry "a girl with about S11, 900. Brad
streets don't rate her ait thai, but gosA
SLIPPING people do.
Still having great time in Augusta
over the posi- Office. EARLY i'm McKfnley's
administration he appointed a niger,
Judson Lyons, pastnraS .er, but a few days
after he was appointed, for some reasons.
the appointment was withdrawn. Au-
gusIta people made a great kick about Vt,
ana don't blame them. Rill Dunbar still
holds his job and eff course he's doing al
me can To keep the rdgger out. Guess Ly-
ons is a pretty good kind of a Niger, ariI
expect he's capable of filling the office,
but having a niger as pos lmaEterdn Au-
gusta would be worse than throwing a
million red flags in front of two million
bulls.
Take vt all i'm all Augustus a great
place. and if I were gtng to saatle down
in some nice, quiet place, I'd sake Au-
gusta every time. 4.4-~