The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-07-21
Watson ScOfesButSef.

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; In the Atlanta Constitution of.
the 18th appears the following
which which will be read with in
terest:
In the breaking up of the Peo-
pies party, which Mr.. Butler has
done 80 much to bring about,
many other old-time Republicans
will be found doing just what
Dunning did. If we cannot arrest
the falling to pieces of our party,
those who were once Democrats
will be Democrats again, and those
who were Republicans will be- Re-
publicans again. Fusion is dissol-
wing Populism back into it's origi-
nal lements.-THoMAs E. WAT
SON.
Tom Watson thus publicly &C
knowledges that the Peoples par
| ty is going to pieces.
In five-column editorial which
will be published in the regular
weekly issue of the Peoples Pa
per tomorrow morning, he tells
the story of the party which he
says was the altar upon which he
placed his political life for sacri-
flee.
The editorial is startling, even
when coming from Watson.
He goes further and says that
no decent voter will tolerate the
present policy of the party organ
ization.
The editorial is the most scath-
ing of any that has come in re-
cent years from the great Popu-
list leader. That it will create a
great SENSATION anlong: the, old
time followers of the party is GER
tain. 1t will revolutionize Popu-
list thought and sentiment.
It will send the erst-while Pop
ulists back into the old parties
like prod1gal sons returning from
their wanderings.
The editorial goes into all the
causes that brought about the dis.
Indignation. of theparty, and tells
of the final crushing blow which
made the movement a part of the
past. Butler is handled unmerci
> fully. Watson accuses him witt
accomplishing the death of thu
party through his fusion policy
and denounces the national chair
} man as a snake in the grass t.
both friend and foe; who TRADED
g the party for office.
e He speaks feelingly of the grea
| principles for which he fought
: and tells how much he has longe,
D to bring about the union between
! the South and West.
Of this he says::- "To brin
Q about this union, I had, put M,
n political life upon the altar an
d sacrificed it, when I stepped GU
S of the ranks of Democracy an
e Joined PETER, Simpson,. Davis
" Otis, Baker and Halvorsea inrer
j. resenting the new party in Con
r gress. To effect this great unto,
It was still my ardent wish-for
e knew that in no other way coul
g the money power Of the North an
nj East be overthrown.
ri Watson explains why Dunnin
Z, went back into the Republica
le party, and denies that Dunnin
was ever q go-between. He chal
, ges Butler with the whole misers
3 BILE fizzle Of the Populist party i
e. the last campaign
,d| Watson holds out but litt]
u hope that the scattered parts {
n. his party can ever be re-organizee
a He offers this as a vague possibi
70 ity:@
st eff ever the Peoples party b.
ID comes once more moral powe.
lie inspiring the masses with hop
70 and leading them onward to rem
b. edial legislation, Butlerism an
10 fusion Will have to be buried b,
$. yond resurrection. No party ca
I'd survive on the Hessian program
4. of selling troops first to one part
,o and then to the other. No decor
voter will tolerate such a polio
u in the party leaders and offic
ey seekers after that policy is unde
We stood.
ng "The people are not seeking
ey mere change of office-holder
They want a change of laws. F