The San Francisco call., 1904-10-10

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct 9.-Thomas
i. Watson. the nominee Of the Peo-
pies party for President, has sent the
following letter Of acceptance 10 Sam
uel W. Williams, chairman of the Mott
hcatiOn Committee:
To Hon. Samuel W. williams, Chairman
Committee on Notification:
When Two great political parties have, In
loIh, governed q country, ana nave DetWeeh
them, brought about unsatisfactory conditions
II IS but q natural fact that a third patty
should arise Citizens who have looked IN vain
latton lose confidence in both after while
and adopt one OF two courses; they either
submit 70 the evils Of bad government, or pro-
test By organizing a third party.
To the student OF history, there is nothing
more sadoening than the tendency Of the peo-
never reaches the masses. statecraft like
priestcrsit, jealously guards its secrets. There
pie are taught 10 believe would be profaned by
the touch OF their Unholy feet.
Again in organized government there is a
mysterious reverence for authority. What
ever is. is right TO the unthinking multi
tude; and the votaries Of power never cease
70 deepen that impression. Thus, partly from
Ignorance and partly from reverence for es-
tabiished authority, the people, in every age.
government than TO resist It. The crimes
which have been committed under forms Of
law by ruling classes against subject masses
almost stagger belief. They have been so de-
liDerstely cruel, SO relentlessly selfish, so
ElaTnelully unjust, that the blood OF the stu
cent opils within him as he reads the record
What the purpose OF the law maker in
forming such heartless legislation? The motive
vas 70 render permanent the rule Of the few
the privileges OF the few. the power and the
wealth OF the Few. Always and everywhere
the result OF this sort OF legislation has been
the ssme-it defeated itself; and the aristoc-
racy fell with the state which Il misgoverned
Those who rule by corruption. being corrupt
themselves. sap the very foundation Of social
and political order: and when there is nothing
in tho masses Of the people but tame submis-
= n rnere fa rar~@1
left to meet the enemy. within or without
A handful OF Englishmen are able to hold
Egypt down, and plunder its people in the in
terest OF the Rothschilds and other holders of
bonds signed by decadent and helpless Khe-
olNes- WY because tne llfe had been taken
out OF those poor creatures by centuries OF mis-
rule The common man. in Egypt, has been
oirt under the ieet Of masters SO long that he
has come 70 believe that he is dirt and moth
ing mUre. See how the two hundred millions
Of Hlndoos are held down by one hundred
thousand Brtishi See how they submit 10 be
50 closely shon by English plunderers that at
the least breath OF famine they perish by
millions. How was that horrible situation
made possible? Centuries Of misrule did il.
Soulless arfsLocracy, thinking OF its own in
terests only killed the spirit of the people by
strociUus laws When the evil hour came End
India needed robust manhood TO defend the
empire. no robust manhood was there. The
rules were effeminate weakened by their won
wealth. their own self-indulgence, their own
monopoly Of power, privilege and opportunity
submitted 50 long. had been slaves so long
that tne instinct OF patriotism lacking:
ano 10 the new yoke OF the Br1tiSh the patient
Ok submitted To be an OK ana wear yoke
had become second nature 10 the wretched
lower class Hindoo.
But these things happened so long ago;
they happened 70 people OF another race; in
modern unnes and among the white races such
rnisgo-errn nneut would be iu1possfble Self
complacent ignorance OF the present day takes
that klLc OF comfort 10 itself and blandly
congratulates itself upon the fact that legisIa-
tive systems Of robbery things Of the past.
Editorial writers whose papers are owned
aud salaries paid by the pets Of class legisla-
tion, lose no opportunity or pattinR the self
complacent sage on the back. and Of strength
cning his belief that all is well with the re-
public. Class legislation did once upon a
time, LEAD great nations TO ruin-but that
long ago. Class legislation is the same old
tree, but the fruit is not the same. Thus
sayeth Tho subsidized editor; and, the self
complacent sage who knows that all is well
with our republic purrs with satisfaction, and
thinks hlShly OF the editor
Yet. 4 one really wishes TO know the truth
and VIII but look around him. he will observe
symptoms which have always characterized
the diseased nation when afflicted by class
Did the people Of Russia demand war with
Japan Were they consulted? Did they have
any grievance against the Japanese No The
Car did not want the war; the people did
that bottomless pit Of blood and SUFFERING?
The corrupt ruling clsss-the predatory capi-
talists who were seeking new fields OF con-
quest A score Of gold hunting nabobs pro-
Noked the strife. and now the Russian peasant
must yield up his body, throw the weeds OF
widoVhO0d around his wife wiring the crv az
orphanage from the lips of his child ana feed
the buzzards with his rotting flesh in order
that lhscrupulous marauders may get their
clutches upon more gold.
In Germany see how the war-lord struts
and swaggers and misgoverns. See him clan
men. women and children into filthy dungeons
for the high crime of speaking disrespectfully
Of their imperial master. See how the soldier
rides on the back OF his producer. See how
the common people are ground down under the
wheels of a splendid extravagant insolvent
militarism. See the millions wasted yearly on
the personal vanities Of the Emperor. See how