The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-19
WATSON SAITH YEA
And Serves up Democrats
Roasted and RepubIi-
cans Warmed.
CBy the Associated Press !

New York, Aug. i8.-Thomas e.
ty candidate for President. and Thorn
as f. Tibbles, of Nebraska, the can
didate for vice-president, were form
ally notified of their nomination here
tonight at Cooper Union.
The big hall was crowded when at
s o'clock the two candidates, accom-
panied by Alfred G.. Boulton, of
Brooklyn, chairman of the meeting.
appeared on the platform. There was
much cheering.
Chairman Boulton at once intro.
duced Judge Samuel W. Williams, Of
Indiana. who made the speech official
ly notifying the candidates of their
selection.
In addressing Mr. Watson, Mr.. Will
liams said the convention that nomi-
mated him was made up of unselfish,
self-sacrificing patriots who attended
and participated in its deliberations
solely through a high sense of duty.
When Mr.. Watson arose to speak
the cheering continued nearly four
minutes. Chairman Boulton intro
duced him in half a dozen words, SIM
pIy referring to him as the candidate
of the Peoples party.
Mr.. Watson gave a great portion OF
| his address to discussion or the
| Democratic and Republican platforms
| and to the candidacy of Judge Park
| er. whom he at one point declared
| to be a cunning schemer working in
| the interests of Wall Street and at
| another an eminently worthy man.
| Roosevelt" he said was brave,
| honest, conscientious man." He had
! nothing against him personally, but
! antagonized the principles he repre-
sented. Further on. however, he
made this astounding assertion:
81 can understand how the
citizen can work for the Republican
party and vote it's ticket with enthu-
siasm, but why any human being
! should, in the year 1904, vote the Ma
/ tionaI Democratic ticket is something
that passes my untutored comprehen-
SION"
He then took up the money ques-
ton and literally cussed the Demo
Gratis out for a change of front, utter
! ly ignoring the fact that this was
brought about by the recent enormous
discoveries of gold. AS a further proof
of the "jaundiced eye" he held that
the Democratic position on the tariff
trusts and imperialism differed very
little from that of the Republican par
| ty, or rather that whatever the Dem
ocratic platform may say along those
lines is practically nullified by the
declarations of Judge Parker in his
address of acceptance.
! Continuing he endeaVored tC
arouse the working men against the
Democracy by holding up before then
the action of Grover Cleveland in send,
ing troops into Chicago during the
/ Pullman strike against the protest o.
Governor Altgeld. Equally halting wa,
his attempt to twist Parkers refer.
ence to the conditions in Colorado into
a condemnation of the laborers ant
consequent upholding of the tyranny
under which they suffered
In conclusion he declared that the
platforms of the Democrats anC
Republican parties were PRACTICAL!
the same, and then launched into {
panegyric of the Populist party. wind
ing up as follows:
For myself l do not believe tha
the present tyranny of the corpora
ton, the monopoly and autocracy o
wealth can endure forever Some day
some way the American people vii
rise in their restless majesty ana driv
the usurpers from the places they nav
seized. Some day, some way popula
sovereignty will come against and pu
it's foes to rout as it did in the tim
of jefferson, as it did in the time
jackson"