Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-08-24
WATSON IS NOTIFIED
Populist Nominee For President Made
Strong Speech
DISCUSSED THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Cooper Union, New York City,
Crowded for. the Eveht-Notiica-
ton Speech by Samuel w. vii:
Hams, Of Indiana:

4 tlon Speech by Samuel w; Wi
Hams, Of Indiana:
New York, special.-Thomas e: Wat
son, Of Georgia, the Peoples party can
didate for President, and Thomas H
Tibbles, OF Nebraska, the candidate TO
Yice-President, were formally notified
of their nomination here Thursday a
gq6per. tjhion:
The big hall was crowded when, a
S:o'clock, the two candidates, accom-
panied by Alfred G. Boulton, OF Brook
lyn, chairman Of the meeting, appear
ed on the platform. There was mucf
cheering.
Chairman Boulton at once intro.
duced Judge Samuel w. Williams, oil
Indiana, who made the speech Officially
notifying the candidates Of their Sc
LECTION:
III addressing Mf: Watson, Mr.. vii.
liams said the convention that i6mina=
ted. him was made up of inselfish, self
sacrificing patriots, who attended and
participated in its deliberations solely
through high sense of duty.
1t was understood" he continued,
that our nominee must be a man with
whom politics was matter Of con-
science, and who believed truly and
fully in the tenets of Populism, who
subscribed to the doctrine of the broth
ethoed of man and. the fatherhood Of
Almighty God; who stood ready, able
andWilling to defend, against atiy and
all eomers, each and every plank in our
platform and who, if elected President
Of the United States, w0uld have the
broadness of mind, the goodness Of
heart. the firmness Of character, the
knowledge of men and affairs to so ad-
minister the duties Of that high office
as tosbring the best possible degree of
peace, harmony and happiness to the
whole people"
When Mr.. Watson arose to Speak, the
cheering continued nearly four minutes.
Chairman Boulton introduced him in
halfa dozen words, simply referring to
him sas the candidate of the Peoples
party.
After formal notice that he would
soonlprepare formal letter of accept
anoe, Mr.. Watson gave up great por-
tionsof his address to discussion Of
and Republican plat
forms and the candidacy of Judge Par
kerr He referred to the Democratic
candidates gold telegraham as follows:
Surrounded by the wall street mag
nates,y who had financed his campaign
for Two years, Judge Parker bided his
timeatill the perils of the two-thirds
rule we're passed; and when 1t was too
ate convention to retrace it's
steps sssssSenst sthe#B Bemo cratic nssssE
radi fteen = 10
M :ag essf eaasfEs'jand pamosratie @rahi iegf6fs were
nadI TO furl their flag and reverse thelr
i1eS Of march,
Az another point the speaker SAID ne
would not venture to say a Wora s,
against Judge Parkers character, Ior
{ believe him to be an eminentiy
worthy man." no.
Of President Roosevelt, Mr.. Watson
said:
az have no words of abuse for Theo-
dore roosevelt. I believe him to be a
brave. honest, conscientious man, give
him full credit for having a splendid
courage of conviction, but laasmucn as
he stands for those government princl-
hles which, in my Judgment, are hurry
ihr this republic into sordid despot:
ism of wealth, will combat him ana
his principles as long as there is breath
in my body" 90
Answering a self-asked question as
IN whv he consumed more time dis
cussing the Democrats than in speaking
of the Republicans, the Populist leaael
made reply thus: "1ts an easier anu
quicker Job to strike an open enemy
right between the eyes than 1t IS TO
tear ofp the mask from the face OF
pretended friend and show him to oe
the hypocrite that he is
The sneaker opened with the state-
ment that there was never a time Wnen
the plain people of America were SO
dissatisfied with the conditions which
prevail in this republic. o.,
Deep down in their hearts, ne salu, ~ :
"the masses of the people feel tnat tue
veins of mower are slipping out OF their
hands. In spite of all that can be done
hy nartisan press, the fact cannot De
Concealed from the eyes of the average
citizen that the vasGpreponderance Vi VI
all The wealth produced in this land is
transferred by legalized robbery into TO
the hands of a few; that the courts are
run in the interest of the few; that the
iaW-making power is manipulated by
the few: and that while both the ola
noItical narties pretend to devote
Themselves to the interests OF their
common people they are both tinaneea me- d
bv Wall street, both dominated by Wall
street: both the willing and the serVile
tods of Wall street. .oo.
DO YOU need proof that the masses
areready to rush to the support Oh any
ieajsr who is brave enough to chal-
ieIge the right of the corporations 70 U,
r1,S r this land? See how they rallied
toV R. Hearst. Because ne had taken
sits with the masses, because ne was vas
denouncing oppression and pleading ea lop
The. tights of the common man there
was @ from ocean to ocean an upheaval
IN l,s favor which astounded the pro
fesional politicians and strained ali " "
the resources of political strategy tWe &c
defeat that noblc-hearted champion o'
the Jeffersonian Democracy.