The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
WATSON AT HOUSTON
POPULIST CANDIDATE SPEAKS TO
 LARGE CROWD.
Says True Democrats Should Vote PC> Ticket and Phophesizes That Parker VIII be Overwhelm- tngIy Defeated.


 Houston, Tex. Sept. 2s.-Hon. Thom-
 as Watson. Populist nominee for pres ident tonight delivered an address ! to a great crowd of people assembled | here from the surrounding country. excursions having been run to swell the number of his audience. MT. Watson is still suffering from
 an indisposition and appeared weak.
 He was given close attention. He said | in part:
 senator James K. Jones. of Arkan-
 sas. found his voice few days ago | and spoke his little piece. The Peo- | ple's party, says Jones, ies working for the Republicans. He declares that in my Atlanta speech a preference was expressed for Roosevelt as against
 Parker. Neither in my Atlanta speech. l nor in any other, have I made any such
 declaration.
 Poor Parkerl His burdens were | already heavy. Too much Cleveland. | too much Hill. too much Belmont. too
 much McCarren. too many sights put on Tom Taggart. too much German. too much juggling with the English | langugae, too much foxiness gener- ally-but when Jones of Arkansas | rolled up, we could almost see the
 same old pick and spade and shovel | with which he dug the graves for the
 
 | memorable campaign of 1896 and 1900. If our campaign hurts the Demo- | crats most this year. that Is not our fault. It Is the fault of Jones and all the others who sold out the principles of Democracy to Wall Street at St.
 Louis. Had Jones and his crowd re- adopted the Omaha platform, or some
 thing similar, and then nominated
 some such real Democrat as Hearst or fNr
 have done business in 1904 at all. It was the astounding betrayel of Demo-
 cratic principles by Jones. Hill and Company, which gave the Peoples par
 ty the opportunity to renew tho fight
 for Jeffersonian Democracy. Inas- much as we are now Advocating the same principles which Bryan Demo crats advocated for eight years, 1t
 seems little hard that we should be abused as assistant Republicans If anybody has sold out, it would be req
 sonable to suppose that 1t was the crowd who dropped their principles.
 We have not dropped ours.
 What is it that the national Dem ocratic party is trying to do? They seek to change the men without chang ing the measures. They want to put Roosevelt out. but they are willing to leave undisturbed the laws which he believes in. They want to get rid of the man. but not of the measures. The Peoples party seeks to got rid of both the men and the measures.
 "The words right and wrong seem to have no place In the political phil osophy of Alton B. He sloshes back and forth upon the waves of partisan manipulation. just like any other ap- pie He may think that he swims; tho facts prove that he merely floats
 Why delude yourselves by hoping to get reforms insdie the Democratic party? The Bryans. Tillmans and Baileys have less power in the Demo- cratic party than ever before. East ern Democracy controls, and the East ern Democrat is a Republican in all but the name Thenational Democratic | party can do nothing for tho people. | It is ruled by corporations. And 1t has | no common purpose. no unity no co. hesion. It does not come up to the l definition of a real political party. | There are too many kinds of Demo- crats pulling against one another in all sorts of ways. It Is like a balky | team-it raises lots of dust in the big road. but does not go anywhere. If i you are q ture Democrat and have the of your convictions, you must come with us. You have no whore else to- go.
 Watson's Prophecy.
 "In my opinion Parker is going to be one of the worst beaten men in po- litical history for the reason that ne stands for nothing. He does not even pretend to have any principles. That such a man can he elected is an i'm. possibility.
 'The Eastern Democrats forget that the American people has both mind and conscience. Their surrender of at St. Louis went beyond the limit of endurance The Democratic rank and file did not authorize that surrender. and will not ratify 1t. The masses are :ising in revolt and the city politician may tremole for the thunder clouds are forming. As sure as right lives and God rules, there's going to be a storm!
 'Jehersonians everywhere Let us get together rothers in sentinnnf lar