Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-24
WATSON'S PREDICTION
SAYS BRYAN WILL LEAD
IN 1905 TO THIRD DEFEAT
TELLS SOUTHERN ASSOCIATES
WHAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY is
DOING - WHAT SOUTH
SHOULD 90.

Charlottesville tGaD, November 80.
Thomas 4. Watson, recently candi.
date of the Peoples party for Presi.
dent today addressed large crowd ut
this place. the former home of Alex.
ander II. Stevens. His address was
received with close attention. but with
no marked enthusiasm. lie spoke in
part as follows:
'In national politics the Democracy
stands today without u party, u dec.
laration of principles or accepted
leader II Is utterly bankrupt in repu'
tatiOn. II has .neithcr unity of con.
viCtiOn, sentiment or purpose. It con.
tains autagOnistiC elements which can
never he harmonized. Its secret pur,
pose is so foreign to what Democratic
masses approve that the eternal strug.
gle Of the national leaders Is to pre-.
vent the Democratic masses from
penetrating that purpose What is that
secret purpose? To Use the Democratic
party in support OF the same system
OF class legislation which the Repuh.
lean party stands for.
Il make this prediction: Bryan will
be the candidate Of the Democratic
party in 1905. And make this second
prediction: When Bryan runs for Pres.
ident in 1908 as the candidate Of
the ker.Belmont. Cleveland.Gorman
combine he will be worse.beatcn man
than Parker was.
Does Mr.. Bryan sincerely believe
that he can commit the National DE.
mocratic Convention to his recently re.
paired and replenishcd Populist plat.
form? II so. he must see that the cOuu.
try would then have two Populist par.
ties. Such a contingency would be
laughable were not the crisis so grave.
Mr.. Bryan must know that his pro.
gram promises nothing better than an.
other spectacular combat AT "A St Louis
convention with a dog fair as the re.
suit. another surrender on the part Of
Mr. Bryan: another shamblc before tho
people and another Waterloo in which
all will be lost. including honor.
The Democratic party cannot longer
= w w II 10 H''Nlblhts
The South is still its victim. The
South Is still the quadrcnnial sacrifice
which cOrrHpt or stupid Southern poll.
tiCians deliver over 10 Wall street.
But for the solid South, Eastern
Democracy would have to shut up shop.
party of opposition.
what keeps the South solid? Moth.
ing In the world except an out.Of.dats
sectional animosity and the shameless
hypocritiCal cry of negro domination.
Southern politicians will sacrifice the
National ticket any time to maintain
the local monopoly. And the negro
question Is the JOY of their lives. Men
who appear TO have some common sense
in other directions lose all their mental
bearings when the negro question is
sprung, and they Immediately begin 10
hop around in dervish dance of politi.
cal hystera.
The South cannot afford TO be see.
tional. In self.defense she must be
national II we allow our Southern
leaders to put us In degrading posi-.
ton nationally, ours is the fault. As
long as we allow the solid South TO be
a political slave to handful of East.
ern capitalists we may expect to feel
the lash of the slave driver and to
feel the weight of the chain. Let us
put a finish to this degradation of tho
South. Let us assert our manhood