The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-30
WATSON CALLS ON
SOUTH TO AWAKE
Declares Democratic Party Is
Sectional, Not National, with
r. South Its Victim.

Charlottesville, Ca, Nov. 3O.--Thom-
as p; Watson, recently candidate Of the
peoples party for president, today ad-
dressed a large crowd at this place, the
former home Of Alexander H. Stevens.
HIS address was received with close
attention, but with no marked enthusi-
asm- He spoke in part follows:
IN national politics, the democratic party
stands without party, declaration Of
principles or accepted leader. 1t is utterly
bankrupt in reputation. It has no unity
OF conviction, sentiment or. purpose It
contains antagonistic elements which can
never be harmonized. Its secret purpose
is SO foreign to what democratic masses
approve that the eternal struggle of the
national leaders is to prevent the demo-
cratic masses from penetrating that secret
purpose. What is that secret purpose +?
TO use the democratic party in support
OF the same system Of class legislation
which the republican party stands for.
upon republican individuals, but do not
attack the system of special privileges
which Is responsible for present condi-
tons" St ~. y
In other. words, the secret mission of
the d democratic party is. TO keep up a
sham battle. E RI ~
81 Bryan the Candidate.
I make this predictions: Bryan will be
the candidate Of the democratic party in
1908. And I make this second prediction:
When Bryan runs for president in 190S,' as
the candidate of the Parker-Belmont-
Cleveland German combine, he will be a
worse beaten man than Parker was.
The democratic party cannot longer
claim to be national. 1t is sectional. The
south is still its victim. The south is
still the quadrennial sacrifice which cor
rupt or stupid southern politicians deliver
over to Wall street. But for the solid
south, the eastern democracy would have
shut up shop, joined the republicans and
faced a genuine party Of opposition,
What keeps the south solid? Nothing
in the world except an out-of-date sec
tional animosity and the shamelessly ny
pocritical cry Of negro domination.
In each southern state there is a mo-
nopoly of privilege and power which is
fighting for it's life. AS a rule this mo-
nopoly is based upon the support of
northern railroads, northern banks, north
ern manufactures, the schoolbook trust,
the Standard Oil trust, the tobacco trust.
the whisky trust and the cottonseed oil
trust. Fed bountifu1ly from these rich
sources, the democratic machine in the
southern states is very naughty, indeed.
It wants no change. H..
Monopoly Is Kept Up. -
Southern politicians will sacrifice the
national ticket any time to maintain the
local monopoly. And the negro ques-
ton" is the joy of their lives. They ex-
ist upon it. They fatten it.. With one
shout of niger they can run native
democrats to their holes at any hour Of
the day. Men who appear to have some
common sense in other directions lose all
their mental bearings when the negro
question" is sprung and they immediate
ly begin to hop around in a dervish dance
Of political hysteria. y II, s.
The south cannot afford to be sectional.
In self-defense she must be national. If
we allow our southern leaders to put us
in a degrading position nationally, ours
is the fault. AS long as we allow the
solid south to be political slave to a
handful Of eastern capitalists we may ex-
pect to feel the lash Of the slavedriver
and to feel the weight Of the chain.
Let us put a finish to these degrade
lions Of the south. Let us assert our
manhood against the tyranny OF political
bosses. Let us break the shell of this
bourbonism which neither learns nor for-
gets.