The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
TOM WATSON HAS OPENED
CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK
PopuIists' Presidential Candidate Made Speech
at Paduc0h.

Paducah, KY. Sept. 1.-THE Popu-
list campaign in Kentucky was opened
to-day, Thomas f. Watson, candidate
for President, delivering the princi-
pal address.
The occasion was the District Con-
vehtion, at which Judge ]. H. Lackey
was nominated for Congress by the
Populists of the First District. The
convention was held in the Kentucky
Opera House. and when the nominal
ton had been made and other BUSH
ness disposed of. Mr.. Watson spoke to
a large audience.
Wants to Know the Difference.
The national campaign is now in it's
third month";" said Mr.. Watson, land
no Democratic expert in political chem
istry has yet been able to discover
wherein the fluid called Rooseveltism
differs from the liquid called Parker
ism. So far as / can see, the nominees
of the two old parties are defending
the same line of battle, but Parker is
the harder to hit, because he lodges
better than Roosevelt. You can locate
Theodore, and you can lombard him
with a stationary seige gun, but you
want flying battery when you go aft
err Alton B. Trained for twenty years
in the school Of Dave Hill, it would be
a marvel, indeed, if the favorite pupil
did not somewhat resemble the master
who taught him.
I'm April, 1904, Hon. w. j. Bryan
hired hall in Chicago for the express
purpose of telling the American people
what fraud the New York Demo-
cratic platform was, and what an arti-
full dodger' was Alton B. Parker.
eff Mr.. Bryan will now compare that
fraudulent New York platform with
his 'artful dodgers speech of accept
ance, and point out wherein the two
essentially differ, he will once more
compel us all to bow down in admira-
ton to the ingenuity and resourceful-
ness of his remarkable intellect.
"On the question of imperialism I
defy any man to point out, in plain
English, the exact difference, in prin-
ciple or policy; between Roosevelt and
Parker.
Take the question of the tariff, the
trusts, government by injunction, there
is no difference which any mortal man
can boil down to a clear-cut contract.
Theodore speaks in one set of words,
and Alton B. in another, but each Of
them reaches the same camping ground,
and each tries to spread his blanket on
the same spot.
The National Bank Issue.
what is the difference between the
twins on the subject of the national
banks? Just this-the Republicans
have always openly favored them and
voted for them. The Democrats de-
clared against them in 1892 and in 1896
and in 1900 The national platforms
and campaign books of the Democratic
party rang with denunciation of ma
tonal banks, and were full of pledges
in favor of state banks of issue. Yet
the 10 per cent. prohibitory tax on
state banks was never repealed, and
the Democrats in Congress Joined
hands with the Republicans to renew
the charters Of the national banks in
1902.
only a lot of imbeciles and hypo-
critics would have pledged themselves
TO state banks of issue. You might as
well talk about abolishing the rail-
roads, as a mode of transportation,
and returning TO the era of ox-carts.
The Democratic party made two cam
paigns against the national banks,
and then renewed their charters for
twenty years. Upon that question
there Is certainly no issue between
Roosevelt and Parker.
The Labor Question.
How about the labor question? Is
there any difference between the two