Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-07-13

semblages in quarter CT acentury. Men Who have
when the great fusion was forced upon The peoples
party in st. Louis, in July, 1896, when Bryan aud
Watson we're named, came together 10 Springfield
like brothers, and swore allegiance to the work Of
their lives. All sore spots were healed, ell differ
enees were laid aside and the greatest specimen Of
manhood the nation has produced in forty years was
named by reclamation as the standard bearer
Does any sane man believe be will not receive the
support Of the natiOni If so, let him compare the
gentleman with either Of the candidates offered by
Wall street, as the Republican and the other
the Democratic Chill. BelmOnf) nominees.
!, To the informed Southern it is needless to
offer any eu6gy OF Thomas E. Watson, Honest Tom
Watson, as all have learned to know him.
When the people Of this grand nation, north,
south, east and west, sit down in their sober
ments and compare the platforms presented to them
for consideration, and then nationally examine the
character Of the offered for President, il is fan
atical to believe that they will reject the only
offered in whom they may impose confidence for
either Of the cooked and primed tools offered By
Wall Street.
}. True there is no big political machine for the
propaganda or educational work for the peoples
candidate and platform, but the people are strong
enough and they ought be wise enough to perfect
such an organization in time to elect their own
and emphatcay demonstrate to the great corrupt
ing machine Of Wall Street that this country is long
, er to remain in suridOm
i. Inc conditions COuIfOntlng ble nab04 are OF 8uCu
pressing and vital importance as force the people
1 to the active organization required.
g Even in beloved Southland where the
one question is paramount to all others to have
held practically but one party among the whites,
: there never was a more OpDOFtune and sanely mo-
for Immediate action than at this critical hour.
Every must realize that it is the height Of foil to
dream that the result Of the hutchered assembago
ct st. LOuis last week, under the name Of the Dem
ocratc' party can possibly carry northern state.
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could be hoped for attained. There is absolutely
no difference between the nominees OF st. Louis and
Chicago this year. Both the creatures OF Wall
Street. and either will do that 0rganizatiOns bidding
How different is the personnel Of Thomas +. Watson,
the real JefEersOnian Democrat Let any Southern
er stop and think. On the race question the Repub
lcans threaten, and the Democrats beg, aud say
a "Don't.e Tom Watson is not only in perfect SYM
= pathy and accord with every Southern man on the
negro question but be is a platform in himself and
all know how he stands-fOr y white Republic.
n Is there the slightest blemsh on Tom Watson, or
Il IN Objectionable feature Of the platform upon which
:. he is nominated to which honest Southern man
: can make exceptOni II 50 Why not curse the mem
ory Of all such characters as George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson Tom.
q Watson is the embodiment Of everything grand and
pure that all three Of these immoral characters stood
" for and defended. And his platform is the only
: platform upon which either Of these three patriots
Of old would accept nomination today il alive.
Would We veer from the landmarks OF the fathers
d who gave our country and admOnisbed Us Of the
dangers OF ts overthrow that might bow the knee
to mammon aOd delegate all TO the Wall Street
! graiters and bOOdlersi Let rs be men, though the
= heavens fall.
/ What is the Peoples paItyi It is the Democracy
q Of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson. Il
means the party Of the people, its name implies
at and no man retain his standing in It who bows
Oi the knee Of obedience to the gods Of greed is
Of not party Of Wall steet but Of the farmers, and
tOiers in the factories and in every Industrial walk
x Of life. It demands that the general governments
e should be administered as demanded by the COneti-
{ tuition IS adopted in 1776.
e More than fifty per cent Of the votes east for
d William Jenning Bryan IN 1896 and 1900 will vote
lt for the Peoples party in 1904 All Of the elk
ID million and a nali who voted for Bryan ought 20
vote for Tom Watson this year, and they would e
il they were wise enough to think frst and vote alter
y ward, instead Of voting hrst and then do theip.
le kicking.
a Except that the South is deluded that the Demo-
ID cratic party s the hope for this section the ST.
Louis convention nominee would not receive enough
to votes IN this section be counted "a scattering
10 Oar people know Tom Watson is the hest maa be-
Ct lore the people. They know he stands on plat
Is form worthy Of their support They know that
b. with him as President the Grand old South would
le be itself once They know that fo0winQ the
g. selection Of either Of the two New York eandidates
not only the South but the entire agricultural and
at Industrial business Of the nation viii be r0b3ed 20
ii pay tribute 70 the Wall Streat grafters.
II The day when the producers 0f this great country
TO viii stand up and assert their rights may Sc post
poned for few Years. bat Il cannot be delayed toe
o. long OF hope Ct getting out IRON under toe Iyrann-
ne eel heel Of The great gods 0 greed win 80 gone
r. Why not actl Why not stand up Ike men and ha
Il couutedi The politician is asainst such 8 moFo
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