Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-03

4-S@<8-k3NTkA say buob no - ACC AmSAApoAl
} Y,kHlgFc4 subject to the dctatiOn Of no kit OF
@s7IG5tSSYA "A clan No man can thus proclaim
7s9E4It9Ell himself, If he is willing to let par
ty, creed or custom direct his &C
tiOn, right or wrong. How many are able to avOv
their independence, even Of the political trckster
in this day Of partisan zeal and clannish supervis
iOni How many dare say they are neither owned
nor controlled by the fat of political machine
or organized effort OF politicians to be used fol-
their own individual Advancement
Why should any sane man vote and work for thu
very thing he does not want, when he can just a.
we'll stand up like man and lend his voice for tha
which be wants. and that which he knows is bes
for his countrymeni
Ask any honest man you meet in any Southern
state today, who is the best mau before the peOpl
for President and he will answer: "TOh Watson
is the best, cleanest and most conscientious maj
named for the Presidency, but he has no chance t.
be elected. The Populsts can't elect anybody"
Meaning plainly thatii there was an chance o
Mr. WatsOn's election, every Southern wOul'
gladly vote for him. This is really the truth. Th
South would be more solid for Tom Watson than
could possibly be made for any living man today, II
it was thought he could be elected No will dis
pute this.
Analysed, what does it meant That the Soutl
would vote against Of its greatest men, one whom
all Southerners would proudly see President, know
ing him to be superior in every way to any candidat
before the country and instead, cast their ballot
for man they nothing about, know nOthin
about whose only recommendation is that he is OF
fered by class OF schemers who have been robbin
the South for fifty years. They would, in Othe
words, vote against what they know to be right
for that which they know to be wrong, and tina
they do not want Just because of the party nam
attached to his candidacy.
In other words, we would vote for what we do no
want and against that which we do want more thai
anything else on earth, one of our own men in th
white rouse, because Of partisan preiudices, ant
because we fear the man we want cannot be elect
ed
Is this manhoodf Is it loyalty to our seli-Tespect
Is it good business sensei Is it showing good ait
to our section OF cOuntFyi
There s absolutely nothing left Of the old part.
ito which the South has stood loyal through all th
trying hours Of the past forty years. 1t has beel
hawked about By the politicians untLi it neither ha
the confidence OF the people nor the support Of th
masses Remaining its supporter has nothing il
return but humiliation aud disappointment.
What is the difference il Tom Watson has n
possible chance of electonf What ii he is the nOmi
Southern man. BE is the best man before Il
people. Far better to give him the vote Of th
South, knowing he would be in every way repre-
sentative Of our section and our people, than Il
throw away our votes In another direction. Whel
We vote for the right there is no humiliation in th
act, and we can bear che disappointment Of defea
more easily, il defeat must come. In fact we nigh
better bear defect and be in the right than to win
and be in the wrong.
But we deny the proposition that there is no possi
blechance for Ten WatsOn's election to the Presden
cy. There is q chance for bis election. There is
on the other hand, possible chance for the elec
ton Of the nominee Of the st. Lonis fasc0 called
national convention.
Send the assurance over this nation that Ton
Watson will carry his own section Of this country
the solid SOuth a all the powers Of Wall Street.
money, ell the efforts Of corrupt political Organiza
tons, all the prayers Of the Office seekers Of th
nation cannot avail to prevent him securing the cleo
toral votes Of ell the states outside Of the few direct
/ " interested with Wall Streets graft
/ It vas this knowledge which made Wall Street 81
desperate to control the st. Louis convention.
was known that should man be named there VII
represented the masses, no amount Of money WOul'
compass bis defeat even as that nominee. It va
this knowledge which made the solid vote OF th
delegates at st. Louis entirely in rank contrast
the enthusiasm there shown by the vast audience 70
Bryan, Hearst, or any other man the people wer
willing to trust
Tom Watson is 8 bigger man than any one who's
name Was mentioned in the sc. Louis c0nventicr
lie is the biggest man in the nation today, and q
one Who is selirespecEng and posted, viii deny the
be would make a sale, earnest faithful and devote
chief executive Of the nation.
Long before one thousand electors in MississipI