The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-22

Was Influenced by. Watson and ad.
=. vocated PoDuIisttc Doctrines
Of the PopuIist Leader. -

s- . 3D.. ... 49,. 1920 ''
AZ >Yazoo City, MisssssdAug. 17.-Charg,
ing that Gov. Jamss K. vardaman
epurned democracyaRa coqueted with
the populists in theslare campaign for
United States senator John sharn
Williams, the victor In the fight tor
that Office, in an address here on the
aftermath of the battle, strongly con.
rdemned such an attitude. Among 9th
err things he said. .Ssg SsI3 =.
when I first entsrad into the cam
paign I thought ittwas a case or
friendly competition. between two dem.
ocrats, both adhering to and loving
democracy and takfng their guidance.
when they took any .at all, from dem
ocratic leaders. T 5shon began to be
Fndeceived and t6 disccver that there
was an effort being made by Gov. Var
daman to play to the populists. This
was shown first byshis coqueting>with
the proposition Of goRernment owner
ship, a propositions which no demo.
crat of the school sf Jefferson, Cal
houn George or WaIthall could have
tolerated for so much as a minute,
This was shown In the second place
by his: introduction&o Of Tom Watson
as a "man easier &attaFy yefitieise -tAaH- to
answer" This was Followed by-a let
ter. of eulogy to Watson, which was
published by Watson In his magazine,
and then by words20fi eulogy-writing
concerning my 'e6mpetftor by Watson.
"It was proven b.iR sthe third place
when, at Bay st. louis, Miss, the
governor seemed to- take stand upon
the rankest doctrine OF state social
ism, the doctrine which would efrace
the power Of the courts to declare acts
Of the. national Legislature to be un-
constitutional, and thus turn us over
to the absolute rule of an unbridled
maj aj6rity. ~, 34 g., -,
"The intent of, ALI this was obvious
but continued ,to5hope until after
the primary that itiRoudh fail Of re:
suits, believing that tie man who had
beoane back to the de- ecayAt party
TO participate in it's party election
had come in good faith, and would de.
cline to be. led by Tom Watson, the
leader of the national poilhlists, or
the leader of any other party,
''The result, however, showed that I
was mistaken. My competitor re-
ceived $4,000 or 10000 populist votes
of this state almost en- masse They
took their, marching orders from
Thomas Walton. II.
"Let nobody mistake me- I would
not drive any man out Of the party
the man who desires sincerely to be
a member of the party, and to fur
ther it's interests and secure it's sue
cess-but there is grave difference
/ fbetWeen converts and enemies in uni
form.
"a man who joins your army with
intent to shoot against your cause and
to punish those who have battled for
laws of war, subject to be taken out
and shot. The man who Joins your
army, however, for the purpose Of bat
Ting for your cause is welcomed by
everybody and, though he may come at
the eleventh hour, is put upon an equal
footing with the workeU who entered
the vineyard at the first four.
There is one great beHefit that has
been attained by this lesson taught by
the late primary. The plan Of Tom
Watson and his adherents to capture
the democratic organization in this
state by holding the balance. Of power
between democrats came SO very near
being successful that the plan itself
has been exposed and the eyes OF DEM
ocrats who love their party have been
opened. They will not be- caught nap
ming again. Hereafter / take it that
II a mans vote is challenged on the
ground that he is not democrat some
regulation of the party or law of the
state will require him at least to give
crat and, not a republican, populst
or socialist. ~"
Republicans are all right in the re-
publican party; socialists are all right
in the socialist ranks: ayowed popu-
lists are al right in their own quar-
ters, but they should wear their own
uniforms and battle for their own
principles out In the opefI4,'s
Take our own case right now, for
example. The probability is that Mr..
Bryan will be the next nominee of the
democratic party. No man in all
America has ever attacked. him, his
motives and his charactereSo savage1y
as Tom Watson. Yet there are 1900
or 10000 men participating in a dem
ocratic primary in the state OF Mi%sis-
sippi who receive and acknowledge
marching orders from Tom Watson.
What are they going TO do when the
presidential election comes and Mr..
Bryan Is nominated by the democrats
and Mr.. Watson by the populi8ts ?
From whom are they going to take
thnin r,on rnIi,,cr nrLn.. thnrn2 innt