Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01

exception in the following language:
Il ask the courtesy OF the Associated
Press to express my regret that Thorn
as Il. Watson should have rushed so
swiftly into hostile criticism OF the
independence party. with which so
large a number of the Populists are IN
active sympathy and which in simple
consistency he should be glad to en-
dorse.
1T is. to say the least ungracious in
Mr. Watson, to speak OF the Tndepen-
dence party as Il onc-man party He
has made Of the Populists far more a
one-man party than the independence
have been or viii ever be. He has been
as many times the defeated candidate
OF the Popuists as Mr. Bryan has been
OF the Democrats He seems TO be by
the official records the one man in it
as absolute ~ Roosevelt. as dictatorial
as Bryan, and as unsuccessful as the
last.
He prescrlbes its tencts. dictates its
policies in things personal and other
wise. and is invariably named as its
candidate.
There has not been in 50 years a
convention freer from the boss ana
the steam roller than the one just adj
journed Mr.. Hearst was 5000 miles
across the sea during all the prelui-
inaries that led up to II. He REACHED
the convention "a hours before Its OPEN
ing He did not lift his hand to dictate
plank In its platform or to name the
least OF it's candidates. He went down
into It's committee room on equal terms
ana no more than equal terms lie
wrangled for 36 hours over the plat
form, winning some of the things he
advocated and losing others, and ac-
Cepting success or defeat with equal
telul"l--llke the genuine Independent
that he S.
mo fair aud truthful man can deny
10 the Independence convention tho
merit OF a freedom worthy OF its name
And II was as representative "a II
was free or the 200 delegates present
from all sections, from every state and
from an races Caucasian, African and
Hudian--HmonE all these there were
not a dozen men directly or indirectly
connected with the Hearst neWspg pprs
~ am perfectly sure that Mr.. Wat
son iU his eager criticism speaks for
himself and not FOR the pupulists.
There is no discountinE the character
and purpose of that great old party
There was never an h0nestcr and trucr
political organization iu America
They bettercd the entire tone of the
political era In which they nnurishcd
No stronger effort was ever made in
It's history TO reform the old Demo-
the Populists made. If they failed
then, there SIS not a shadow of oncour-
agement Ton any other organization TO
try
"l}ut tho brave old Populists have
shot their arrow now and should fan
In with new friends under "a new and
larger name. They have gone down
under Mr. Watsons leadership IN Sue
oessye presidential years steadily
losing their numbers but never thClr
integrity
I'm the last national campaign. they
polled about $4,000 votes. The In
dependence party poled twice that
number in the city OF New Yort alone
The hope of the Popullsts Is I'm tine
Independence party aud beyond the
diminishing few who cling 40 tha
fallen fortunes Of Mr. Watson. the
majority Of these brave and honest
men are falling into line behind this
young militant ana soon 10 Doe ul-
umphant party OF the people
(SiBnedl
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES"