The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-11
WATSON RADICAL OF ALL RADICALS Accepting Nomination for Pres ident on Populist Ticket He Sets Forth Party's
 Ideals. CALLS ]. P. MORGAN THIEF High Crimes of Ancient Romans Pale Into Insignificancc Beside Those
 of American Finan-
 ciers.
CALLS J. P. MORGAN THIEF

Atlanta, Ga, July 10.-Thomas E. Watson of Thompson. Ga, candidate of the peoples party for president of the United States. was formally in- formed of his nomination nv the com mittee appointed by the St. Louis na- tional convention at largely attend ed meeting of the Popullsts in this city. The notification speech was de- livered by Judge ]. W. Forrest of AL bany, N. r., chairman of the commit tee, who in few words advised Mir. Watson of his choice as the partys candidate. Earlier in the day the state populists convention selected new executive committee and presidential electors to be voted for at the No- vember election.
 The following extracts from the Georgia, accepting the nomination for president at the hands of the National Populist party gives a reasonably clear idea of the view taken by that organization of its obligation They at least make lively reading, and sug- gest to the Independence league a chance to outbid the famous Georgia radical "A
 Mir. Watson says in part:
 Let us go back to one If the tragic chapters in the annals of the past; 1t may be that study of that hapter will arouse us to ah appreciation of the dangers which have come upon us. We return to the year A before Christ. Why did the Roman aristro- crats kill Julius Caesar? What had he done to Rome? He had abolished Imprisonment for debt and by this act had deprived Roman capitalist of his power to keep his debtor In slavery
 In Rome, there were usuers who did nothing but lend money and collect in- terest. They engaged in no other bus mess, made no Investments, paid no taxes, contributed nothing to the wealth and well-being of the state. Caesar wished to free the state ot these parasites. Under his law, the money-lender was forbidden to lend more than twice the amount which he had invested in real estate, thus the usurer was forced into the class of in- vestors and tax payers.
 Caesar revived the law agan5t hoarding Any capitalist who kept out of circulation a greater sum than s3,0O0 became criminal, subject tc severe penalties. The idea was, that money should circulate, that 1t was created for no other purpose and that whoever hoarded 1t. thus diminishing the supply, causing incon yenlence an6 loss to others, committed an offense against his fellow-man and a crImc against the state.
 o that we had had Caesar in tho White House last October, when those Wall street rascals drew into New York all the available cash of tho ountry, hoarded 1t, and created thu panic.
 Undesirable Citizens.
 Our public domain has been preyet upon by millionaire plunderers an, land-grabbing corporations until tn American people have been stripped of a territory larger than the Germal empire
 Timber thieves, apparently with tn connivance of the government, hay been allowed to so ravage and destro vast forest areas that our losses, direc and indirect, defy human computa ton. In all directions the terrific en ergy of the corporation has driven tn public off the public domain Ou streets have been seized by telegraph telephone and railroad companies The iron horse monopolizes the mai line of public travel and instead 0 belonging to the public, as 1t should the horse, as well as the vehicle an the road, is private property Tn helpless public Is not permitted { light it's own cities~ The private com pany must be chartered to hold tn light which enables the public to wal the public streets
 Suppose you compare the plutocra cv of Rome to that of these Unite States. J. P. Morgan has more none invested in art treasures alone tha the richest of all the Romans wa worth The summer cottage Cornelius Vanderbilt costs $9,oo0, oo'