The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-28
THOS. T.. WATSON FINISHES HIS
SPEECH THAT WAS CUT
OFF BY ROWDYISM.
Attacks Them Rube Arnold Rules

says His Reasons For Insurging
Against Nominee Is Because of
''BOssism." Charges Use of Mon
ey and Whiskey in Last Election.
Red-Topped Person in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga.-Tom Watson de-
livered his much-heralded speech
Wednesday night at the Orpheum
heater. He directed his attention
particularly to Those Reuben Ar
mold Rules"
His address was not Interrupted,
and the red-topped one, as he is fond
OF calling himself, hurled his bombs
OF invective to his hearts content.
Since he attempted to speak at the
aLditorium-armO there seems to
Save been a general desire to let Mr.,
Watson finish his speech At that
time a few hoodlums saw chance
10 make the representative of old
Man Peepul" mad, and it did not take
them long to succeed. Mr.. Watson
vas probably satisfied with the tTeal-
ment he received Wednesday night.
Mr.. Watson was in his best vein
when he began his address to the
crowded house. The Orpheum prob
ABLY holds about 3 900 persons when
they are jammed in as on this occa-
sion. Every seat was taken, and men
were standing up in the aisles filing
the orchestra pit, cTowding the stage.
Ehe crowd was an orderly one,
though one loyal supporter on the
stage, overlooking with good spirits,
insisted on supplementing the ora
tors remarks with some of his own
Gu frequent occasions. One man
il a box who called for something
about Hardwick" drew a fiery warn
ing from the speaker against start
ing any trouble, but there were
none of the cries of "Hoke Smith, y
which broke up the former meeting,
= though MIR. Watson called Mr. Smith
a liar and other things during the
course of his remarks
Plenty of Charges.
There was no lack of interest in
the Watson speech. Not even the
famous campaign of four years ago
brought out more varied charges,
buried at his enemies as the spirit
moved him. He declared that when
Hoke Smith denied his signature
en- a letter Hoke Smith lied. He
said he had written a letter to Smith
snarging him with being an accom-
Blice of Tom Hardwick in breaking
up the Auditorium address. He said
he had sent message to Hoke
Smith, James r. Gray and Tom
Hardwick, warning them that if they
killed him all hell couldn't keep his
friends from killing them.
Says $4,000 Was Spent.
He accused Hoke Smith of spend
ikg $4,000 in winning his nOmina-
ton said some of the money went
for whiskey; declared that nomina-
zion illegal and fraudulent, and
urged all democrats not to feel
bound by the primary. When he
called for a vote of those who would
stand by him" about a third of
the men in the audience raised their
hands. Some one insisted on the
ether side of the question being put
to vote. Then Watson, stamping
his foot and leaning over the foot
lights, Numbered forth:
"a right. All you who are in
tavor of one-man rule; all you in
avOr of kicking out minority; all
you" Kisses and cries of mol"
That's not fair drowned his voice,
hut three or four men raised their
lands even on that proposition.
1t was evident that Watson had
ais audience with him, or at least
that portion not drawn by curiosity.
Men from the country and from the
city sweltered in the sticky heat of a
summer night women famed them
selves vigorously in orchestra seats
and boxes. Now and then some en-
rhusiastic supporter would yell Tell
it to 'em, Tom" and a general roar
would begin only to be stopped by
the speaker. Mr.. Watson had al
most as much trouble with his
friends as he had been given by his
antagonists. But his forenoon as
sertion that Livingston and Smith
merely were buying seats in order
TO break up the meeting was not
borne out, or anyway the would-be
disturbers were not in evidence.
Vote Bartering in High Offices.
When southern congressman,
said the speaker, assist standpat
republicans to put a tax of 81 per