The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-05

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ana side partner, of Gen. James B.
Weaver and Mary Ellen Lease. That
was IN 1892. Since then, he has
made periodic and spasmodic irrup-
ton into the political arena, but his
never carried away any prizes. He
abuses the Catholics for their con-
1esslonal, which in the nature of
Things he cart know anything
about, and abb IS the Protestants.
Tor their system Of foreign missions,
winch they can't help knowing more
about than be does. Some peonIe
are useful because they are able to
Dulld UP, and some very few are use
full because they can tear down. but
ABOUT all the effect that Tom Watson
mas had, in political, economic and
fellglous structures has been to
smash a few of the windows. He
has made a good deal of noise and
caused some inconvenience to better
people than himself, but we fail to
see indications of any real good
work he has perfOrmed.-Oc Star.
Why will Southern papers con,
tinue to Witty our most gifted son?
We are surprised to know that the
Star never heard of Tom Watson un-
til he became populist. 1t seems
to us that any one we'll informed
should know that Tom Watson was
elected as Democrat to Congress
on a farmers alliance platform be-
fore he became a Populist. And
that he was reelected to succeed
himself by large majority but was
counted out by the machine who had
brought negroes from South Carroll
ma and voted some of them twenty
times on election day. The PROPOSE
ton that he can know nothing about
the confessional of the Roman Catho-
lie church is absurd. Does the Star
believe for moment that of the mil
lions who have confessed, that none
have ever betrayed? If it does it's
. credulity will excite the wonder of
/ the world. It is not the individual
Roman Catholic that Watson is fight
ing. He has said that some of his
best friends are Roman Catholics but
he is opposed to the Hierarchy which
gives to an Italian Pope the power
and influence that will soon enable
him to rule our political Institutions
We all know if you could reduce all
the Protestant denomination to one,
that they would try the same thing
that the Hierarchy has. Although
Mr.. Watson is a Baptist he would
fight them if the whole Protestant
world became Baptist. We spent
% years in Catholic country and
we feel that we are not egotistical
when we say that we know some
thing about the power and aggres-
sion of the Catholic hierarchy AS.
to foreign missions, we boldly assert
that Mr.. Watson is absolutely right.
He does not object to sending men
and women to foreign lands to pro-
mulgate the Christian religion. But
it seems like a foolish thing to send
Professionals to Catholic countries
whose people are more devout Chris
tians than we are. The Star must
know that the love and influence OF
the dollar has destroyed the veneer
alton once felt for orthodox religion
in America. Mr.. Watson claims that
the $21, 100000 now being spent on
worthless foreigners, should be ap-
piled to the improvement of cOndi-
tons and morals Of our own people.
"He has never carried away any
prizes" Surely the Star does not
hold that being elected to Office is
the only prize. Is it nothing to have
won the first place in American liter
allure? Is it nothing to rank with the
first orators of the age? Is it moth