Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-26
SENATOR WATSON'S
LIFE IN DIRECTORY

WAsHINGTONf May 24.-The
9th congress, furnishing the BIZ
ographies of members of congress,
came from the government printing
office Tuesday afternoon and re-
cords Senator Thomas E. Watson, of
Georgia, in one of the more interest
ing biographies of the lot. Senator
Watson was the only new member
of the Georgia delegation, hence the
biographies of others were published
in preceding congresses.
The junior Georgia senator refers
to his troubles in the federal courts
| because of his anti-Catholic utter
ances, reviews his activities as a
| Populist, recites the suppression of
| his publications by the precedin G
| war administration, and winds UP
| with statement of his successful
| race for congress on an anti-Wilson
and anti-League of Nations platform.
Biographies in the congressional di-
rectory are written by the various
members of congress, hence Senator
Watson's sketch is his first official
statement in a government publica-
ton regarding his career in politics.
The Watson biography reads as
follows:
Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson,
Georgia. born in Columbia county,
Ga, September 5, 1856. son of John
S. and Ann Eliza (Maddox) Watson :;
studied two years in Mercer univer-
slty; taught. school; admitted to bar,
1875, practiced in Thomson, Ga;
member Georgia house of represen-
tatives 1898; Democratic elector
at LARGO 1893 ~
! congress 1891-92 as Populist: was
candidate and claimed election at
elections in 1892 and 1894, but his
while in congress secured first ap-
preparation for free delivery of rural
mails that congress ever passed.
Nominated for vice president at
st. Louis Populist convention which
Endorsed Bryan for president. 1895;
for some time conducted Populist
paper, at Atlanta: nominated for
and made active campaign to revive
the party; began publication of Tom
Watson's magazine in New York in
1905; published Watson's jefferson
ian magazine and the Weekly Jeffer-
sonian since 1905. Author of the
Thomas Jefferson 1900; Life of
Napoelon,' 1902; Bethany, a study
and Story of the Old South 1904;
Life and Times of Andrew Jack
son. 1907; Handbook of Politics and
Economies 1908; The Methods Of
Foreign Missions Exposed 1906;
The Roman Catholic Hierarchy
1910; Socialists and Socialism, 1909.
prosecuted in United States
court for publication of three chap
tiers in Roman Catholic hierarchy;
bill quashed by Judge Rufus E. Eos
ter in 1914; second indictment pro-
cured, based on publication of same
chapters; Judge William w. Lamb
din overruled motion to quash: case
tried and jury voted 10 to for ac-
quittal; tried again November, 1916.
and acquitted. Proprietor and editor
Columbia Sentinel, Thomson, Geor-
gia, established after Wilson admin
istration had withdrawn mailing
privileges and thus destroyed pub
locations already referred to, said
publications having become obnox-
ious to said administration because
they opposed the CONSUMPTION law,
the espionage act and similar war
meas ures.
entered race for United States
senate in 1920 as anti-Wilson, anti
league and anti-War measures Dem
ocrat; received nomination over Sen
ator Hoke Smith and Governor Hugh
M. Dorsey in Democratic primary;
elected over Harry S. Edwards, pro
league Independent, at November,
1920, election for a term Of six
years beginning March q, 1921, re-
ceiving 124,630 votes to $500 for
Edwards"