The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-23

erals Sherman and Johnston, Waiter son was chief of scouts of the Con fedarte army.
 The Rebeir instantly achieved great popularity Thes paper was outspoken and independent, forecast ing in many things the Louisville CourierJ ournal, lineal descendant to follow it within 8 few years.
 Abraham Lincoln was said to be the great passion of watterson's life. His lecture on Lincoln" was dellv- cred in hundreds of cities and i. was his pride to tell of calling on Lin coin the morning of his inauguration and of standing beside him at the cer- emony.
 Let no southern man point his finger at me-" Mir. Watterson said, because 1 canonize Lincoln, for he was the one friend we mad at court when friends were most in need"
 Pleas for Harmony
 When Watterson founded the Jour nal he made a plea for harmony in the south. Thoroughly reconstruct ed himself he urged all to follow his course in complete submission to the federal government. MT. Watterson always advocated tariff for revenue only" a phrase which he coined, and which finally was adopted by the democratic party. He was an ardent friend of Grover Cleveland during the latter's first administration as President, but op- posed Cieveland's third nomination.
 His service as a public official was confined to a fractional term in Con gress. He accepted a seat there in 1ST6-7 at the wishes of Samuel J. Tilden, with whom he was closely allied. Mir Watterson refused re- nomination for the full term. Ere quently urged to run for high of- flee, he always refused. maintain ing:
 T shall stay where I am. Office is not for me. Beginning in slavery to end with poverty. it is odious to my sense of freedom"
 From 1872 to 1892, however, he sat at all national conventions of the democratic party as delegate-at- large from Kentucky. He presided lover the convention that nominated Tilden in 1876 and was chairman Of the platform committee in those of 1880 and 1888.
 Mir. watterson opposed William Jennings Bryan in his candidacy for IISSlQcnl III 1oSo, Dul III lJUU lnt Courier-JournaI gave him lukewarm support. In 1908. however, what MT. Watterson denominated as the free silver heresy" being "as dead as Af- rican slavery" in the United States, he became warm supporter of Bryan.
 MT. Watterson. also devoted some of his editorial sattention to social aCff Ia do x-ac ra attack on New York society women, l calling them "a flock of unclean birds" He accused them of fond ness for display that ruined the men and love of champagne and bridge that eventually ruined their morals. His dashing style gave him such nicknames as Light Horse Harry land Henry of Navarro" He was more popularly called plain "Marse Henry"
 As effectively as he write, Mir. .Watterson spoke on the public plat form. His reputation as an orator reached its climax when he delivered an address at the dedication of the Columbian exposition, when he ap- peared as the governments official spokesman.
 Among the several books he write or compiled were oddities of South ern Life and Character" volume of southern humor; The Spanish American War" written concurrent- | ly with the events, and his latest work, "Compromises of Life" com pilation of his lectures. addresses and numerous editorials from the Cour- | ier-Journal.
 Of his career, MT. Watterson once | said:
 "I came out of the war like many | of the young fellows of the south, a very picked bird, indeed. In order to escape the humiliation of borrow