Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-26
oeNAroR WATSON
DIES SUDDENLY or
ASTHMA At CAPITAL
Continued from page I

NOuttuueo from pak0 !.
Senator WAEon gave no indication OF
any impairment Of viGor and activity
which had marked his lone career In
politics and a. . publisher. In his last
ecssch In the Senate delivered only
. week ago. last Wednesday. tho
Georgia senator severely criticized the
administration and notably hte charges
necsion with the railway strike sit
uation. His previous attacke on the
administration and notably HE charges
u illegal hanGinxs In the American Ex-
peditionAry Forces, the subject OF ex-
hauetivc Investigation by . senate
committee. made him a conspicuous
fgurs In the Senate body In his brief
service there.
Born In Thomson, Ca. In 1855. 0en-
ator Watsnn grew up and practiced
law there for some years befcre enter
Ing eta b politics. After serving In tho
Georgia House OF Representatives and
later. in 1883. a. Democratic eector
at large for the state, he wNs elected
70 Congress In 1891 on tho Populist
ticket. After being defeeted on that
ticket In the next two elections. Sem
atcr' Watson wNs nominated a. the
choice for vice. president of the st.
Louis Populset convention. which en-
doreed William ]. Bryan for president
in 1925.
Nominated for presidency hy tho
peoples party In 1904. Senator Watson.
conducted AN active campaign TO re-
vive the party. About that time he
began the publication OF Tom Wat
sons magazine In New York and a
year later, In 1905. undertook tho pub
lication ~ watson'a Jeffersonian
magazine. which was continued In the
name OF the Weekly JefYsrsonian. The
publications begun In that period wore
suspended during the Wilson admins
tra.ion when denied transmission
through the mails after attacks In
them against the draft act. the
espionage law and other war
measures. Mr.. Watson then began
publication of the Columbia Sentinel.
a. Thomson. OF which he was pro-
rrietor up to his death.
In the senator's own language as
given IN his biographical sketch in
The congressional directory, he con-
ductcd his campaign for the Senate az
an "anti-Wilson. antf-Lea@ue, and
an'i-war measures Democrat" After
defeating Senator Smith and Cover
nor Dorsey for the nomination he was
elected over Harry s. Edwards. indie
pendent candidate who favored
American participation in the League
Of Nations. by an overwhelming ma
Jority, Watson was bitter uncom-
promising foe OF former President VIII
son.
Tho body Of the senator will be taker
10 his homo At Thomson, Ca. thiI
afternoon at ais o'clock He had al
ready made reservations on a tra,r
leaving at that time to spend the con
Rreesionsl vacation At his home. TIL,
Senator is survived by hsr widow ant
two grandchildren.
Although having served only a shor-
time in the Senate. Senator Wateon'i
oratory and fiery attacks upon legte
Atton ne opposed added to his nationa
prominence gained IN HE homo state
He wac an historical expert, his Sen.
ate speeches being rich with incidents
OF hAtory, particularly French. ".
which he was a great student. He wa,
a strong advocate OF a bonus for for.
mer service men and another OF hi
strons policies was advocacy OF re
lease OF men convicted during the wa.
under the Espionage act. He wrot
President Harding and made man,
speeches favortng general amnesty 10
such prisoners.