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OUR NATIONAL TICKET.
FOE PRESIDENT
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
THOMAS E. WATSON,
of Georgia.
Populist Congressional Nomina
lions.
Hon. G. 11. Miller—lst District.
« John A. Sibley—2d “ j
“ S. Montgomery —3d “ I
“ C. J. Thornton—-4th “
“ A. A. Murphy— 6th “
“ J. W. M.Garrity—"th “
“ G. L. Anderson —Bth “
“ Thos. E. Winn—9lh “
« J. T. West—lo th “
“ Ben. Milliken—llth “
Watson.
. The Populist National Convention
nominated Tom Watson for Vice
President; the bulk of the vote oi
Kansas was cast for Sewall, but be
fore the roll call was iinithed Kansas
joined in tho vote to nominate Wat
son by acclamation. Notwithstand
ing ahis, Kansas Populist S ate con
ventiwi practically bolted the action
of the nt. Louis convention by en
dorsing the Democratic electors. It
is true there was an agreement that
the electors were to vote for Watson
if he got more voles outside of Kan-
Sewall did, but Kirs is i *
the Si a: A v.’i:er.< IVa'.son
several' to *ono a I'f/’.lii
Suppose all the Ponulst Slates ha<l |
aited in Ino with Kansas, where
would Watson get elec.oral votes?
Only in tueh Democratic States as
the Democrats would grant a few.
Watson's action i*i regard to Kaunas
is highly proper- is in fact all he
can do. To cap it all the Kansas
Popu ists wanted to put Watson’s
name over the Sewail electors. Wat
son took such action as to prevent
this b requesting that his name ba
left oil’of the Sewall ticket. We
hope all the Populists of Kansas will
vole in away to elect Bryan, but at
the sama time we will not blame
them if they do a little disciplining
by relegating to or keeping in private
life such of their leaders as would
Barrender our piij/.i >les in exchangj
for offices that do not involve Popu
list principles—Missouri World.
That Man Stwaii.
The 'Weatherford Leader of Oct
11, publishes a talk the editor recent
ly had with a substantial Taylor
county farmer relative to emdidate
Sewall. The Taylor county farmer, ,
Mr. Albro, said that he had known
the Sewalls personally, having resid
ed near them in the city of Bath,
Maine, for a period of six
says the back generations of the
Sewalls were lories during the revo
lutionary war, and that when the
issues of tho late civil war were
agitated they were identified with
the faction called ‘‘black abolition
ists,” as distinguished from tho
straight republicans. At the break- ■
ing out of the civil war Mr. Albro
heard this same Ar .bur Sewall, dam- i
ocratic nominee for the vice presi
dency, make a political speech at
Dalton, Mass., in which he (Sewall) .
declared that he had rather see his '
daughter married to a decent negro
than a poor white man. Mr. Albro i
is well acquainted with Sewall’s bus
jness methods. He says that when i
he was in Maine the great ship- I
builder only employed the cheapest'
foreign labor, and that a store was
kept in which all the employes were .
required to purchase their supplies
Wnen an employe made purchases
elsewhere than at this store, he lo it I '
his job at once. Mr. Albro says that ' ,
the statement which recently ap I
peared in the daily press to the es- ''
Sect that Sewall employs only the
meapest and d.rtiest European labor a
Ml that his vessels are boycotted by
■aerciu seamen,.is lie ally true o
Mr. H. W. Reed, of Georgia, to
Chairman Butler.
Thomson, Ga, October 9, 1896. —
My Dear Senator—l reached here
today and hava been in consultation
with Mr. Watson since my arrival-
I sent you telegram this afternoon as
follows: ‘ Have just seen Watson;
unless Kansas and Colorado situation
straightened on basis last vote or
committee recognize stright ticket
immediately there will bi trouble.
Better act promptly. I await your
answer here.”
The occasion for this telegram is
that Mr. Watson wishes to complete
his letter of acceptance- If justice
is to be done the Populists on fusion
plan it must be done now, otherwise
Mr. Watson Will be forced to con
aider fusion a failure and dictate his
letter accordingly. Lot me review
I°- . .
. the situation as Mr. Watson views it.
When our committee had oom
-1 plated its work and an executive
committee had been secured as we
I conaid.-red favorable to the Populist
i cause, this committee held a meeting
and decided unanimously upon a
vigorous support of our ticket and
platform. Breidenthal and other
Western members agreeing to see
that tho Populists of the Western
| States worked unitedly for this ticket
j The only fear then expressed was
i that we might ha/e trouble in getting
Texas into line. At that time you
agreed to carry on the ncccessary
I correspondence until next meeting,
i and to see that no stone was left un-
I turned in securing the proper recog
i nition of Populist elector.-;. You w re
to meet Senator Jones on Tuesday
; night following oar meeting Sunday
1 and find out what would be favor
able to our party and at the same
i time secure a union of reform forces.
At oar next meeting, which was
■ delayed untiltbree weeks had elapsed
I j on reported no results from the oon-
I feronce with Jones, but stated that
■ you had not overlooked tho matter
of proper recognition of our ticket in
I iltti West and had set the necessary
■ machinery in motion to effect tho
proper result. In the meantime tho
1 papers wore filled with accounts of
mil sorts of trades and fusions in the
ilWaet that seemed to be made in
jknany cases without regard to imy
■Oefinjtfi. system? or uniform plan
WL lus O-i<i’ <, ruiun,ee ’ iLitoanUoU U
I nlan for general guidance in tho vari
ops States, and that plan was that in
electoral fusions the Populist party
must have just and .proper represen
tation and that in' any State where a
fusion had been arranged that did
not accord uss'ich just and proper
recognition, our committee would
recognize a straight Bryan and Wat
son el setoral ticket. In the mean
time Mr. Watson had asked to be
sent West by tho committee in order
to (strengthen the Populists in secur
ing just recognition, but yit thought
it unwise for him to go and stated
I that you were handling the matter
I and shaping it m the right direction.
We still found that in some States of
the West no attention was being paid
to the committee’s actions even by
our own leaders and then it was that
I urged you to meet Mr. Watson m
Atlanta. You came and gave it as
your opinion that Mr. Watson should
not go West for thru-; weeks as the
thing was w.rking itself out and by
that time would be all right. It was
finally agreed, however, that we
' should go West, a:.d when we reached
Kansas we were informed that we
bad arrived too late, that if the com
mittee or Mr. Watson had taken tho
matter up th.ee weeks sooner, it
could have been arranged satisfac
toriiy, and Air. Briedenlhal took the
ground that only tho Democratic
I Chairman, Senator Jones, could
straighten it out, thus a Knitting that
we were in the hands of the Demo
i crate complexly and ti ally and that
our comm ttee was powerless to help
itself.
It is a well known fact that the
organized Democracy wouKl rather
whip the Populists than secure free
silver. They have whipped ns in
Georgia by the most outrageous
frauds ever perpetrated on a free
people and if we continue to yield to
them during the remainder of the
campaign as we have thus far “for
tiie sake of principle* tho Populist
party will ' e dead and the refer' is
will never be secured.
We started out with the determina
tion to force Sewall out and to de
mand the fulfillment of the St.
Louis compact. We yielded on the
threshold of the demand and ac- !
cepted the pernicku> principle of I
fusion, an open sesame to the troub'e
alway s
We then insisted u ion a fair ba-is I
of a lion in all states, were again j
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPEIL/ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 30, 1\96.
crowded off our platform and wsre
forced to take the best we could get.
The interest of the Democratic party,'
as a party being always the criterion
of ultimate settlement, the Populists
being left to cherish the holy thought
that their lewards were laid up for
them in heaven, for they had sacri
ficed for principle.
We now had ourselves in the
position where we have nearly fused
or r life away and received in return
only abuse and ridicule as our portion
of the compact.
I agree with Mr. Watson that it is
now time that we took a stand some
where on tho hne of fusion that will
show us as posessed of some honor
and self-respect or else condemn the
entire plan of fusion, and try to
gatherjtogether the wrecks of our once
fearless and independent party.
With the hope that we may yet
force the Democrats to some reason
able measure of just recognition of
our claim, I shall wait here patiently
for your reply to my telegram and
in case a proper union can be effected
I assure you that Mr. Watson will do
his full share in securing the election
of Bryan.
We must not beg, we must demand,
and the Democratic managers must
show the same measure of respect for
our candidate as we are expected to
show to theirs, for Mr. Bryan by his
letter of acceptance, places himself
equally on the Chicago platform as
the candidate par excellence of the
organized Democracy and in accept
ing him as our candidate we are
made to understand that we accept
him as a Democrat.
In conclusion, Senator, I wish as a
member of our committee, and am
willing to share with you any mis
takes we may have made, I believe
you as well as I have the best in
terests of our party and candidate at
heart. Let us all go together in this
matter. Let there be as few divisions
in our household as possible, for any
division weakens us that much. Ycu
have large correspondence with those
Populists who arc either office hold
ers or seeking office by trades with
Democrats. 1 have been in contact
with the pla : n, Jfour'
party in and I know j
that our ol ; cy c f BaO ces.sive yielding
uS every**
and strengthen our lines. .-
I remain yours sincerely and earn
estly, 11. W. Reed.
Stay By Us, Watson.
In the name of God, Tom Watson,
stay where you are. While you
couid have declined your nomination
you cannot recede without eternal
political ruin to yourself. Gid But
ler was never at heart a Populist,
I and you should have known the
i Democrats well enough to have ex
pected nothing from them but treach
ery, trickery and perfidiousness. I
know the position you hold is a hard
one, but think of the holiness of the
cause in which you are engaged, of
i the millions of human beings in the
i bondage which tho accursed pluto
crats have thrown around them, of
I whom you are almost the only hope,
and do not falter in your noble work.
Let traitors whom you thought
friends stab you; let a cowardly,
: pusi’anitnous, treacherous democracy
malign, but ever, regardless of cou
i sequences walk straight forward in
the path you have chosen. Mr. Wat
son, your resignation means not only
your own political death, but the de
struction of the Populist party.—l
R .-no (Nev.) Plaindealer.
Sewall.
It is a mistake to say that Arthur
Sewall is without iiJluenje in his
own State. The Republicans litera
ture lha. he circulated and the active
canvass made by his son and partner
no doubt helped materially in rolling
1 up that amazing Republican vote.
G ve Mr. Sewall due credit.
The American Merchant Marine
.Association, of which Mr. Arthur
Sewall was president up to Tuesday
I last, his been sending out circulars
urging voters to support McKinley.
Consequently Mr Sewall resigns his
! office and withdraws from that body.
I This incident is interesting as indi
cating that -Mr. Sewall knows how to
resign when he wants to.
The Democrats revolt at the idea
of the negro voting the Populist
t cket. They say it would contain
in ate the Populist party, but he can
vote the Democratic ticket without
any evil result l . That may be so
far as the Democratic party is con
cerned, but how about the poor nig
gi? Hus he got no reputation t
sustain.—*Ex.
REED ANSWERS HOWELL
Reminds Him o! the Visit to Watson and the Fusion Proposition
Which was Made to the Populist Candidate.
Mr. 11. W. Reed, Populist national committeeman from Georgia,
sends The Journal a communication in which he takes issues with The
Atlanta Constitution on the attitude of Democrats and Populists in
regard to fusion before and after the recent meeting of the Democratic
executive committee.
He refers to the sojourn of Messrs. E. P. Howell, J. W. Robertson
and J. J. Hunt at Thomson, and to a proposition made by them for a
fusion plan whereby Tom Watson would have received the thirteen
electoral votes of Georgia. Mr. Reed is a at loss to understand how
gentlemen who made such a propos ; tion at Thomson could oppose the
Populisls ultimatum at Atlanta on the ground that it failed to recognize
Sewall. He does not see how the Thomson proposition would have
recognized Bewail by giving the Georgia electoral vote to Watson.
The following is Mr. Reed’s communication:
Where The Responsibility Rests.
Atlanta, Ga., Ootobsr 2Gth, 1896.
To the People of Georgia:
On Octouer 22d 1 sent aletterto Mr. Clark Howell, which reads as
follows:
Mr. Clark Howll, Managing Editor Constitution, City:
Dear Sir—The leading editorial in this morning’s Constitution,
in its effort to place the responsibility for failure of the electoral fusion
in Georgia on tho Populist State committee and the leaders of the
Populist party, is so manifestly unjust and, as you and your father both
know, so at variance with the facts that I cannot think that either you
or he could have written or inspired it. I hope, therefore, that you
will correct it at once. Otherwise it will be necessary for mt- to pub
lish the full facts as you and I both know them.
Very respectfully, H. W. Rero,
Member Populist National Executive Committee.
1 have received no reply to that letter and shall prcceed to give a
plain statement of the facts.
Mr. Howell is a member of the Democratic national executive com
mittee as well as managing editor of Tno Constitution.
Mr, Howell was sent to Georgia to effect fusion after the Populist
State committee had made its proposition to the Democratic State
committee, after Senator Jones had seen and approved the proposition
and after a party of distinguished Democrats had visited Mr. Watson
and consulted with him r< girding it.
All oi this time no D.macrat hid discovered that the proposition
was either ‘Offensive” or wi.hoiit an “element of fusion.”
If the proposition of ths Populists was so unfair and so “offensive”
why did the Chairman of the Democratic committee call his committee
together to consider it? Why did three distinguished Democrats visit
Mr. Watson? Why did Chairman Jones request them to do so? Why
did they urge Chairman Jones to meet the Populist vice presidential
candidate in Atlanta? Why did Chairman Jones delegate Mr. Clark
Howell to come to Atlanta? And if it was not to arrange fusion, why
did Mr. Howell come? Why did he meet the members of the Populist
national executive committee? Why did he make a speech favoring
fusion befrra his State committee?
Mr. Howell knows that it will take every Populist vote in several
doubtful States to insure the election of Mr. Bryan, he knows that there
is a disaffection in the Populists ranks beiausethe Populists have not
been treated to an honorable union, but are expected to surrender un
conditionally. He knows that it is a difficult matter to convince some
n’opijilisi-s P"'same men and party who killed free silver before
"’■will not do it again. \ He knows that such Populists demand from the
Dam&crats an good faith in the shape of honorable terms of
agreement, lie knowiAihat Mr. Washburn and I came to Georgia to
see My. Watson adMrraLae such an agreement as would be
, -by W, ti.tauf aX aenlitS.--
in-Atlanta w.o-had outlines oTjiuuii an agreement, a hat Mr.
WasJbnrn on to Chicago to consult Senator avnes. He
knows that I a ..quested him to urge his State committee to await the
determination ,t the entire matter by Senator Jones and Mr. Wash
burn. He knows that 1 agreed to carry out the same program with
the Populist co: imittee. Ha knows that I did my part and that he did
not do his. He knows that his State committee rejected overtures of
fusion in a res lutiou offered by himself and then adjourned without
replying to tho Populist committee. He knows that Chairman Jones
continued to urge that some fusion arrangement be made. He knows
that he assured Senator Jones that Georgia was safe for Bryan without
fusion and that Georgia leaders would not consid-r fusion. He knows
that the failure of fusion rests entirely with the Democrats.
As a member of the Populist national executive committer, I re
pudiate the evasive and unfair methods of The Constitution in under
taking to throw the responsibility o : failure of fusi-jn upon the Populists,
whose committee waited for three whole days, at my urgent solicitation,
for tho purpose of reaching an agreement. And no one knows the
facts better than the managing editor of The Constitution.
When the ring master cracks his whip the boys fall into line.
If Populists favor fusion they are rascals, if they don’t they ars
scoundrels, if they run independent electoral tickets they are not
patriots. If they withdraw said tickets they are uraitors, and at every
crack of the whip the boys will sing the song for the occasion.
1 hope Bryan will be elected, but if he is not lie can attribute his
defeat to the selfish, narrow partisanisui of the Kansas and Georgia
Democrats. If tha editor of The Constitution will reflect, his very
serious objection to the Populist fusion proposition, that there was “no
element or fusion” in it, because it failed to recognize Mr. Sewall, had
very little weight with certain distinguished Democrats prior to the
meeting of the Democratic State committee, and that said distinguished
Democrats were seriously considering a modifina ion of the Populist
pro;- sitiun, whereby the entire Populist electoral ticket should be
withdrawn and the entire Diinocratic ticket substituted uuder an
agreement that sa d Democratic electors should cast their thirteen
votes for Mr. Watson for vice president. Very respectfully,
11. W. Reed.
KOLB GOT HANNA’S MONEY.
He is Also io Favor ot Counting
Out in the Election.
Special to The Post.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 21.—Capt.
Reuben F. Kolb, twice Populist can
didate for Governor, who a few
weeks ago, with Col. P. G. Bowman,
former Populist State chairman,
threw Watson overboard and took
up the support of Sewall, made some
startling admissions at Columbiana
yes.erday, where he spoke in the in
terest of the Democratic ticket.
There were present Dr. G B.
Crowe, Populist candidate for Con
gress in the Ninth District; State
Populist Chairman G. B. Deans, and
otinr middle-of-the-road leaders,
who have bitterly antagonized Kolb’s
bolt from Watson. These leaders
asked for a joint debate with Kolb,but
he would not consent. He did con
sent, however, to answer publicly
questions which Crowe a:.d Deans
plied him with.
In response to a question, he ad
mit'.ed that he and Col. William
Youngblood, Republican National
Committee nan, from Alabama, heid
a conference with Murk Hanna, at
Cleve'an I, Ohio, prior to McKinley’s
j nomination, and that he received
| 8500 to help McKinley carry Ala
bama for the Republican nomination.
He denied tnat he also worked for
Reed and Morion at the same time,
but sa d he worked exclusively for
McKinley.
lu response to another query,
Kolb said that if tho machine had to
be resorted to to secure Alabama
for Bryan and Sewall, he advocated
such methods. If he believed it to
be the interest of a majority of the
people, he would subscribe to the
method of counting out in elections.
He then explained his opposition
to Howard, Crowe, and Goodwim
Populist candidates for Congress’
Howard had opposed fusion at St-
Louis. Goodwin, he thought insin
cere, and he regarded Underwood,
Democra', who opposes Crowe, as a
better Populist than Crowe These
admissions have caused a big sensa
tion.
Kolb is absent from Birmingham
and could not bs seen to-day, but
Dr. Crowe and others at the met ting
vouch for the correc nsrs of the
above.
Turn out and vote for your uvn- '
gressman. j
HIS CAMPAIGN DONE.
XVATSON’S LAST CAMPAIGN
\ SPEECH MADE.
BE IS MUTE AS TO FUSION.
His Letter of Acceptance is Still
Withheld Under Advice
from Washington.
Tom Watson and National Com
mitteeman Re-d came in last night
from Nashville, where they have bet n
in conference with Committeeman
Washburn.
The corridors of the Kimball were
thronged when Mr. Watson made his
entranoe at the side door. He was
looking fairly well, hut his voice was
husky and weak, showing the strain
and effect of the recent speeches in
Alabama and Tennessee. His ove"-
coat was buttoned tightly about his
chin. Near him were men with
whom he had formerly mingled in
the house of representatives and in
congress, a gay, chatterirg crowd,
eagerly anticipating the meeting of
the legislature. The candidate for
vice president pushed his way slowly
through ihe crowd. His lips were
compressed and there was a look of
fixed determination and daring defi
ance on his thin face. Some of
his associates recognized
him and spoke. Mr. Watson did
not stop. He bowed, smiled and
hurried on. There was a hu.h
through the hall as the people watch
ed h's passing. A soon as he disap
peared up the stairway the noise
broke out again and the political hum
continued.
Mr. Watson will not talk. If he
feels that insult has been heaped up
on injury by the action of h’s people
in Georgia by withdrawing the elec
toral ticket against his advice he will
not say so.
He was asked what he thought of
the failure of his party in the State
to effect fusion.
“I have nothing to say,” he replied
in a hoarse voice. “Please de not
ask ma anything. lam on my way
to the train and must to • x
cne.
Mr. Watson rushed on. He.
boarded the Georgia train and left
for his hone in Thomson.
HIS CAMPAIGN ENDED.
The campaign of Mr. Watson ha g
come to an en<). He will make no more
speeches and the only utterance com
ing after this from him will be the
letter of acceptance.
The report has been mads that
there was positive proof that Sena
tor Butler received the letter from
Watson as the receipt for the regis
tered package signed by Butler’s
secretary had been received al
Thomson. This, however, is denied
by Mr. Reed, speaking for M?. Wat
son.
“The letter,” said Mr. Reed, “was
not sent in registered form. It was
simply mailed to Mr. Butler in Chi
cago and the report that Mr. Wat
son Las received a receipt for it is
not true.”
Mr. Reed has the copy of tho let
ter of acceptance. lie was on the
point of giving it out Friday, but
further consideration male it advis
able for him tonaid it awhile longer.
Unless the missing letter turns up
the copy may be made public in a
day or two,
Mr. Read was asked if he thought
the letter of Watson very virulent.
“It might be called warm,” tie said
with a smile.
WATSON WILL STICK.
Since the withdrawal of the Popu
list electors the report has once more
been circulated that Watson will re
tire. Speaking for Mr. Waisoa Mr.
Reed gives this report an emphatic
denial.
“It is not true,” ho said, in a de
termined voice. “Mr. Watson will
not retire. He will remain in the
race to the end.”
Mr. Watson will take no active
part in the camaaigu again. He is
not in good health, and since his
| speaking this week his throatis again
jin a serious condition. Until the
j close of the campaign he will remain
I quietly at bis home in Thomson,
j THE QUESTION OF FUSION.
Mi. Rmi won d have nothing to
I say regarding the vie vs of Mr. Wa r
i son on the question of the ’ailure of
the turn in plan in Georgia. He
| statss that he used ever) effort to
■ bring it about, but coul i not i fluence
the subcommittee ot Populists to
hold their ticket in tile field
| “Mr. Watson did not advise them
on this point,” said Mr. Reed. “The
expression that he gave on the ques
tion was an individual expression,and
was not made in the form of a com
munication to the sub-commi’tee<
He did communicate, however, on
the question of fusion with the Re
publicans and gave the committee to
unders and that if this was done he
would fight them to the end.
A TIME TO KEEP SILENT.
“If there ever was a time for Mr.
Watson to keep silent,” said Mr.
Reed, “that time is now. He has
nothing to say just at this juncture.
This is not a time for him to express
himself in regard to the condition of
the parly or his campaign.’
Mr. Reed will remain in Atlanta
for several days. IL states that bis
active work as national committee
man is at an end, and he will return
to his home io Brunswick this week-
THAT NASHNILLE CONFERENCE.
Mr. Reed would have nothing to
say-in regard to the conference in
Nashville with Washburn. It is well
known, however, that the object of
the discussion was as to the advisa
bility of giving out for publication
the letter of acceptance of Mr. Wat
son. It was the position of Watson
that the matter was entirely out of
his hands, and that after he had
mailed ths letter toMr. Butler he had
nothing else to do with it. Mr. Reed
claimed that the letter should be
gives out immediately but Washburn
insisted that it should be held up un
til after the election, It is stated
that Mr. Watson agreed to the with
holding of the letter for awhile at
least.
When the letter is announced it
will be like a bomb shell in Populist
ranks, It gives a roast of royal or
der to Senator Butler, cuts at Sena
tor Allen and criticises many well-
Known Populists who have had the
campaign of Watson and Bryan in
charge. Mr. Watson charges gross
treachery. Before Mr. Reed and
Mr. Watson left Nashville yesterday
ths information was given out that
the electoral ticket of the Populists
in Tennesise wou’d not be with
drawn. The Tennessee electors will
stick—Atlanta Constitution.
No Other Course Left. , /
4 Tlvfr.'Bafc'.iXiJuu .Uas4
drawn we take down the ticket td
which they were pledged.
There would be no sense in flying
a flag which is furled. Neither is
there any good in contending for a
■ ticket which is withdrawn; and since
the vote of the people is fcr eleators
and not for the candidate.themeelVei
it fol'ows that so far as Georgia is
concerned Bryan and Watson, as
joint candidates, are out of ths race»
end it would be an absurdity to stil«
contend for them.
• The Eastern Democrats have tri.
umphed. Bryan has selected Sewall
for his runniog mate. He has courted
Hi 1 and German, and made himself
acceptable to them. He flirted with
the North and East, instead ot boldly
recognizing that the issue was sec
tional and that section was not in
sympathy with the platform upon
which he proposed to stand.
He spent a 1 the earlier portion of
the campaign iu New York and
Maine, coldly disregarding tho section
which w uld decide the confl ct.
Nor was that all. Chairman Jones
his campaign manager, brutally in
sulted the Populis s on every oc
casion. By trading with the leaders
he hoped to accomplish the union ot
the par:y whiah he begged at St*
Louis to become his ally.
This plainly was the purpose of the
Democratic machine. The final proof
was given when Georgia refused a
division of electors. The Populists
of Georgia did right in withdrawing
their electoral ticket.
The bridle is off now. No Populist
can vote the Democratic ticket. Then
what shall they do?
The choice is between no vote at
all, or a vote for McKinley.
No citizen should fail to vote
—Augusta Tribune.
The only genuine free silver Demo
cracy, guarante-d not to rip, ravel
or rundown at the heel, tnis year
tuied in Florida with the gold bugs,
jn C dorado they have fused with the
M Kiuiey Republicans, in Nevada
they have fused with the free silver
Rapub leans, u Kansas they have
j.fined bauds with the Populists, in
Pennsylvania th sy with
the Socialists They ask, how about
Texas? We are sorry tos.iy that in
Texas the Au-diu ring have fused
with Bill McDonald, ttie R üblican,
and ave opened McKinley and
Ctvb -riou headq tarters in Dallas
and Gaives'ou wiui general caucus
eround at Waco.—Ex.