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PAGE TEN ZEZZEAT TROTI THTL 'P'EOTL'E TWO LETTERS FROM AS FINE A MAN AS OLD GEORGIA EVER PRODUCED. Rockmart. Ga., Oct. 3, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. My Dear Friend: Three months ago, while making a short speech in the interest of prohibition, without a moment’s warning, I was stricken down with paralysis. Have been helpless ever since, and discover no symptoms of speedy recovery. My condition has been made tolerable only by the thoughtful kindness of friends. Shortly after my affliction, a great admirer of yours called in, and after spending an hour in pleasant conver sation, drew from his pocked a pub lication and asked “Have you seen a copy of Tom Watson’s Magazine! I have brought along one hoping it may enable you to ‘while away’ pleasantly a portion nos your enforced confine ment.” The sequel is told in the en closed clipping, which T had no idea of ever seeing in print Our mutual friend Talley, of Ma rietta, paid me a visit some weeks 8?o, and volunteered to send me some nf the back numbers, since I had become greatly interested in the “Life and Times of Andrew Jack son.” The promised back numbers came duly to hand, and have been ravenously read. Two days ago I re ceived the October number marked “Comp.,” which opened my eyes to the fact that my quarter of a cen tury friend, out of the bigness and goodness of his heart, was contribu ing to the comfort of an afflictel old man. For this unexpected, but highly appreciated evidence of es teem, I desire to return heartfelt thanks, and pray that God’s choicest blessings may be most abundantly poured cut upon you and yours. Have read and partially re-read the October number—“ads and all” and feel that I can’t well do without it. Please find enclosed $2, for whicn send to my address the Weekly Jet* fersonian and the Magazine. My good wife asks to be very kind ly remembered to Mrs. Watson, to whom she became greatly attached during our residence in Washington. She further desires to have her high est regards extended to Durdam and Agnes, whom she can remember only as “Dream Children.” I dislike to have trespassed at such length upon your time, and have done my best to syncopate, and pray your indulgence. Your kindness has filled me so full that I felt as though “T’d bust” if T didn’t say something. Ex cuse signature, since my “left-hand writing” is almost illegible. Very sincerely yours, R. W. EVERETT. Rockmart. Ga. The inclosure to which friend Ev erett refers follows. It was a clip pin? from a newspaper: Letter From R. W. Everett. Mv Dear Mr. Simerville: Please accept the grateful remem brance of an afflicted old man as manifested by your thoughtful kind ness in sending in one of the most interesting magazines it has even been my good fortune to read. I have read every word of it, and have been pleased, entertained, instructed, edi fied, and my long acquaintance with the author justifies the belief that he is sincere in every declaration. T have been associated with him in his home, in the legislator, in Congress —in the Alliance, in the Cotton As sociation, in various committee work, and never do I remember to have seen the least semblance of duplicity or unfairness. While many differ from me in this regard, I have ever regarded Mr. Watson an honest man. and as such have ever esteemed him I have discovered no symptoms of improvement in my condition. Am evidently losing strength and weight. Have no control whatever over the muscles of my right side. Providence permitting, T shall start to a sanitarium tomorrow morning, and if no relief is found there, I can only return to my home and “wait the summons to cross over the river. ’ ’ Oh, how I wish I could be with dur Sunday school this morning, and I desire, through you, to ask an inter est in the prayers of each member for restoration to health. Should the Master not see fit to answer this, then ask that when I arise from my final earthly sleep, “I may awake in His likeness.” Thanking you again for past cour tesies, I am, Very sincerely yours, R. W. EVERETT. August 11, 1907. Warthen, Ga., Aug. 3, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir: Tn reply to your notice as to how many subscriber? I have taken for your publications, I win say that I have only kept up with • them long enough to see that they come through all right, hence don’t know as to number of each, However, it is a pleasure to take subscribers for your publications. I have learned more from them than from all other sources of information combined. With gratitude to you for same, I am, Your friend, J. S. NORRTS. Strasburg, Va., Sept. 21, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir* Your June magazine re ceived and much enjoyed. You are doing a great work. The great body of people need just such fearless and well-informed men as yourself to give them the facts about matters corpo rate and political. Let the masses have the truth pure and unmixed with error or falsehood, and they will vote true Jeffersonians into office. Can yon spare the time to tell me why you and Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bryan can’t get together in the next presidential campaign! Nothing teems more foolish, more unpatriotic than for such men to act nt crust purposes. AH three of you in full accord as to the very essence of 'democracy, and yet often not in full accord in the campaign*. This is a great mystery to the plain people of the country. The greatest joy of my life would be to set you and Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst in full harmony in the next canvass. If you pull not together, • -r— — WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. bogus democracy or republicanism is sure to win again. Yours truly, R. E. BORDEN. P. S.—Would write more but know you haven’t time to read it. Note. —Mr. Watson has said, all along, that he was willing. Osceola, Neb., Oct. 1, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir and Friend: Your postal of September 23rd was received in due time, and I will later submit to you a list of names in Nebraska. Just at present I am very busy managing two papers, and in the midst of the campaign Will send the list just as soon as possible, and will keep your request in mind. The Populist party is not dead here by a long ways. We have a ticket with forty-four counties in this state so far as reported, with over 350 can didates for local offices on county tickets. In many instances these can didates have been nominated by the Democrats, in fact, in most cases. But it is generally recognized that a large per cent of those elected this fall would not see success at the end were it not for a Populist organiza tion in the state. Os course, many of our friends do not believe this, but it is true, and those who have taken the trouble to study conditions realize it the best. Brother Tibbles is doing a good work, and should re ceive encouragement. With kindest regards, I remain, Yours trulv, E. A. WALRATH. * Scribner, Neb., Oct. 3, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson: Thanks for your card, which I did not expect. A new idea struck me when I received it, and I carried it out, for which I hope you will not sue me for damages, or breach of — well, of some kind. I enclosed that card in an envelope and sent it to the Hon. W. J. B. I always feel “dee lighted” when I can occasionally poke fun at that honorable gentle man in the ribs, so to speak. But —joking aside—l am firmly convinced that important political his tory will be made between now and the next presidential election. The main factors in that history will un doubtedly be you, W. J. 8., and a number of others I might mention. The unhappy experiment and result less mistake of 1896-1900, and 1904, must not be repeated if the people are to be really benefited. Indeed, if T owned untold millions, I would be willing (under present political con ditions) to wager every dollar upon the proposition that the Democratic party (nor any other party, for that matter) will be “it” next year. The people must positively get together, practically solid, otherwise there is no hope. The G. O. P., that is, the trusts and corporations with T. R., the most polished but greatest fraud that ever disgraced the presidential chair, as the saving hero (!), will come out on top—as usual, victorious. I fear, of course, that it will be an almost herculean job to pry, push, pull, or coax the Hon. W. J. B. away from his useless fanatic infatuation for the regenerated (!) “dimmicratic party. ’ ’ But the effort must ba made, and I think you, if any one can do it. If you are successful 1 dn not hesitate to say, half the battle is won. God grant it. Yours faithfully and sincerely for the cause of the people. FRANK T. WALTHER. Morrows Station, Ga., September 23, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. Dear Brother and Friend: 1 thought as I have never seen a piece in your magazine from here I would try and write you one. I am one of your first subscribers to your Jeffersonian Magazine, and so was a subscriber to your New York magazine, which Col onel Mann stole from you and swin dled us boys out of our money. lam a middle-of-the-road Populist, and expect to die in the faith. I never expect to say we were wrong. I have no compromise to make with either of the old parties. I have no more respect for them now than I had fifteen or sixteen years ago, when they were swindling us old boys out of every office in this state that we elected. I have every reason to hate the Democratic Party worse, for they did their rascality here at home, and it was a fight unfair. Ido not mean the honest voters, for I know many a man as good at heart voted with the Democratic ticket and party as any of us Populists ewer possessed. Yet I do despise the ring leaders till this day. I want the opportunity to vote for Tom Watson for President of the United States in 1908. I voted for you in 1904. lam no Bryan man. A man that can’t stand flatfooted on a platform four years at a time is not the man to lead a reform movement. Well, in conclusion, you may put me down for life as your subscriber, if I can get the money to pay for it. Though I am poor and hard run and afflicted, my mother has been an in valid for nearly five years, and this years I have made nothing, for it took all my time in the house to wait on her.. J. D. L. WAGGONER. Lewisburg, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1907. Mr. Watson: I want to say that I enjoy reading your magazine, and Weekly Jeffer sonian more than any publication that comes to me. Every copy is filed away for safe keeping, and 1 would hot part with them for many times their cost. You may put me down as one of your lifetime subscribers and well wishers. How any one that believes in Jeffersonian democracy can be without your magazine and Weekly is more than I can understand. I wish I was an orator, 1 would cer tainly spread the Populist gospel all over this land and country. There is no one more anxious than I am to do something for the cause, and I suppose no one less able. I know the doctrine and can talk it privately, but am too timid to try to make a speech before a crowd. Please tell me how to overcome this timidity. Please send me the simplest mean ing possible of the Initiative and Ref erendum. Yours in the cause, RUFUS L. COMPTON. R. F. D. 6.