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our day, through the influence of Bright Eyes—the beautiful and intel . lectunl Indian wife of Hon. Thomae H. Tibbles.” Watson’s “facts” greatly dims the glory of Jackson’s Indian wais. In speaking of the Indians, he say®: “Poor creatures! What chance did they have to win the tight and keep their homes? None at all.’’ He sums up the situation as follows: “General Claybourne was in the field with an army; General Floyd came across the Chattahoochee from Georgia with an army; and General Jackson led so many Tennesseean* and friendly Indians that his biggest difficulty during the whole Creek war was the feeding of his men. The hos tile Indians, it would seem, never did muster more than 1,000 warriors fur any one battle, while Jackson’s army alone —not counting friendly Indians —ranged from 2,000 to 5,000. In fact, Jackson’s triumph over the Creeks does not rank as a military exploit much above the Manilla bay affair in which Dewey knocked over those old Spanish tubs.”—The Inves tigator. POPULIST CONFERENCE. A conference of the national com mittee of the people’s party will be held at St. Louis, November 28, 1907, and to this all members of the par ty and all friends of the principles embodied in the Springfield platform of 1904 are invited. The toiling and producing classes are especially in vited—members of labor and farm organizations, municipal ownership leagues, the Reform Press association, national provisional committee, th® federal people’s party clubs, etc. Th® purpose of this meeting will b® to strengthen the reforms repre sented by the people’s party, plan for the campaign of 1908, and to take whatever action may seem need ful. There are important reasons why early action should be taken. While our cause has prospered be yond expectation, there is much un finished work that can be advanced by no other party, for the old parties do not originate or initiate. A political party in many years has not made so great an advance ment, secured so many victories. Th® Springfield platform was wholly pop ulistic. Every plank was a populist plank, and as a whole by populists was considered a radical document. In three years, however, these princi ples, with one exception, have be come public property, advocated end advanced by members of all political parties. Their complete triumph is already assured. Observe the list: Postal savings banks; the right of labor to organize; the abolition of child labor, convict labor and th® sweat shop; the demands for the pub lic ownership of the railroads, tele graph and telephone; the eight-hour (lay; direct vote for United States senators; initiative and referendum. A splendid catalogue, and their adop tion will be as speedy as the public will be educated to utilize the meas ures economically. Our remaining plank, the money question, is well advanced. Th® quantitative theory has been accept ed by government departments, th® ‘ banks and the market reporters. It is now regarded as a true princi ple of political economy. But recog nition is one thing and adoption an other. This is our principal plank, the foundation upon which we build ed, and with over thirty years of bit ter warfare behind us it is not to be expected the end shall come without a struggle. Again, the question of a basis arises. The annual production of gold is now so great another basis for currency is being sought by our op ponents. Both in Africa and Amer ica there are large areas producing gold as evenly and surely as a farmer may estimate his harvests. The acreage value is known and estimates of production for hundreds of years may be mad® with fair accuracy. Gold w’ill not buy as mueh of th® other products of th® earth as for merly. Gold is nc< longer king, and thus th® demand for a new basis. When this is adopted, it must not mean again the confiscation of the property of the producing classes, as in the past. When that basis is de termined there will be need of sci ence and populists in attendance. A new peril arises, rather an old peril in an aggravated form, the stock exchange, better known as Wall street. Recently the bear® have at tempted to instruct th® president of the United States, and the incident again teaches us that industries ar® often in th® greatest peril. Here is an organization entitled to no more respect or consideration than th® old pirates of th® Atlantic. Compared to bucket shops, except in reliability, their business is identical, but far more disastrous. They destroy in dustry, levy tribute upon all honest commerce and enforce untold pover ty upon the toilers. The populist party alone will take up this work — the reorganization of the financial machinery, the punishment of the pi- Tatical, the liberatien of th® en slaved. Th® world ndw does honor to the populist. Denounced these many years as agitators, disturbers and mischief makers, the populist is now esteemed for his loyalty, honesty, his sound political economy, and his staying qualities. And the nation keeps apace. Pure food, public health and sobriety, the reclamation of the desert, the protec tion of the forest and coal lands, pub lic control of the railway lines, and the improvement of the public water ways are some of the vital questions answered in harmony with the popu list character and the populist in stinct. Others have taken courage, and it tells us these are great days and the days for great things. The rich law breakers, too, are pun ished some. Public hatred for great crimes is intense. Thus the tide, the people, are in our favor, going our way, promising an easy victory for scientific currency and the overflow of stock jobbing. Show the people now, and the rest is easy. Friends of th® cause are urged to make this our most important meet ing. With so much promise, so many great measures advancing, the entire nation changing front, the great re sult® for the future cannot be proph esied. It is the hour for the popu list to be glad, to recite his achieve ments and to cheer our nation for ward to the highest pitch of human •ndeavor and accomplishment. Il will be worth th® effort to be in at tendant® at the conference. JAB. N. FFRRISS, Chairman People’s Party Nat. Crm. , WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. TOM L. JOHNSON. It is slid that Mt. Bryan’s prefer ence for the Democratic nomination for the presidency should he himself decline the nomination would be May or Tom Lofton Johnson, of Cleveland. The contingency that Mr. Bryan may decline the nomination is a rather re mote one. His presenf following within the party is so patently strong that it seems he can have the nomina tion for the asking, and his only reason for declining it would be a fear that the Hearst disaffection might make ®ertain his defeat. This idea at least ha® been broached, but Mr. Bry an has never shewn any great dread of defeat. H® cam® out of his two experiences of that kind—th® last worst than th® dlrst—with great cheerfulness and remarkabl® resil ience and turned the advertising he had gained to personal advantage But should Mr. Bryan for any rea son put away personal ambition, he would not be able to foist his Cleve land favorite on the Democratic party. The S>uln has stood for more radical departure® than would have been thought possible twenty year® ago, but it would revolt at Tom Johnson, though he is of Southern birth. Tom, beside bolieving in government own ership of railroads, which th® South would tolerate in no one except Mr. Bryan, is a strong supporter of the Henry George single tax idea, and all FARM FOR SALE 100 acres in DeKallb county, Ga.,l mil® north of Clarkston. Well tim bered, good dwelling®, good orchard,6o acre® in cultivation, good bermuda pastor®. Will ®«U cheap. Terms. Address J. H. TRIBBLE, Clarkston, Ga. Berckmans' Trees NONE BETTER We offer an immense stock of Fruit and Shade Trees, Evergreen and Deciduous Shrubs, Conifers, Roses, Palms, etc. Our stock is free from disease or insects. Special Department for Landscape Work We are prepared to make surveys and plans for residential grounds, parks, cemeteries, mill and sub urban villages. Consult us and our experts will help you. Catalogue on application P. J, Berckman Co. inc. FRUITLAND NURSERIES Drawer 1070 AUGUSTA, GA. Established 1856. We do not sell through agents. of his political theories run to an ex treme of radicalism and eccentricity that is far from the old time basis of Democracy. This might make him popular with a certain element in tho northern cities, but such ideas in a presidential candidate would be cer tain to cause a violent conservative reaction in the South. If Mr. Johnson should defeat Con gressman Burton fcr the mayor’s of fice in Cleveland, which is by no means improbable, that fact might give him a boost as a presidential candidate, but independent of his po litical beliefs he docs not measure up t® the presidential standard. His two attempts to be elected governor of Ohio w®r® fiasco®, despit® his spec tacular circus tent campaign and the oratorical support vs Mr. Bryan. He has been a failure in politics in anv broad field than that of the munici pality, and his success there was chiefly due to his advocacy of 3-cent street railroad fares. He is in no sense a large man off of the hay scales, and though he might be ac ceptable to both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst, and thus prevent a split iu th® radical elements of the Democrat ic party, ther® could be no possible ehance for his election. The long prophesied break in the solid South would be forcibly realized if Tom L. Johnson should be the Democratic nominee.—Nashville Banner. 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