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OREGON CITY COURIER FP'OAY, SEPT. iJ I9d4
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WATSON IS-
DEFENDED
George Ogle Takes Up His
Pen For Candidate
REFERS TO RENEGADES
Molalla
Admirer of th?
Politician Is Ardent
Populist
Vire-Presidential
Nominee
Molalla. Ore., Sopt. 19, 1904.
Editor Courier : In your editorial
columns of September 16 you make
charges against Hon. Thomas E. Wat-
son. Poople's Party candidate for
president of the United States, which
I believe a candid and careful invest!
cation of all the facts m the case
would compel you to confess were un
just, not only to Mr. Wation, but to
his partisans whom you chose to call
his dupes. I have not the time this
evening and am not sure that you
would allow me the space to fgo into
an exhaustive discussion of the matter
but it seoms to me that the case briefly
summed up is about as follows
Growing oat of the educational
work of the Greenback Party, the
Union Labor Party, the Tradesuuions
and the "Farmers Alliance," there
arose the Peoples Party as a protest
against certain economic ills which
both Republican and Democratic par
ties refused to redress, although iso
. lated members of both parties made
protest by voice and pen! Among
those evils may be' mentioned unjust
currency and coinage legislation ; laud
frauds and railroad abusos, and the
new prty made "money, land and
transportation" the keystone of their
platform structure. All Jtliat time
and during the second administration
' of ,' Grover Cleveland there was no
differaioo in the attitude of the
two groat parties toward tho demands
of tho Peoplo's Party or Populists as
tlTey 'came to be called, and very
little difference upon any other point.
You suy that "independent thinkers
of all parties could only admire the
enthusiasm and sincerity that por
vaded tho ranks of the Populist Party
when it was marshalled under the
leadership of the old guard."
This being the case, there were cer
tainly few "independent thinkers"
among the leaders of the old parties,
4or they used peculiar mothods to de
monstrate their "admiration" for
their attitude and that of their press,
w,ith few exceptions, was ono of bit
terest abuse and decision and it may
bo confessed that the Populist rarely
turned the other cliook, These being
tho conditions, it was natural that the
Populist opposed both old partios with
out distinction. But in 18S)(5 came a
(change; through tho influence of
AVm. J. Bryan (who was denounced
us t "Populist" by'the Eastern or
Cleveland wing of the party) and a
fow kindred spirits among whom may
be mentioned that grandest Democrat
of modern years, John P. Altgold,
coupled possibly with the desire to
sidetrack the rapidly rising forces of
Populism; the democracy bocame "re
juvenated" and making a radical de
parture from thtir usual conservative
platform, adopted ono ossentially popu
listio in its nature. Coming events
(sometimes) cat. their shadows be
fore, and realizing the possibility of
such a course soino few of the leaders
of both parties where in favor of
fusion. This was finally accom
plished in spite of tho protests of
sonic prominent Topulists who wore
promptly denounced by tho Bryan
democracy as henchmen of Mark
Ilanna, but tho fusion, it is safe to
sii is o((d;oirhlo tothres-fuiirthsof
the rank Mil file 1'opnlists, who wore
Willing to meet on fair tennR any body
of men who sincerely appeared to be
coming rneir way, oiuy insisting as
an evidence of good faith that their
nominee for vice president; Tom Wat
son, be recognized and not crowded
olf tho earth to make room for Banker
Sewoll, This campaign is the time 1
presume you refer to when you charge
that the populist party was "sold
out" by iis leaders. I doubt J this,
luit admit the truth of it. Who
bought these leaders? Did Mr. Bryan
urid l.'S ' followers? Dare you charge
this? But to continue. Four years
lai.'v the Bryan 'element, again eon
strolled tho Democratic convention,
( he IVpnlists having previously nomin
ated Bryan and Towne, well knowing
that Bryan would bo tho Democratic
nominee for president and .hoping
t hat Towne would bo accepted as a
rui'ti'Dg mate. However Towne was
pron ly shouldered usido and Steven:-
'ii nominated. Yet the majority of
the Populists loyally supported the
ticket, few voting tho "mid-road"
ticket ofBaker and Donnelly. There
fore I contend that the Populist party
sacrificed party loyalty for the sake
of political principle in two cam
paigns and now in spite of what many
felt to be unfair treatment'on the
part of their allies in the , matter Jof
the vice-president, if Hearst had been
nominated the bulk of the Populists
would have supported him because he
stood for part of their demands. Even
so radical a "mid-road" paper as tbd
Southern Mercury, of TexaB, began
to show a leaning toward Hearst.
Tom Watson, Georgia's scholarly
historian, whom you please to desig
nate as a "blatant minion" and in
comparison with whom you assert
machine spoilsmen . would appear as
saints. Tom Watson, who had dedi
cated his "Life of Thomas Jefferson"
to Hearst, wrote a letter early in
Marcjh to the Atlanta, Ga., News
favoring.' Hearst for president and giv
ing his reasons. The News olosed an
editorial comment on the Watson'let
ter as follows: "It is the voice of
the real tribune of the people ' calling
the people to the opportunity. The
ihtorview which we publish on this
page today, is the most notable and
significant utterance which the presi
dential campaign has so far evoked.
It is the highest possible vindication
of the contention of the News that
Hearst is the man of the people and
the choice of the people." But it
soon became apparent that Bryan and
his followers would be "outgener
aled" to use' a mild term, by the
" reorganizes" and that the Hearst
boom was a dying fight. Seeing this
the Populisis felt perfectly justified in
reviewing their own organization. If
the Cleveland faction were to secure
control, the element that knifed Bryan
in 1896 and again in 1900, there would
then be no points of affliation. The
Populist ticket polled over one mil
lion votes in 1892 and grew rapidly
during the next four year so that it is
safe to assert that they would have
polled two million votes in 1896 had
Judge Parker then been the demo
cratic candidate, running on the
present democratic platform. There
fore, if through their efforts they put
that numbor of votes into the combine
and if now the democrats insist on a
dissolution of partnership by repudi
ating all of their old platfroms of a
populistio nature, certainly it becomes
no crime for the Populists o urge
their old members to return to their
allegiance and to plead with those
Bryan men who realize that Watson
and the People's Party represent Bry
auisrn better than Parker, Gorman or
Cleveland, to vote their convictions.
And as to your charges of Watson's
abuse of Parker nud praise of Roose
velt, I am sorry that I have given
awoy my last copy of his Cooper
Union speech so cannot quote ver
batim from it, but have before me his
Nebraska speech, wherein he says:
"You ask me to support Roosevelt
and the republican ticket. I say no,
not while there is a drop of blood in
my veins. Mind you I believe Mr.
Roosevelt is a highminded, honorable,
brave man ; I believe that he has the
courage of his convictions; I believe
that he means to do right according
as he sees it. ' I am not here to tell
lies about either ono of the candidates
I am going to talk about Judge
Parker iu a minute but I am against
him. I am against Mr. Roosevelt
with all tho power of my nature.
Why? Beoauos lie ; stands for thoso
principles fwhich Hamilton first ex
pounded. He stands for those prin
ciples which stands toward centraliz
ing the power of government and
the wealth of the government and es
tablishing ovor the people the op
pressive rule of the few over the
many. Ho stands for polioios which
I abhore ; stands for policies which I
dotost; he stands for policies which I
will fight as long as I have breath iu
my body. Talk to mo about support
ing the Republican ticket? Think of
tho rule of the corporation; the
tyrrany of the trusts, ;their oppres
siveness of a class; tho assumption
that ouly a fow people have tho wis
dom aud patriotism to govern this
groat republic. " So Watson has noth
ing but praise for Republicans, has
he? A little farther along in the samo
speech he says: "I am told that wo
ought now to vote for Ju'dgo Parker.
I want to say about him just as I said
about Roosevelt. I believe Jndirn
Parker to bo a high typo of American
manhood. I bolievo as a man aud
citizen he is worthy of all respect,
all confidence. I have not a word to
say against him us a man. So far
as I know and believe, ho is a gentle
man.'a high type of . representative
American citizenship, a man of whom
tho groat state of Now York may
justly bo proud. I think it is justice
for ino to say that about him. You
ask me to vote for him. Then it
conies to this proposition, who put
him on tho ticket? Who financed his
campaign tliathas been going on for
two or throe years? Who ermhl i
behind these Democratic papers which
began to sneeze as soon as Wall street
took suuff. " Then follows an analy
sis of the methods and desires of
Belmont, Gorman and Co. Ho argues
that this country does not need tho
Republican parties and anything lie
may have said prejudicial to Judge
Parker has been more than equalled
by that most popular Democrat m
America, twice their standard bearer,
Wm. J. Bryan, who says that Parker's
8nomination was seocred by "crooked
and "indefensible methods" that1! the
plutocratic element is for the time be
ing in control of the ; Democratic
party " that "on the money question
Mr. Parker is as thoroughly com
mitted to the side of the finances as
Mr. Roosevelt. " That " nothing good
can be expected of him on the money
question" and that "the nomination
of Judge Parker virtuallynulifies the
anti trust plank." If Mr. Bryan,
whose party Royalty causes Jhiin to
support Parker, can speak thus
harshly, surely Mr. Watson, who owes
no allegiance to the Democratio party
should not be censured .for doing so.
"Watson's record while in congress
was good, he and Bryan votedjtogether
on most questions. He introduced and
pushed through the first bill for Rural
Delivery. Every rural delivery box
box is a stump speech for Tom Wat
son. He is a historian and biographer
of the first rank. His "Life of Jeffer
son," "Life of Napoleon," and His
tory 'of' France" rank among the
great books of the world. Speaking
of the latter work, so competent a
critio as Elbert Hubbard of the
"Philistine" in his essay on Complete
refers to Watson's "History of
Trance" as the finest production,
with possibly one or twok exceptions
ever written in the English jjlanguage
and the scholar editor of Wilshire's
Magazine,' perhaps the best exponent
of socialism in America, admits that
he really nover understood French
history until lie- read Tom Watson's
history. Rather high praise for "a
blatant minion" without "convic
tions or character. " As to your ref
erence to local renegado Populists
who have slipped into comfortable
berths provided for by the Republi
cans, this shot tells. It is sad but
true and goes far toward demonstrat
ing the truth of the rhyme of Bobby
Burns' that "mankind is more weak
and little to be trusted, where self the
wavering ..balance suaues its rareiy
right adjusted," but this weakness is
not peculiar to Populists and if the
candid reader cudgels his brain he
may possibly remomber the names of
a few renegade Democrats who have
slipped into comfortable berths pro
vided for by the Republicans.
No, we populists are not ashamed
of Tom Watson and believe that ho is
the peer morally and intellectually of
any candidate before the American
people. -Craving your indulgence for
the length of this lotter which has
grown longer than I intended, I am
yours very truly,
Geo. Ogle.
Letter From Cloud Cap Inn.
The weather has been fine during
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was reported several days ago that
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Thore was a party of three from the
Inn, Miss Vora Jackson, of Hood
River, the guide aud myself, made
the trip September Cth. The moun
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made the trip in extra good time.
W e lef t the Inn at 6:15 and reached
"lunch rock" at 11:45; from there
the climb was much harder, and the
last hundred and fifty foot the guide
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