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Show WATSON GOES l Takes a Few Shots at the Democrats, jl Declares Campaign' of Dem j'H ocracy Is Humbug of j'H Worst Kind. H Presents Facts and Figures to Back Up His Statements Regarding the Unwashed. CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Thomas E. Watson, j nominee of the Pcoplo's party Tor Prea'- ' dent, spoke here, tonight to an audience. ' which filled tho Princess rink to over- ) flowing. The policies of both Republican and Democratic parties were scoied bit- tcrly by Mr. Watson, and hla declara- 1 tlons were received with enthusiasm. Sir. j iH Watson spoke In part as follows: "Tho most striking feature of the prcs- ,H ent campaign Is that moro energy was 'iH displayed In obtaining nominations than fH thero has been In securing elections. In Judge Parker's campaign particularly ' there was ten times more Industry, earn- i estnesa. systematic effort put forth In ! the effort to havo him named as head of the Democratic ticket than Is now be- Ing used to havo him elected President ' This Is certainly a very peculiar situ- ' atlon. "It requires explanation. How arc wo 1 to explain It? It Is that the corporation fH Influences which control tho Republican J IH party desire to perpctuato that system. I fl To do this they must If possible, securo I i control of the Democratic organization. ' The corporation Influences to which Park- IH or owes his nomination were hell bent on I t having him nominated, but It Is a mat- M tcr of indifference whether ho bo elected , or ( PJH "The reason why Parker cannot tako , any bold step In any possible direction i nor declare himself openly to be opposed lliH to any principle of tho Republican party lH Is that ho dare not offend the star chain- ! bar Influences who purchased tho editors sjH and tho delegates and secured the nom- Inatlon for hlrn. IH "This campaign, to a greater extent IH than any wo havo over known. Is a cam- palgn of humbug so far as Parker la iijl concerned. Wo havo a campaign agalnat : i trusts, financed by tho Standard Oil IH company, A campaign against cxtrava- i jjjH gance led by men who, when intrusted j IH with power In 1S92 on a platform pledg- I IH Ing them to rigorous economy. Increased H tho public debt J262.0C0.0CO In time of peaco I without having bought Panama or tho ijjH Philippines or anything else, except tho M paper parchment upon which they print- ' liH cd tho bonds. A campaign against mill- J fl tnrism. Inaugurated by tho men who fl loaned the United States army to tho i 1 tJjH Pullman Palace Car company to quell a, i B strike at the point of the bayonet A campaign for tariff reform, led by men ' liH who opposed the Income tax and who. iJJH when thoy had the power la 1S92 to ro- i iSjH form tho tariff, deputized a Dcmocratio H Cablnot member to write tho sugar j H schedule Just as Havcmcyer directed. A. H prohibition campaign, led by tho whiskey ' H trust; a labor movement led by Boll and ' H Frlck nnd Pcabody; a crusade against ffl gambling, led by Richard Canfleld of JJI New York and Tom Taggart of Indiana. jl would not bo moro of a solt-evldont and iH brazen attempt to deceive than this Park- 1 er campaign, which pretends to bo ' H against class legislation and at tho samo lsLLs tlmo is led nnd cashed by such benefl- ll claries of class legislation as August Bel- mont. tho Standard Oil company and ,i M kindred corporations of the Wall street '-H Where Is Vote to Come From? jH "I am accused of drawing more votes , H from Parker than Roosevelt. Believing- as I do that both of them stand for tho lll samo system, which I oombat the sourco! I tH from which I draw my .votes Is a matter ll of Indifference to me, so that they aro 1 iH genuine Joffcrsonlnn Dcmocratio voted. , iH Thero Is no doubt whatever that Parker ; H will do the same things that Roosevelt : iH has done, though ho may do them In a j ll smoother, qulotor mannor Tho only wav '.Jl to whip Roosevelt and the Republican party Is to go up against it and light It (ll on questions of principles. Parker and IH National Democracy today aro not fight- i Ing tho Republican party on any ques- Jl tion of principle, which thoy can state In H plain, simple language To say that ho H would revoke Roosevelt's pension order, I H and Immediately get Congress to rc- jl enact It Is so trivial a matter as to bo iH unworthy of consideration. -H If Bryan Had Bolted. iH "If Bryan had bolted the St Louis plat-. form and called upon Democrats every-) IH whero to rally to hla support against Wall IH streot, Parker's campaign would havo 'H died In Its birth. The Belmonts and Gor- "H mans and Olnoys and Clovclands would 'H have beon driven into tno Hopuuiicani cH camp where they belong. Bryan would iH have made himself the uncrowned king H of American Democracy and In all prob- i'H ability would havo defeated Roosevelt In1 liH 1901. most acauredly In 190S. As to Parker.1 IH ho has not a ghost of a chanco to be; H eleoted, and the only practical effect of, H his continued candidacy Is to stand In - lH the way of real opposition to tho present' , jH system, . H "Tho purposo of my campaign Is to H rovlvo and reorganize the real Dem6- H cratlc sontlment which exists throughout 1 B the country Four years Is too much to H loso. Thero Is no very great dlrforenco In the principles hetween Mr. Bryan and myself. But while he believes In sub- iH mlttlng to a nomination and giving hts H support to such a man aa ho has dc- , H scribed Parker to be, I think It Is bettor LH to stand by prlnclplo and organtso a movement based upon It" il |