Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-29 | Page 11 | Watson Makes Attack on Both Old Parties

WATSON MAKES ATTACK H ON BOTH OLD PARTIES DOUGLASS VI LLE, Gn.. Oct. 2U-Thomas 2U-Thomas E. Watson. People's party candl-date candl-date for president, In a speech hero to-night, to-night, attacked whnt ho termed the 'atandpat Republican Senate," which, he .vald. would block remedial legislation should the Republican party be victorious. Ho also assailed Mr. Bryan, calling him nn "extremely dangerous candidate fo' the South because of his record on th negro question." He said that Mr. Bryan. an Illinois man by birth, grew up In the honest belief that the South was wrong on the negro question, and with the be-lief be-lief that there should be no objection to .social equality. Ho said that Nebraska had no law against mlscogcnatlon, and that tho marriage of black people with white pcoplo there was of frequent oc-currence. oc-currence. l Mr. Watson repeated criticisms ho had made previously about the University of Nebraska as a "social equality school." He also reiterated the statement that negroes are circulating a letter In which they claim that for weeks they have boon In communication with Mr. Bryan and that he has made them "satisfactory pledges.".