Political Tops and News Notes
Money declares gold supply settled by act of God for now. Tariff demands revision but not abrupt. Trusts denounce bad combinations and urge enforcement of laws. Negro suffrage left to states. Polygamy denounced and Mormon power in politics. States admitted: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma as separate states. Executive dictation condemned. Roosevelt deemed unsafe and unsound.
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Bryan's defiant reply tests whether he will bolt the party
Colonel Holt pressed for a public statement from William Jennings Bryan about backing the convention nominee. Bryan refused to answer until the platform was read, invoking his heart as the sole guide. Holt and allies demanded a clear stance and left insulted after Bryan challenged Holt to support Roosevelt.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Vention
North
Holt
Taylor
Pauer
Career of Watson Candidate of Populists
Thomas Edward Watson, born 1856 in Georgia, was a lawyer and farmer who rose to prominence after a fiery 1880 speech at the Democratic State convention. He entered politics in 1885, served in the Georgia Legislature, and became a Democratic presidential elector in 1888. As a congressman for the Augusta district, he defended Farmers' Alliance principles and gained national notoriety for his combative debates and efforts to discredit the two old parties.
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Thomas Edward Watson
Augusta
Farmers’ Alliance
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