Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1896 — WATSON SPEAKS OUT. [ARTICLE]

WATSON SPEAKS OUT.

Will Not Resign Ufa Place on ths Populist Ticket. Thomas Watson is out in a strong editorial in hi 3 paper stating his grounds for accepting the nomination for Vice-Presi-dent from the Populist national convention. He refers to Mr. Sewall as an individual of standing, and a. free-silver Democrat, but adopts tho argument elaborated on at St. Louis, that the nomination of a Populist for second place was newsshr y tb preserve the autonomy of the Populist organisation, especially in the South. The editorial is accepted not only asS ; Wletter>of'acceptance* but also an ofli;iUtf ultimatum tttat'ptdpdsitlons at withdrawal will not be considered by Mr. Wat'sdh'ors‘the“*’opul4*tß, and that •-the case now rests with Mr. Sewall.