Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — WATSON SPEAKS OUT. [ARTICLE]

WATSON SPEAKS OUT.

Will Not Resign His Place on the Populist Ticket. Thomas Watson is out in a strong editorial in bis paper stating his grounds for accepting the.uomination 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 the argument elaborated on nt St. Louis, that the nomination of a Populist for second place was necessary to preserve the autonomy of the Populist organisation, especially in the South. The editorial is accepted not only as a letter of acceptance, but also an official ultimatum that propositions of witl|drawn! will not be considered by son or the Populists, and that the cub* now rests with Mr. Sewifll.