. Review of reviews and world's work. world that it isthere. We need not dwell long on Mr. Watsons po-litical career. In 1882, a Democratic memberof the Legislature ; in 1888, a Cleveland electorand a Cleveland stumper ; in 1889, leader of afight against the jute bagging trust, which sopleased the farmers that they insisted, the nextyear, on electing him to Congress, and after elec-tion espousing the principles adopted by theFarmers Alliance at Indianapolis, greatly to thedisgust of his Democratic friends ; defeated,—counted out by the Democrats, he claimed,—for reelection in 1892 and 1894, an
. Review of reviews and world's work. world that it isthere. We need not dwell long on Mr. Watsons po-litical career. In 1882, a Democratic memberof the Legislature ; in 1888, a Cleveland electorand a Cleveland stumper ; in 1889, leader of afight against the jute bagging trust, which sopleased the farmers that they insisted, the nextyear, on electing him to Congress, and after elec-tion espousing the principles adopted by theFarmers Alliance at Indianapolis, greatly to thedisgust of his Democratic friends ; defeated,—counted out by the Democrats, he claimed,—for reelection in 1892 and 1894, and denied hisseat by the House on contest; in 1896, reluc-tantly accepting the Vice-Presidential nomina-tion on the Bryan ticket, and afterward claim-ing that the Democratic managers did not dealfairly with their Populist allies ; and in 1904,accepting an unsought nomination as the Popix-list candidate for President, reluctantly yielding,he says, because the Democracy had completelyturned its back upon its former friends and sur-. MISS AGNES WATSON. (Mr. Watsons daughter. 422 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OT REVIEWS. rendered to Wall Street, and with hoth of theold parties standing substantially for the samething, it was high rime to resurrect the Populistparty and make an efforl to save the country. It will not do to omit mention of the fact thatthis many-sided man belongs also to the nobleprofession of journalism. For years he pub-lished, at Atlanta, The Peoples Party Paper, andthis journal had a tremendous circulation amongthe men and women of the Populist faith. Inits columns, week after week, Watson pouredout his soul, championed the cause of the massesagainst the classes, wrote with the power andthe earnestness which mark all his work, andsoon became a force at hundreds of thousandsof humble firesides. This paper, doubtless, didmore than his service in Congress or his activi-ties in the political field to make him the chosenleader of the Populist host. Of two of his achi
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