1896, Democratic Candidates, Bryan and Sewall. People’s Party Candidates:
Bryan and Watson.
1900, Democratic Candidates: Bryan and Stevenson. People’s Party
Candidates: Barker and Donnelly.
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GILMORE CITY, MO., December 2, 1905.
_Hon. Thomas E. Watson._
DEAR SIR: I am a reader of your Magazine and am highly
entertained by its editorials especially, also by its
Educational Department. Am a member of the Old Guard and I take
the liberty to ask you a few questions in the line of Populism.
(1.) Does England call her navy to a certain point from
thousands of miles distant to fire a salute on George
Washington’s Birthday, or that of any of our noted Presidents,
as we did eighteen vessels a month ago for King Edward? How
ridiculous for a republic!
(2.) Why has not the Census of 1900 been given to the public,
as were former ones, within two years after being taken? It was
the disclosures of the 1890 Census that tripled the Populist
vote in ’92.
(3.) Has the $900,000,000 of farm mortgage indebtedness been
increased or diminished in the ten years following 1890?
(4.) Are the free holdings of the people increasing on a ratio
with the increase of population in these U. S.?
Yours very truly,
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