After saying that Mr. Watson is a brilliant man, the writer tells how the former Populist was engaged as editor by Col. W. D. Mann of Town Topics fame at a salary varying from $6,000 to $8,000 a ...

But Watson eventually lost his 1892 campaign, and the populist movement that had gripped the country disintegrated within a few years. By the early 20 th century, the party was gone, and Watson ...

THOMAS E. WATSON COLLAPSES; Populist Presidential Candidate Breaks Down at End of Speech. Share full article. Special to The New York Times. Sept. 28, 1904; ...

WATSON TO BUTLER.; Bitter Arraignment of the Populist National Chairman. Share full article. Nov. 20, ... "Tom" Watson, in his paper to-day, published his answer to Senator Butler. Watson says, ...

" Tom" Watson's Letter Not Yet Made Public. Share full article. Oct. 19, 1896. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 19, 1896, Page 1 Buy ...

For example, Tom Watson, a prominent Georgia populist, wrote in 1892 that populists should be “founding our new policy upon justice” and root it in “the simple but profound truth that, ...