Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-18
But now for the facts about the conference
| The Republican Committee say:

"On Wednesday, Oct. 22i, Sub Committee of
i've persons, by direction of the County Commit
tee, notified the Chairman of the American County
Committee that the Committee were DESTROYS of
forming plan for joint action in the coming cleo
tion, and nominating joint ticket. The Chairman
of the American Committee engaged to call it to-
gether on Saturday, Oct 25th, and it was proposed
that each party should, in the meantime, learn the
views of the several candidates.
This is nearly correct The Sub Committee
of the Republican Committee did call on Mr..
j. B. Dexter, Jr., the Chairman of the Ameri-
can County Committee and upon Mr. W Den
N.Y. and these gentlemen told them what they
readily admitted to be correct, that they had
no power to make any arrangement, but they
cheerfully agreed to assemble the American
Committee to consider any proposal the Re-
publicans might choose to make The Repub-
lican Committee agreed to make the PROPOSE
tions to the American Committee on Saturday,
but one Of the former frankly admitted to one
OF the latter, IN answer to a question, that
''he did not see how the Americans could do
anything about it," 1t is proper to state
here one thing which occurred at this pre-.
liminary interview bet cen Messrs. Dex-
ter aud Denny and the Sub Committee of the
Republicans, as it shows the ridiculous posi-
ton in which the latter are now placed Mir.
Denny at that time asked whether, in the
event of any arrangement being effected or of
a new union ticket being placed in the field by
both parties, the Spy, the organ of the Re
publican party, would support The ticket? 1t
was Immediately answered by the Republican
Committee, that they could give no guaran
for the conduct of the Spy and they did not
desire its assistance, Mr. IIoar remarking
that its support would kin any ticket or par
ty, aud Mr.. Wheeler remarking that he had
had the Spy in his house for fortnight and
had never opened or read it and did not wish
to! Now these same gentlemen are found
backing the Spy whose course they condemn
and whose support they did not want This
shows again how disingenuous and unfair
these Republicans are, occupying one position
before the public md another wholly antag-
onistic, in private.
Although great doubt was expressed of the
power of the Committees and of the prospect
at so late day OF efFecting any better union,
yet the two gentlemen Of the American Com
mittee agreed to have the County Committee
called together. The Republican electioneer-
ing document says "it was proposed that each
! party should learn the views of its candi
dates )" true, but Mr. Dexter promptly told
the Republican Committee, that he had no
| power to displace any candidate and that the
whole subject must be left to the Committee
when met; to this they assented of course,
but they have not the honor or fairness to
! state this fact in their published statement,
and indeed throughout the whole they have
omitted TIC state anything which was unfavor-
able to their view of the matter. Bear in
mind also that two of the Republican candi
dates had alreddy declined at that time, and
that though Mr.. Knowlton had sent in two
letters of declination to the Republican Conn
mittce they did not state that fact to the
Americans, and the Spy was daily falsely as
sorting that Mr. Knowlton had not declined
none of the Fremont union candidates had
declined then and the public will not fail to
perceive the difference in the relative positions
of the two tickets when this conference wa
thus initiated by the Republicans. One Yves
already broken down and to all intents and
purposes defeated, as the very men who made
it acknowledged, while the other was, as it is
today, an honorable union Fremont ticket,
and sure to be elected. All that the Ameri-
can Committee could do however towards
farther union they did do; they were not viii
ling that there should be even an appar mt
unwillingness on their part,t unite.
Both committees met on Saturday the 25th inst.
The Republicans asked a Committee of Conference;
it was unanimously voted to appoint one on the
part of the Americans Messrs Smith of Temple.
ton, Taft of Uxbridge, Tucker of North Brookfeld,
j. B. Dexter, jr., and -. Waldo Denny of Wor.
cester, appointed; no power was given to this
subcommittee, except to hear propositions from
the Republicans and report back The sub com
mittees met, and the Republicans suggested a di-
vision of the offices, which will be found in an
other column; the proposition was, as any one
will see, Objectionable. and indeed absurd. The
idea of coolly proposing to "gve" the union men
the candidate for Sheriff, when the fact was, the
Republicans were absolutely o0thom any candidate
at that time, was like the proposal of The devil to
give away certain lands, not foot of which he
owned! And then the additional proposal to giue
theAmerieaus the Deputy Sherifs capped the cm-
ak Of absurdty and showed the insncerity of their
proposal, and more than that, an evident dispose
ton to insult the Americans Neither Committee
nor party has any more to do with the offices of
the Deputy Steriffs than with the Imaum Of
Muscat or the Caliph of Bagdad. And, because
the Americans quietly called the attention of the
Republicans to these facts and desired some leash
Bile proposition to be made, these gentlemen got
virtuously indignant, and pirate about the unwill-
ingness of the Fremont Americans tn have a union!
The whole thing was a trick, got up for political
capital as enc of the "grab" editors of this city
admitted yesterday, and was only intended to fur
nish preext for this cry of " stop thiei," which
the Spy has raised, and the Comm ttee at last,
family and reluctantly, have echoed.
No OTHER PROPOSITION THAN THIS ABSURD AND
RIDICULOUS ONE WAS MADE TO THE AMERICAN Union
COMMITTEE, although tho latter Committee waited
tipo hours for the Republicans to make some feast.
Bile and decent proposali yes matted until IL was
announced to them that the Republican Committee
had adjourned and gone home without making any
proposition at all, and then the Fremont union
Americans also adjourned; this is the simple truth,
and every member Of the Republican County Com
mittee knows it to be the truth.
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