Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-29


Of their willingness to form a joint ticket, and
requested them to appoint committee of five
persons to confer with the Republican sub
committee on the subject. Such committee
mittee of the Americans stated that as their
party had made overtures which had not been
acceded to when the conventions of tie two
parties met, they expected that proposition
as to the details of the arrangement, should
come from the Republicans. This was agreed
to by the Republicans, and the following pro.
posal was made =
The two parties agree upon a joint ticket,
to be made up of gentlemen from each party,
the two parties to be represented thereon as
follows;-
AMERICANS.
Sheriff, Gncluding twenty eight deputies
Four Commissioners of Insolvency,
Register of Insolvency,
Two Senators,
Two Special Commissioners.
REPUBLICANS.
Three Senators,
County Commissioner,
Clerk of Courts,
District Attorney.
The committees of the two parties to use
their best efforts to procure the nomination
of member of Congress who shall be salts.
factory to both.
~ VIII be seen that this proposition gave
the r'an-'"" - -1~--~.- - r - ----"teoh
county candidates, including the Office of
Sheriff, which by reason of his power of ap-
pointment or twenty eight deputies, is worth
more bothLfor pecuniary' emolument, and politi-
cal influence, than the whole of the rest put to-
gether, and including, also, the important Of
fees of two Senators, Register of Probate,
and Register of Insolvency, and leaving the
Republicans but six of the seventeen offices.
The American committee were then inquir-
ed of, whether they had learned the views of
their candidates, and informed us that they
did not deem it proper to communicate them
to US, at that time.
The American subcommittee were then
inquired of, whether, from their knowled ge
of the views of their friends, they thought
any other plan for joint action than the tore
going, would be desirable, or would better
ed us in writing the following:
| "That we will suggest to our committee to
take measures to withdraw our candidate for
representative to Congress, and make nom
| nation against the candidate nominated bv
the Republicans, and that having placed Re-
| publicans in nomination for county officers,
who have accepted and not withdrawn, we
can not advise any action upon those candi.
dates, but if Mr.. q. M. Rice will consent to
| decline, we will agree to support Mr.. G., +,
Hcar as our candidate for Senator in place OF
Mr.. Rice"
The American subcommittee then were
asked if any other suggestion occurred to Them
and making no other, they withdrew to report
our proposal to their full committee This
was at one o'clock. At few minutes past
thee clock, the American subcommittee re-
turned and reported the following resolutions:
WORCESTER, Oct goth, 1856.
Resoloed, That the American county COM
mittee have given respectful attention to the
| proposition of the sub committee of the Re-
| publican county committee, and regret that
| it is our opinion that we have no power TO
change the nominations upon our county tick
ct, no vacancy now existing, and the conven
tion Of the party which appointed us upon
this committee not having delegated to us any
other power than to fill vacancies"
!" ResoIoed, That some feasible proposition
which can DO entertained By this committee ao,H
be met 10Th great pleasure /"
Voters of Worcester men who have desir-
ed union ! Read the foregoing facts, and then
say whether the wire pullers of the Ameri-
can party are sincere in their professions.
They could have OBJ tanned and did obtain the
views of their candidates. Those candidates.
by placing themselves in their hands, could in
FIVE minutes have made the field clear for
union. 1t toiio'0s irresistibly, that either the
committee mere not aOitlimg, or The candidates
'0ere not oitiag 10 yield to your desire for har-
monious action But they profess to have no
authority, aud yet this very committee, a
county committee, talk Of taking the grave re-
sponsibility Of Withdrawing a candidate for
Congress, nominated not by the county but by
the district, and Of engaging that the Ameri-
can voters of that district shall make no nom
tnation.
What authority had they to propose action
in regard to one man on their county ticket
rather than in regard to others What great
OR difficulty in regard to their other candidates
than those in regard 10 Batcheller and Ricel
But further than this. When the above
resolutions were reported, the Republican sub
committee said to the Americans that thew
were puzzled by tho socond-t that thoy un-