The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-09-22
mOKE FUSION.
The Democrats and Green
hackers of Maine Will
Fuse on Presidcn.
IiaI Electors.
But There is a BOIters' Ticket

But There is q BOIters' Ticket.
Portland, Me-, 21.-The greenback |
convention TO nominate electors, met
this afternoon; 465 delegates were
present. Chss. a. White presided.
He denounced Gen. Garfield and said
an understanding was entered into to
divide the electoral ticket, and urged
carrying it out. s. D. Robson pre-
senled resolutions endorsing the &C
ton Of the state committee recon-
mendiDg fusion with the democrats.
j. B. Chase, amid great excitement,
protested. Elliot King moved to &C
cept the report and the resolutions
as to the naming OF a joint electoral
ticket. Chase made o motion tol
amend BY nominating seven straight
greenbackers. This was received
with applause and misses. The
speaker made an appeal for a fair
hearing, and Chase argued against
a fusion. There were thous-
ands of greenbackers in the state
who voted for the rest of the ticket
with Plaisted, who will not vote fusion
electors. He protested against giving
away the future of the greebAckers
for four Weaver electors. 1t vas the
rreenbsck candidate and platform
that carried the state. Rev. Alvah
Strout, ]. M. Plaisted and others,
advocated fusion, after ehich the
previous question carried and the
resolution to fuse adopted; although
there was considerable opposition.
Following is the resolution in full:
1.-The election of General Harris NJ.
Plaisted to the Office OF governor by d
vote unprecedented in the history OF
the state, and thu reelection of
our representation in Congress
is uuquestionably an endorsement
Of our principles by the State OF
Maine. We feel assured that when
party prejudice shall no longer con-
troll our republican brethren, that we
shall show an overwhelming majority
in favor OF the national principles,
which will be responded to by every
state in the Union; that the action OIL
the state committee recomm ending
an arrangementwith the democratic
party for state and presidential cleo
tons was expedient, and the nstionA
greenback party of Maine, in con
vention assembled, hereby endorse
that action, and agree to support, q
the presidential election, Scion Cnsst
and Samuel Watts for candidates fol
electors at large, and John j. Turner
Benjamin Bunker, Charles r. Wind.
den, VIM. A. Cromwell and John P
Donworth as candidates for distric
electors. as recommended by tbt
Committee"
Congressman Murch made a brie
speech. He believed every green
hacker knew his opposition to fusion
in the past. He believed the demo
cratic party Was governed by higE
patriotic motives; returned thanks tt
the democrats for supporting him
The question is shall seven Garfield
or three Hancock and four Weave
electors be chosen? He was free Il
say be preferred the latter. Speeche
were also mhde by Scion Chase, Con
gresham Ladd and others, alte
which the convention adjourned.
At the adjournment OF the Congress
Hall convention, this afternoon, tbs
strsight greenbacksrs met at the City
Hall, Salon Chase presiding. A
straight ticket was nominated as fol
lows: Scion Chase, J. F. Turner, G
r. Whidden. j. F. Hilton, Thoma.
G. Burden, G. W. Wooster and G. B
Fry. Seventy-:hree delegates voted
The whole anti.fusion strength wal
claimed at 40 in Congress Hall. The
convention of straight greenbackerl
adopted the following: For the en-.
lightenment and encouragement o.
our greenbsck brethren in Other
states We, the straight greenbackers oil
Maine, in convention assembled, de-
clare there is a greenbsck party in
Maine pledged to the interests of the
whole people. Ths. the late fusion
and confu- ion in this state was due
wholly to the exigencies of state
issues, and that ne vote with our
brethren elsewhere in the Union for
Weaver and Chambers.