Daily Republican., 1881-12-01
THE OTHER SIDE.
Jacob Pussy tells what no Knows
OF tho Meeaiug Of tho two Sub
Republican Committees.

= Dotu hepuuliCah Clty Executive Con
mittees, but when he met the two con
mittees at the Clayton House he was
member Of the sub committee repr,
senting the Executive COMMITTEES
which Mr.. Hastings Is chairman. Nj
Pusey in writing, we are sorry to sa
TO Democratic evening paper make
the following statement:
Mr.. John G., Baker having called /
question the action OF the sub. .commite
of which am chairman, | desire t
state wha. actually old occur at on
meeting with him in the Clayton Hous
last Friday night. At that meeting
said 10 him:
"Mr. Baker, we are committee az
pointed by the City Republical
Executive Committee to meet 70,
In the interest otpeace. Our Commit
tee was about to take action and Orde
an election at once of a new executiv
committee by the whole party, when a
my suggestion, | was on both commit
tees; 50 also was Mr.. Johnson) this wa
deferred until wecoud meet you ant
try once more to have concert of actiol
and peace, and see if you would Civ
us . final answer to Mr.. Hastings pro
position of holding an election for new
executive committee by the whole par
ty not later than the second Saturda,
in December Will you agree tha
each committee shall appoint one judg'
in each ward, and that these two Shal
choose third ? Will you agree tina
the judges shall notify direct the per
sons elected, and that the committee 81
elected shall Judge of the credentials o
its own members? Peace and worl
mean victory for the Republicans il
this city in June next ; continued differ
eIce means defeat"
| Now this was the substance Of our
proposition at the time to Mr.. Baker
and the only one we were authorized
by our committee to make, and the re
suit Of this request or proposition WI
were instructed to report back 20 the
City Executive Coinmitte'.
The following is the report of tht
Committee:
report a. follows: We met on We'd
nesday evening, 23rd. ult, and tht
Chairman was instructed TO wait on
Geo. W. Bush, Henry Robinson and
Frank Rudolph, who being well tried
and influential Republicans having the
peace and success of the Republican
party at heart, to invite them to meet
with the Committee on Friday, the 25tll
ult. 10 wait on Mr. Baker.
Mr.. Bush consented to serve, Mr..
Robinson was out of town on Friday,
l,.h Y1.l n, l,A aI
Mr.. Bush in thinking the matter over
and talking with some of his friends,
concluded it was too late to make any
new proposition to the Baker Committee
as there would be too much time con-
sumed before any new arrangement, if
it was possible to make one, could be
got to work and We had no Zine to lose.
The committee alone met Mr.. Baker
on Friday evening, 10Th inst, in tle Ia
dies parlor of the Clayton House to get
his final answer to MIR. Hastings last
letter. He said it was in the hands Of
a committee consisting of the Vice Pres
dents of the ward committees, and he
did not think we would hear from it
fAvorably, nor would Mr.. Hastings
proposition get his consent to holding
an election for a new Executive Com.
mite earlier than February, and he
expected by that time to have com
plete registration Of all Republican vo.
ters, and have no others vOt" either for
members of the Executive Committee,
or for nominations for Republican
ticket.
Mr. Baker was then asked to make a
.; ,yL ,nh ha Il 1i O ,,
ner: 81 will use my best endeavor to
get at least thirty res 'gnatiCns from our
Committee and substitute thirty names
suggested by Mr.. Hastings, and he ard
| resign our respective positions and
the new committee elect new chair.
man, the election to be held in Febru-
ary TOR q new committee.
Your committee tried hard to get him
to say he would name thirty-three OF
his committee if Mr.. Hastings would
name thirty.three of his committee,
they to form new committee, elect
their own chairman and go to work at
once. 1t is almost peedcss to say he
would not embodv that in his PROPOSE
tion. Il. JOHNSTON,
THos. KEABLES,
Nj. MACKLEM,
THOS. HARDEN,
JACOB PUsEY, Chairman.
Now this Is a true and Just account OF
the meeting with Mr.. Baker in the
Clayton House. Mr.. Baker in his com
municatlou "To the Republicans OF
Wilmington, iu Every Evening Of the
29th inst, says that which is partially
true, yet if some Of it is not false, at
least portion of it will give a very
false impression. The first place in
which l take decided issue with him is
where he uses 1--WE" in saying, "We
formulated the following proposition as
basis of peace, &c. The formulation
was entirely from him, and we had
no hing to do with it, and he should
have used the word 81.
He was told there as distinctly as l
could say it, that a proposition of that
kind could not be entertained by the
ExecutiveC eCommittee, by which we were
appointed; but some of our su commit
tee thought differently, and 1t was
agreed to report it to the City Execu-
tive Committee just as it was given US
by MIR. Baker.
The second issue is where Mr.. Baker
SAYS "he understood that the (sub)
committee was empowered to arrange
terms, &c" Mr. Baker very well
understood that we were empowered
only to get his answer to Mr.. Hastings
last letter of October 3lst, and any
D, OPPOSITION from him would be report
ed to the Executive Committee for
their action. AS for the balance OF
the communication about "drivers
and "crumbs" l care nothing, for all
want is to see peace and a full vote
of the Republican party; then if we
are beaten l will accept the situation
gracefully. JACOB PUsEY.
Fifty Years Of Married Life.