The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-01
THE FUSION In WYOMING.

A. L. NEW, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee of Wyoming, aud
w. 7. O'CoNNOR, chairman of the Peoples
party state central committee. have issued
ststements setting forth the reasons for
the fusion of the TWO parties which has re-
Gently taken place. These statements are
full and complete, and should make plain
to every citizen who does not uphold the
present incompetent government the ne
cessity for voting the fusion ticket, made
up as follows, the nominees for electors
being members Of the Peoples party and
the others Democrats who we're regularly
nominated in the Rock Springs conven-
ton:
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SHAKESPEARE e. SEALY OF Albany county
WILBUR T. WILLIAMS of Johnson county
WILLIAM R. RICHARDSON Of Crook county.
For Governor-JoHN L. OSBORNE of Carbon
county.
For Justice Of the Supreme Court GIBSON
CLARK Of Laramie county
For Member OF the Fifty-third Congress-
HENRY A. CoFFEEN of Sheridan county.
Had it not been for the sudden springing
".
Democrats would certainly have won at
the coming election, SO general is the dis
gust with the present administration. Re-
publicans notin sympathy with their party
and who are heartily ashamed of the in
competency, to employ mild term, dis
played by their party officials, would have
voted the Democratic ticket. although it
might have gone against the grain to do so.
The Peoples party gave them an oppor-
tunity to enter protest. and they Joined
the organization by hundreds. 1t is said
that reasonably close canvass shows the
Populists to he in q majority in some
of the northern counties which have
hitherto been strongly Republican. But
it also transpired that number of
Democrats had also united with the Peo-
pies party with whose principles they
agreed. Just how many of these former
Democrats there were cannot be- told,
lists by themselves could do little, they
were actually the balance of power in the
state. If they put up an independent
ticket and stood by it Loyalty, they would
fail to elect as matter of course, but thew
might make II possible for the Republicans
to win, when the evil against which the
better citizens protested would be contin-
ued for another two years. There was
real danger, and it was that which
brought the wise men among the Dem
ocrats and those among the Populists
together In an effort TO join forces and
make common cause against the common
enemy. The result was the fusion ticket
printed above, and which is reasonably GER
tain of election. The state VIII thus be
brought under Democratic con troll aud re-
deemed, whilst the Democracy will lose
nothing they cannot spare. We assume
that the electoral votes of Wyoming will be
cast for WEAVER and FIELD, and in this the
Populists will find their reward, whilst the
Democrats will derive satisfaction from
knowing that inasmuch as they might have
failed to deliver those votes to Mr.. CLEyE
LAND, who won't need them, they have
played the game OF politics so well that the
votes win benefit no other candidate.
Speaking generally, fusion is not good
politics. If it fails every body feels that it
was mistake. and there is more or less
Generalization If 1t succeeds it leaves
something Of bad taste in the mouth.
There are times, however, when there ia
wisdom in the fusion of parties in COM
mon ticket, and The HERALD is fully con-
WINGED that the present is such time in
Wyoming. We join with the two com
mittees in urging loyalty to the ticket upon
all Democrats and all Populists.