Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-10
A TRIPARTITE FUSION
Between the Populite, Prohibition
and Social-Labor People
TO SECURE LEGAL RECOGNITION
A Pittsburg Printer Ready to Take the
Ballot Contract.
GENERAL HASTINGS IS CONFIDENT

The Peoples, the Prohibition and the
Social-Labor parties of this State have hit
on novel plan to demand recognition in the
preparation of the ballot in future contests.
Chairman Thompson, of the Peoples party;
Chairman Patton, of the Prohibition party,
and the Chairman of the Social Labor
party will meet in Pittsburg early this
week to formally put in operation the
scheme which promises them relief from
the annoyance and Inconvenience suffered
during the present campaign.
The official Baker ballot when it is issued
will have the candidates of these three par
ties alphabetically arranged in one column
of the ticket. Each of the three parties in
sisted that its candidates should be given q
separate column or the ballot the same as
the two old partieR The amount of space
was not allotted to them in this arrange
ment of the ballot in this campaign and
each of the three chairmen are fearful that
as his candidates are now arranged neither
party will secure sufficient votes to demand
a place on the ballot hereafter, as each
party must secure at least one-third of the
votes in the State to guarantee recognition.
Will Vote Mixed Ticket.
At the meeting Of the three chairmen it
has been arranged that they will unite in
call to their followers to vote for the first
80 electors representing in their alphabetical
arrangement in the column devoted to them
on the ballot several electors of each Of
the three parties
This plan to demand future recognition
for the three parties was first conceived by
j. H. Stevenson, Chairman of the Allie
gheny County Committee of the Peoples
party. He saws the scheme will be of no
particular benefit at the approaching cleo
tion, but he argues that it will dispose of
the trouble and annoyance of securing suf-
fcient signatures to guarantee a place on
the ballot for the three parties in the future.
Chairman Stevenson says he had little diff
Guilty in securing the necessary signatures
during this campaign and he believes that
several times as many signers could have
estimates that the Peoples party in this
State will poll $4,000 votes, while the Pro-
hibition party. he thinks, will poll 10000
votes and the Social-Labor party about
5000, or the three parties combined will
poll 50, 600 votes
Will Need No Petitions Hereafter.
This will give one or more elector of each
party more than the 3 per cent of the
highest nunber of votes polled BY any can
didate, and thus insure them the same rec
ognition hereafter as accorded the nominees
of the two old parties.
Mr. Stevenson, who is conservative and
thoughtful, is confirmed in the belief that
the Peoples party will play conspicuous
part in the approaching Presidential elec.
tion. He is confident the Peoples party
will carry one or more of the Western
States, and he believes the President will
be elected by the Electoral College, and
that neither OF the present candidates will
be named as President
sour party will, 1 am confident, carry
one or more of the Western States, and
when We 60 into the Electoral Col
lege We will hold the balance of
power" Mr. Stevenson said. ''Neither
of the old party electors will
vote for Weaver, our candidate, and our
electors will not vote for the candidate of
either of the old parties We will there
fore force a compromise and will name for
President some prominent man who will be
satisfactory to US and to one or other of the
old parties"