The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
.FUSIONISTS WILL
RESORT TOLAW
Still Seek to Group TWoSets
of Electors Unde One
Heaf ing.
Secretary of State B. own to Be
Served With a Writ of
Mandamus.
MARION DE vR1Es' PLIGHT.
Must Go Upon the Ticket as the
Nominee of Independent
Popu1ists.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct. From
present appearances the outlook for fusion
between the Democratic and Populist
parties, in as far as the Presidential cleo
tors are concerned, is becoming gloomy.
That this fact is evident to the leaders of
these parties IS evidenced by the efforts
they are putting forth to compel Secretary
OF State Lewis III. Brown to certify to
their chosen candidates under single
group, which would probably be headed,
should they succeed in their designs,
peoples Party electors; Democratic
electors"
To accomplish this aim proceedings will
be commenced before the Supreme Court
against the Secretary of State immedi-
ately, to attempt to compel him to 50
group the two parties electors; and it is
claimed that the silver branch of the
Democratic party will attempt to enjoin
the Secretary of State from certifying to
the nomination of electors of the gold
branch, which are grouped under the head
of National Democrats"
A writ of mand ate will be served on the
Secretary of State to compel him to place
the name of Marion de Vries on the Con-
gressional ticket as nominee of the Peo-
Piles party instead of the Independent
Popullst. Should the leaders who have
this matter in hand fail in their endeavors,
Secretary of State Brown Will certify to
Presidential electors under the following
heads:
Republican electors-Irving NJ. Scott Dun
can E. McKinlay, George NJ. Francis, Julius
NJ. Walling, Howell A. Powell, joseph s. Spear
Ir Glons
Flint.
Peoples party electors-J. " Webster, Daniel
Mckay, J. W. Martin, s. l. Aliard, Jo Hamil-
ton, !. T. Fowler, William Craig, NJ. r. Mer-
Democratic eiec,ors-J. W. Martin. 10 Ham,
iItcn, s. l. .AlIard, e. W. Thresher,. William
Craig. d. T. Fowler, NJ. E. Merritt, J. V. Web
ster Daniel Webster, Daniel Mckay.
Prohibition electors-W. R. Goodwin, Stephen
Bowers, B. F. Taylor, Elam Biggs, DR.. P. Nc
Cargar, H H. luse, Robert Thompson, NJ. J.
National Democratic eleetors-Clay W, Tay-
lor, Thomas B. Bond, James K. O'Brien, John
Rosenfeld, Jeremiah Lynch. Charles Ander-
son, John Roth, Robert Y. Haynes. L. B. Hakes.
Socialist Labor electors-Emil Less, Lemiel
D. Dibble.
National electors-John Bidwer, Henry
French, f. VI. Hooper, r. F. Burns, W. II.
Bone, F. Hilton, William Kelly. Jesse Yarnell,
J. NJ. Glass.
Secretary OF State Brown said tonight:
''I was called up by telephone this after
noon by Chairman Afford of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, who asked
me if intended to group the fusion party
electors under one heading, instead of
two. / answered No. that as two con-
ventions had been held and two separate
certificates filed, would be obliged to so
certify. He inquired if / intended to in
clude the name OF the National Demo-
cratic electors on the ticket, and I said /
did. He asked me if Marion de Vries'
name would be placed on the Congress
sional ticket as nominee OF the Peoples
party.
II answered in the negative, as it had
been presented after the time provided
for in the Political Code, and said that l
was the recipient of a certificate presented
to me in the form OF q petition under the
name Independent Populists.' This is
on file and will be certified by me unless
prevented by decision of the Supreme
Court.
chairman Afford then informed me
that it was their intention to mandamus
me, and inquired If l would come to the
city for the purpose of acknowledging the
service of papers. ] was obliged by my
Office duties to refuse his request, and he
informed me that the papers would be for.
warded tonight hy messenger.
"In my opinion there are but two pos
sible ways in which fusion can be accom-
plished. and that is by one party resigning
its individuality and combining its dele
gates under the other party head, having
the number of delegates from each faction
understood between themselves, or else
for the Democrats TO group but five dele
gates under their party heading ana the
Populists to group four delegates under
their party head. Grouped as they are,
the same names on separate tickets
I know of no law which would authorize
county clerks to add the individual votes
together. as there might be different indl-
viduals of similar names under every
party group, and should there be four
different John Jones it certainly would
not be right to give to one John Jones the
vote cast for the other three.
"Fusion is certainly very perplexing
question, and the more study it the more
com ple1 it becomes"
Up to midnight no messenger had ar
rived in this city with mandamus papers
to be served on the Secretary of State, who
waited in his Office until that hour and
then retired to his residence.