People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-30
JONES WANTS FUSION
HE AND HOWELL EXCH ANGIE
MESSAGES.
HOWELL FOR.AGAINST FUSION
He Now Claims no Proposition
Was Made--COl. w. L. Peek
Withdraws from the Race

light fhoW1nS tnat MT. CIark aoWell,
the &c orgia member OF the national
Democratic executive committee, is
the only impediment in the way of
fusion between the Democrats and
Populilts in Georgia and uniting both
parties in the support OF Bryan.
The wires were hot between Chi
cago and Atlanta Thursday, with
messag, ,s from Chairman Jones to
the Gee rgia committeeman.
If Mr.. Howell had felt disposed he
co .uld he we started fusion blaze in
minute but he didn't want to, it
seen Us. Rather he was afraid it would
not work, and then Clark would be
in h ole.
In ne of the little yellow enve.
lopes landed to Mr.. Howell Thurs.
day wa message from Chairman
Jones Yelling him to accept the
proposit on for fusion on the lines
proposed II by the Georgia Populists.
The &c, rgia member almost jumped
out of his big arm chair when he read
the messa 70 and made great haste to
assure his chief that the Populists
had made 40 fusion proposition.
Thereup, IN Chairman Jones with
weary air " irsd back:
off you al g correct use your own
judgement"
1t is suppol 'ed that Committeeman
Howelps judg ment went on duty at
once, as the Populist plenary COM
mittee, which vas in session at its
headquarters on Wall street, is still
awaiting advice from the seventh
story of Nle Con stitution building.
This is \ cry in teresting in view of
the fact thai nus; prior to the last
meeting of the 2e nocratic committee,
Committeeman AIowsIl was fully
cogpizsa,ssgttrI to- esshe Populists had
az a propositi On for fasion and
FIspr of the proposition.
zing up the committee,
and finding himself in a
sminority, Committeeman
tomptly concluded that the
bn of the Populists was nos
ton and was one of the
8ive members in opposing it.
nj this stormy scene occurred,
sf tbs Judgment of Committee
ylHan Howell made its lightning
change, everybody thought there was
going to be Democratic and Popu-
list love feast without any Sewall in
it.
Capt. Evan Howell, the father of
Committeeman Howell has been down
to Mr.. Watson's home, and no one
doubted for moment that either he
or his son objected to giving the state
to Bryan and Watson straight.
But this delusion was rudely dis.
PEELED when the executive committee
aided by the Howells rejected the
Populists' proposition because it
eliminated Sewall."
1t has subsequently developed that
while Captain Evan Howell was visit
ing Mr.. Watson, he proposed to that
gentleman that if the Populists would
withdraw all their electors he would
guarantee Georgia's entire electoral
vote for "Bryan and Watson"
1t is understood that the Captains
proposition was judiciously rejected
by Mr.. Watson.
Developments show that it was not
made in good faith and had it been
accepted Watson would not have
secured a single electoral vote IN
Georgia.
Hon. w. L. Peck, Populist nomi.
nee for congress from the Fifth dis
trio. has announced his withdrawal
from the race.
The sensational reasons given for
his retirement and the allegation that
it WAS due to an alliance with the
Republicans to knife Bryan and elect
Republican candidates to congress,
are alike without foundation.
There is no friction between Col.
Peek and the Populist executive COM
mittee and has been none.
He retires from the race of his own
volition and was not ''pushed OUT by
tho committee as alleged.
Had he remained in the race he
would have received the unanimous
support of the Populists and the