Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-28
CALL|NG|T "CO-OPERAT|ON" Pops and Rads Pool Issues for
 the Coming Campaign. WIL SMELL JUST AS SWEET Alle vlnk This Other Name for the Fusion = Rose.
 ScTTY FULL TURN OUT WAS THERE
Vii SMELL JUST AS SWEET
tTTY FULL TURN OUT WAS THERE
Resolutions Adopted Urging Republican and Popullst Conventions to Nom:- nate tie Same Ticket Without
 Infringement.

| "Co-operation' seems now the watch
 word of Alabama's leading populists and
 republicans
 1 The word, they claim, is all right, and
 when addressed as to the result of yes- terday's conference of the two partys l leaders they are, one and all opposed to
 the words fusion" and merging" At 12:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
 meeting of the leaders of the two parties
 was held in Erswell hall The assemblage
 was called together by Capt. David D.
 Shelby of Huntsville. He stated that the
 meeting was called for the purpose of dis
 cussing fully the question of cooperation or Ala bama's populists and republicans
 with double view-that of defeating the | democratic ticket and securing fair cleo | tions throughout the state
 The temporary chairman then placed
 the name of Reuben r. Kolb before the | meeting as chairman. Captain Kolb was | unanimously elected
 George Parsons of Talladega was | chosen secretary.
 Vice-chairmen were chosen as follows.
 David D. Shelby of Madison county c. w. buckley Of Montgomery county and I. l.. Brock of Shelby county.
 committee on resolutions was named and to them was given the necessary inc structions, after which they retired to deliberate.
 While the committee was out the oues- freely. '' anu
 Among the members who partioipated
 Tn the discussion were Ex-Gov. w H. smith and P G. Bowman of this oitv David D. Shelby of Huntsville. | c
 Manning of Opelika and s. A. Hobson or
 c,tS Ta 1Uosa, F. editor of the Journal of that
 u,s. ihe iatter was vehement in his de- nunclation of the proposed cooperation ana said he was for straight ponulist ticket and no other. Ine vote of the assemblage showed on- y lour dissenting voices, Hobson being the leader of the majority. The committee on resolutions bav;no-
 ueclded On verdict. returned to the | meeting and the chairman handed to inc
 secretary the following resolutions: | resolved, That it is the sense of the conference that the conventions of the | peoples party and of the republican nay | ty that are to meet in NTontgomerv on Aprli 2S shall enunciate their principles Tn their platforms and shall each seek to, IT possible nominate the same ticket Whlch will in no instance violate the dis which will draw to it's support ali good cltizens of Alabama who seek to estab- hSh honesty in our elections and the advancement of the peace and pros perlty or our state and nation. With l out see ming to in any way usurp or as-
 sume any of the powers which natural- l " deVolye upon the respective state con Ventfons we respectfully recommend that poth parties cooperate to this end FRANK BALTZELL Chairman. | The resolution was adopted Those who assisted MT. Balzell in | craving up the above resolution were. | James k. Maxwell, state at large Guy | '. Sibley, First district; C. w. Buckley, | Second district; J. R. Treadwell, Third
 district; w. F. Aldrich, Fourth distrie... Tyler Goodwin, Fifth district Colonel | Seymour, Sixth district; Frank l.. Mo
 ragne. Seventh district; H. c. Binford.
 Eighth district and P J. Bowman, Ninth district.
 The Following resolution was also in- troduced and adopted
 Resolved, That it is the calm and deIih crate Judgment of the members of this conference, individually and collectively. that the most urgent demand and exact ing duty of our friends in the United States senate requires the prompt adop-
 tion of the resolution offered by Hon. w. V Allen, which provides for an investi- gation of the frauds perpetrated in the state election held in Alabama the first Monday in August, 1894; and that we appeal to each and all of them, who fa- vor good government and honest elec- tions to use every effort in their power
 to secure the adoption of said resolution
 at the earliest practical moment. There being no further business before the meeting an adjournment was next in l order, and those present gathered in knots for further discussion of the pro- posed "co-Operation."
 Messrs. Balzell and Manning were seen
 last night by State Herald reporter and the all-important Oo them) question was discussed The reporter inadvertently used the word fusion" and was prompt Iy called down and requested to use the
 term "co-operaton." They were willing to abide by the deliberations of the popu- list and republican state conventions as to final action, both feeling assured that
 "co-operation" would be the outcome Among the prominent republicans pres- ent at yesterdays meeting were noticed
 Hon. D. D. Shelby, of Huntsville; c. Van- Cott of New York postmaster of New
 York city under President Harrison, a Morton leader; Dr. J. H. Dorn. of New York, another Morton man; W. F. AL drich. of Aldrich, Ala, contestant for the seat of Hon. Gaston A. Robbins in the Fourth congressional district; F. l.. Mo-
 ragne, of Gadsden; William Youngblood, of Montgomery, manager of the Mckin- ley campaign in Alabama; J. H. Bing-
 ham, of Talladega: Lewis F. Parsons.
 Jr., J. A. W. Smith. W. H. Hunter, of
 Birmingham, and others.
 The populists were represented by the
 following: Guy c. Sibley of Mobile, Hon.
 G. B. Deans of Calera, chairman of the
 state populist committee; A. O. Harwell,
 Evergreen; I. l.. Brock, Center; Frank
 Baltzell, Montgomery; John J. Turren-
 tine, Athens: s. A. Hobson. Tuskaloosa;
 w. NJ. Coleman and w. w. Kidd, Albert viIle R. H. Seymour, Livingston; J. R. Maxwell Tuskaloosa; R. S. Dickson. Cen
 tre; J. c. Manning. Opelka; Tyler Good
 wyn. Elmore: Jere Fountain P. c. Bow man R. F Kclb. J. H. Parsons and oth- CTS of Birmingham.
 Death of Gen. Lewis Merrill. Philadelphia, Feb. 27.-Gen. Lewis Mer- Till died this morning at the Presbyterian hospital of an affection of the kidneys He was military commander in South Carolina during reconstruction times.