The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-23

LII tho io.io"Iub ao Ahc DuniS VI w
operation for the approaching cam
paign:
|. In the apportionment OF the |
several Off ces to be voted for, the |
shall nominate and the |
Populists endorse the follo~ing can
lidates;
CD Governor.
CD Attorney General.
(3 Auditor
(D One Justice of the Supreme
court.
And the Populists shall nominate
and the Republicans endorse
(D Lieutenant Governor.
~ Secretary of State.
(3) Treasurer.
(4 Superintendent of Public In
struction.
(J One Justice of the Supreme
court.
2. That there shall be complete
cooperation between the respective
parties in Congressional and legisla-
tive districts and counties, as in
1894.
). That the agreement heretofore
made between the respective parties,
according the Senatorship to the
Republican party, is hereby ratified
and confirmed and the Populists are
to support the nominee Of the Re-
publican party.
1. That under existing conditions
each party shall run its own electo-
raj ticket.
A. E. HoLToN,
Chairman Republican State + ecu
tive Committee.
II. l.. GRANT,
Member from State at Large.
JAMES b. YOUNG,
Member from State at Large,
j. G.. PRITCHARD,
THOMAS SETTLE.
The conference committee report
ed further that pursuant to instruc-
tons from the full committee, they
had offered the following PROPOSE
ton to the Republican conference
committees
WHEREAS the differences between
many of the cardinal principles Of the
National Peoples Party and those of
the National Republican party are SO
divergent as to be UnrecOncilable
and
WHEREAS, it is manifest that in or
der for two political parties to sue
cessfully and hOnorably co-coperate
together, that such cooperation mus:
be based upon, at least, one cardinal
principle which is common to them
both,
RESOLVED, That the subcommittee
of five be, and is hereby authorized tC
propose to the State committee of the
Republican party of North Carolina
cooperation upon the Lasis or the pre-
amble and resolutions adopted ant
signed by Hon. Henry NJ. Teller anC
fifteen other Republican United State:
Senators, including Senator Pritchard
relating to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 t
|; and the tariff; the same being~i
accord with, at least, one of the cardi
nal principles of the National Peo
pies Party.
TEsOL7 Ed, That the committee o.
the part of the Republican party be
requested to communicate in writing
| its acceptance or rejection of thi
proposition, to the end that if accepted
further conference may be had to ar
range the details of cooperation un
der the terms of the above proposition
it being understood that all candi
dates nominated in this State for Pres
idential electors and for State officer
BIZ their respective conventions, ant
agreed upon by both of them, shall sup
port the above cardinal principle an
vote for neither men nor measures an
tagoDistic thereto. The Resolution,
"WHEREAs, The difference of Ell
change between standard silver cOun
tries and gold standard countries
equivalent tOa bounty of 100 per Cen
on the products of the silver standar
countries, and
WHEREAS, The cost of productiO
in the Old World and particularly i
China and Japan, is less than prod
ucts can be produced or manufacture
for in this country by American labo
/, without reducing our farmers, miner
mechanics, manufacturers and indu:
trial workers to the level of Chimes
coolies, therefore be it
"REsoLvED, That we are in favor
rescuing the people of the Unite
I States from such impending dang.
q by removing the differences of e,
!, change between gold standard cOur
q tries and silver standard coun.rl
e by the only method possible, which
! the free and unlimited coinage of 81
. yer at the ratio of l6 to !, by the ind
pendent action of the United State
/ and we are in favor of a tariff viii,
6 shall he sufficient to equalize the CO
J. of production in the United States a,
= in Europe and in Asiatic countri,
g aud thar the protection incident
y sucn tariff shall be equally distribut,
. in every section of the United Stat,
: and between the various products a
=" industries oieacn State.
l. III. II. Teller, F. f. Warren, I
Mantle, G. l.. Shoup, j. c. Pritcha
). Ed. o. WOlcott, John II. Mitcht
J. Frank j. Cannon, r. F. Pettigrew, Fl
L. Dubois, II. c. HansbOrough, L.
ID Carter. George c. Perkins, J. d. Ca
20 eron, c. d. Clark, Arthur Brown"
- The conference committee. in &C
~ nectiOn with its report recommend
>, that the proposition of the Republic
III committee be rejected, and stated ii
the Republican committee had
proposition from the Peoples Pal
, committee under advisement a
&. would report thereon.
ne The proposition from the Reput
ey can committee was promptly reject
l21 At o'clock the Republican comm
tee submitted its answer to the P
ed ple's Party committee. 1t was as
lows:
q, RALEIGH, N. c., April II, 1885,
To the Conference Committee of
u Peoples Party, Raleigh, NC.
III We respectfully decline your pro
ne sition to abandon the republican
les ganization in North Carolina,
submit counter proposition Tor
it operation on State and local affairs