The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
FUSION EFFECTED
IN WASHINGTON.
PopuliSts Give Democrats
One Nomination for
Congress.
LEWIS THEIR CHOICE.
Free.SiIver Republicans Name
w. C.. Jones for a Like
Position.
STATE OFFICES DISTRIBUTED.
Third Party Leaders Succeed in Cap
turing a NJ jority of the
Places

ELLENSBURG, WASH, Aug. 14.-The
Populists tonight conceded the Congress
man to the Democrats, thereby perfectine
a fusion. The fight had waged furiously
all day, and at many times the scheme
appeared doomed to defeat. 1t required
the combined efforts of the leaders of the
three parties to bring about the long
sought result.
Under the agreement reached the Popu
lists were entitled to two electors, Gov
ernor, Lieutenant-G Governor, Secretary ol
State, Treasurer, Auditor and Land Com
missioner. The Democrats got two elect
ors, Congressman. mem bers of the Su-
preme Court and State Printer. The Free
Silver Republicans Congressman, Attor-
ney-General and State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction.
Fusion accomplished, the Democrats re-
assembled and proceeded at once to nomi-
nations. James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle
was given the Congressional nomination
by acclamation, and H. n. Cation of Whit
man County and I. n. Maxwell of What
com County were chosen Presidential
electors. Colonel Lewis was his party IS
candidate for Governor, and it was be-
cause of the fight of his friends for the
Governorship that fusion was so long de-
layed. He is a native of Georgia, about 36
years old, and has been a resident of the
State of Washington for ten years. By
profession Colonel Lewis is q lawyer, one
of the ablest III the State.
III accepting the nomination Lewis said
he indorsed the Chicago platform in its
entirety aDd If elected would do all in his
power to aid in carrying out the reforms
advocated by 1.-The matchless Bryan"
John B. Reavis of Yakima was nomi-
mated over George W. Belt of Spokane for
Superior Judge, the vote on the final bal
lot being 1913 to 1S2.
Gwin Hicks of Thurston County re-
ceived the nomination for State Printer,
completing the Democratic portion of the
ticket. The convention adjourned until
10 o'clock tomorrow, in order to agree
with the other parties upon name for the
official ticket.
The Populists deferred their nomina-
tions until morning.
The free-silver Republicans named Hon.
w. G. Jones OF Spokane, the present
Attorney General of the State, for Con-
gress from the Eastern Washington Dis
trict, his colleague, Lewis, having been
named for the west side, though the State
has not been divided into Congressional
districts.
Colonel Patrick Henry Winston of
Spokane received the fusion nomination
for Attorney-General at the hands of the
ree-silver Republicans.
This faction completed its portion of
the ticket DIV the selection of Frank J.
Browne of Seattle, principal of the Colum-
bia School, as Superintendent OF Public
Instruction.
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Convention instructed its secretary to send
this telegram to Candidate Bryan:
Silver forces of Washing gton united. The
State is yours.
The Democrats to-day adopted a plat
form in part as follows:
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver ana gold at the ration OF is TO with
out waiting for any other nation on earth.
We denounee the pretenses OF the Republicans
that they favor international bimetallism as q
subterfuge, an attempt to establish gold aris-
tocracy with the aid OF those who may be
uuped by meaningless phrase. We denounce
the present Republican administration of our
State as outrageous, corrupt, scandaI-breeding
and willful abuse OF the peoples rights. We
call the attention of the common people to the
perpetuation in our State of gigantic Repub-
Icen ring which uses public patronage to
control future elections, to perpetuate itself in
control OF the public purse, using the gigantic
earnings OF corporations, by methods OF Fed
our representatives in Congress and Senate.
We recognize i'll the coming election crisis
in the affairs OF the Government. We are
threatened with the destruction of the prin-
ciples OF selfgovernment. National banks,
transportation and manufacturing corpora
tions, gold manipulators of Wall street and
Lombard street, claim the right to govern
for us.
The Democracy wears no collar, serves no
master. 1t has on it's side the plain people of
the country and the State, and TO them we
appeal with the unquestioning belief that in
this, our trial and tribulaton, right will con-
quer, wrong Will be dethroned, the ever
controlling masses will overthrow the classes
the people will again assume authority and
prosperity will return.
The Free Silver Republican Convention
adopted platform in part as follows:
We believe that the widespread prostrat1on
OF our industries, the decline in agriculture
the embarrassment OF our commerce and the
ever increasing distress of all our producers
conditions the existence of which is admitted
by ALL are directly traceable to the contraction
OF currency resulting from the demone etiZation
OF silver, and we demand the immediate re-
storatlon OF silver by a law requiring its free
unlimited and Independent coinage at the
present legal ratio OF 16 to 1 at our mlnts.
We call the attention of the public to the
fact that the people OF the United States pro-
duce and consume, in all important products
OF industry, more Than one-half as much as all
the balance OF the earth combined; that the
tonnage OF our railroads exceeds bv GO, ,00O, 900
ions annually the tonnage of all foreign rail
roads, added to the entire water traffic of the
world, and that as consequence OF such enor-
nous industrial energy our people annually
transact fully one-third of the entire volume
OF the worlds business; and we therefore de-
nounce as cowardly the pusillanimous and un-
American declaration of the National Republi-
can platform that this country cannot regulate
its own financial system without foreign aid
or interference, and regard the sugges ZION of
an international agreement as insincere and
contemplate; and we demand the repeal of
any and all laws authorizing the destruction
OF the legal-tender quality OF money by pri-
yate contract.
We demand the foreclosure of the mortgages
held by the Government on the UniCn Pacific
Railroad, and should the Government through
sucn foreclosure come into ownership and pos
session OF the same we favor its operation by
the Government.