The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-14
To the Peoples Party of the
United States.
FUSION MADEIN SO STATES
An Attempt Will Be Made to
Arrange it in All.
A PLEA TO STAND TOGETHER
Those Who Advise Scratching Are Try
ing to Accomplish Bryan's Defeat
Recent Revulsion Against
Hanna's Doodle.

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Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. IA meeting of
the Executive committee of the Peo-
pies party was held at the Sherman
House to-day All the members were
present with the exception of Jrro. S.
Dore, of California. After hearing re-
ports from members present and es-
pecially from II. W. Reed, of Georgia,
who spent several days with Thomas
L. Watson, the committee decided to
issue the following manifesto:
To the Peoples party voters of the
United States
Your National committee indulged
the hope that the patriotic action of
the Peoples party in National conyen-
ton in subordinating the interests of
party to the success of the vital issues
involved in this campaign would be
met by equally unselfsh devotion TO a
common interest on the part of the
Democratic party and that all the
friends of silver could present a solid
front against the minions of greed by
supporting one ticket, the truly -
operative ticket, Bryan and Watson.
But this hope being disappointed, there
were but two courses left one Of which
must be adopted.
First--To run a straight BRYAN and
Watson electoral ticket in every State
which, on account of the failure of
the Democratic party to support this
ticket, would have affected the same re-
suit in this campaign that would have
followed the nomination of a straight
Populist ticket at st. Louis, namely the
election of Mckinley and the triumph
of the gold standard
1t is true that the Democratic parfy
would be responsible even to a greater
extent than ourselves for such a re-
suit, but to permit evil TO triumph
on such grounds would convict as as
well as them of lack of patriotism
and narrow paITtisanship that would
deserve the forfeit to us of the conf
dence of the American people. Re-
member that two wrongs never make
a right.
When our devotion to the welfare of
the people falters because of any fail
ure on the part of the Democratic or
any other party, then indeed, will we
have lowered our standard and proven.
ourselves false ito our own teachings
and repudiated our own motto, of
country first, and men and parties sec
ond.
The other course left open to your
committee that was consistent with
the action of the convention in nomin-
ating Mr.. Bryan was to do everything
in it's power to unite the voters of the
country against Mckinley and to over
come the obstacles and embarrass-
ments which if the Democratic party
had put the cause first and party sec
ond, we would not have encountered
This could be accomplished only by
arranging for division of the electoral
vote in every State possible, securing
so many electors for Bryan and Wat
son and conceding so many to Bryan
and Sewall. At the opening of the
campaign this, under the circum-
stances seemed the wisest course for
your committee, and it is clearer to-day
than ever that it was the only safe
and wise course if our votes were to
be cast and made effective for the relief
of am oppressed people. Following
arranged electoral tickets in three
fourths of the States and will do all in
this line of policy your committee has
its power to make the same arrange
ment in all of the States. BY perfect
ing this arrangement and every sin
cere opponent of the gold standard Civ
ing loyal support to these joint cleo
toral tickets, the peoples party will
not only secure in the electoral col
lege for Bryan and Watson several
times as many votes as we could have
possibly secured by making straight
fight, but we will secure the defeat of
and the gold standard, which
should now be the greatest desire of
every citizen who believes in the prin-
ciples of true Democracy as Taught by
Jefferson and of true Republicanism
as represented by Abraham Lincoln.
BY this arrangement we can unite
a large majority of the voters of Amer
lea on our joint electoral tickets. There
fore the only hope of the money power
and trusts is to divide and conquer us.
The Republican managers and their
gold Democratic allies realize this and
are putting forth every effort to ac-
complish this end. They have had
their emissaries on hand everywhere,
IRVING to prevent joint electoral tickets
from being arranged-failing in this
they try to find Populists and silver
Democrats who can be induced on one
preteXt or another, to rebel against
the Joint electoral tickets. They
either have secured or will secure the
services of every man that money can
command, to breed dissensions, and
divisions. The danger lies in the pos
3ibility of a certain portion of the
-ank and file of the Peoples party be-
ng misled by so-eal1ed leaders, who,
or reasons best known to themselves,
,r for want of reason, are advising
roters to rebel against the joint cleo
oral tickets and put up separate cleo
oral tickets or to withhold their sup
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