Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
NO FUSION IN INDIANA
The Local Democrats Will Not Agree to the
Terms.
Want to Include Congregational and
State Tickets-NatiOnal Com
mittee Anxious.

The information at populist headquarters
confirms a dispatch from Indianapolis TO-
day that the progress Of the fusion. be-
tween the populsts and democrats in that
state has been int .rruptel by the local
democrats.
The two national committees party to
this fusion regarded it as fully settled as
far as it related to the electoral ticket
National Committeeman Johnson, who was
sent to Idaho some time ago to fix up mat
tiers there, and made woeful fZzle of It,
was the man designated to act for Chair
man Jones in Indiana
Chairman Butler had fixed up the popu-
Est end of the fusion after encounterins
many difficulties and the agreement of the
democrats was the Only thing wanting 10
a complete fusion. Mr.. johnson undertook
to attend to that, and on bis return from
Indiana reported to the national committee
at Chicago that he had met with success.
1t was with great surprise. therefore, that
the Information that the democrats had
kicked over the traces was received this
morning. The democratic and populi5t ma
tional Committees have found one serious
difficulty in the way of fusion IN nearly
every state.
This Is that in nearly every case one
party the other locally insisted on the
fusion taking in the state and congress
sional tickets, together with the national
ticket. Inc national committee SOOH
that no agreement could ever be reached on
such broad lines. and they naturally agreed
that in every case ths fusion should be
confined in the first instance to the cleo
toral ticket, and that the congressional and
state tickets should be made matter of
future consideration.
Democratic National Committee Anx-
iOus.
In the case Of Indiana, the local demo-
Gratis are the ones who were trying to force
their local ticket into the fusion, and as far
the democratic committee are concern
ed. the fusion has been. busted" This is
very bad news for the democratic national
committee, and causes them great anxiety.
Under the guidance of Senator Butler.
however. the populists have closed their
end of the deal.
After telesr lphic correspondence with
Senator Butler this morning the populist
committee, according TO dispatch re-
ceived here. certified the electoral ticket of
ten democrats and five populists agreed
on, and then adjourned, leaving the In
diana democratic committee to accept that
to take the consequence of Bryan's de-
feat in the state.
What the Indiana democratic committee
will do no one knows, but if they hold out
against the national committee it Will go
a long way toward insuring the state to
Mckinley. The situation is such there that
the democrats cannot stand any further
dsaffection in the party.
The trouble there is explained on the
grounds that the local democratic ticket
was nominated before the Chicago conven-
ton. and was, therefore, not made in en-
tire harmony with 1t. The democrats of the
state are afraid to trust each other in many
instances.
MIR. Sovereign on the Labor Vote.
]. r. Sovereign, grand master workman,
Knights Of Labor. in letter to the popu-
list headquarters says: eff the statements
of our people count for anything, Bryan
will be elected. In meeting Of labor lead
ers just held. in which the whole situation
was gone over, 1t was the unanimous opin-
ion that organized labor would support
Mr.. Bryan almost solidly, and that he
would have votes in the electoral college
to spare