The record-union., 1896-08-02
PLAN FOR FUSION.
HOW DEMOCRATS AND POPUs
LISTS rIAY UNITE.
Plan of an Agreement to be Subs
mitted to the Conference COm-
rnittees of Both Parties.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA special from
Nincennes, Ind. says Samuel Will
Jams of this city has prepared and
forwarded to William J. Bryan a draft
| OF an agreement to be submitted To the
Democratic and POpuIist conference
| committees which seems to throw much
Hsht on the inside workings and under
! standings Of the ST. Louis convention.
Williams was the originator of the
Idea OF nominating the Vice President
hrst. He was Chairman OF the sub
committee of the Populst National
convention which was selected to for
mulate the order of BUSINESS of the con-
vention.
The middle of the road" elements
/ scheme seems to contradict the popular
notion that the Populists desire Sc
/ wallis removal from the Democratic
ticket The text of the agreement is as
| follows:
Memorandum of agreement between
| the Peoples party and the Democratic
party made on behalf of said parties
by the representative National Com
nittees and to be in force and effect in
such States as it may by their State
Committees be ratified and approved
This agreement relates to the selection
| OF Presidential Electors in the several
States where this agreement is In force
and to making up the official ballots in
said States and the casting of the votes
in the Electoral College of the Bryan
electors elected in States. 1t is un-
derstood that William J. Bryan is the
Peoples party nominee for President
and Thomas Watson is the Peoples
party nominee for Vice President.
1t is understood that said w. J. Bryan
| is the Democratic nominee for Presi-
| dent and Arthur Sewau is the Demo-
cratic nominee for President. 1t
| is agreed that in each State bound by
this contract each of said political par
ties shall have it's own full national
ticket in the column under its own par
ty emblem and full list of candidates
for Presidential Electors.
The same names Of candidates shall
be on each and both of said columns.
In each Of said States each party shall
select as nearly as possible one-half in
number of said candidates for elector.
| That is to say, in each State the Demo
Gratis shall select one candidate for
eleotor-at-large and the Peoples party
shall select one candidate for elector-at-
large
In the Congressional Districts with
even number the Peoples party shall
select the candidate for elector, and in
the odd-numbered districts the Demo
crafts shall select the candidate for elec-~
tor. The official ballot for Peoples
party column shall be headed by the
names Of Bryan and watson and the
Democratic column by the names Of
Bryan and Sewall. The intent of this
is to give the individual voter of each
of said parties am opportunity to vote
his own party ticket and to make
selection as between Watson and Sc
wall for Vice President
1t is understood that all of the said
electors elected in the college vote for
". j. Bryan for President 1t is un-
derstood that after the election and
prior to the State meeting of the elect
ors special committee of four, com
posed of two POpulists and two Demo-
Gratis, shall ascertain and determine
from the official returns the total popu-
lar vote cast for said elected electors
under the Bryan and Watson column
and the Bryan and Sewall column re-
spectively, and as between Watson and
SeWan. The one having received the
highest and largest vote shall receive in
the college the entire vote of all the
Bryan electors elected as aforesaid.