The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-04-24
A Failure to Fuse.

The following is the correspondence
which passed between the SUBJ -Execu-
tive Committee of the Populist and Re
publicans which met in Raleigh last
Friday. When the Committees ap-
pointed to confer had met, Senator
Butler read the following proposition:
Whereas, the difference between
many of the cardinal principles of the
National Peoples party and those of
the National Republican party are so
divergent as to be irreconcilable, and
Whereas, it is manifest that in order
for two political parties to successfully
and honorably cooperate together, that
such cooperation must be based upon
at least one cardinal principle which is
common to both,
Resolved, That the subcommittee of
five be, and it is hereby authorized to
propose to the State committee of the
Republican party of North Carolina,
cooperation upon the basis OF the
preamble and resolutions adopted and
signed by Hon. Henry M. Teller and
fifteen other Republican United States
Senators, including Senator Pritchard,
relating to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to ;
and the tariff the same being in accord
with at least one of the cardinal prin-
ciples of the National Peoples party.
Resolved futher, That the committee
on the part of the Republican party he
requested to communicate in writing its
acceptance or rejection of this PROPOSE
ton, to the end that if accepted fur
ther conference may he had to arrange
the details of co operation under the
terms of the above proposition, it being
understood that allcandidates nomina-
ted in this State for Presidential elec-
tors and for State officers by their re-
spective conventions and agreed upon
by both of them shall support the
above cardinal principle and vote for
neither men nor measures a1tagonistic
thereto.
"Whereas, The difference of eX-
change between standard silver coun-
tries is equivalent to bounty of 100
per cent on the products of the silver
standard countries and
"Whereas, The cost Of production
in the old world and particularly in
China and Japan, is less than products
can be produced or manufactured for in
this country by American labor, with
out reducing our farmers, miners me-
chanics, manufacturers and industrial
workers of the level of Chinese coolies,
Resolved That we are in favor of
rescuing the people of the United
States from such impending danger by
removing the difference of exchange
between gold standard countries ard
silver standard countries by the only
method possible, which is the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of l6 to ], by independent action of the
United States, and we are in favor of a
tariff which shall be sufficient to
equalize the cost of production in the
United States and in Europe and Ash
attic countries and that the protection
incident to such tariff shall be equally
distributed in every section of the
United states, and between the various
products and industries of each State.
III. NJ. Teller, f. f. Warren. Lee
Mantle, G. L. Shoup,J J. c. Pritchard,
Ed. o. Wolcott, John H. Mitchell,
Frank J. Cannon, R. F. Pettigrew,
Fred T. Dubois, H. c. FIansborough, T.
H. Carter, Geo G. Perkins, J. d Cam
eron, c. D. Clark, Arthur Brown"
The following shows the refusal of
the Republicans to accept the proposed
Terms and counter proposition by
them to the Populist, which will be
seen was also rejected;
RALEIGH, N. C, April II, '96.
To the Conference committee of the
Peoples Party, Raleigh, N. c.
We respectfully decline your propo-
sition to abandon the Republican or.
ganization in MOI th Carolina and sub
init a counter proposition for cnzan
tion on State apd lo6n1