The herald., 1896-08-15

other convention committees all night,
and discharged the committee The Pop
ulist committees ultimatum regarding
the offices was as follows: Allotment to
the Populists: Governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, auditor,
land commissioner, two electors. one
congressman. Allotm t1t to the Demo-
Gratis: Two electors, judge of the SUI
preme court, state printer. Allotment
to free silver Republicans: Superintend-
ent of public instruction, attorney-gen-
eral, one congressman.
The convention adopted the report by
. vote of 260 to Sc. Adjournment was
then taken until l o'clock.
In the afternoon the time was princi-
pally taken up with a discussion to re-
consider that plank of the platform
which condemns officers of the state or
county for using railroad passes. After
three hours debate the resolution was
modified so that it simply expressed re-
gret that any official had used pass.
The convention endeavored to proceed
to nominations for state officers. but ad-
journed until Z o'clock, to allow the
other conventions further time in which
to prepare another plan of fusion
The Democrats met and adjourned at
short intervals during the day. The
actual business transacted consisted in
discharging the conference committee
on fusion and the adoption of plat
form.
The Democrats refused to accept the
allotment of offices presented by the
Populists, and proceeded to treat with
the silver Republica<s. The Democrats
were willing to agree to fusion if they
were given one congressman in addi-
tion to other offices allotted to them.
The entire afternoon was spent in
awaiting the action of the committee
sent to treat with the free silver Repub
licans At o'clock a committee of three
arrived from the silver Republicans
who asked that a committee be appoint
ed and that the two committees proceed
to the Populist convention and endeavor
to bring about fusion. The committee
was appointed and the convention ad-
journed until pm.
The free silver Republicans met and
received reports from their conference
committee, discussed propositions for
fusion and listened to an address by SEN
ator Squire who made a strong plea for
the fusion of ull free silver froces. Ad-
journment was taken during the day
from time to time, and at 5 o'clock fu
sion was apparently as far away as 1t
was yesterdy morning. At this even
ing's session the convention dopted
declaration of principles.
When the evening session of the Pop
ulist convention opened, the committees
from the Democratic and free silver
conventions appeared and made an earn
est appeal to the Populsts to relinquish
one congressman and give ito the eDm-
ocrats. The conference committee re-
port was again brought before the con-
vention and Andrews moved to amend
the report by taking congressman from
the Populists and giving it to the Dem
ocrats.
After two hours the convention be-
came weary and the previous question
was ordered with wild hurrah- 1t was
a critical moment, as the Popuhsts We're
about to vote on the question of giving
away a congressman and removing the
only barrier to the fusion of the three
parties. When the roll call was finished
the chairman announced that the motion
had carried by vote of 251% to 1861
The widest scene of the convention
then ensued, delegates threw hats and
canes into the air, jumped on chairs and
cheered fully five minutes. The con-
vention then adjourned until s o'clock
tomorrow morning.
THE DEMOCRATS.
ELLENSBURG,, Aug. 1.-THE Demo-
cratic platform was adopted by their
convention this afternoon. The silver
plank reads:
I'VE demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
of 16 to / without waiting for the con-
sent of any other nation on earth. We
denounce the pretense of Republican
international bimetallism as a subter-
fuge, an attempt to establish gold ris-
tocrcy with the aid of those who may
be duped by a meaningless phrase"
The convention tonight made the fol-
lowing nominations:
Presidential electors: II. N. Gator of
Whitman and 1. N. Maxwell, Whatcom
county; judge supreme court, John B.
Reavis. Yakima; state printer, Gwin
Hicks; congressman at large, James II.
Lewis of Settle.
The convention adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow.
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
ELLENSBURGH, Wash, Aug IA
The free silver Republican convention
adopted a platform reading in part rs
follows:
We believe that the widespread pros
wation of our industries, decline in ag-
riculture, embarrassment of our COM
merce and our Increasing distress of all
our producers, the conditions and exist
ence of which is admitted by all, are di-
rectly traceable to contraction of the
currency resulting from the demoneti-
zation of silver, and we demand the re-
monetization of silver by law requir-
ing its free, unlimited and independent
coinage at the present legal ratio of 16
TO at our mints. We call the attention
of the public to the fact that the people
of he United States produce and con-
sumo all the important products of in
dustry, more than one-half as much as
the balance of the earth combined; that
the tonnage of our railroads exceeds by |
sixty million annually the tonnage of all |
the foreign railroads and water traffic |
of the world, and that as a result of sucn |
enormous Industrial energy o1lr ueonIn |