The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17

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Boase, idaho, OCT II. I1oe.
EDITOR K4Ys1ous: Ia your iseul
Of Saturday, 0c.. 10, you publishes
. communication from Geo. ]. Lewil
in which b says: ut 10 : facl
within my knowlsdgs that The Pop
ulist executive committee went q
Tar . to agrse, subject 70 consent
~ the Democrsts, 10 unite With tn
Silver Republicans and lsavs thu
Senatorial question open, on con
dition that the Populists b given
the Attorney General on the State
ticket" He further says that this
proposition was rejected. His lot.
ter 10 likely to mislsad people, and
| beg leave 70 o6er the following
corrections: The statsment that he
sstsfe - No. presented 70 III Dem.
ocratic executive committee and Il
The Silver Republican executive
committee 1t the time when Mr..
Walsh, he 9ecrstasy Of The Demo.
cratic natioaal oownlitses, Wa in
Boise endeavoring TO bring about I
fusion between al Of the silver
forces.
The proposition the Populists
submitted vas % follows: To give
them-6rst, one Bryan and Watson
slector 70 b placed upon the ticket ;
second, Democrats pull down At
tornsy Gsnsral-vacancy to b filled
By Populiss; third, pull down Sill
YER Republican State ticket fourth,
counties to b allowed to 60 - they
pleased in Ill matters, legislative
and otherwise, with no pledge OF
any kind.
. This proposition was presented BY
Mr.. Walsh TO the Democratic exec-
utivs committee, aud to tho Silver
Republican executive committee,
who agreed to the frat, third and
fourth paragraphs Of said PROPOSE
ton; the Silver Republicans agree.
ing to pull down their entire state
ticket, leaving the field to the DEM
ocrats and Populists, If tho question
Of the election Of . United States
Senator Was left to the people, with
out interference from any political
party or organization. The Demo-
Gratis. however. refused 10 concsds
tho Attorney Gsnsralship, for the
reason that the Populists then had
the nomination for Secretary Of
State, and to give them the Attor-
ney Generalship would give them
control of the State government,
and this the Democrats refused to
concede. They agreed, however, to
ell the other propositions, but when
the agreement WAS presented to the
Populist executive committee, that
absolutely refused to
consider snything less than the
full proposition made BY it. to-wit:
Proportions one, two, three and
four.
The responsibility for preventing
= union Of the silver forces, there
fore rests upon the Populists, and
tho facts show that they refused
the union simply because they we're
not given control Of the State gov
eminent.
Neither Mr.. Lewis nor tho Popu-
list executive committee, nor any
one for them, can deny this state
ment. The original proportions in
writings are still 10 existsncs, aud
before Mr.. Walsh left for the East
hs made up = statement detailing
ut length the various propositions
that we're made and rejected, submit
ted them to the several committees,
and they were endorsed - correct.
It IL, therefore, clearly proven that
the Populists refused = union Of
the silver forces in Idaho because
they were refused the position Of
General. If any attempted
denial 10 made Of these facts, the
record 10 at hand. / am yours
truly, E. W. JOHNSON.
n.>:.-A-. NJ. 81 a.