The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
Right to Take Down Electors.

cratic committee CnlS afternoon rejected
the Populist fusion proposition, de,
claring it to be insulting to the Dem.
ocrats in it's wording.
1t is further held that the State COM
mttee has no right to take down Demo-
cratic electors as demanded by the Popu.
lists. The Populists are standing upon
their original proposition, and are await
ing the formal answer of the Democratic
committee.
The Democratic resolution, refusing
fusion, is as follows:
Resolved, That the Populst commit
tee having made n proposition which COM
pletely ignores fusion by eliminating en-.
tirely the candidacy of the Democratic
nominee for Vice-President Mr. Sewall,
and has cut off the Democratic commit
tee from further consideration Of the
question by fixing an arbitrary limit,
which expires to-day, giving this com
mittee no opportunity : for consideration
of n movement for proper fusion; there.
fore, he it -
Resolved That the chairman of this
committee appoint IL committee of five,
of which he shall be..chairman, to prop
erly present to the public the attitude of
this committee on the refusal to accept
the unreasonable and unjust ultimatum
of the Populist committee, clothed as it
is in offensive and unbecoming language
The ultimatum in the Populist central
committee, to which these resolutions
were intended as a reply, was rs follows:
Whereas, The Peoples party of Geor-
gia accepted in good faith the ST. Louis
compromise, viz: the nomination of the
Hon. William j. Bryan rs the Presiden-
tial candidate on the ticket with the Hon
Thomas E. Watson, with the tacit under
standing that this act of patriotism on
their part would be met with a similar
one on the part of the Democratic party
in the withdrawal of Mr.. Sewall and
effect n complete com bination of the sill
yer forces; and,
Whereas, The Peoples party of Geor-
ga, in their State convention in accord.
ance with said understanding, did pro-
vide for Il joint electoral ticket; and,
Whereas, The Democratic party of
Georgia, the home of the Hon. Thomas +.
Watson, has not made, and is not max
ing, any effort to perfect or obtain the fu-
sion of forces inaugurated at st. Louis,
and although such fusion exists in almost
every State in the Union; and,
Whereas, 1t should he their pleasure
and pride To advance Il citizen OF their
State and section. IL man who is without
stain, above reprcach, ana whom all fair
minded men esteem, respect and honor
and whose every action in this campaign
has been patriotic and manly as TO
challenge the admiration of American
manhood; and,
whereas, 1t is our belief that it is
not only the intention of the leaders of
the Democratic party OF this State TO de.
feat, but, if possible, to humiliate the
Hon. Thomas r. Watson, either bv n
corrupt ballot, as has been manifested
iii the Tenth Congressional district, or by
partisan legislature, setting aside the
will of the people and forcing Bryan and
Sewall electors on the State even though
that ticket should run third in the cleo
tion and,
Whereas, The slver-plated Demo
cratic press of the State has belittled and
beled the candidacy of Mr.. Watson and
issued this edict; therefore be it
Resolved as final effort to secure
the union of the silver forces. to which
the Democratic party is committed, and
to test the patriotism of our professed
allies we do now withdraw the follow
ing electors: William H. FELTON,, State
Mt large; N. G. Newton, Second district:
Thomas b. Gavis, Fourth district; w
5. Whitaker, Sixth district; j. j. Green
Eighth district; William Lansdell,
Tenth district; William Bennett, Elcv-
enth district, and insist that the Demo-
cratic party of Georgia withdraw six of
their electors, substituting the remaining
Populist electors with the understand
ing that the thirteen shall cast their vote
Tor BRYAN and Watson.
BE it further resolved, That if the
Democratic party does not accede to the
foregoing just and reasonable proposition
within five days from date; then it be
Resolved, That our central commit
tee Is authorized and empowered to with
draw, II advisable, our remaining cleo
tors or reinstate those that are now with
drawn and that we concentrate every
EFFORT OF our party in the election of our
Congressional nominees
RESOLVED, That copy of these reso-
lutions be transmitted to the Democratic
executive committee
JOHN d. CUNNINGHAM, Chairman
JAMES l.. SHELLEY, Secretary
There was buzz following the read
ing OF the Populist proposition, which
indicated strong disapproval of it,
the speeches were all against it. In
TACT the resolution refusing the Populist
proposition was offered by none other
than Chairman Jones' personal represent
tatlve, who favored it yesterday, but who
to-day claimed that he had been under q
misrepresentation as to what the Popu-
lists wanted. He said he had no idea
,, when he came down here, at the sugges-
ton of Chairman Jones, that the Popu-
lists wanted thirteen electors for Watson.
He thought that they would propose
some fair division which would not to-
tally ignore the candidacy of Vice-Pres-
idential Candidate Sewall.
1t was quite evident that the commit
tee regarded the proposition as preposter-
no av,1x, Lac