The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16
The Populists Prove Their In
sincerity TO silver.
ALL HoPEOF FUSION ENDED
The State and Congressional
Tickets Endangered.
THs DEMOCRATIC PROPOSITION
After a Session of Eleven Hours the
Populist Committee Decides to
Stick to the Republicans
AID GoId

The Populists have been weighed in
the balance and found wanting, and it
takes no prophet 10 tell what their
fate will be
Chairman Aver and his committee
had the chance of a life-tinae yesterday
to make a grand stand play, by again
uniting the white people of this
country and saving the State, but they
overlooked it.
AS predicted in yesterday mornings
News and Observer the Populists have
declined the Democratic proposition.
As already known TO the readers OF
this paper the Populist State commit
tee met in the committee rooms at
O'Clock Wednesday night and remained
in session all night, discussing ChaiE-
man Manly's proposition and the reply
TO it submitted by the sub 0mmittee
of FIVE.
The following members of the COM
mittee were present: Hal. w. Aver, y.
S. Peace, S. Ohio Wilson, Jno. n.
Sims. Y. c. Morton, j. i. B. Hoover,
H. f. Seawell, representing w. O. Will
cox: w. o. Stratford, L. "A. Whitener,
j. II. Sheriff., r. \. Cobb, Il. b. Kinsey,
Jas. Amos. j. B. Lloyd, j. F. West
moreland. NJ. L. Wood, w. H. Worth,
j. ". Denmark, j. z. Fowler, w. +.
Strowd, w ID. Merritt, ID. s. Moss, j.
j. Rogers, Mr.. Whitaker, of Franklin;
r. w. Daily.
Speeches were made by almost every
man present, Otho Wilson and Chair
man Aver having more to say than
ANYBODY else This wordy war went
on for nine hours and at o'clock they
adjourned to meet again at 8 o'clock.
Promptly at that hour they met again,
with the exception of some few who
had gone away on the early train. The
fight was renewed. led, on the one side
lin favor of fusion-by Senator Fow-
Ter, who held a proxy; Senator j. L. B.
Hoover, of Wilson, and Mr.. w. O. STRAIT
ford, of Greensboro; ON the other side
Ohio Wilson was the leader. seconded
by Chairman Aver, JAS. B. Lloyd, M.
L. Wood and others. The first named
gentlemen, while not advocating the
Democratic proposition unconditional
Nv. favored continuing the negotiations
with the Democrats looking toward fu-
sion; the last named committeeman
wanted to put an end to the whole bust
ness by fatty refusing the proposition
and notifying the Democrats that all
further negotiations would be useless.
Wilson and his crowd won, but those
who had been fighting to keep their
party from throwing aside lightly the
certainty of saving the State from Rus
sellism and negro domination, stood
by their guns to the last. When the
vote was taken at 10:3 IS they were still
unconvinced and recorded their votes
against the adoption of the following
reply 10 Chairman Manly:
Raleigh, Oct. IA, 1896
Hon. Clement Manly, Chairman Demo
cratic State Executive Committee:
Dear Sir: Immediately upon receipt
of your communication, dated October
18th, enclosing a resolution embody-
ing a proposition for cooperation by
and between the Democratic party and
the Peoples party, / summoned by
telegraph the members of the State
Executive committee of the Peoples
party to meet in Raleigh on October
18th, 1896, at o'clock p. IN. A large
majority of the committee responded
by their presence, and the proposition
of your Central committee was laid
before them. / desire to assure you
that earnest and protracted considera-
ton was given to the proposition of
your Central committee, and / am
instructed by our State committee to
transmit to you the following reply:
First-When the proposition for
electoral cooperation was submitted
to our chairman by yoIr committee on
August LIST, 1896, our committee sub
mitted a proposition, looking
to a complete and compact union of
I,a oil = L.r+
said proposition was ignored by your
committee.
Second-Should such a cooperation
as is suggested and contemplated in
your proposition of October 18th, be
fayorably considered by our commit
tee at this time, we are of the opinion
that, owing to the short time before
the election, satisfactory arrangement
and alignments could not be effected
on either side, and, therefore, would
not receive such hearty and loyal sup
port as would make success an assured
fact
Third-We entertain no hope of be-
ing able to make you a proposition
which would be acceptable to you and
at the same time be sustained by the
full force of both the Democratic and
Peoples parties, but we venture a sug-
gestion here, which if adopted by you,
would eliminate at least one of the
dangers which you declare is menacing
the State, viz: The election of the Re-
publican nominee for Governor This
suggestion is the voluntary withdrawal
of your nominee for Governor, and
the concentration of the Democratic
forces on the nominee of the Peoples
party for Governor. We are encour-
aged to make this suggestion bv the
following declaration in the State
Democratic platform of 1896, to wit:
I'VE declare our belief that the peace.
prosperity and happiness of the people
Of North Carolina depend on the de
feat Of the Republican State ticket i'm
the coming election"
Yours very truly.
HAL. w. AVER.
Chairman p. p. State FIX. Com.
Thus endeth all hope for union of
the white DeODle and free silver mon