The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-12
Resolution Passed at the Dem
ocratic State Executive
Meeting.
6 DEMOCRATS, 5 POPULISTS
This is the Basis of Joint Elec-
toral Ticket Proposed.
WILL MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
Nothing Else Done at the Meeting The
Resolutions was Yesterday Com
municated to Chairman Butler
No Successor Chosen to
English.

English.
In reply to a News and Observer
reporter Chairman Manlyt last nigh
gave out the resolution printed below as
the result of the deliberations Monday
night of the Democratic Executive
committee This, said Chairman
Manly, was all that was done by the
committee. 1t was learned after
wards that Chairman Manly had been
given full power to call the COMMITTEES
together again, witch he will probably
do next week.
The resolution is as follows:
''Whereas, The chairman of the
State Democratic Executive committee
has presented to the chairman of the
Executive committee of the Peoples
party. a resolution of the committee
adopted July 31st,
"Now. in furtherance of the efforts
of this committee to secure the united
vote of the silver advocates for the
silver candidate for the Presidency,
Resolved, That the chairman of
this committee is authorized on be-
half of this committee to offer in
writing to the Peoples party, through
its Executive committee, the following
plan for a joint electoral ticket, to-wlt:
"That q joint electoral ticket shall
be made up TO be composed of six
Democrats and five Populists, to be
chosen by their respective organiza-
ton.
THAT said Executive committee OF
the Peoples party be requested to
notify this committee of its action
on this proposition
THAT a copy Of these resolutions be
transmitted to the chairman of the
Executive committee of the Peoples
party"
The Populist Congressional commit
tee will meet this afternoon at 4:30 in
Metropolitan Hall. The Congression-
al Executive committee will meet in
the Metropolitan after the convention.
The Populist State Executive commit
tee will meet at ten o'clock at the
Park, and the Populist State conven-
ton will meet tomorrow at noon in
the Metropolitan.
Major r. j. Hale at the station yes
terday said that it was the play Of the
classes now to divide the masses, but
that the plain people did not intend TO
be divided. at don't matter how
much they try to divide the people"
said the Major, "they are going TO get
together. The English make the same
play with the castles in India. 1T was
possible for awhile for the people to be
thus divided on the tariff question be-
cause it was an intricate and COM
rlex question, but with silver, it is
different. The money question las
by discussion and literature been
brought to the understanding of the
people until the outlines of the ques-
ton are comparatively simple to them,
and no matter how plum idiots the
leaders prove themselves to be the
people are going to get together"
The Republican Congressional com
mittee met yesterday in the office of
MR.. r. r. Purnell, with the follow
ing committeeman present: Messrs.
Waddell, of Johnston; Jones, of Chat
ham; Millikin, of Randolph, and Tom
Devereux as proxy of John Nichols.
The resignation of Mr.. N. G.. Eng
lish was accepted and the question
of the election of his successor was
taken. up. As there were so few MEM
bers present, it was thought better
not to make any choice for the present.
But even on this question there was
a division, the vote being two to two.
Jones and DevereuX, it is said, wanted
to make the nomination yesterday, but
Waddeu and AlilIikin voted against
this. There was an adjournment until
o'clock yesterday, Chairman Johnson
giving the casting vote, as he did not.
care to take the responsibility of nomi-
mating a candidate with so few present.
At the afternoon session there was
nothing done, and probably will not be
IL, Id r.. 1a+
again. No doubt this committee, like
ing around here are, waiting to see
what the Popnlists are going to do.
Representative Duncan, of Beau
fort, arrived yesterday, and said he
was here to attend the meeting of this
the date of which has been
changed to next Monday. Mr..
Duncan got the dates mixed. thinking
the meeting would be on the 1lGh as
previously announced, though he saw
the notice of the change in the News
and Observer. But no evcnec is neceS-
sary. All the Republicans are arriy-
ing early just nov.
Mr.. w. S. Hyams, committee clerk
Il
of the Republican State executive
committee, arrived yesterday and is
stopping at the Park. Mr.. Hyams is
looking for headquarters here for the
committee, and will secure rooms af-
ter the meeting of the committee next
Monday.
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Uncle Strowd said yesterday in the
Park that he was just out of the back
woods and didn't know anything about
what was going on. But" he con-
tinued, ''we must fix SEINE plan 10
harmpBize."
A citizen from Haywood county said
yesterday that the Populists in Pear
sons district wouldn't touch him with
forty foot pole. He said that Pear
son had just been down in SINNERS
district where he had proposed that the
Republicans should support Skinner,
if Skinner would get the Populists in