The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-05
No FUSION SAYS SENATOR
BUTLER

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ecutive Committee. The first halt
column is an argument for all silver
men to come together and support the
presidential candidate who will be
nominated at ST. Louis on July 22nd.
The last half of the address is formal
notification to the Republicans, II
words mean anything, that continued
fusion is impossible unless they VIII
abandon the National Democratic
party and support the presidential
candidate. He says:
I'm the last campaign in North caro-
lima we co-operated with the Republl-
can party to secure an honest election
law and home rule in county govern
ment affairs. That was cooperation
on principle for great and vital issues
and a large portion of the people en-
dorscd the fight that was made for the
principles of good State government.
If it had not been cooperation III
principle for a great issue the people
would not have endorsed it at the polls.
But. we have now before us Presi-
Dental campaign and the great over
shadowing issues that present them
selves for solution are national ones,
and among these the greatest and by
all odds the most momentous to our
future liberty and prosperity is the
financial question.
1--WE have proposed to cooperate
again on principle, that is, we nave
proposed to cooperate, making the
resolution passed by the Silver Con
vention at Raleigh on September 25th
last the basis of cooperation.
"A large majority of the voters OF
North Carolina are opposed TO the
single gold standard. a large MAORI
tv OF the voters of North Carolina en-
dorse the resolution passed by that
Silver Convention, and we invite all
those who favor these great principles,
who are opposed to the single gold
standard, and who are for money OF
the Constitution, to cooperate with us
to give the II electoral votes of North
Carolina to a candidate who IS an
American patriot and who will fight to
the bitter death the infamous British
gold conspiracy.
THE people are tired OF goldbugs,
they are more tired of straddle bugs,
they are still more tired, if possible, OF
humbugs and hypocrites. They want
to see the issue drawn squareiy be-
tween the people and the common
enemy. In the coming campaign the
people will have an opportunity TO vote
for an electoral ticket that is sound
upon this great question. They Will
have an opportunity to vote for
State ticket and for congressman ana
for a whole ticket that is equally sound
and reliable from top TO bottom. The
fight will be drawn square in the ma
ton from ocean to ocean. The fight
will be drawn square in North caro-
lima from the mountains to the sea.
Let every patriot prepare for the strug
gle. in which our homes, your fresldes,
your liberty, and prosperity are all at
stake
In order to make it certain how far
Chairman Butler goes in his address,
it will be necessary to turn back 10 the
Silver convention, and see what it de
clared in reference to party action.
These resolutions below embody the
reference by that convention TO action
looking to future political affiliations:
"Resolyed, That ardently attached to
the great cause Of free coinage we pro-
pose to advance it by all means within
our power, and we call on all bi-metal-
lists to strenuousIy oppose gold mono
metalIism, and exert all their influence
to restore silver to it's former use as
perfect money metal, as it was before
1873.
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mended to the voters Of this State that
they elect hereafter only such Senators
and Representatives in the United
States as are sincerely in favor OF the
principles hereinbefore expressed,
and only such Presidential electors as
will publicly declare on the stump
that they will vote for no man for
President or Nice-President who is not
in favor of such principles, and whose
record and platform are guarantee
that they will be faithfully executed.
1t is very plain from this declara-
ton and the address, that the Popu-
lists will refuse to cooperate with the
Republicans on the electoral ticket,and
it would seem as clear that Chairman
Butler is quite as hostile to State
fusion, for in his address he says:
"In the coming campaign the people
will have an opportunity TO vote Tor
an electoral ticket that is sound upon
this great question. They will have
an opportunity to vote for State
ticket and for Congressman and for
a whole ticket that is equally sound
and reliable from top TO bottom. The
fight will be drawn square in the
nation from ocean to ocean,
This address settles the political con
ditions for 1896 unless Chairman But
Ter changes his mind, and makes IT
clear that there is to be three-corner-
ed fight in this State.
The Republicans say that in a three
cornered fight they would easily win,
the Populists claim that they would
| come out first, and the Democrats, like
p,.a,. oLl,i4 ara fslayip' low and say