The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-28
LICENSE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
- FAILURE TO FUSE IN THE
STATE EXPLAINED.

-. Arbitrary UItimatum of the
,ulists With Its Expiration Fix
FOR the Day the Democratic
comittee Met Left the Latter no
.,.ornative But RejectiOn-The
-,-uIipgness of the Democrats to
,.se Due solely to "a Patriotic De-
IN Cheer Up the Party in the
votion at Large.
,.i.nta. Ga, Oct. 27-Following is the
-,.sss Of the committee appointed at the
Ut s.r+ meeting of the state democratic
-a,ntive committee:
~ the People of Georgia: In pursuance
rasolution adopted by the democratic
.rtive committee of Georgia at it's ses-
eAi Atlanta on the 10Th inst, the I'M
4 .,.,ored committee of five, appointed 'to
.r,v present to the public the atti-
If this committee in its refusal to
-. the unreasonable and unjust ulti-
..,, Of the populist committee, clothed
in offensive and unbecoming lam
.ssp present the following statement:
-so events that led to the appointment
a ,.,a Undersigned as a committee to pre-
.ora an address to the people of Georgia
a Sobalf of the democratic state commit
4 ware Of such recent occurrence and have
,..r given such wide publicity that it is
racessary to recite them here at any
4 length
rrrst of all, it is to be borne in mind
III ha
.,er beeu considered essential to the sue
20 Of the democratic electoral ticket in
c.orgia At no time during the present
Fl ,r,,aion has there been the slightest
Sa,ibr as TO what the outcome at the ballot
-, would he. Under these circumstances
.sa at+itude of those democrats who were
aIlinq TO fuse with the populists on
fair and eduable basis was purely I'M
selfish and patriotic. The party as
ror+v had nothing whatever to gain by it.
4 Moved however, by the impulses which
sbould animate all good citizens and all
ernest opponents of republicanism Han
Il naiepo and the single gold standard, and
4 reeoeuizing it to be the imperative duty CT
a everv active element of the body polite
4 n nresent united and harmonious FROM
IN the powerful and aggressive combina-
lions that are arrayed on the side of re-
II pubcanism, the executive committee
II would have gladly considered a proposi-
ton for just and fair fusion, or if it had
Il moi been cut off from negotiation by an
arbitrary limit expiring the day it ne-,
would no doubt have taken the initiative.
They were willing for such fusion, not
Il for the purpose of gaining party adj
Il vantage in Georgia, but to the end that
i their desire for harmony and for a union
of all the anti-republican forces in Geor-
gia might be the means of strengthening
the hands and warning the hearts of pa
triotic voters in other sections; and TO ths
further end that the voters of Georgia,
laying aside all narrow prejudices and
biased views. might have an opportunity
TO cast a solid vote for our great leader
William Jennings Bryan.
Swayed by these considerations the ex-
ecutiVe committee met in Atlanta on the
9th instant, for the purpose of transacting
certain necessary business and prepared to
consider such plan of fusion or consolida-
ton as the populist committee might pre-
sent.
No such plan was brought to the atten-
ton of the committee. Instead of a prop
osition for fusion the committee received a
demand that could not be considered and
an ultimatum that shut the door on fusion,
as 1t conditioned any proposition for flu
sion upon the withdrawal of the demo-
cratic candidate for Vice President, Mr..
sewal. Moreover, this ultimatum was
touched in terms so insulting as to leave
no room for doubt as to the temper in
which the populist committee dealt with
the matter
The intimation of the populist commit
Tee in presenting it's ultimatum, that the
81. Louis convention nominated Hon. w.
:. Bryan ''on the ticket with Hon. Thomas
r Watson with the tacit understanding
that this act of patriotism on their part
would be met with a similar one on the
part OF the democratic party in the with
CraWai OF Mr.. Sewall," is without founda-
lion in fact.
Inc two parties, acting independently of
tdcA other, nominated the same candidate
LOT president and different candidates for
wee president. In no state where fusion
mas been brought about has such claim
oeen made, nor have the populists who
are wiling TO fuse for the purpose of
strengthening the hands of those who are
opposed 10 the gold standard, demanded
mat the name of the democratic candi-
cate for Vice President be withdrawn.
Wherever fusion has been accomplished
y Is on the basis of a fair division of the
electoral vote between Sewall and Wat
son' unless it be in states where by con-
| sem OF the populists, they have support
"a Mr. Sewall Such is, in fact, the sole
eHu ana aim for fGsion. There could be
no other motive for, and no other expla-
nation 1t will thus be seen that the de-
mana OF the populist committee is both
IWculous and insincere. The willingness
VI lne democratic committee to fuse on
reasonable terms was based on an earnest
oeslre TO bring about union and harmony
among all voters who are in favor of cur
Ieney reform and opposed to the money
power. The demand or ultimatum of the
popuhst committee shows an irritable
anxiety to prevent union and harmony.
while pretending to defend Mr.. Watson
rom imaginary attacks, and while pro-
iesslng keen desire to protect his polit-
Nai interests, ii is significant that the
Iopuilst committee have laid violent
hands on his candidacy in this state. In
u. NE lace of the protests of Mr.. Watson
ney nave withdrawn the populist electo-
la ucket, and have thus left their candi-
udte Tor Vice President without any meas
u,S OF political support in his own state
mere is but one conclusion to be drawn
rom this remarkable exhibition of private
sple and public folly. The poqulist COM
nH'lee had no intention of proposing or
SSeel Jung fair and honorable proposition
~ the union Of the patriotic voters of
oO1n parties on one electoral ticket. Such
a q, cohsummation was farthest from their
oushls' Indeed, so bent were they in
n.tsNenung fusion that they approached