The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-20

SHE'D OFF.
They Proposed Corporation With
Pops on Electors But are 81
lent on Corporation All
Through.
A PROPOSITION IGNORED.

By which They Had Choice of Two Plans
For Consistent Fusion-A Record of
What Passed Between the Cbnirmen of
the Populist and Democratic Commit
tees.
We printed last week the resolution
adopted by the Democratic State Exc
cutiye committee expressing will
ingness and desire to cooperate with
the Peoples party on the electoral
ticket. This resolution was followed up
by proposition from the DemOcrn-
tic Executive committee 10 Chairman
Butler, OF the Peoples Party State FIX
eCutive committee, proposing that the
Democrats have six and the POpulists
| five Of the elect0rS-the understanding
of course being that if elected, all the
electors should vote for Bryan for Pres
| ident, but that the six Democratic
electors should vote for Sewall for
Vice President and the Populist cleo
| tors should vote for Watson for Vice
| President.
| Chairman Butler made counter
proposition to the chairman of the
| Democratic committee, proposing to
cooperate all the way down. This
proposition appears not to have been
considered AT all by the Democratic
committee. The reply from that com-
mittee was simply TO the first PROPOSE
ton made to them. The entire pro-
ceeding is made plain by the last let
ter written to the Democratic chair
man by n subcommittee of the Peoples
Party State committee. That letter is
as follows:
RALEIGH, y. c., Aug. II, '9G,
lion. element N0aly, chairman STATE
/ Democratic Executive COmHjHcc:
DEAR SIR Your communication OF
yesterday, addressed to Marion Butler
Chairman of the Peoples Party State
Executive Committee, enclosing copy
of a preamble and resolution dated
August 18th, 1896, passed by your com.
mittee, and which you requested tt
have submitted through our chairman
to the Executive committee Of the PEG
t pies party held this day in the city O
Raleigh, your letter, with enclosure
was submitted to our committee, anC
the Undersigned were appointed as
. special committee to comply with you
request to give you a reply to you
, communication expressing the sens
: of our committee. For the infor
nation of our committee our chair
man stated to o lr committee that yOV
d had, on August LIST, suUmittsd to hin
Il pursuant to the authority Of your com
, mittee, written proposition for flu
sion between the Democratic part
q and the Topples Party on tue electors
=, tiCkeE by dividing the eleven electOr
by giving to the Democratic party 81
Il eitc .Ors and 10 the Peoples Party tiV
t electors. Our chairman further state
" that he expressed TO you at the tine {
receiving your communication of At
" gust LIST, al unwiliiugness on his PAL
II TO recommend TO our committee IL
acceptance of the proposition contain
ed in your communication standing b
itself; but that he promptly on Augu
> lst, submitted TO you as n counter
proposition written memoranda
10 embracing your proposition, and al,
!" other matters contained in said men
l. orandum, as follows, to-wit:
le ,-COUNTFR PROPOSITION
N ! tlectors-Democrsts i, Populists
a. STATE OFFICERS
- Populists Governor, Treasurer, S.
perintendent Public instruction.
"a Democrats: Lieutenant GovernC
le Secretary of State, Auditor, Attorn,
!; General. L. ). Senator.
,;DemOcrats: Governor, Attorn,
IL General, Superintendent Public
10 structiuu.
Populists: Lieutenant G0sernt
y Treasurer, Secretary of State, Audit,
O. L. :. Senator.
H. Congressmen-Popu lst, II
9th and 9TH districts. Democrats: =.
9Th, Sth, and 9TH district. Sd distri
to be left open for free fight.
:, Judges-Each party one Suprel
Court Judge.
he County Oiiicers-The two executi
~ committees To use their good Offices
secure fair and honorable division
MT county and Legislative candidates /
.st tween the two parties in an equital
ratio similar to the above diyisi
~ of State end Congressional offices.
Zee our committee being thus fully i
10 formed by our chairman as to the ant
cedent facts in relation to your propo
tiUn and the above counter propo
ton, seeing that the matter contain
in the above counter proposition q
not even referred to in your last co
su- municatiOn of August llth, and +
ne knowing whether the same has bs
~, acted upon by your committee, and
so, what action was taken thereon
Tor their part, and as your last commu
;ts cation is only a petition Ill substar
:, of your first communication of Aug,
lily lst, 10 is the sense of cur commit
We, and by their direction you are so .
,ob vised, that your committee having
nored the counter proposition VIII
or was submitted TO you through {
chairman for the consideration of W
committee, we are left in the posit
OF having no reply to make TO Y,
last communication other than G.
nat already made by our chairman.
ing MARION BUTLER,
A. SHAW,