The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
THEY DIDN'S FUSE.
Prpulists and Republicans Couldn't
Agree On a Division of OFFICES.

AN ADDRESS.
To the Peoples Party OF North Caro-
lima:
At the request OF sub committee, APP
pointed by the State Executive commit
tee of the Republican party, the chair
man OF the State Executive commute OF
the Peoples party called meeting OF the
State Executive committee OF the Peo-
pies party to meet at Raleigh on the
10th day Of April, 1896, when and where
the Peoples party State Executive com
nit tee met to consider such propositions
as the State committee OF the Republican
party should submit in relation to CO.
operation at the approaching election IN
North Carolina.
Anticipating that the Republican COM
mittee would have Il proposition or prop
OsitiOns to submit upon the subject OF
cooperation, the nature and terms OF
which were not made known i'll advance,
your State Executive Committee invited
prominent members OF the Peoples party
from different sections OF the State to
meet the State committee at the time
and place appointed to confer with your
State committee, i'll order to ascertain,
as far as possible the sentiment OF the
Peoples party upon this important SUBJ
iect.
A large number OF Populists outside OF
the State committee attended the confer
cnce, and your State committee IS H.
debted to them for much valuable infor
nation upon the subject OF the proposed
cooperation. Besides, your State com
mittee received large number OF letters
from a great many POpulists throughout
the State, giving their own view and the
views and sentiments of their respective
immediate Peoples party nelghDors
upon this important subject. with such
information as was thus available before
your State committee, your State com
mttee appointed a subcommittee OF i've
OF its members to meet and confer with
the like number OF the subcommittee
from the Republican State committee,
and through said subcommittee OF the
Republican party, the State committee
of the Republican party submitted to
your committee the following written
proposition, which being reported to
your full State committee on April 18th,
was rejected by your State committee
The following is the Republican prop
ositiOn. to-wlt:
THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSITION.
Raleigh, y. G., April II, 1896.
To the Conference Committee of the PEG
pies Party:
We the undersigned conference commit
tee on behalf of the Republican State
executive committee submit the following
as the basis of cooperation for the APP
preaching campaign:
|. In the apportionment of the sever
al offices to be voted for the Republicans
shall nominate and the PopuIists en-
Il no fol tpS. {
Governor, (2) attorney general, (O au
ditor, a. one Justice of the Supreme
Court. And the Populists shall nom-
nate and the Republicans endorse %
Lieutenant Governor, (2) Secretary OF
State, (3) treasurer, az Superintendent
of Public instruction, (J) one Justice OF
the Supreme cOnrt.
>. That there shall be complete CO.
operation between the respective parties
in Congressional and legislative districts
and counties, as OF 1891.
3 Tina. the agreement heretofore
made between the respective parties,
according the Senatorship to the Repub-
Iican party, is hereby ratified and con-
firuaed and the Populists are to support
thd1lominee of the Republican party.
f. That under existing conditions
each party shall run its own electoral
ticket
a. +. Horror, Chairman
Republican State Executive COMMITTEES:
III. l.. GRANT,
Member From State at Large.
J. G. PRITCHARD,
THOMAS SETTLE
The foregoing proposition not being
satisfactory to your committee, the
following proposition was submitted by
your committee to said subcommittee
of the Republican party, to-wit:
PEOPLES PARTY PROPOSITION.
WHEREAS, the differences between many
of the cardinal principles of the National
Peoples party and those of the National
Republican party are so divergent as to
be irrecOnciIable, and
WHEREAS, 1t is manifest that in order
for two political parties to successfully
and honoraby cooperate together, that
such cooperation must at least be based
upon at least one cardinal principle
which is common to the both,
ResoioeG, That the subcommittee OF
five be, and it is hereby authorized to
propose to the State committee of the
Republican party of North Carolina, CO.
operation upon the basis of the preamble
and resolutions adopted and signed by
Hon. Henry Nj. Teller and fifteen other
Republican United States Senator's, in
Guiding Senator Pritchard, relating to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio OF | 6 to l: and the tariff; the
same being in accord with at least one OF
the cardinal principles of the National
Peoples party, as follows:
''WHEREAs, The difference of exchange
between standard silver countries and
gold standard countries is equivalent to
q bounty of 100 per cent. on the pro-
duets of the silver standard countries and
"WHEREAs, The cost of production in
the old world and particularly i'll China
and Japan, is less than products can be
produced or manufactured for in this
country by American labor, without re-
ducing our farmers, miners, mechanics,
manufacturers and industrial workers to
the level of Chinese coolies, therefore be
it
"Resolred, That we are in favor of res
cuing the people of the United States
from such impending dangerN>by remov-
ing the difference of exchange between
gold standard countries and silver stan
dard countries by the only method pos
sible, which is the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver at the ratio of 16 to I,
by the independent action of the United
States, and we are in favor of tariff
which shall be sufficient to equalize the
cost of production in the United States
and in Europe and Asatic countries, and
that the protection incident to such tariff
shall be equally distributed in every sec
ton of the United States, and between
the various products and Industries OF
each Rte.
al NJ Teller, f. F.. Warren, Lee Man.
tie, &. l.. Shoup, J. {. Pritchard, Ed O.
Wolcott, J Ohm II. Mitchell, Frank J Can
non, r. F. Pettigrew, Fred T. Dubois,
H. {. Hansborough, L. II. Carter. Geo.
{. Perkins, j. d. Cameron, {. ID. Clark,
Arthur Brown
Resolrei further, That the committe On
the part OF the Republican party be re-
quested to communicate in writing its
acceptance or rejection of this PROPOSE
ton, to the end that if accepted further
conference NAV be had to arrange the de-