The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
AN ADDRESS
To the Peoples Party of North Carolina,

To the Peoples Party of North Carolina
At the request of a sub committee,
appointed by the State Executive Com,
| mittee of the Republican party, the
Chairman of the State Executive Com
mitSee of the Peoples party called 8
| meeting Of the State Executive Com,
mittee Of the Peoples party to meet at
Raleigh on the 16 h day Of April, 1896,
when and where the Peoples party
State Executive Committee met to re
ceive and consider such propositions as
the State Committee of the Republi-
can party should Submit in relation to
co operation at the approaching cleo
ton in North Carolina.
Anticipating that the Republican
Committee would have q proposition or
proportions to submit upon the sub
jsc5 Of co operation, the nature and
terms Of which were not made known
in advance, your State Executive Com
mittee invited prominent members Of
the Peoples party from diff sec
! tions Of the State to meet the State
Committee at the time and place ap
pointed to confer with your State Com
mittee, in order to ascertain as fer as
possible the sentiment Of the Peoples
party upon this imp ortant subject.
AIarge number of Populiets outside OF
the State Committee attended the con
ference, and your State Committee is in
debted to them for much valuablei nfor,
nation upon the subject of the proposed
cooperation. Besides, your State Com
mi5tee received q large number Of let
tiers from a great many POputlsIs
throughout the State, giving their own
views and the views and sentiments OF
their respective immediate Peoples
party neighbors upon this important
sub Ct. With such information as was
thus available before your State Com
mittee, your State Com appointed
a sub committee of five Of its members
to meet and confer with the like mum
Der of the subcommittee from the Re
publican State Committee and through
said Sub Committee Of the Republican
party the Committee of the r Republican
party submitted to your Committee
tae following written proposition,
which, being reported to your full
State Committee on April 18th, was
rejected by your State Committee.
The following is a copy of the Repub
lican proposition, to wit:
COPY OF THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSITION.
RALEIGH, n. @.
April II, 1896.
To the Conference Committee Of the
Peoples Party,
Raleigh, N. @.
We the undersigned Conference Com
mittee on behalf of the Republican
Steto Executive Committee, submit
the following as the basis of cooper
alton for the approaching cam
paign:
First. II the apportionmen5 Of the
several officers to to be voted for, the
Republicans shall nominate ard the
Populists endorse the following can
didatee.
1. Governor.
2. Attorney General.
3. Auditor.
I. One Justice of Supreme Court.
And the Populist shall nominate and
the Republicans endorse
1, Lieutenant Governor.
2. Secretary of State.
3. Treasurer.
1. Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton.
5 Ole Justice of Supreme Court.
Second. That the agreement heretofore
made between the respective parties
according the Senatorship to the Re
publican party, is hereby ratified and
confirmed, and the Populists are to
support the nominee of the R9publi
can party.
Fourth. T0at under existing conditions.
each party shall run its own electoral
ticket.
Third. That there shail be complete
CO operation between the respective
parties in Congressional and Legis
tive districts and counties, as of
1894.
(Signed) A. E HoLTON,
Chm. Rep. St. Elk, Comm.
Fl. L GRANT,
Member from State at Large.
JAMES II. YOUNG,
Member from State at Large.
@. PRITCHARD,