The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-09
IDAHO DEMOCRATS.
STATE CHAIRMAN ISSUES AN HI
PoCeTANT DOCUMENT.
1t Is for the Purpose of Information
and to Correct Any Misunder-
standing That May Exist-ActiOn
OF Secretary Walsh.
(Snecial to The Heral6.l

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. S.-Tonight, James
A MCGEE, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, and also chair
man of the joint committee of the Dem
ocratic and Populist committees, gave
out the following important statement
as an address to the voters of the
state:
For the purpose of information, and
to correct any misunderstanding re-
state central committee in this cam
paign, the committee deem it advisable
to make the following statement:
There has never been any departure
on the part of the committee from the
agreement entered into by the Demo
cratic and the Peoples party state
conventions; nor has there ever been
any intention to depart from or set
aside such agreement. The powers of
the committee are executive only, and
they deem 1T their duty to make every
effort to carry out the wishes of the
state convention, and to elect the entire
ticket nominated.
The Democratic party was the first
in this campaign to declare for the free
and unlimited coinage of zilver at
the consent Of any other nation. The
national Peoples party convention re-
affirmed this doctrine. Great as
sistance was given the silver move
ment by the action of those delegates
who withdrew from the Republican
national convention, and that aid we
fully appreciate and recognize; and
inasmEch as the silver Republicans
take a stand on the silver question
Identical with ours, and, as we under
stand they are in favor of reform in
state and county affairs. we, there
fore, invite and request them to put
aside mere personal and individual
ambitions and to join with us fully
in electing the entire People's-Demo-
cratic ticket to the end that our STATE
as we'll as national affairs may be
we'll managed.
This committee is the only Demo-
cratic committee in this state, and The
only one authorized to act for the
Democratic party, and the only COM
mittee recognized by the Democratic
national committee, of which J. K.
Jones is chairman.
Many reports to the contrary have
been circulated. but they are wholly
without foundation. The Peoples
Democratic ticket is the only Demo-
cratic ticket in the state recognized
by the Democratic committee
The Democratic state central COM
mittee have hitherto acted, and they
hereby declare their intention to con-
tinue to act in harmony with the letter
and spirit and resolutions of the Demo-
cratic state convention. and we urge
every Democrat to do likewise
vote the People Democratic ticket
JAMES A. MCGEE,
Central Committee
Chairman Democratic State
Central Committee
"On behalf of the Peoples party
state central committee, 1 fully concur
in the above statement
"P. H. BLAKE,
Chairman Peoples Party
Estate Central Committee.
The statement is the result of a con-
ference of leading Democrats and Popu-
lists called in view of claims made by
Senator Dubois that the Democratic
national committee would not recog-
nize the Democratic state committee
unless the Democrats violated the con-
vention compact to support a PoDu1ist
for United States senator.
The Democratic chairman says he
has authority from the national COM
mittee to make the statements con-
Secretary Walsh, of the national Demo-
cratic committee, in behalf of the com
mittee, released the Democrats of
Idaho from the contract with Popu-
lists, owing to the refusal of the Popu-
lists to draw off in the interest of Du-
bois' senatorial candidacy. 1t is now
claimed that the national committee
has reconsidered his action and VIII
make no further attempt to break the
Demo-Populist arrangement, recog-
nizing fully the regular Democratic
state committee instead of the silver
Republican, or Dubois, committee, as
was stated they would by Secretary
Wash. 1t is generally considered by
leading politicians of all shades of po-
litical belief that McGee's statement
SO seals the Demo-Populist fusion that
there is no possibility of any one but a
Populist being elected United States
senator.
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