The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-23
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~ Inc reOpie Pdrty vi North |
Carolina:
Atthe request OF subcommittee,
appointed by the State Executive com
mittee OF the Republican party, the
chairman OF the State Executive COM
mittee Of the Peoples Party called
meeting OF the State Executive COIN
mittee OF the Peoples Party to meet at
Raleigh on the 1851 day of April. 1886
when and where the Peoples Party
state Executive committee met to re-
ceiye and consider such propositions
as the State committee of the Republic
can Party should submit in relation to
cooperation at the approaching cleo
ton in North CaroIins.
Anticipating that the Republican
committee would have a proposition
or propositions TO submit upon the
subject Of corporation, 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 different Sec
tiOns OF the state 10 meet the State
committe at the time and place APP
pointed to confer with your state com
mittee, in order To ascertain, AZ far as
possible, the sentiment Of the Peoples
Party upon this important subject.
y large number Of POpulists outside
Of the State comittee attended the
conference, and your State committee
is indebted To them for much valuable
information upon the subject of the
proposed cooperation. Besides your
State committee received a large num-
Der Of letters from II great many Pop
u'ists throughout the State, giving
their own views and sentiments Of
their respective immediate Peoples
Party neighbors upon this important
subject. With such information as
was thus available before your State
committee, your State committee APP
pointed a subcommittee of five 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 Re-
publican 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 COM
mittee.
The following isa copy of the Re
publican proposition, TO wit:
TIE REPUBLICAN PROPOSITION.
RALEIGH, n. c., April II, 1896.
To the Conference Committee of the
Peoples Party:
We, the under signed conference
committee, on behalf of the Repub-
lican State executive committee SUBJ
NIT the following as the basis of CO.
operation for the approaching cam
paign:
|. In the apportionment of the
several Offices to be voted for, the
Republicans shall nominate and the
Populists endorse tho following can
didates:
CD Governor.
(2) Attorney General.
(3) Auditor
(I One Justice of the Supreme
court.
And the Populists shall nominate
and the Republicans endorse
CD Lieutenant Governor.
~ Secretary of State.
co Treasurer.
(D Superintendent of Public In
struction.
| % One Justice Of the Supreme
court.
2. That there shall be complete
cooperation between the respective
parties in Congressional and legisla
tive districts and counties, as II
1894.
, 3. That the agreement heretofore
made between the respective parties
) according the Senatorship to thu
> Republican party, is hereby ratified
and confirmed and the Populists ar
} to support the nominee Of the Re
' publican party.
e 4. That under existing condition
each party shall run its own electc
raj ticket.
A. E. HOLTON,
Chairman Republican State Execu
tive Committee.
II. l.. GRANT.
, Member from State at Large.
: JAMES Fl. YOUNG,
: Member from State at Large.
: J. c.. PRITCHARD,
e THOMAS SETTLE.
The foregoing proposition not bein
i satisfactory to your committee, the TO
= lowing proposition was submitted b
5 your committee, to said sub-committs
o of the Republican party, to wit:
PEOPLES PARTY PROPOSITION.
y WHEREAS the differences betwee
y many of the cardinal principles of tt
National Peoples Party and those I
8 the National Republican party are
/ divergent as to be Unrec0ncIlabl
u and
q WHEREAS, it is manifest that in OF
e der for two political parties to su
n cessfully and hOnOrably cO-cOpera
~ together, that such cooperation mu
=, be based upon, at least, one cardin
:, principle which is common to the
10 both,
= RESOLVED, That the sub-cOmmitt
n of five be, and is hereby authorized
70 propose to the State committee OF e
j. Republican party of North Carojir
co-operation upon the basis of the pr
It amble and resolutions adopted a.
- signed by Hon. Henry M. Teller al
u fifteen other Republican United Stat
- Senators, including Senator Pritchal
relating to the free and unlimit
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
/: and the tariff; the same being
be accord with, at least, one of the carr
st nal principles of the National Pt
as pies Party.
nd RESOLVED, That the committee
re the part of the Republican party
vn requested to communicate in writ
De- it's acceptance or rejection of t.
5 a proposition, to the end that if accept
"a a further conference may be had to
ng range the details of cooperation |
,us der the terms of the above prOpositi
de- it being understood that all can
Sc, dates nominated in this State for Pr
by idential electors and for State ot1lc
o s. hr their raSnectiya cnnyantinns q