Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-27
A STORMY MEETING.
Big Fight Over Fusion at the Populist
Session.

Oe5SlOns
; Pursuant to the call Of the county
chairman, about 90 Populists met IL
the council chamber Saturday, for the
purpose Of taking action in regard tc
fixing the apportionment Of delegates
to the comingi county convention
tion of the Peoples party. King Hib-
bard, chairman Of the county commit
tee, presided at the meeting. After a
committee had been appointed to
report a scheme Of apportiOnment of
delegates to the county convention,
the meeting adjourned, 10 assemble
again at ! p. M
When assembled again in the after
noon, about the first business which
came up was the report Of the appOr-
tionment committee. consisting Of
John p. Robertson, Herbert w. Cope
land and Herbert Y. Mcclellan. The
committee reported as follows:
THAT each precinct be allowed one
delegate-at-large, and one additional
delegate for each - votes and major
fraction thereof of the votes cast for
I Nathan Pierce for governor in 1894.
THAT primaries be held in the
several precincts at p. m. Saturday,
February 8, and that the county con-
yentlOn be called TO meet at Salem,
Saturday, February Is, 1896, at 10
o'clock a. M"
This report was opposed, and after
protracted discussion IL was laid on
the table by a vote Of IA to 13. The
opposition was on account Of the
apportlonment being made on the
vote for Pierce, which for the reason
that manysDemOcrats voted for him,
and for the further reason that voting
strength had shifted materially since
that time, was unjust.
T. G. Jory then moved resolution
against fusion, the terms Of which
were very bitter. The resolution
stated that, "Whereas, large and
influential portion OF the Peoples
party favored fusion with other
parties" IL should he resolved that
the meeting repudiate such an "un-
holy alliance" which might be
expected to ''earn contempt and court
defeat"
l.. II. McMahan moved to strike out
the word "unholy" from the resolu-
tion, which was carried.
John'P. Robertson moved TO lay the
resolution ON the table, and backed
the resolution with stroug speech,
In which he declared that the Demo-
Gratis were with the people on all the
essential points Of the Omaha plat
form, and that this resolution would
surely drive them away. lie saw no
hope for success except In fusion, in
which there was no necessity of sacri-
iicing principle.
The resolution, backed by l.. II.
McMahan and r. c. Jory, was passed
after violent discussion.
Judge II. p. Boise made an earnest
speech against the antl-fusion resolu.
tion, explaining that fusion did not
by any means imply any sacrifice OF
principle II proper conditions were
made
Budd Chapman opposed fusion. and
declared il was time to let the people
Of the country know just where the
Peoples party stood in the middle Of
the road.
A resolution of II, G, Jory, proyid.
Ing that the appointment of delegates
10 the county convention be by club
membership, was carried.
The McMahan-Jory.Ryan faction, 4
who represent the anti.msion element,
'eemed to have control Of the meeting.
which finally adjourned amid good !
heal Of confusion aud dissatisfaction. ,
Salem Daily Post.
The people are going Ia ask can