The herald., 1896-08-23
THE AGREEMENT
Fusion In California Is Agreed Upon and the
State Assured To RrVan

State Assured TO Brva1
Although the fact was announced sew
eral days ago in The Herald that fusion
In California between the Populists, the
Silverites and Democrats was certain, not
until yesterday was copy of the agree
ment made between the three parties
received in this city. 1t is as follows:
This memorandum of agreement made
at San Francisco, in the state of Califor-
mia, this 20tn day of August, 1896:
Witnesseth: That whereas the ma
tlonal convention of the Democratic
party and the national convention of
the Peoples party have each nominated
William j. Bryan as their candidate tor
president of the United States, but each
of such national conventions has nomi-
mated separate candidates for vice
president of the United States, and as it
is desirable to secure the said candidate
for president of the United States the
nine electoral votes of the state of Cali
fornia, and to divide the said nine cleo
toral votes between the respective can
didates of said parties for vice president
in an equitable proportion, and to this
end the state committee of the Demo-
cratic party of California, and the exc
cutive committee of the Peoples party
of California have each appointed con-
ference committee of seven persons to
confer upon and agree upon this sub
ject matter, with power to report the
agreement 10 tNG StdlS committee Ol tHe
Democratic party, and the executive
committee of the Peoples party respec-
lively for ratification, and said respec-
tive conference committees having met.
and being in session this 20th day of Aug
ust. 1886, do hereby mutually, as such
committees, agree as follows:
That the said Democratic party of
California shall cause the withdrawal
or resignation of four of it's electors of
president and vice-president, and that
the said Peoples party of California
shall cause the withdrawal or resigna-
tion of five os its electors for president
and vice president, and that the re-
naming nine electors of such respective
parties, not so withdrawn or resigning,
shall be made the nominees for electors
of president and vice-president by each
Of said political parties respectively, and
that the executive committee of the said
Peoples party, or the officers of its state
convention, or both, as the conditions or
laws may require. and the state COM
mittee of the said Democratic party, or
it's committee to fill vacancies, or the
officers of its state convention, as the
conditions or laws may require, will re-
spectively make, sign, certify and lille,
according to law and the terms of this
agreement, all certificates or papers nee
| essary to the accomplishment and exc
| cution of this agreement after this
| agreement shall have been ratified by
| the executive OI Sdlu ItOPIe ,
party, and by the state conlmittee of
said Democratic party.
That after such ratification the papers,
documents and certificates and proceed
ings necessary to the legal execution of
this agreement shall be referred to the
respective attorneys which may be
chosen by the executive committee of
said Peoples party and the state COM
mittee of said Democratic party to pre-
pare all such papers as may be neces-
sary to carry this agreement into effect
On behalf of the Peoples Party Con-
ference Committee-E. NJ. Wardell,
chairman; Thomas V. Gator. A. B.
Kline, H. A. Mason. ]. A. Johnson.
On behalf of the Democratic Confer
ence Committee-M. +. Tarpey, chair
man; Eugene N. Deuprey, James G..
Mcguire. Woodson Girard (by William
H. Afford, proxy, William II. Afford. A.
Caminetti. Nj. C. Hassett.
| The undersigned conference commit
| tee of the Silver parry of California
| hereby certify that they met in confer
| ence withe the conference commit
| tees of the Democratic and Peoples
| parties and did not demand any
| representation upon the electoral ticket
| and do hereby ratify, upon the part OF
| the Silver party, the above and fore
going agreement.
Gabriel Cohn, NJ. A. Hurley, w. 2
| Lawlor.
John S. Dore of the Populist confcr.
ence committee refused to sign tar
| agreement.
This settles the question of fusion n
| California on the electoral ticket.