The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
POPULISTS AGREE TO FUSE.
MIDDLE OF-THE-ROAD MEMBERS OUT
VOTED AT JEFFERSON CITY.
State Committee Practically Reads }. Waller
Long Out Of the Party-Party Mischief
hakers Condemned-By Vote of
q to q, the Committeeman
Asere 10 Fight for Free Sill
yer Without Regard to
Firv ines

yer WITHOUT hegdFu 10 Il
Parry Lines.
je fer,.n Cit,, NJ =. Jan. 23.-The
populist committee me- here yester
day .ni bee am It exciting 50 ssion
At ,id"ght 'h- commit. was still
in executive .essiOn. and excited or
ator- could be- heard for half a
b ock. 1t was bitter tigh, between
that element Of the populist part,
of the state led by Chairman Roz
zlle of the state central comm ttee,
and the middle Of Thea Dad crowd,
who do not want to win and are op
posed to fusion under any circum
stances
There was a large Attendance
from all parts of the state. each side
baviug gotten out its full strength.
e. zze!e presided over the meeting
There is faction Of the popul,st
party that is fighting the men who
ed the party during the past cam
paign out of pure jealousy. They
are afraid that they are going to be
recognized in some way, and are
angry, for the same reasons which
prompted the dog in the manger to
bite the horse's nose.
| j. Waller long has been the loud.
est in his fight against Rozzelle and
,he other leaders, and some time
ago a committee was appointed to
investigate the charges made by Mr
Long. The committee made it's re
port to day, and practically reads j.
Weller Long out Of the party. Here
IL the report made by this commit
tee:
I'VE, your grievance committee,
! beg to report as follows: That the
charges against j. Waller Long,
member of the popullst state com
mlttee for the first district are sus
! ea.ned with respect to publishing
false and Malicious charges against
The chairman aud secretary of the
o state central committee, and pur
b SUNG a course calculated to divide
y and disorganize the reform forces o
"a he state We further tind that j
Waller Long has, from his own tes
timony, persistently antagonizet
al Messrs Rozzelle aud Carroll, ant
v. done everything possible to refiec
is upon them both publicly and pr
te va,ely. He is disturbing elemen
in our party, crying aloud for hal
mony, while willfully creating dis
b. cord and trying by all possibl
ueans to block the wheels OF Pre-
20 sress, allowing his personal spice
J, to interfere with his public dut
g aud party fealty."
re Long was present to day with b
as var D amt on, and made spres
of eagle speech in defense OF himse'
~ But it did him no good. The res
to luton was adopted by large m
vo iorily This was the first victol
in, 10, the fusion forces.
all George T. Demaree Of kans
he CITY, has it in for Rozzelle. and 4
ed fear that the chairman of the pop
ho list sate committee is to be the ne
so labor commissioner caused him
he introduce resolution lndorsing L
Merriwether, the present comm
sioner, for reappointment. The r
olution met with 40 support, a
ne was killed cans ceremony. This W
IN another victory for Rozzelle.
sly The big tight came to night, ho
on ever. when the future Of the POI
nat list party iu the state came up
an. discussion The committee knew
fiobt was coming, so the ball
.ed cleared, and the committee VI
lan into executive session Charm
the CIs,hs of the free silver party {
Der few Others were allowed to rems
'aso resolution was Introduced. VII
eye WAS in effect an Endorsement OF
lie fusion plan followed bv the pa
during the last campaign, an'
a]of eoEu.uaudatiou 6 tbs l4ea who Il
.eoy aeed the campaign IN this st
.atd: T1is ds3nt suit tie middle of
IT, -. rosa 24ea little hit and Cap
To- ViliiaIa c. AAdreage offered
substitute resolution dee2a.