The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-03
BUT NOT A UNION IN
SPIRIT.
LONG DEADLOCK BROKEN.
NOMINEE OF DEMOCRATS FOR
JUDGE INDORsED BY SILVER
REPUBLICANS.
PopUL1sTs JOIN THE PROCESSION
mittee the Means of Reaching u
Working Agreement.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2.-As pre-
dicted at the start by the party lead
ers, the three parties, Democratic, Pop
ulist and Silver Republican joined
hands in fusion, and the ticket placed
in the field is:
For supreme judge, John j. Sullivan, Demo-
erat, Columbus.
For state university regents, E. Won Forell,
of Kearney, Populist, and George F. REMOVER,
of Wisner, Silver Republican.
Many delegates maintain that the
fusion was perfectly harmonious, While
there are Others who claim there may
be yet dissension on the Silver Repub-
lican side, as about one-third of those
delegates went home early this morn
ing, before fusion was effected. Fol
a while in the three conventions this
morning it looked rather precarious for
harmony, as the Silver Republicans
had a very warm time, a m OF
the "Middle-of-the-Road' delegates
talking in favor of the nomination of a
straight ticket, in order to preserve
their organization. Finally it was an
bounced that the Democrats and Silver
Republicans had agreed upon John j.
Sullivan for supreme judge, and signs
of fusion began to appear. Even then
it was not until Judge Neville urged
the Endorsement of Mr.. Sullivan that
the Populists gave in. AT noon the
agreement to fuse was finally reached,
and the rest of the proceedings were OF
short duration. 1t beanie very evident
near the close of the convention that
ooitIar Scott NaUi11a or mi
could be nominated by any two of the
conventions, and the maneuver OF the
Democrats in substituting sullivan
was considered the coup that cut short
what might have resulted in a long
drawn, knotty convention, full OF tght,
and ultimately separating the thfee
parties so widely that fusion would
have been an unknown condition Tor
wears to come. This is the opinion
freely expressed on every hand. There
were fifteen counties unrepresented in
the Populist convention, and about the
same number absent from the other
gatherings. The delegates began leav-
ing the city as soon as fusion became
an assured thing, and by evening there
were scarcely a score at any or the
hotels.
Judge Sullivan, who is the Demo-
cratic nominee for supreme judge
made a short speech. He said:
Il appreciate the in which
T received the nomination ana the
more sincerely because l did not seek
it. Through the enthusiasm OF my
friends L find myself the candidate.
[ have no promises to make except
that-I shall, if elected, administer the
law of the state as it is. ana shall
not substitute my own ideas Tor the
law of the land. The common people
shall receive full and impartial justice
at my hands,
The Democrats after this nomina-
ton took a recess to await the result
of the balloting for regents at the
other two conventions. Shortly after
l o'clock the POpulists unanimously
elected E.. Won Forrell, of kearney, as
their candidate for regent of the state
university. A motion was carried that
the regent nominee of the silver Re-
publican party, when announced, be
adopted by the POpulist party and in
cluded in their ticket. The Populist
convention then adjourned sine die.
At 2:15 the silver Republican owen
ton nominated George F. REMOVER, Of
w lSleI, Luz regent, dIu lIiuOi oSu llIS
nomination of e. Won Forrell, the Pop
ulist nominee. The convention then
adjourned sine die.
The Democratic convention wound
up the proceedings this afternoon by
indorsing the nominations for regents
made by the other two conventions.
The agreement under which the
fusion was effected was reported by
the conference committee, which, after
a long deadlock, came to an agreement
at 8 o'clock this morning. The report
was as follows:
We recommend that the three conventions
meet separately and ballot for judge. All
nominations shall be presented to the three
conventions, and balloting shall continue until
one man shall have a majority of two conven-
tons. Each ballot shall be announced to
ballot is taken. The regents shall be given
to the parties which do not secure the judge.
Each convention took a ballot, under
the agreemnt, which resulted in the
Democrats unanimously agreeing
upon w. H. Thompson, the Populists
unanimously agreeing upon Judge
William Neville and the silver Repub-
leans. being widely scattered with
Judge c. r. Scott having the lead.
Later, the Democrats reconsidered
their vote on Thompson, and unani-
nously agreed upon Judge J. J. Sulli-
van. This sacrifice was made with
the hope hat one of the other con-
ventions would agree upon Sullivan,
resulting in nomination and fusion,
and. as it proved, this action had the
desired effect.