Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-28
FUSION TALK.

lOICtS III nevada
In debating the question with tn
Elko Argonaut it says:
1t admits that the Democrat plat
form emboties all the essential point!
for which the Silver party has beer
contending and acknowledges there !:
no hope for bimetalism in the Repub
ilcan party, but predicts a serious de
Election from the silver vote if all ar
attempt were made to fuse with the
Democrats. The question naturally
arises, 'Where would they go
The Argonaut nswer that they
would return to the gold party. i
such isthe case, where does tie para.
mount issue" come in with these vol.
erS! They are not silver men at all
only poor specimens Of plating.
Now let US look at the composition
OF the Silver party, aud see how far
the Republican element there in are
Justified IN claiming the right to die
tate its policy and It's candidates.
The returns from the elections in 1900
before the formation OF the Silver
party, show that the Democrats cast
5,791 votes OF 46.72 per zen of the
total vote. In the same year the Re
publlcans cast 6,6oI, or s. 27 per
cent AT the next election the Demo
Gratis cast but ia votes or 6, 4S per
cent of the total vote, while the Re.
publlcans cast ?, us or 25.4o per
cent. In each succeeding campaicn
the Democrats have shown their
hdellty to the Silver party by casting
95 per cent of their votes for the party
while the Republican members of the
party have shown theirs by ~increas-
ing the straight Republican vote in
the Gubernatorlal election four years
ago to 3o,91 per cent, the Democratic
vote for the same year being smaller
than Tor the Presidential election oe
1892.
Taking these figures into considera-
ton, and they are correct, it would
look like any attempt from a Repub-
llcan standpoint to control the party
would be a St of the tail wagering the
oog, and shows to an unbiased mind
that the loyal members of the Silver
party are those who formelv voted tie
Democratic ticket. Ard vet We are
asked to make no concession to retain
this vote and to rely upon the Repuh-
lican element in the party which ex-
perlence has proven is a very uncer-
tain quantity, and which the Argo-
naut admits is stable to "fy the track"
II not given the control. There is no
necessity for a Democrat to remain
longer IN the Silver party, since the
causes which compelled a sacrifice of
party to principle have been removed
entirely. and the Republican members
OF the party are simply asked to con-
cede them that voice IN the selection of
State officials which their unfalterino
devotion to the Silver party in the
past certainly justify them in damand-
ing.
AS a matter of fact we believe. and
the figures zeal us out. that he unit.
ed Democratic vote this fall can carrv
the State on a straight Democratic
ticket. At any rate, any detection of
the Democratic voters in the Silver
party, combined With those Repub-
llcans-not few in number-who be-
l1eVe the Democratic party is the SIM
on pure silver party will serve to &C
complish the defeat of the Silver
party this fall and insure the triumph
OF the gold standard administration
Republicans, and a repetition of the
Oregon election.
1t is this honest conviction on our
part which leads us to advocate a f;ls.
ION OF the silver vote of the State
against the common enemy. Repub
l'can papers in the State are banking
a division of the Silver vote and
are laughing in their sleeves at the
unseemly scramble for office which
alone can actuate any opposition to a
union. If we are sincere in our devo-
ton to the cause of bimetallism. LET ne
not inquire to closely as to a mans
~antecedents, but grant to all
mel that privilege of believing as his
conscience dictates on all questions (,
and only endevor to unite on the one
question which the majority of the