The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
Especial to The Herald.)

Ogden, Utah, Aug. 13.-Today has
seen the movement known as the fusion
movement practically collapse in Og-
den and Weber county. Many of those
who have strenuously favored the CO.
operation of all the silver forces under
separate party names now admit that
the fusion scheme has been tried and
found wanting; that there is now moth
ing left but for the Democrats TO fuse
with Democrats, to unite and make
common cause for the free coinage of
silver at the ratio OF Is to 1, without
waiting for the consent of any other
party or any other nation.
The abandonment of the silver Re
publican organization, as told in to-
days papers, put the finishing touch
on the fusion movement in Ogden.
Many of the fusion Democrats Who
signed an address advocating co-opera-
ton, now admit that their offer has
practically been rejected by the silver
Republicans, so-called, and they now
feel free to align themselves with the
straight Democratic forces. There We're
less than 40 Democrats of Weber coun-
ty who signed the address, and, of
these, many attached their names sew
eral weeks ago, or at least several days
ago, when Hanna's letter to Glen Mill
Ter had not been made public, and when
there was some meaning to the term
silver Republican"
Yesterday several of the signerS,
Thomas Maloney, for instance, were
heard to state that now they disapproV-
ed of the address, and that they signed
it for the sole purpose of bringing about
a condition whereby the silver Republic
cans could conscientiouSly and erect
lively vote for silver, and their Signa~
lures were attached when conditions
were not as they are now, since the
main reason for it has passed. There
can be no fusion now, that there is no
one to fuse with.
The Tribune was busy today getting
interviews, which will undoubtedly
be published in that paper tomorrow
morning. The interviews in the main
were with those Republicans VINO be
lieve in Republicans working and Vot-
ing together, no matter how widely
they may differ on the financial ques-
ton AS one Republican expressed 1t:
I'VE favor silver, reciprocity and pro-
lection. Go ahead, you Democrats, and
declare for free silver. We will declare
for the free coinage of lead, il need be,
to win votes. We can lay the failure
to carry out our declarations onto our
national organization"
These Republicans, apparently, do
not realize the absurdity of their de-
claring for silver, when their party, ma
tionally, is committed absolutely to the
gold standard.
There have been many expressions
adverse to fusion by Democrats, who
are now practically unit on the propo-
sition of a straight party fight, and will
be completely so when it becomes gen
orally understood that the silver Re
publican organization is defunct.
Some remarks are selected almost at
random from those made. by John Ty-
Ter. as they express a common view,
among Democrats, as to their standing
on the cooperation plan of campaign.
'I am in favor of a fusion of the
Democratic party, and not in favor of
its destruction. l favor the admission
into the party meetings and conven-
lions of every person who supports the
Chicago platform of 1896, on an equal
footing with every other member of
the party I do not believe in what is
known as fusion in this state, and hear
no demand for fusion except from
men who are Democrats. l do not and
never have believed in trading votes
for offices. nor offices for votes, and
observation has shown me that as a
rule. where this has been done the
people have not been benefited by the
deal"
The above remarks were practically
those of many other Democrats inter-
viewed yesterday by a Herald man,
and it is unnecessary to repeat the eX-
act LANGUAGE of each man interviewed.