Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-04-21
TO FUSE OR NOT TO FUSE
That Is the Question With
Which the Silver Commit
tee Wrestled.
MEETING HELD At RENO on APRIL ls
Committee Appointed to Ar
range Convention Matters
With Democrats.

q
Committee Of the Silver Party was
held at Reno on April 13, and to say
that it was warm session is putting
il mildly.
The meeting was called to order
by Secretary Nate Rolf, who pre-.
sented the resignation of Sam Davis
as chairman pro tenn.
Thereupon M. Scheeline was elect.
ed permanent chairman. but as that
gentleman was confined to his bed,
Mr.. Rolf was made temporary chair
man, and W. T. Virgin was ap-
pointed secretary.
The fun began when the invitation
Of the Democratic Committee was
read, asking the Silverites to join
with them in the selection of candi-
dates for Presidential Electors and
Congressman. The following reso-
luton was introduced by A. Living
ston and seconded by @. G. Wallace;
Resolved, That the question of fu-
sion with the other opponents of the
gold trust properly belongs to the
State convention, and that it is not
the province of the committee to dic>
tate the terms upon which fusion
may be effected.
An amendment was offered by
Judge Huffaker as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
the committee that we accept the
invitation of the Democratic party,
and unite with them in q joint call
for State convention for the nomi-
nation OF candidates, and with them
to combine and act as one political
party in the coming campaign.
An amendment to the amendment
was then offered by H. II. Beck,
which read as follows:
Resolved, That We accept the invi
tation Of the Democratic party,
through their State Central Commit.
tee, and issue call for State con-
vention to meet at the same time and
town with them, and it is hereby
further
Resolved, That q committee be ap-
pointed by this body to confer with
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee to issue the call.
The friends OF the different resolu.
tions INDUCED In ordinations and
recriminations, in which the fidelity
to the Silver cause of several of the
gentlemen present was brought into
question.
Governor Sadler moved that the
whole matter be laid on the table,
but as this would prevent any possi
bility of fusion between the two par
ties il was defeated by q vote of 26
to %.
After recess had been taken the
resolution was offered.
and ii was adopted by unanimous
vote:
Resolved, That the communication
of the Democratic party in regard to
fusion is met with favor by this body,
and that q committee be appointed
to confer with like committee from
that body to arrange that both con-
meet at the same town and
time, and that the question of fusion
be left with the conventions.
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed as such committee: r. Sad
ler, W. E. Sharon, Ben Rosenthal,
BENZ. Curler. and J. P. Fitzgerald.
Peter Breen, ID. Kind, It. A.
Fletcher. and d. Depalio were the
accredited members of the committee
from Eureka county, none of whom
were present, and when it was an
nounced that some delegate had been
voting the proxy of Mr.. Fletcher,
who had been dead six months,
there was CONSERVATION expressed
by several of the advocates of fusion,
but no explanation or apology was
offered by the offender.
Editor Sain of the Lovelock Trib-
une had been industriously voting a
pocketful of proxies. but when he
was asked the questions, "Will you
support the nominees of the Silver
party?" and "Will you vote for W.
]. Bryan for Presidents" he wilted,