The silver star., 1900-11-02

statement to any member NJ tho a.
sion committee Of either Of the other
parties that the Democrats would not
accept Silver Republican candidate
for district attorney.
The propositions offered before the
Joint committee were rs follows:
Frist-Judge Garbanati, on behalf
OF the Populists. offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the persons hereto.
fore nominated for the Offices of dis
trict judge and district attorney at
the judicial conventions of the Peo.
pies, Silver Republican and Demo.
cratic parties be placed in nomina-
tion before this joint committee, and
that they be voted for as. the nomi.
ness for said Office approved by this
Joint committee; that a vote be first
taken for district attorney and the
person receiving a majority Of tie
votes OF this convention be consider.
ed its nominee; that the same rule
shall apply to the matter of district
Judge; that the several committees
composing this joint committee are
hereby pledged to accept the nomi.
nees Of the joint committee and nom.
mate the candidates SO selected as the
nominees of their several parties for
the ofiices of district Judge and dis
trict attorney and take all steps nec-
essary to cause them to be placed on
the judicial ticket of the Sixth ju.,-
cial district in the manner provided
by law"
Second-Mr. Reese, on behalf of
the Democrats, offered to give the dis
trict Judge to the Democrats, and tie
district attorney to the Populists.
and. on the matter being suggested
by Mr.. Haughey, suggested Judge J..
L. Russell for Judge and James A.
Pulliam for district attorney.
Third-Mr. Pike, on behalf of the
Silver Republicans, proposed Mr..
John F. Spickard for district attor.
ney and declined to express any pref
erence for district Judge.
F0urth-Judge Garbanati. ON be-
half Of the Populists, proposed Mr..
Edgar Buchanan for district Judge and
Mr.. John F. Spickard for district at
torney.
Fifth-The Populists offered. as a
final proposition, a resolution that the
joint convention proceed to ballot for
district Judge. the person receiving n
majority Of the fifteen votes repre-.
sented in the joint committee to be-
come the nominee.
Mr.. Reese. on behalf of the Demo.
Gratis. stated that that party could not
accept such a proposition, as 1t did
not promise the Democrats either the
district Judge or district attorney.
Mr.. Haughey then. on behalf OF the
Populists. stated that the Populists
had agreed that In case this propo-
sition was not accepted there could
be no fusion. and moved that the
joint committee adjourn. This motion
was seconded by Mr.. Meuser and car.
ried. In less than fifteen minutes
afterward the Silver Republicans and
Populist parties met and nominated
Mr.. Spickard for Judge and Mr..
Haughey. a member OF the Populist
fusion committee. for district attor-
ney.
There was never time in any Of
the deliberations OF the committee
that the Democrats were offered either
Judge or attorney by either OF the
other parties. The reason the Demo
Gratis refused to accept the resolution
offered by Judge Garbanati was that
H. provided for the selection OF both
Judge and attorney by bare majori.
ty vote Of the joint committee. We
know that Judge Garbanati stood
ready to cast his vote. and the vote
Of the proxy held by him. against our
candidate for district Judge. and we
were reliably informed that at least
one other member Of the Populist fu.
sion committee would vote the same
way. while we had no assurance that
any member OF the Populist fusion
committee would support our candI.
date for Judge. Judge Garbanati
openly stated that the Populists and
Silver Republicans had agreed upon
Mr.. Spickard as district attorney.
and. from their actions throughout
the whole OF the deliberations. we
were convinced that they had agreed
a. well as the candidate for Judge.
We then believed. and still believe.
that In case the Garbanatl resolution
had carried. Judge Russell would
have received the votes Of the fve
Democrats and that Of Mr.. Need.
ham OF the Silver Republicans. while
Mr.. Buchanan would have received
the votes Of the four remaining
Silver Republicans and all Of the
Populists, while for district attorney.
Mr.. Spickard would have received
the votes OF the entire Silver Repub-
lican and Populist committees. thus
the Democrats without
. candidate. We felt and still feel
tha' the Democratic party was enti.
tied to at least one Of the 0fhces,
and II would have received hcither
ln case Of the adoption Of the Gar.
banatti resolution. The same reasons
lply to the resolution last offered by
The Populists.
We desire to repeat that neither the
Democratic committee nor any Of its
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