The Florence daily tribune., 1902-10-21
Fusion Committee Report.
To the democratic party of Fremont
county and friends.

county and friends
Your committee on vacancies, au-
thorized and empowered by the demo-
cratic convention held in Florence.
Colorado, Oct. 1lth, 1909, to act as
fusion committee and meet the fusion
committee of the populist party of
said county beg to submit the follow
ing report.
Your committee met with the pop
ulist fusion committee in several
meetings continuing to Oct. is. 1909.
All meetings of said committees were
most cordial, and all parties felt and
expressed a strong common interest,
but the populist committee advised us
that under the instructions OF their
convention they had but one propo-
sition to make, and that was that the
democratic party endorse the present
populist candidate for county commits.
sioner To this demand your COM
mittee could not submit 1t seemed
to your committee that the democratic
interests, and also the populist par
ty's interest, as against the common
opponent the republican party In Fre-
mont county would be best subserved
by the democratic party, being allow
ties for county comm issioner. But in
attaining this end your committee
ever considered that the success Of the
two friendly parties and their com
mon interest was of more Importance
than the success of any single indi-
submitted to our populist friends that
we were willing to and would with
draw Julius McCandless, the present
democratic nominee, from the ticket
and select some other man more agree
able to them, if might be. They in
most friendly terms and cordial man.
ner assured us that this would not re-
lieve the situation and if the demo
Gratis were to have the Office they
would as soon have Julius McCandless
as any man that might be named, that
he was, except that he was the demo-
cratic nominee, as acceptable both as
a man and as n county commi ssi ioner,
as any man they knew, but that the
instructions of their convention we've
plain and definite, and we must en-
dorse their candidate, Mr.. Kelso or
they could not come to an agreement
with us. Your committee therefore,
not believing it advisable either in
the interests of the democratic or pop
ulist parties, to concede the Office of
county commissioner to the populist
party as demanded, declined to effect
fusion, on this basis.
Your committee would further re-
port that with the populist committee
they fully considered the necessity of
re-electing Henry NJ Teller to the
senate And the respective committees
are in strong aud harmonious accord
in this respect, and they are fervently
united in the opinion that we should
all support the same Legislative tick
ct in the interests of Mr.. Teller, and
for our mutual good, rs against the
common opponent.
The populist committee therefore,
advised us in that respect that they
had no given authority to take down
common interests they believed i'll our
union on the legislative ticket, and
would use their influences to that end.
And we beg to report that the good
reasoning, and courteous and gentle
manly bearing of the entire populist
committee. was so logical and fair.
aud in our Judgement sound. that We
all still expect for our common inter
ests to support one aud the same legis-
lative ticket in support of that grand
old man, Henry NJ. Teller.
And to this end your committee
offered and expressed itself as ever
willing to unite with our populisi
friends and make any change of can
didates that might seem best. but they
assured us that they were without an-
thority in this respect and made no