Show DEMOCBATIO STATE COMMITTEE IdHETUJG I The Democratic state central committee com-mittee held a very important meeting yesterday i was to consider the overtures over-tures of the unification committee of the silver Republicans The result of the meeting was the appointment ota ot-a committee of three to draft an answer an-swer to the resolution of the silver Republican Re-publican committee This special committee com-mittee was directed to state in its answer an-swer that the Democratic state central committee had no authority to pledge a Democratic state convention to any proposition In the opinion o the committee com-mittee the Chicago platform offers everything to the friends of silver that I could be asked and they are all Invited I to cooperate with the Democrats I The committees decision vjll meet with the approval of the party throughout the state Had it undertaken under-taken to bind the party to any plan of compromise or fusion it would have exceeded its authority and no party convention would have felt hound by its action A question so momentous as that considered by the state committee com-mittee could only be dealt with In state convention The committee could not consistently have taken any other position po-sition than that the Chicago platform offers everything to be desired by the friends of silver and It did right to invite all friends of silver t cooperate cooper-ate with the Democratic party We do not believe any Demotratlc state convention will ever vote for fusion fu-sion During the past week we have met many prominent Democrats from all parts of the state and every one we have met and talked with has been pronounced in his opposition to fusion They would all be glad to have the friends of silver come into the party where they will be given the same rights and consideration that are accorded ac-corded lifelong Democrats The Democratic Dem-ocratic party is the great silver party |