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Rock Island Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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In Minneapolis on Nov. 14, Silver Republican national committee leaders Charles A. Towne, George H. Shibley, and E. S. Corser confer and decide to disband the party, urging silver and Lincoln Republicans to join the Democrats.
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Members Urged to Become Democrats in Good Standing.
Minneapolis, Nov. 14.-Prominent members of the silver republican national committee have been in conference here over the question of the party's future. Charles A. Towne, chairman of the committee, George H. Shibley, of Illinois, committeeman, and E. S. Corser, of this city, treasurer, have been in conference. It is understood that they decided to issue an order in which they will express the belief that the time has come for giving up the usual party organization and merging its members into the democracy. All silver and Lincoln republicans will be urged to become democrats in good standing.
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Minneapolis
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Nov. 14
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party to disband and members urged to merge into the democratic party.
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Prominent members of the Silver Republican national committee, including chairman Charles A. Towne, committeeman George H. Shibley of Illinois, and treasurer E. S. Corser of Minneapolis, held a conference in Minneapolis to discuss the party's future. They decided to issue an order expressing belief that the time has come to dissolve the party organization and merge its members into the Democratic Party, urging all silver and Lincoln Republicans to become Democrats in good standing.