People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — DISCREDITS THE REPORT. [ARTICLE]

DISCREDITS THE REPORT.

Taubeneck Knows Nothing of Alleged Fusion with Indiana Democrats. St. Louis. —Special: The announcement from Indiana that the populists of every state are to fuse with the democrats in case a free-silver platform is adopted has excited much interest among local populists. Chairman Taubeneck of the people’s party national executive committee, when seen, said: “I know absolutely nothing of the story. No populist, bimetallist, or silver democrat has ever mentioned this to me. If the populists of Indiana have agreed to a combination of this kind they have not taken any one into their confidence. So far as the national committee of the people’s party is concerned there is no truth in the report.”