The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1896, Page 2

2 = . : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896. —_— e tions from the ranks of the Bryan anarch- istic Democrats. Every issue of the daily newspapers is filled with announcements of old-time inflaential Democratic leaders and newspapers getting from under the anarchistic platform and taking shelter under the safe and onservative platform of the Republican party or joining forces with that radical element of politics known as Populism. Oa the other hnx_:d. the Bryan Democrats are strickep with dismay. Their only hope, their last ditch, is the capture of the People’s party convention. When that fails, as I am certain that it will, they will seek some secluded spot, give a fow spasmodic kicks, - utter a few groans and quietly curl up and die. o A severe blow was given to ma_St. Louis Democracy last night at the nteeting of t}{e Jefferson Club, the strongest Democratic organization of the State. The club had sdopted 2 resolution indorsing Bryan and Sewall, when Kolla Wells, its president, who is one of its most esteemed and in- fluential members, announced that as ® consistent Democrat be could not support the Chicago ticket, and that hLe woul.d therefore resign his office and sever his connection with the club. When he picked up his hat and walked out of the door the sensation became so chilly that the dele- gates ceased to perspire. Hon. B. B. Cahoon of Fredericktown, Mo., a Republican candidate for Gov- ernor, is pouring hot shot into the ranks of the Altgeld-Tillman-Bryan democracy. He said to me last night: “The small farmer and the capitalist e arc alarmed at the ascendency of the Altgelds and the Tillmans in the Demo- cratic party, for they realize that that means a war on the man whose industry has honestly accumulated $1000, by lazy vagabonds, who have never accumulated anything. The people of this country will stamp out men like Bryan, men who seek to make more discontented those who have nothing by arraying them against the in- dustrious and saving classess. Let us have a school-district campaign and we will redeem Missouri in spite of the fusion of the Democrats and Populists, winning the State on the issue of its business devel- opment, and we will hold it permanently hereafter.” The principal topic of conversation here, on the streets and in the Merchants’ Ex- change 1s the repudiation by the honest Democracy of the Bryan-Sewall ticket. Defections are noted all around and the same thing seems to be prevalent in other States. Even at the seat of government, the Democracy is breaking away from the Chicago platform. Assistant Secreiary Hamlin of the Treasury is reported as E ng that the perpetuity of republican institutions is threatened and that every loyal citizen, irrespective of party, should ally himself against the forees that control the Chicago convention, force of lawless- vess which are incorsistent with the main- tainence of the republic. Secretary Her- bert has also announced that he will not support the ticket. General John,Gill of Maryland, who was a delegate to the Chicago convention, said that the best way to ‘stem the free silver tide and to preserve the credit of the country, was for all sound money Demo- erats to vote for McKinley. Captain George M. Jackson,a Populist delegate from Arkansas, says that every tenth of the platform on which Mr, Bryan stands is in opposition to the principles of the Populist 1dea. He is opposed to and will fight against the indorsement of Bryan and in favor of the nomination of Senator Teller, of Colorado, or Judge Caldwell of Little Rock, Ark., for Presi- dent. ¢ The most prominent Populist delegate on the ground is ex-Governor John Price Buchanan of Tennessee. Mr. Buchanan isa representative of that manly type of the Southern gentleman whose presence is as grateful to the senses as the periume of the magrolia blossoms that grow around his piazza’in his beloved Southern home. face is that of one who has lived well and at peace with his neighbors. Heis a representative People’s party man and his ineage 13 American of the bluest of the blue. His ancestors were for generations past native Tennesseeans. The Governor spent his boyhood days on a farm three miles from Franklin. At the breaking out of the Civil War young Buchanan, inspired by love of his home, and burning with loyalty for all that was near and dear to him, enlisted asa pri- vate in the Confederate army at the age of 16 years and served with gallantry during the last year of the war in General For- rest’s famous cavairy. After the close of the war he returned home and went to school. At the age of twenty he married his sweetheart and with true Southern pluck went to fanging in_wheat, corn and cotton on rented’ land in the effort to build himself a home. As a poor man at the very foot of the ladder he began the struggle of life. But his loyalty to home, his industrious i his sterling manhood and s ability were recognized spontaneously by his neighbors without any seeking on his part, and thus without his solicitation and in the face of his positive declination they elected him a member of the Legis- lature of 1887 and 1889. He gave so much satisfaction that in 1890 they elected him Governor of the great State of Tennessee. When Cleveland was nominated for the Presidency toward the close of Governor Buchanan’s term, the Governor, through patriotic and conscientious motives, as many. of the best Democrats then and since have done, refused to advocate Mr. Cleveland’s election. Governor Buchanan was therefore obtiged to undergo ostra- cism by the machine of the Democratic party and to run for the governorship as an independent Southern gentleman. Through the power of the machine he was defeated, and no doubt realizing that the Democracy, once the party of Jeffer- son and Jackson, had become a Hessian of whatever wind that blew, joined the Populists, because he saw in the plaiform of that organization the principles which were in accord with his honest convic- tions. Governor Buchanan told me these things to-night only alter considerable solicita- tion on my part. He has the modesty of the true gentlemen, and I had to wrestle with him as Jacob did with the angel, al- though I am not of the tribe of Jacob, and although the Governor (and I ask his pardon publicly for saying it) is not of the tribe of the angel. Governor Buchanan believes that the financial issue is the great one before the people in this campaign, but declined to say whether he was or was not in favor of the indorsement of Populist Bryan and Capitalist Sewall. utting two and two together and com- puting that they make four (which is a bard task in this muggy weather), Ishould say, taking the fact into consideration tbat Governor Buchanan did not love Grover Cleveland, and that Grover Cleve- Jand did not love him, that Governor Buchanan may be suspected of a silver lining. I hope that I am mistaken, be- cause I like the Governor, but I can sin- cerely say that on whatever side of the controversy the Governor opens his lips, be will be sincere. With Governor Buchanan is one of his intimate iriends, C. C. Henderson of Mur- ireesboro, Tenn. He withdrew from the corrupt Democracy at the same time that Governor Buchanan did, and I have a hunch from my familiar spirit that he is of the same opinion as to the eneltion of fusion. Jony Pauvr CosGRAVE. Lt e Remains True to Bryan. BUFFALO, N Y., July 15—The Buf- falo Evening Times (D.) announces that it will support the Chicago platforn and ticket, and is opposed to the nomination of a tuird ticket by Eastern Democrats, BRYAN SHOUTERS NOW ARRIVING, Advocates of the Nebras- kan Flocking to St. Louis. SEEK HIS INDORSEMENT Populists Will Not Approve the Chicago Nominee Without a Fight. THE PLATTE ORATOR FEARED. Interviews With Prominent People’s Party Men Who Favor the Boy Speaker. - THE CALL’S HEADQUARTERS,) HoTEL LINDELL, sr. Lows, Mo, July 15. | There will be a fight in the Populist National Convention over the proposed indorsement of William J. Bryan for Pres- ident of the United States. It may be long and bitter—it may be short and de- cisive. Already the combatants on both sides are here in large numbers. They are active, aggressive and uncompromising. The middle-of-the-road boys will not give up the struggle until they have been com- pletely vanquished. They want no quar- ter and will give none. They are fighting for the life of their party and against the indorsement of a Democrat for any fed- eral office, great or small. This wing of the party is encouraged in its efforts to down Bryan in the convention by Chair- man Taubeneck and the” other officers of the National Committee. Taubeneck draws a salary of $4000 a year and the other officers of the party are paid in pro- portion. Despite their efforts the Bryan boom is growing. His shouters are arriving here by every train, and when the leading silver advocates of the country get on the ground they will greatly swell the Bryan procession. The Populists that are fight- ing the Nebrasxan are fearful that he should suddenly wave into town during a session of the convention and stampede it by one of his whiriwind speeches, They feel that they could not resist the pres- sure of his eloquence and are praying that his footsteps may be directed elsewhere, The fact is they live in daily fear of Bryan. They realize that his indorsement means the annihilation of their party. Telegrams have been pouring into head- quarters to-day from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, South Dakota, Arkansas and some of the Southern States, all declaring for Bryan. Interest in the coring convention is in- creasing daily, and by the end of the week it will be at fever heat. It promises to be the most important gathering of National Populists in the history of the party. It means a perpetuation of life or eternal death. Missouri hasdivided on the main question. One wing is for indorsing Bryan and Sewall, while another wing will sup- port the proposition to name a straight ticket and adopt a platform. Ex-Governor Waite of Colorado, who will bead the delegation from that State, is out for indorsing Bryan and Sewall, and will begin work for it assoon as he reaches St. Louis. He is backed by the delegation from Colorado, which puts a damper on the plan of the anti-Bryan wing to put forward Senator Teller as a Presidential candidate. The advance guard of the Tennessee delegation, which came in last night, has a full-fledged Vice-Presidential boom for ‘W. H. Mimms of that State. Ex-Governor Buchanan, who has charge of the Mimms boom, does not like Sewall, but is not strongly opposed to Bryan. If it could be so arranged that the Democratic Presi- dential nominee could be given first place and Mimms second the Tennessee crowd would be sastisfied. Otherwise, the Ten- nessee delegates, together with those from other Sounthern States, will join the middle-of-the-road faction and attempt to swing the convention into line for an in- dependent party ticket. While Governor Buchsanan declines to state his position as to indorsing Bryan, it is evident from his talk that he favors such a course on the part of the Populists. “Bryan is a fine man,” he said this morning, “‘and the only way to secure free silver is by a union of forces. The Demo- cratic platform and ticket 1s a vindication of the men who bolted the Chicago con- vention four years ago."’ “It is said, Governor, that the Southern Populists will not accept Bryan s their candidate, because they do not want to return to the Democratic party. How about that?”’ “They would not be returning to the Democratic party,” answered the Tenues- seean. “The party would be returning to them. True Populism is pure Democ- racy—Jeffersonian Democracy—and the origin of the People’s party was the de- parture from pure Democracy by the Democratic party when it aliowed Cleve- land and the Eastern contingent to take the helm. In adopting the Popu'ist plat- form and nominating a man like Bryan the Nemocrats have returned to the prin- ciples of pure Democracy.” The biggest fight next to the one indors- ing the candidates will be that over the platform. A very strong wingof the party, beaded by Cuairman Taubenbeck, Ser- geant-at-Arms McDowell, Chairman Roz- zelle of the Missouri State Committee and many members of the National Committee, proposes to make a fight for the adoption of the Omaha platform instead of an in- dorsement of the Chicago declaration. “I do not know what course may be taken by the National Committee,” said the chairman. “It will hold its first session the day before the convention meets, ana while I bave no doubt the individual members will work for what they consider the wisest and safest course for the party to pursue there will be no attempt to dictate to the convention as a body what it shail do.” Notwithstanding this statement it is un- derstood that there will be a sharp clash between the National Committee and the leaders of the party who are to come to St. Louis to work for Bryan. J. T. Flynn, delegate at large from Cah- fornia to the convention for the American Bimetallic League, arrived in town to-day. He is the editor of the Populist, published in Ban Francisco. Mr. Flynn was not long in town before he declared himself in favor of the indorsement of W.J. Bryan of Nebraska for President, He thinks that both the Populists and the Silverites will unfalteringly indorse the nomination of the boy statesman of the Platte. “Do you think the convention will in- dorse the nomination of Bryan?” I in- quired. “That is hard to tell,” replied Mr. Flynn. “There may be some doubt as to the action of the convention. There is no doubt as to what the Populists will do at the polls, they will vote for Bryan. The People's party stands for a principle and it knows no bosses. No man carries the vote or the indorsement of the Populists in hispocket. Itisa thing that belongs to the people alone and they have already made up their minds to vote for Bryan. Any attempt to defeat that purpose will result in the perpetual retirement of its promoters. The Populists are nearer vic- tory to-day than the most. enthusiastic advocate hoped for, and they are not go- ing to throw that chance away by voting against a man who differs from them only in the name of his party. The fact that Bryan stands upon a Democratic platform, and especially such a platform as was con- structed at Chicago, is no disquatification. There is very lhittle between the Omaha platform and the Chicago platform. There will be no third party in the field, at least to far as the Presidential electors are concerned. The vote of silver will be cast as a unit.” ‘‘How about the bimetallic convention; will it offer any names to the public?”’ “Yes, it witl put up a candidate, and his name is W. J. Bryan of Nebraska. There will be no other name considered before the convention. The bimetallists are in favor of silver and they know that W. J. Bryan is the most redoubtable champion the white metal has ever had. *His effort at the Den:ocratic convention the other day isonly one of athousand such efforts. He is always the same, able, honest and eloquent. If it were possible 16 get the 12,000,000 voters of this country under one roof so that W. J. Bryan’s voice would reach them the election would be over in one hour.”’ “How about Arthur Sewall? Will his wealth be against him with the Populists?"” “No, the Populists are not opposed to wealth. Itisthe manner of accumulating it that they object to. Arthur Sewall, while a rich man, has done much to pro- mote the industrial and commercial in- terests of the nation. I have seen the white-winged messengers of commerce owned by the Sewall family in nearly all parts of the world. Wherever they went the products of America went. That is what we want—trade. Bryan and Sewall will give it to us.” George P. Keeney, late of San Francisco, but now of New York, general organizer of the National Silver party, wearing a linen suit of clothes, a straw hatand a hopeful expression, arrived from Chicago this morning. He had been in attendance at the Democratic National Convention, and acting under instruction of his supe- riors came to St. Louis to hurry up the Bryan boom. Mr. Keeney has had him- self interviewed in all the afternoon papers and goes on record as saying that the Nebraskan will carry New York and every other State of importance from the Atlantic | to the Pacific. Standingin the lobby of | the Lindell, surrounded by a crowd of growlers and silverites, the San Franciscan delivered himseif of a utopian speech, | Among other things he said: “The reign of terror of the gold autocrats is over. 1tisan open fight, and men who two months ago sneered at me within the | last few days have acknowledged that if they win at all it must be with their money, for popular sentiment is against them.” “Will the Silver Convention Bryan and Sewall?” “For my vart, it will, and I think that is the sentiment of all men outside of the regular Democratic organization who wish to see the cause of freesilver triumph. It is the only logical thing to do.” | Ex-Attorney-General W. H. Standish of Grana Forks, N. D., chairman of the sil- ver party of his State, is here to attend the convention of his party. Asked if he favored the indorsement of Bryan ana Bewall by this convention, he said: “Personally, I think it tne proper and logical thing to do. What will be the action of the convention I cannot forecast. I believe, though, that the general senti ment points that way. I am quite sure that Bryan will get the Populist vote of North Dakota, whether or not he is ine dorsed by the St. Louis convention.” Hon., Andrew H. Paton of Danvers, Mass., member of the Populist National Committee by proxy irom his State, regis- tered at the Lindell Hotel this morning. He wore on his lapel a bright, new Bryan button, and the enthusiasm with which he talked for Bryan would have made one think that he was fresh from the valley of the Platte. Mr. Paton is the great inco- honee of the Improved Order of Red Men of the United States. *“Will the Populist convention indorse Bryan?” I asked. ““Whether or not it will be straight-out indorsement or coalition,” he said, “I don’t know; but as a patriotic party, de- sirous of reform, the Populists cannot and will not dodge this issue or throw any- thing in the way of its success,” FrASK McGuire. Sk S Arkansas Delegates Uninstructed. LITTLE ROCK, Agk., July 15.—The Populist State Convention met here to- day. The entire session was taken up in the aiscussion of a resolution to instruct the delegates to the National Convention to vote for the nomination of Bryan for President. N. C. Norwood offered a snb- stitute providing that the delegutes be in- strucmrm affirm the Omaha platform and tender the Presidential nomination to Bryan on the platform adopted by the People’s pariy and to nominate a true Populist for Vice-President. Iwenty-five speeches were made pro and con. The convention to-night, by a vote of 17814 to 2134, rejected the Norwood substitute and voted unanimously tosend an uninstructed delegation to the St. Louis convention. The delegation was instructed to vote asa unit on the Presidential nominee and adoption of platform. indorse —— Conference of Gold Democrats. ST. PAUL, Mixw., July 15.—Daniel W. Lawler, Democratic Nationa] Com mittee- man from Minnesota, this evening issned 2 call to the gold Democrats of Minnesota for a conference here July 26. This gath- ering will decide and will communicate with the gold Democrats of New York, lilinois and elsewhere, with & view to co- operation in the matter of naming a Na- tional sound money Democratic ticket. Mr. Lawler said he had been named as Democratic National Committeeman from this State by a sound money convention and would continue to hold his office for four years. Ifthe committee named at Chicago wanted a man of its own kind he saw no objection to its naming a man in Minnesota, : e ROYAL BETROIHAL. Head of the Bourbons to Wed an Austrian Archduchess. R VIENNA, Avsreia, July 15.—Prince Louis Philip Robert, Duc d’Orleans, son of the late Comte de Paris and head of the house of Bourbons-Orleans, was formally betrothed at Alosuth Castle in' Hungary this afternoon to the Archduchess Marie Dorothe Amelia, daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria. The Duc d’Orleans is 27 years of ageand his fiancee 20, BRYAN'S VISIT T0 HIS BIRTHPLACE Greeted by an Enthusiastic Gathering at Salem, Illinois. < ADDRESSED OLD FRIENDS Familiar Scenes Turned His Thoughts to Home and Kindred. CHILDHOOD HOURS RECALLED. Obligations of the Government to the People Described by the Nebraskan. SALEM, I, July 15.—Salem paid her farewell to-day to William J. Bryan ina grand demonstration that exceeded by far the pyrotechnic reception given him on his arrival here on Monday night. Yes- terday morning the preparations were begun and the result was the trans- formation of the candidate's birthplace {rom an ordinary county seat to a place of variegated color and lavish decoration. In iront ot the old courthouse, where Bryan made his maiden speech and where his father presided as Cirguit Judge for maby years, a platform had been erected and was covered with red, white and blue bunting and other embellishment. In re- sponse to a proclamation of Mayor Lakin nearly every house floated the National standard or some other adornment and pictures of Bryan were prominent in the windows of shops and private resi- dences. Business was suspended and the whole town prepared itself for making the day the greatest that Salem ever experienced. Excursions were run by the railroads, and people from nearly all the neighboring villages and the surrounding country took advantage of the opportunity afforded by cheap rates to hear Bryan. A promise that Governor Altgeld would also make an address was another attraction. Four bands had been engaged for the occasion, and three that helped the Salem orchestra to make music headed delegations from near-by towns. A heavy wind and rain storm came at noon, and for a while there was a stam- pede among the hundreds of visitors, who believed a cyclone was imminent. The rain ruined the decorations, and when it ceased Salem presented a bedraggled ap- pearance. Courthouse Park was a mire, and the 3000 people who were crowded into the square had a very uncomfortable standing-place. A reception committee and several bands escorted Mr. and Mrs. Bryan from Mbrs. Baird’s residence to the park. 'I'heir appearance was the signal for heariy cheers. L. M. Kagy presided at the meeting, and after prayer by F. B. Young, a Methodist minister, he made a little speech complimentary to Mr. Bryan, who bhad been his classmate at the Illinois College, predicting Democratic victory in November. ‘When the cheering had ceased Mr. Bryan began sperking. When he referred to his father’s and mother's recent death there was much feeliag in his tones. The speech contained very little about politics, and Mr. Bryan expressly disclaimed any intention of making political speeches. He said: Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen: I have no disposition w talk politics to-day. I shall leave all discussion of party questions to those who shall follow. Returning to the | agenes which surround my home, the mem- ories of other days crowd out all thoughts of other subjects on which we may agree or dis- agree. Iremember with grateful appreciation the kindiy feeling on church and party lines when I lived among you, and I shali not at- tempt to divide by party lines those who are here to-day. This is the home of my birth and early manhood. Three blocks south is my birthplace; a mile southwest is the home ot my early boyhood. I shall never fail to be grateful to my parents for taking me to the farm where 1 gained the physical strength that enabled me to stand the rigors of a political lite. Mr. Bryan referred to the sdjacent court- house as the place where he made his first political speech, and to other places iden- tified with his political career, and was applaudea when he added, ‘It was here that I first brought her who came to share life’s joys and sorrows with me.” He could not forget, he said, those whose kindly faces smiled upon him before for- tune smiled. He referred to the near-by graveyard and spoke feelingly of the dead father and mother. “I cannos forget this place or these people,” said the orator, “and I cannot to-day express in words all that I feel.” I believe that there is an ideal plane in poli- tics and I believe I stand upon it to-day. We meet recognizing the differences of feel- ing, but witn charity toward each other, We are all imbued with the same spirit, all imbued with the same ambitions, all siming to carry out the same purposes. We want government of the people,for the people and by the people, and if we differ as to the means we cannot differ as honest citizens, but only in purpose. Ithank the Republicans who are assembled here, I thank the Probibitionists, I thank the Populists as much as I do the Democrats, be- cause, my friends, when these questions which rise 10 the surface and agitate people have passed away we then understand those funda- mental principles which underlie our Gov- ernment. o 2 i We all agree in this, that when t! vern- ment comes lnnoo‘:tut with the citizen and the citizen with the Government, we all stand equal before the law. We agree that the Gov- eynment can be no respector of person, and that its strength, its matchless strength, must be the protection of the fortunes of the great and the business of the poor; that it shall stand an impartial arbiter between its citizens. Woe belleve that governments derive thelr just powers from the consent of the governed. We know no divine right of kings. These citizens are those upon whom rest the responsibilities of government, and whiie each strives in his own way to bring the Government o be a fit expression of the people, We cannot agree on those minor points which separate us. It was here I received my first instructions in Democracy. It was here I leatned the truth of the saying that clothes don’t make the man. But all who have the good of the country at heart—ell these stand on a com- mon ground and all are citizens. Thesefare the bésic principles upon which rests the greatest nation on earth. I believe in the pro- gress of the race. Talk not to me of crisis through which we cannot pass or obstacles too great to overcome. I know none such. A ‘patriotic people are ready to meet every emer- gency as it arisesand as each generation rises Ibelieve it will be better fitted to perform the WOrk of progress than the one before. 1t washere that I learned freedom of con- | for | which she responded with a bow. science. Every man has the right to worship God according to his own conscience, and no man shall dictate how a man shall serve his God. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Bryan quoted Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg speech, referring to the absolute confidence with which the Nation might look to the people in time of danger, and in conclusion, said: *“My {riends, here and throughout the land, the Nation can look with confidence to that patriotism and courage which will meet every danger.” Mrs, Bryan was presented to the audi- encédnd was given a hearty greeting, to Several other speakers were heard and the meet- ing was voted a great success. ke CLEVELAND BOLTS. Hs Will Advocate an Independent 4 Democratic Honest-Money Ticket. CHICAGO, IrL., July 16.—A local paper prints the following Washington dis- patch: President Cleveland will advocate an independent Democratic honest-money ticket. From a source so high tbat it is known to be authentic, the information comes that he will aunounce publicly in some way that he favors the nomination of two men who will represent the sound- money standard as presidential candidates in the campaign now on. da ool SENTIMENT DIVIDED. Populists Do Not Know Whether They Will Follow Bryan or Nominate Another. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15.—As the time approaches for the assembling of the Peo- ple’s party National Convention the divi- sion of sentiment between support of Bryan and independent action becomes sharply defined. At the party head- quarters there is uneasiness. Chairman Taubeneck has committed bimself to Teller, while the burden of the majority of the telegrams and letters recerved there favor the indorsement of Bryan. A meeting of the National Committee is called for Saturday morning. One serious question which faces the Populists is the attitnde of the Silver party, whose repie- sentative on the ground, Dr. J. J. Mott of North Carolina, practically confesses that bis party will almost assuredly indorse Bryan. This is a decided reversal of form in comparison with the original policy of the Silver party. Dr. Mott said to-day in answer toa ques- tion as to whether his party’s convention would indorse the Chicago nominee and platform: “1L would not be surprised; in fact I expect that it will. . All we want is silver’s succdss, and the surest way of get- ting it is the one we will adopt.” Dr. Mott saic there will be no side issues —the tariff or anything else—introduced to interfere with the progress of the cou- vention, though the fact that this would be the first convention ever held by them might prolong the sessions at least two days. George P. Keeney, general organizer of the National Silver party, arrived to-day. He is firmly of the opinion that his party will indorse Bryan. “Cyclone’’ Davis, the Texas Populist, is one of to-day’s arrivals who opposes the indorsement of Bryan and favors Teller. “With Teller,” said he, *‘we could carry all the Southern States, not one of which will approve the indorsement of Bryan. The Populist party must maintain its own identity.” P. V. Elliott, a Montsna Populist and a leading Knight of Labor, takes the oppo- site view. *“We must insure the success of silver,” he said, ‘“for that is the issue before the people to-day. 1am in favor of the election of Bryan, and shall work for his indorsement by the People’s party.” Delegate Patton of Massachusetts is here working for the indorsement of Bryan. Ex-Governor John P. Buchanan of Ten- nessee is also for Bryan: He said to-day: ‘“‘An indorsement would not be returning to the Democratic party—the party would be returning to us. True Populism is pure Democracy — Jeffersonian Democracy — and the origin of the People’s party was the departure from pure Democracy by the Democratic party when it allowed Cleveland and the Eastern contingent to take the helm. In adopting the Populist Elndorm and nominating a man like ryan, the Democrats have returned to principles of pure Democracy.” The silver party convention will have 1200 delegates. - —— ANDREW D. WHITE BOLTS. Though a Life-Long Democrat He Cannot Lend Indorsement to Anarchy. ITHACA, N. Y., July 15.—In an open letter to J. Sterling Morton, William L. Wilson and others Hon. Andrew D. Whaite, a life-long Democrat, repudiates the Chicago platform and ticket. *“I'he majority, masquerading under the garb of Democracy at Chicago, has done its worst,”” he says. *It has made a plat- form which is diametrically opposea to Democracy as developed by Jefferson, Jackson, Benton, Seymour, Tilden and all the great leaders of the party. More than this, it is a platform leading logically and historically to a despotism which 1s the very opposite of all Democracy, and in which all Democracy and Republicanism worthy of the name would be extin- guished. You know how contemptuously all efforts to mitigate its most deadly features were repelled, but, bad as this is, it is not the worst. *‘For you must know, too, that it is but the first installment of anarchist doc- trines. If not resisted and overwhelmed now it is absolutely certain to be followed by other parts of the programme, es- pecially the absorption of the bonds and stocks of railroads, telegraphs and vari- ous productive enterprises of the country, with payment for them, if at all, mn a paper currency of nominal! value, and their management by the central Govern- ment, under the cry that all such things have been built up for the people, belong to the people and should be managed by the people. Nor will confiscation stop even here. Other extreme measures are already vaguely foreshadowed ana will be Eushe , and some which even the boldest ave hardly dared hint at will yet be put in platforms to attract new votes of cranks and dupes and in the hope that perhaps some new folly may obviate, modify or obscure the conseguences of the old.’” g B ONLY SEVEN SILVERITES. All That Could Possibly Mustered at the Indiana State Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., July 15.—Only seven silver men gathered at the English Hotel to-day to select delegates to the silver convention at St. Louis next week. Those seven adopted a motion instructing the delegation to vote as a unit to endorss and the Chicago' platiorm. No delegates were selected, but Anson Walcot, chairman of the meeting, was instructed to furnish credentials to such people from Indiana as might turn up at the conven- tion. The separate silver organization in this State has gone to pieces since its fol- lowing was swallowed gy the action of the Democrats at Chicago. S I South Dakota’s Indorsement. HURON, 8. D., July 15.—The Populist State Convention ,to-day nominated a ticket headed by Andrew Lee of Vermilion or and indorsed Bryan. CLEVELAND WOMEN VISIT McKINLEY, They Came With Their Own Band on Their Own Train. NO AGITATORS PRESENT Marched From the Station to the Nominee’s Home During a Storm. MRS. AVERY’S ELOQUENT TALK The Ohio Man Says Woman’s Ad- vancement Is the Best Thing in Civilization, CANTON, Oxnio, July 15.—On their spe- cial train, with their own band, several hundred Cleveland women came to Can- ton this morning to call upon Major Me- Kinley and congratulate him upon his nomination. A fastand furious summer rain fell throughout most of the morning, but did not prevent Canton people from turning out in large numbers with a cor- dial good-will to welcome their fair visit- ors. The Cleveland delegation was met at the station by a large committee of Can- ton women under the leadership of Mrs. Miller, president of the Sorosis Society. The Cleveland women marched from the railway station to the residence of Major McKinley. He was standing on the porch to receive them. The speech of congratu- lation was made on the part of the visitors by Mrs. Elroy Avery of Cleveland, State regent of the Daughters of the Revolution. Mrs. Avery spoke at some length. She said in part: b We come from a ¢ity of great American in- dustries, which industries are suffering from un-American legislation—an unfortified city on the border, facing the Canadian frontier, and yet recognizing that our best protection against foreign aggression is a protective tariff. We have come to greet you not as politicians, but as women, as wives and mothers and sis- ters. We cannot cast one vote for you, and yet we love our country; we desire and through you we seek her prosperity and glory. We know that when you enter at the door of the White House peace and comfort will enter at our doors; that when you receive your heri- tage by the decree of & grateful people our nusbands and fathers will receive the fruits of their industry, and the heart of the wife and mother will be made glad. Every woman living 1s interested in the money question, If cur husbands earn the money we spend, and we intend to spend it without pleading guilty to the charge of a weakness for the bargain counter, every thrifty woman wants her few dollars to have as great a purchasing power as possible; to be worth 100 cents; to be convertible into twenty pounds of sugar, not ten. We stand ready to welcome every one who refuses to dwell longer in the tents of the opposition, and to bind up the wounds of every one who, breaking loose from the already disintegrating ranks of the enemy and placing patriotism above party, vledges his support to the advance agent of prosperity. Mrs. Avery’s speech was heartily and frequently applauded. In response to Mrs. Avery’s remarks Governor McKinley said in part: Mrs. Avery: I greatiy appreciate this ifriendly call and assure you that I do not undervalue the gracious message you have so | eloquently delivered. It is an assurance of the deep interest which you feel and which should be felt by every family 4n theland in the public questions of the day and their right- ful settlement at the polls. There is no limit- ation to the infiuence that may be exerted by. ‘women in the United States and no adequate tribute can be spoken of her services to man- kind throughout its long and eventful history. The work of women has been & power in every emergency and always for good. Her influence in the home, the church, the school’ and the community, in molding charecter for every profession and duty to which our race is con- nected, has been potential and sublime. One of the best things of our civilization in America is the constant advancement of woman to & higher plane of labor and re- sponsibility. The opportunities jor her are greater now than ever before. This is sin- gularly true here, where practically every avenue of human endeavor is open to her, Her Impress is felt in art, science, literature, song and government. The home over which the trusted wife presides is the ideal of our strength—the best guaranty of good citizen- ship and sound morals in governmeat. It is at the foundation; upon it all else is con- structed. I congratulate you upon what woman has done for grand and noble objects in the past. I rejoice with you at the wider and broader field of the present and the splendid vista of the future, which is every- where opening up for you. I again thank you for your presence here and for this manitesta- tion of your regard and good will. Major McKinley was frequently ap- plauded. When he finished speaking there was an earnest cheer, and then Miss Bir- delle Switzer of Cleveland steppad forth and presented Mrs. McKinley with a large basket of handsome roses. The band, com- posed of women, played, and a song writ- ten for the occasion by Mrs. Stewart, pres- ident of the Cleveland Sorosis, was sung by Mrs. Mary Ellsworth Clark, one of Cleveland’s sweetest singers. The women fell into line while the band was playing, and for nearly three-quarters of an hour Major McKinley shook hands with his visitors. The band which accompanied the Cleve- land delegation was composed of women, who used fans vizorously when they were not blowing the big horns. It isa good band and its members did not resemble professional musicians in the least. There were no professional female agitators or reformers among the hundreds who came to Canton to-day. —_——— SPIRIT OFfl-lE PRESS. A Majority of American New: papers Are Opposed to Bryan’s Candidacy. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—The Weekly Public Opinion of New York prints this week a symposium of carefully selected comment from 123 leading news- papersin all parts of the.country on the Democratic Convention and- the issues of the campaign. Of these 58 are Democratic, 28 are Republican and 37 are independent journals or special organs of labor organi- zations, farmers, singie-taxers, etc. Of the 58 Democratic papers 32 repudi- ate the platform, 24 of these also prac- tically rejecting the candidates; 11 either by implication or in plain words advise Democrats to remain within the party lines and vote for the ticket, with a reser- ation if necessury regarding the financial plank; 2 declare for McKinley, 3 demand declare for an independent ticket and %‘ pltmrm and candidates with free ver. Of the 28 Republican papers 4 declare ! while 4 say that the Democratic ?:n’;‘iv:,lc.l’ud or hop{xusly disrupted. Of the 87 independent.and special journals 15 rejéct the_ platform and candidates, 9 de- clare for M’Z&Klnleyrlo declare for Bryan and 3 demand amindependent Democratic ticket. —_————— COLONEL IRISH IS ANGRY. He Says He lsTDemocrat, Not a Dynamiter, and Will Not Support Bryan. IOWA CITY, Towa, July 15.—John P. Irish of Oakland, Cal., was here on his way home from the Chicago convention yesterday. In aninterview be sgnhingly denounced the Chicago convention, say- ing: F‘I will not supvort the platform nor the candidate, for I am a Democrat, not a dynamiter. The platform is a league with larceny and a covenant with murder. The candidate is a raw man who has achieved nothing in public or private life to fit him for the Presidency. California will give 15,000 majority against the platform and candidate. The Democratic party in 1853 established the single gold standard and buried silver as unlimited money. The act of 1873 simply put a new headstone to an old grave. he Chicago platform at every point antagonizes every vrinciple held by the Democracy since 1801. Jeffer- son’s declarations concerning the standard of vaiue and the ratio between ’gold and silver were ignored at Chicago. Theparty he jounded was strumpeted to as corrupt and criminal a combination as ever robbed a stage.” et R 0 SPEAKER REED’S OPINION. He Thinks Sewall’s Nomination Will Break Up the Democratic Party in Maine. CHICAGO, Itr., July 15.—A speciai dis- pgtch from Boston says that a coxrespor}d- ent for a local paper had a talk with Speaker Reed at Old Orcbard, Me., yester- day. When asked his opinion of the cam- paign outlook Mr. Reed said: “I do not care to say much,’but Mr. Allen and myself are practically of the same opinion, so you had better interview Mr. Allen.” ke Mr. Allen, Mr. Reed’s closest political friend and adviser, said: '‘The action of the Chicago convention in nominating Mr. Sewall for the Vice-Presidency on a silver platform after the Democrats of Maine had selected their candidates for State and County offices on a gold plat- form, is, to say the least, strange. “Ido not think that Sewall will be able to carry his own city, much less the State. Apparently the only reason the Demo- crats nominated Sewall is, he is the only wealthy Democrat in the East who favors the free coinage of silver, and they think that by his nomination they will be able to draw Eastern voters. Possibly he may, but I do not think he will. e “In my opinion the nomination of Sewall will be more than likely to break up the organization of the Democratic party in Maine. This will pe the inevita- ble result, unless the Democratic State campaign in Maine is conducted entirely independent of the National campaign.’ FILLING THE VACANCIES. New Members Appointed on the Republican National Execu- tive Committee. CLEVELAND, Oxmro, July 15.—The Re- publican National Executive Committee was in session to-day for several hours. Shortly before 4 o’clock the committee ad- journed until to-morrow. Senator Quay eft at once for home. Mr. Hanna announced to the newspaper men that Myron M. Parker had been se- lected as a member of the National Com- mittee for the District of Columbia and C. 8. Johnson member for Alaska. The Colo- rado vacancy was not filled. Mr. Hanna further announced that it had been de- ciaed to open campaign headquarters both in New York and Chicago. “Who will be in cnarge?” was asked. “The chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee,”” he answered. ‘‘He will be 1n the saddle, so to speak, and be found at both places. They will be of ual power, importance and scope.” deyond this the chairman declined to k. e ta e REPUDIATED IN NEW YORK. The Democratic State Committee Declares Against Platform and Ticket. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—At a meet- ing to-night of the executive committee of the State Democracy, resolutions were adopted repudiating the platform adopted at Chicago and the ticket. A resolution was adopted putting a third ticket in the field. NEW TO-DAY. ~CONDENSED MILK.. Has No Equal SOLD EVERYWHERE Will Stan very Test. Manufactured by a concern of over 30 years’ standing and 6 years of bicycle manufacture. Smartest! .:. Swiffest! Strongest! But you can’t know all its merits until you see it or send for catalogue. HOLBROOK, MERRILL & STETSOY, PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, Market & Beale Sts., 223 J Street SAN FRANCIS CO. SACRAMENTO, REPAVE MARKET ST, LY VIGO NCE MORE in ha; O 985 tn harmony complotely cured men are fertng men ¢ mem‘fm;':% mfififs’ ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO,N.Y,