The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896. CALIFORNIA POPULISTS WANT A POPULIST PRESIDENT AND A POPULIST PLATFORM, mhvas wust vieto 0UT FOR CALDWELL The Arkansas Judge Is Their Favorite Just at This Time. DELEGATIONS LEAVE. Populists Are Indignant at the Silver Indorsement of Bryan. DEMAND A POPULIST NOMINEE. To-Day Two Party Delegations Depart to Take a Hand in the St. Louis Game. This morning the Populist delegation to the National Convention will leave San Francisco, and this evening the Clliforl:)in delegation to the silver convention, wm?n will also meet on July 22 at St. Louis, will take its departure on the overland train. California has heretofore sent two dele- gations to the East on different dates, and here it wiil send forth two on the same day, both of which will cut quite a figure | in not only the politics of California dur- ing this campaign, but in the politics of the Nation. The Populist delegation will leave at 7 o’clock this morning. It may not prop- erly be said to have any head, as it bas not yet elected a chairman, and probably will ot do so until it gets to St. Louis, but in the meantime E. M. Wardall, the chair- man of the State Centrai Committee and one of the delegates at large, may be taken to be the head of the delegation. Some thirty Populists will leave on this even- in Washington, the Senators and others who formed the American Bimetallic Union out of the three or four then exist- ing silver organizations, it was tacitly and honorably agreed among the leaders there assembled that neither the Populists nor the silver men should boom any candidate for the Presidency or otherwise take a leading part in the campaizn until the two National conventions should convene in St. T.onis. It was well understood that at those joint conventions conference com- mittees should be appointed, and the Populists and the indapendent free-silver men should endeavor to agree upon & platform and a candidate. This tacit agreement has been kept by a part but not all of the leading men of both parties. The indorsement of Bryan by the silver delegation from California the other night was a distinct violation of this agreement; so was the silver indorsement of Bryan by the Nevada delegation. This makes the Populist delegation feel sore. The Calitornia Populist delegation is not for Bryan, and while it recognizes the fact that the California silver delega- tion was not wholly bound by the confer- ence of the silyer leaders in Washington, still the Populists feel that in indorsing Bryan the agreement bas been violated and an estrangement has resulted. The unit rule has not_yet been declared to be in force in the California Populist delegation, but it may be ordered before the delegation reaches St. Louis. The Populist National delegation is not torn by intense partisans of anybody. In it are many friends of Teller, the majority of whom would suppdrt Mr. Teller for the Presidential nomination if he would come out and declare himself a Populist. The Populists, however, insist upon the nomination of a Populist. Bryan they do not trust very much as a rule. Judge Caldwell is at this particular hour the favorite of the California delegation. The delegation leaves San Francisco bound by no unit rule, uninstructed by anybody, divided as to preferences and ready to vote for the man who may seem the most available one when the party representatives convene next week. Still, their favorite is Judge Henry Clay Caldwell of Arkansas. This man was much and seriously talked about during the early conferences of the Populists and Silverit He is the sort of a man that the majority of the Populists are looking for. He was born in Virginia, was reared in Towa, and in 1860 became a volunteer officer in the Rebellion. In 1864 he was appointed a District Judge in Arkansas by There will not, however, be more than three votes for W. J. Bryan. While the Populists will not discuss for publicstion the possibilities of a fusion ~ith the Democrats it is made very evi- dent that if Bryan be indorsed at St. Louis the Populists will demand in turn a very large share of the Congressional plums throughout the Nation. The%vmly be willing to let Bryan have the White House and all that goes with it if he can get it, but their price will be tne law- making power. It will be hard and in fact practically impossible for National party authorities to carry out any deal which might here and there give the Con- gressional eiections to the Populists as far as the Democrats are concerned, because State and district influences will be apt to act independently. So the smaliness of the chance of a fusion between the Democrats and Popu- lists is thereby seen to be still more remote. The silver delegation, which will leave to-night on the first-class overland train, will have a little more style, moneyv and possibly clean shaves about it than may be observed in the Populist special cars which leave in the morning. There may or may not be much news of great importance floating backward from the silver delegation on its trip to St. Louis, and when it reachas 8t. Louis it is possible that the silver convention will do nothing more than ratify the nomination of W. J. Bryan and thereby castinto outer darkness a large proportion of the strength that now belongs to this inchoate move- ment. CAN PROVE AN ALIBL John Sommers, Grocer, Charged With Threats to Kill by P. J. Gordon, Saloon-Keeper. P. J. Gordon, saloon-keeper, 1633 Market street, swore to a complaint in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday charging John Sommers, grocer, Brady street, with threats to kill. He said that Sommers went into his saloon about 8 o’clock yesterday morning and startled him by tetling him that if he turned out with the Bryan Politicat Club of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District he would kill him. Sommers was arrested and booked at the City Prison, but was released on bonds. He denied making any threat to Judge Henry Clay Caldwell of Arkansas, the Favorite Candidate Among the California Populist Delegates. ing’s train, without style or brass bands, and they will sleep during the journey in second-class tourist-cars, The silver delegation, which ostensibly will number forty-five and which will actually number about thirty, and which is headed by Georze W. Baker, a member of the National Committee froms California of the American Bimetallic Union, gene- ral boss of the Pacific Coast silver repre- sentation and special correspondent of THE CALL, will leave this evening on the regular traip in two special Pullman cars, appropriately decorated and emblazoned. ’Fhe departure of these two delegations is nttem'red by two new features. The California Populists’ delegation is not centered upon any Presidential candidate; it contains but two or three partisans of W. J. Bryan and its favorite is Judge Henry Clay Caldwell of Arkansas, who is not talked very much about in the papers just now, but who is likely to be one of the most-talked-about men whose names will be telegraphed from St. Louis five days from now. The California Populist delegation also leaves, strangely enough, at outs with the California silver delegation. The reason 1s that the California_silver delegation, dominated by George W. Baker, has de- clared in favor of the indorsement of Mr. Bryan, as has the Nevada silver delega- tion, which is said to be also largely dom: nated by Mr. Baker. The California Populists are not by any means in favor of indorsing Mr. Bryan. They are not only in favor of an outand out, true-blue Populists as their Presiden- tial candidate, but they also charge the Pacific Coast silver delegation’with acting in bad faith. ‘When, in the latter part of July last, the committee of seven from the Populist State Central Committee, of which E. M. ‘Wardall of California was a member, met, | nicely about Peffer, | Judge Hines of Georgia, Page of Virginia, | gation,” said John 8. Abraham Lincoln. In 1890 he was ap- pointed Circuit Judge for the Eighth Cir- cuit of the United States Court of Ap- peais, which includes ten States west of the Mississippi River. His decisions in corporation cases have especially en- deared him to the Populist party. Opinions are not freely expressed for publication by lezders in the Populist delegation, but Mr. Caldwell is unques- tionably the favorite, if there isone. One may hear the California delegates talk Allen, olcomb, ex-Congressman Thomas Watson of Georgiz, E. V. Debs and two or three oth- ers, and one may easily hear a great deal that is favorable to Teller, but when one has talked with & number of the California Populist delegation, he makes up his mind that the delegation will do something or other that will} depend upon circum- stances which will be set forth at the con- vention, “There is a positive opinion in the dele- ore yesterday, ‘'in favor of the nomination of an out and out Populist. And we want some Populist who has been hatched long enough to have bis pinfeathers showing, Wa are as far from one of the old parties as from the other.” 2 Chairman Wardal! will say little that is definite about what the delegation will do, but intimates that Mr. Caldwell would win the canfidence of both the laboring and the capitalistic classes. So the California Populist delegation leaves this morning without pomp and without 3312 to cast twenty-nine votes in a National convention which has great National significance, and it leaves with Judge Caldwell of Arkansas as its favorite, but ready to plump the twenty-nine votes for something or other that may be drawn from the lottery that is just shead. kill Gordon or speaking to him about turn- ing out with any political club. ““Why,” said Sommers, ‘I haven't been inside Gordon’s saloon for months and I can easily prove thatI was certainly not there this morning. He must be dream- ing. Iam a witnessin a case of robbery against John Kehoe, a friend of Gordon’s, and perhaps he has done this to get even with me. I saw him in Judge Conlan’s court on Monday and this mornlns. but I did not speak to him nor he to me. MARGARET MURRAY’'S ESTATE. Charles Connell Claims That His Step- father Is Appropriating It. Charles Connell of Sonoma County yes- terday filed a contest to the will of Mar- garet Murray, who died June 29, 1896, leaving property, mostly money in bank, valued at $4323. Dennis Murray, husband of the deceased, filed the documents for probate and petitioned for letters of ad- ministration. Connell is a son of Mrs, Murray’'s first husband and objects to his stepfather i ppointed administrator, because of tter's age and physical condition. Murray is 80 years olcrand the complaint recites that he is consequently possessed of poor judgment, helpless, senile and in- competent. Connell, who is 48 years of age, asks that he be given charge of the estate. It is also charged that Murray retained $2300 of his wife’s estate and ap- propriated it to his own use when the estate was appraised. 0O'Brien, Le- The_other heirs are Ma: nora McKeon and Gertrude, Nellie and May Gould, the first two bem% daughters the others grandchildren of Mrs. Mar- All reside in S8an Francisco. al ray. If Not, California Populists Will Knife Him at St. Louis. A PROPOSED PLATFORM. It Will Be Submitted for Adop- tion at the St. Louis Con- vention. ITS PROMINENT FEATURES. Dr. G W. Daywait, One of the Dele- gation, Speaks of the Chances of Fusion. Forsome time the leading members of the Populist party in California have been at work preparing what is termed “‘A pro- posed National platform of the People’s party.” The intention is for the same to be carried to Bt. Lounis by the California aelegation and there to be submitted to the National Convention. Much pains has been taken by the per- sons to whom the duty of drafting this platform was assigned. It is as concise in form as the authors deem compatible with force and clearness. The rough draft was first made by Taylor Rogers, who afterward pruned and revised the original document. In this revision he was assisted by Dr. G. W. Daywalt, one of the California delegation, and E. M. Wardall, chairman of the Populist State Central Committee. The most prominent features of the preposed National platform, and those on which the greatest stress is laid, are the questions of finance, transportation, land and direct legisiation. Questions regarded as important but not so urgent of im- mediate adoption are eivil service, cor- porate monopolies, income tax, tariff, election of President and Senators, pen- sions, Monroe doctrine, issnance of Gov- ernment bonds, funding bill, immigration, Cuban independence, woman suffrage and continuance of settled policies. At the last the author makes a strong plea to his fellow-countrymen to study werl the pro- posed platform and take heed unto the present condition of National affairs, In full the proposed platform is as follows: The People’s party of the United States, re| resented in National Convention at St. Louis, Missouri, on the 22d day of July, 1896, hereby proclaims these as its principles upon finance, transportation, land and direct legislation, and it promises toenact them into laws im: mediately upon its accession to power: FINANCE. First—1. Wedemand a National money,issued directly by the General Government only, as & full legal tender for all debts, and issued with- out the ‘3“" of any private corporation or bank, and 1n circulating volume subject to law and responsive to our needs, ana_speedily to be lnlcxeuad 10 $50 per capita of the entire ople. pesuch money shall consist of gold, silver and per, each dollar thereof endowed with the same function, imparted solely by the stamp thereon and not dependent for its mouey value upon the price of the material used. Each dol- lar shall be interchangeable with but not re- deemable in the other, and shall be denomi- nated respectively gold, silver or paper muney —all National debts being payable in either at the option of the Government. 2. As the United States is a free and power- ful Nation, and the financial and industrial liberty of its citizens should be independent of the action of any other Government, we de- mand the free and unlimited coinage or gold and silver by the United States at their present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without reference to the course of any foreign nation. 8. We demand that all National banks be abolished, and in lieu of them that the Gov- ernment establish a postal bank in each city, town and village of the United States contaiu- lnf a pognhlion of 1000 or more. hese banks shall receive deposits of money from the people for safe-keeping. Through them the Government shall trans- mit money from place mxllce by the medius of postal exchenge, issued and secured by Na- tionai authority. 4. Being opposed to all interest bonas, we demand that Congress authorize the Govern- ment to loan money to mnnlclrul corporations, or counties containing a population of 5000 or more in the various States, for the purpose of public improvement only, and not to exceed in amount one-third of the asessed valuation of the taxable property in each municipality or county. The sum charged to be prepaid shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing the loan, and all Joans so made shall be repaid in install- ments, each installment not to exceed 4 per cent of the sum borrowed. The gross sum =0 loaned to municipalitiesand counties by the Nation shall not at any time exceed the smount of per capita of the entire population of the United States. 5. We demand that Congress deciare that all contracts and judgments requiring the pay- ment of money shall be payable at the option of the aebtor in any lawful money of the United States. Such law shall declare vold every provision inserted in any such contrack or judgment which requires payment thereunder in any specified coin. TRANSPORTATION. Second—1. We demand that the National Government own and operate the railroads for the benefitof the people, and to accomplish that purpose a department of transportation shall be organized, and through it the Govern- ment shall acquire or build a system of rail- roads commensurate with the public needs. 2. We demand that the Government shall own and operate the telegraphsand telephones of the country as & part of the postal system. LAND. Third—1. Land, air, water and sunshine are the requisites of all human I d thy ural sources of all our wealth, and being c: ated by no man are intended by God as xm: for all, and hence they should not be held for specuiative purposes. Thereiore, in order to ecrease and finally destroy land monopoly, we demand that land heid in private owner- ship shall be classified, and the owner thereof be compelled to pay a graduated tax rated upon the vaiue of tne hoiding.. 2. Alllands now held by railroads or other gorporations in excess of their actual needs and all lands now owned by aliens shall be re- claimed by the Government upon just recom- pense and held only for actual settlers, alien ownership being prohibited. Fourth_my L 20T LEGISLATION. 'ourth—The ie have the right to de- clare their -m':fflu domestic policies of the Government or upon all tresties with foreign nations, and therefore we demand that the National constitution be so amended as to provide for action therein by direct legisia- tion. RESOLUTIONS. We, the People’s party, ress our views upon the questions and policies embraced in the following resolutions, but do not regara them so urgent for immediate adoption &s wo do our fundamental principles on finance, transportation, land and direct legislation, as above stated. Upon all the subjects named in these resolu- ;1:11:‘!’ r:.. will act as early as expediency may CIVIL SERVICE. 1. We beliove that in each andall of the de- partments of the Government a civil service system should be at once adopted, thereby making the appoiniment to any Federal em- ployment, save in the heads of such depart- ments, depend nrm fitness and good charac- ter, and continuing the tenure &anolnpon the same terms. CORPORATE MONOPOLIES. 2. In order to abolish the evils ol corporate monopolies now used for private profit we de- clare ihatevery enterprise, in the form of a public utility which requires the aid of the sovereign power of eminent domain or taxa- tion shouid be owned by the Government or State or city affected and operated by it for the benefit of all the people. 3 INCOME TAX. . Under our present system the greater part of the idle lndplnlmsb aring wealth of the country escapes a just taxation, and we there- {ore believe in an amendment of the constitu- tion which shall give to Congress the power to enact a law levying a graduated tax on the in- comes of all persons residing or corporations operating in the United Siates. % TARIFF. 4. In view of the constant agitation of the questions involved in tariff legislation and the unsettled condition of business arising there- from, sud until a_more direct, cheaper and ust system shall be devised for raising ational revenues, we believe that Congress should create & non-partisen tariff tribunal With its members selected from the different States and annually reporting its setion to Congress for fencnl information. That within sixty dsys after the final Ppassage of the general appropriations by Con- gress such tribunal shall fix the rates of duty tobe collected upon imports and determine the goods subject thereto so as to raise the amount of mopey required to pay the annual appropriations soauthorized and yearly to pay one-twentieth of the National debt, All wariffs shall be so framed by the tribunal and enforced so as to prevent thé formation of combinations which, for their own profit, re- duce the wages of labor and enhance the prices of products. rotection to American citizens in general and not to any class or section s! dinal rule in "the selection of t duty and the rates imposed. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, ETC. 5. The funaamental principle of our Gov- ernment is that its powers are derived from the consent of the governed, and thereiore we believe that the constitution of the United States shouid be so amended that the Presi- dent and Vice-President shail be elected by a direct yote of the whole pcople, and that each Federal Senator be elected by the direct vote of the people of his State. We furtber favor an amendment that, if a proposed general law of Congress shall be vetoed by the President ér declared invalid by the Supreme Court it shall then be submitted to a popular vote and, if approved, it shall be- come & law. PENSIONS. 6. We are in favor of granting liberal pen- sions to all ex-Union soldiers and seilors who were in active service in the war of the Rebel- lion and who were disabled therein or have since become #o by sickness or old age. MONROE DOCTRINE. 7. The Monroe doctrine should be main- tained as the permanent policy of the Govern- ment, and it should be so enforced that no Eu- ropean, atic or other foreign power can hereaiter acquire any territory in North or South Ame; ca. In consonance with this idea our Govern- ment should proceed at once to build the Ni- caragua canal, and own and operate it for the people, and to the exclusion of every private person or corporation. I8SUANCE OF GOVERNMENT BONDS. 8. We denounce as unconstitutional in law, and nnn?lut in morals, the acts of the ad- ministration in issuing vonds, whereby, in times of peace, there has been added o the National debt, in principal and interest, many millions of dollars. To prevent turther action in this direction we believe that Congress should prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury trom issuing any bonds of the United Staies, except when ex- pressly so authorized by a law fxing the amount and purpose thereof. FUNDING BILL. 9. We are uncompromisingly opposed to any legislation which proposes to give to the Pacitic railroad corporations an extension of time in which to pay to the Government the debts due from them, and each of them; and we hereby denounce as vicious the act xnown as the Pacific railroad funding bill. The-Government should enforce on maturity the collection of all debts, principal and in- terest, due it from these companies. | IMMIGRATION. 10. Congress should exclude all foreign immigration which directly or indirectly com- petes with the American Iaborer; and in order to accomplish this we are in favor of a law re- ?uh‘mg &N educational gualification in all mmigrants and Ievvlng & per capita tax on them, payable to the Federal treasury. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. 11. Our sympathy is due to the struggling atriots of Cuba, and we believe that our tziovhernment should extend to them belligerent rights. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 12. The right to vote ought to be based upon intelligence, without regard to sex, and hence we believe that the elective franchise should be granted to women on like terms as to men. CONTINUANCE OF SETTLED POLICTES. 18. We firmly believe that as the right of e NEW SPECIAL CLOSING-OUT SALE CETEER S S S LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR! In connection with the many other bargains of our GREAT JULY SACRIFICE SALE we will hold a Special Closing-Out Sale of the following STYLISH AND SEASONABLE LINES AT GIGANTIC REDUCTIONS ! LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS! At 80 Cents. LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, Jaundered collar and cuifs, in fancy checks and stripes, will be closed out at 30c each. At 85 Cents. LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in all fancy shades, regular price 75c, will be closed out at 35¢ each. At 5O Cents. LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, in heavy percales, stripes and checks, bishop sleeves, reg ular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. At 75 Cents. LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, in all fancy shades, bishop sleeves, made of good percale, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at 75¢ each. At $1.50. 4 : LADIES’ SILK WAISTS, in light shades, lined all through, regular price $5, will be closed out at $1 50 each. MUSLIN UNDERWEARI At 28 Cemnts. LADIES’ MUSLIN DRAWERS, made of heavy muslin, finished with tucks and em- broidery, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 8358 Cents. 5 LADIES' GOWNS, made of good quality muslin, lined back, tucked yoke, will be closed oat at 35c each. At 35 Cents. 3 LADIES’ CHEMISES, made of heavy musliin, %vgke of embroidery, neck and sleeves finished with edging, regular price 60c, will be closed out at 35¢ each. At 75 Cents. LADIES’ MUSLIN SKIRTS, yoke band, made of Wamsutts muslin, finished with ruffle of embroidery, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at 75¢ each. Market Streal, corner of Jones, SAIN FRANCISOO. Three Populists Who Drafted the Platform That Will Be Submitted to the Natio nal Convention at St. Louis by the California Delegation. self-preservation belongs to the Nation, it may control or stop immigration; that the publie school system should be generously supported and extended, £o0 that no citizen ‘can remain ignorant; that taxation should be limitéd solely to public uses and never devoted to sec- 0 P! P md‘z‘lint to pl’::er"! the nn:u; ral right of every citizen to the free exercis of h(i‘n\l‘lon the church and the state should be kept forever separa Fellow-citizens, hear us: Beneath the stars and stripes our land proudly stands, with its resources unmeasured, capable of supporting in abundance the whole human race of fifteen hundred millions of ple. In contrast with | possible plenty you find poverty and misery everywhere and our 70.0&)?000 of population, figuratively, in the ashes of desolation. Beneath that same banner there are 15,000, 000 laborers endowed with every capacity and skill and furnished with marvelous ma- chinery, thus under just conditions equal to providing food, clothing, comfort and educa- tion in fullness for all. In contrast with this happiness, naturally born of equality and justice, you find an in- solent monex’ed plutocracy, a law-breaking railroad icate and a domineering land monovoly which are debauching ali public service, and swiftly reducing our once free yeomanry to seridom and vagabondage. What are the causes of this poverty and criminality? There can be but one answer. tions and soul-crushing burdens. These are the statutes and policies of the Republican and Democratic parties—the mon- uments of their infamy. Then, oh, suffering countrymen, in the name of an ancestry that broke the kingly en- thraliment of twenty centuries, to give us this Republic; in the neme of our civilization, which is imperiled; in the name of God, who planied in our souls the ideals of liberty, we call upon you to join us at the polls for the re- pea;gf‘thes; Vh:ioual ll\:ls. ying the moral and economic command, ““Love thy neighbor as thyself,” and inspired by justice, mercy and fraternity, let us replace }heae infamies with the principies of t his plat- form. We believe these principles,enacted into I ‘will bring happiness to our weary toflem‘;:‘; year of jubllee to our now mortgaged homes, Burity in public office, and honor and exalted greatness to our beloved country, When this consummation !hl{l have come, then every American citizen can possess and. en%oy the threefold attributes of liberty: 2 he right to think unrestrained by “auther- y. The right to govern himsels. “’zze right to keev all that his own labor cre- Dr. Daywalt was seen last evenin asked to state his views on theczl::s: likely to be pursued by the California delegation as regards indorsing Bryan. “The Populists of this State,”” he re- plied, ‘“feel very kindly toward Mr. Bryan, and if he will indorse their plat- form—that is, the clauses which are its distinctive features and ive vitality to it—there is very slight doubt but that he will be heartily indorsed. **My reasons for this statement are, that while the Democrats are_for the free coin- age of silver—what the People’s party has been continually advocatinz—yet that is only one of their demands. . ''We demand that the Government come into competition with the banks to fur- nish the people a circulating medium by loaning money to municipalities upon non-interest-bearing bonds, redeemable by taxation. We further demand the Government ownership of railroads, tele- gn&zh and telephone lines. ““These things the Democratic nomines absolutely must indorse ere he can hope to receive the support of the Populists,” When asked if he thought there was any likelihood of Bryan subscribing to the foregoing Dr. Daywalt merely laughed quietly and then took on an owlish ex- pression of countenance. ‘‘I cannot answer that,” was his answer; ‘‘but one thing is certain—either he will do so or he will find a Populist nominee in the field Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.