The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1898. POPULIST SHIP IS HEADING i TOWARD THE FUSION REEFS STRIFE OF WARRING FACTIONS THREATENS TO WRECK THE CRAFT There’ll Be Mutiny Aboard if Maguire’s Southern Seamen Succeed in Getting Control of the Helm. Middle-of-the-Road Members of the Crew Certain to Desert Unless a Pilot of Their Own Choosing Be Put Touse. Wardell, in to 2I. la wa ns whipped of-the-roadsters w g BREAKERS AHEAD OF PEOPLE’S PA RTYi If Fusion Wins Many Delegates | 4 Will Walk Out of the | Convention. ), July 11.—That ther 1 and hotly contested ion proposition when tenor of the remarks delegates there is every a split in the Populist 1 open rupture is avoided it ance of sor t thus far ap- slitical horizon. r of the delegates from n portion of the State are With them fusion is | Maguire. The fine | r-Maguire wing of now showing. The want to see Con- | ated for Gov- | that it will| 1e Democratic | thy | | unties of the north dele- | :n sent who are opposed | They hope ti Sycamore of ticket, and | g any points | ‘With them it is They will not | to any suggestion | hey think that an out-and- | ht Populist ticket should be i, and that the party should re the people on purely Populist Maguire, they say, has become pt in straddling the fence and ng off on the side that will bring greater of plums to his| that no faith in him. 7 say that he could take a Populist platform for akfast and swallow a Democratic platform for dinner, with- out feeling the least disquietude, no T - how diverging might be the pulists stand to-day on the| br of a precipice. If the fusion idea | obtains there is certain to be trouble yrobably a disruption of the party. Maguire in the front there will ny Populists dropping out of the In tact some of the interior gates have been instructed to vote inst the proposition eof fusion, and ir instructions go further. If the carry the day the delegations to withdraw from the convention. structions will be carried out. With th fusionists are fusion and Maguire there a & time ad of the Populist | party. Until the question of fusion is set- tled the delegates are at sea. The fight | of the convention will come on a reso- lution pledging the delegates to not | nominate or indorse any candidate for | a State, legislative Congresional of- fice who will not unequivocally sup- port the platform of the Populist party. If this resolution prevalls Maguire will | be out of the race, for there is certain | to be a conflict on some vital points be- tween the platforms of the Populist and Democratic parties. anti-fusion forces carry the | nahan will find a strong rival Vebster, who ran for Governor ago. Webster is one of the | the anti-fusion forces and A% t of friends. George W. Monteith, a San Francisco attorney, who ran for Congress two | ;0r, I8 mentioned as a guberna- andidate. Whether his name | fore the convention will de- | J the fusion fight. His friends | believe that if fusion prevails he will| stand a good chance in a race with | Shanahan and Webster. Shanahan has lost conslderable ground because of a rumor that he does not want the gu- bernatorial nomination “for keeps.” It is charged against him that if nomi- nated cn an anti-fusion ticket he would fall from his lofty perch to drop into a place on the Democratic ticket as nominee for Lieutenant Governor. So it is that the divided forces are | watching one another as closely as does a cat watch a mouse. In the struggle over the fusio; - sition the offices on the State ux:‘kpertogge being to some extent overlooked. There are hosts of candidates in the fleld, but none of them know which way to ‘turn until the question of fusion is settled. Charles Eldelman of Orange County NTO, July 12—At midnight the fusioni In vain the middle-of-the llowers withdrew, leav California, opposes d support the remainder of the fusion ticket. and demonstrating the strength of the Populists and serve to keep the party aliv with much favor among the middle-of-the-roadsters and it will undoubtedly receive their ention meets to-mor- | & | an informal a | bilit. in Charge. ng the caucus to order, said that 1g the fu Van Meter of Fr monious. ill not be here until morning. * ¥ % L 4 & R ANY PLATFORM - SUITS THE JUDGE @ & @ ® o SACRAMENTO, July ¢ I.—A. B. Kinne, chair- o « manoftheSan Francisco c’ delegation to the Pop- ¢ ulist State Convention, ? was to-day exhibiting s the following telegram, © ¢ which, he declares, indi- & :) cates that Congressman 2 & Maguire is a pretty good s ’: Populist, and, as such, ¢ s entitled to the guber- () natorial nomination: ; 2 WASHINGTON, July9.— & o The Oregon fusion plat- ® form would be accept- o < able to me. 4 2 JAMES G. MAGUIRE. & @ POPOOOPOPOOOO0OO0O® is the most active man around head- quarters. He is a Democrat and has been indorsed by the County Committee of Orange for nomination for Treasurer. He is anxious to see and believes that the fusionists will carry | Acting on that belief he | the day. is buttonholing the delegates to secure the Populist nomination for State Treasurer, as the nomination would prove a mighty stepping-stone for him in the Democratic convention in the event of the Democrats and Populists joining hands in the next battle of the ballot. George D. Gillesple, one of the leading spielers of the Maguire forces, an- nounced at the State House t that Maguire would have 133 votes on the first ballot. “From what countles do you expect support?” was asked. “I can't tell you,” replied Gillesple in confidential tones, “for if the opposi- tion knew where we had our delegates they would steal them.” rge W. Baker, representing the Silver Republicans, is here making a canvass in the interests of his party. He has met with but poor success. Baker appeared on the scene beneath a glossy silk hat. He tried to talk poli- tics with the delegates, but none of them would countenance the hat. A far- ng friend suggested to him the ad- ability of putting the silk tile aside. Baker took the advice, bought a soft hat and is now receiving some little | consideration from the Populists. SLEVIN. RECEIVER FOR THE WATER SYSTEM Councilman Grider’s Plan to End a Disgraceful Imbroglio at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, July 11.—The prop tion of Kessler & Co. to untie the water problem which has been for so long dis turbing the people of Los Angeles was sub mitted to the City Council in due form to day through Max Loewenthal, attorney of the New York bankers. The proposition was exactly the same as has been pre- yiously outlined in The Call. and, there- fore, 1t created no sensation. Attorney Loewenthal explained the defails. After scussion the proposition was rel‘orrz»il to ’Hw Council committee on er supply. The report is expec B i ontw son bl Do 1O Councilman L. M. Grider said this even- ing that he had a resolution prepared which he would Introduce at the next ses: sion of the Council, which wold author- State | night | s were loudly asserting that they were complete masters hey would elect E. L. Hutchinson chairman of the convention and would deliver the party over Wardell of the State Central Committee called a caucus late to-night, which was held in the dining- several members of the committee 1 to ascertain the will of the majority in regard to organizing the convention, and decided upon a victory for the fusionists came when a motion was made and carried pledging the delegates to abide ers protested, and when the motion was finally carried ionists in complete possession. o was elected chairman of the caucus and s for chairman of the convention were called for_Douglass T. Fowler of Alameda and E. L. geles were nominated. The ballot was secret and Hutchinson was announced to be the choice i This shows the strength of the fusionists at the present time. chosen secretary by acclamation, and after considerable ved it was decided to caucus again to-morrow. ts, though somewhat disconcerted at the outcome of the caucus, are still full of fight and say They say the 76 votes for chairman show the full strength of the fusionists, while e ¢ Some of them talk of bolting the convention if ting an independent ticket from top to bottom. Johnson, the veteran journalist and one of this plan, and in the event of fusion will issue a call to the Populists of t the party has been dr‘.n'cr_cd over to Maguire by spoilsmen; and, as the best way to defeat ke every Populist vote count for two, he will urge that every Populist vote for the .chuh“(‘nn The ballot will serve the double purpose of de- discussion as to the pro- J. J. COREY. |BUCKLEY BACK OF 1 JUDGE MAGUIRE ‘“Banjo-Eyed Kid” Is One of the Congressman’s Lieutenants. SACRAMENTO, July 11l.—Lounging about the office of the State House, ap- parently taking little or no interest in the tumult surrounding him, yet never- theless keeping a watchful eye on Ma- guire’s reconcentrados and the middle- of-the-road insurgents is a fairly well groomed man with close-cropped, red- dish beard. Though he seldom engages {in conversation with the busy states- men, when he does single one out for his attention he gets right down to the kernel without any backing and filling. This unassuming individual is none | other than the more or less notorious | > | “Banjo-eyed Kid,” who has served and | is serving his master, Christopher A. Buckley, well and faithfully, and to whom has been delegated the difficult |task of capturing the Populist State | Convention for James G. Maguire. The duty is naturally a compliment to the i“KM," but of necessity fell to him, for | who better than he is fitted to carry out the plan of campaign so famillar to those who know of Buckley's past work? It will be a painful surprise to those who still believe in the Representative | of the Fourth District to learn that he has irrevocably allied himself to Buck- ley and delivered himself into the hands of the “Banjo-eyed Kid.” Time | was when Maguire spurned Buckley, | his metiods and his henchmen, but | that was when he was just beginning to mount the ladder of political fame and before his ambitlon soared to the gubernatorial chair. But his growing | ambition has smothered all sense of propriety and even decency, and to-day finds him ready to enter into any com- bine, ratifying all the sand-bagging methods known to the most depraved of political bosses to further his aspira- tions. The delegates from the south came in this morning fairly well organized and shouting for fusion. Their arrival created somewhat of a stampede and | for a time the anti-fusionists, who last | night had matters all their own way, | were engulfed in the maelstrom of | union sentiment. However, they man- aged soon to get their heads above water and later in the day there was a turn in the tide. Men who in the morn- ing wouid listen to no argument | against fusion became less boisterous; Maguire’s political record, which was persistently flaunted in thelr faces, | could no longer be ignored and as they | studied it the more closely their fusion | ardor chilled. | The Fresno delegation, which was | counted on to lead the fight, became less enamored of their task and finally they admitted that it was “going to be a pretty fight in the convention,” and ‘guessed” they would not take a hand lin it just yet. ‘When one sees George W. Baker, cor- poration lawyer and Silver Republican, laboring in behalf of fusion and in- | cidentally the indorsement of himself for the Supreme bench, one asks him- | self all sorts of unanswerable questions | about Maguire’s anti-railroad anti-cor- | poration postures, and the more such questioner finds himself marveling at the celerity with which the Congress- man can get under the same political | blanket with those he has publicly de- nounced and secretly aided. The middle-of-the-roadsters are la- boring unceasingly and their work is ize the City Attorney to commence pro- | telling, but what the situation will be ceedings to throw the wWater company ira- bicglio out of the court by applying for the _appointment of a receiver. This pro- ceeding has been contemplated as a possi- for some time, but until Councilman Grider came boldly’ forth and announced that he would father the ordinance au- | thoriz!: such procedure no one thought that it Should be don 3 New Pacific Coast Postoffices. WASHINGTON, July 11.—A postoffice was established to-day at Thurber, Cal., and Charles E. Thurber appointed’ post- master; also at Canyon, Alaska, and Kenneth Murray appointed postmaster, | to-morrow no man will venture to pre- |dict. T. W. H. Shanahan, on whom | they have concentrated their hopes, has |any number of warm personal friends ,among the delegates who have hereto- fore announced themselves as favoring | fusion without _considering its conse- quences, and when they fully compre- hend that on the action of this conven- tion depends the very life of their | party in this State it is more than like- | ly_they will turn from fusion to the tall “Sycamore of Shasta.” ‘When it is sald the life of Populism © QONT BLOW® OUT THE _ELECTRIC oA Some Populists and Others Who Lined Up on Sunday Night to Ornament the Hotel Regdister. i1 1 7 . L 1 depends on this convention it is not ex- aggerating matters, for it is generally | admitted that if the Democrats can | control this convention they can con- trol future gatherings and, therefore, it is quite useless to keep up the sem- blance of a party organization merely to be used as a catspaw for the Demo- crats. More delegates arrived to-night and the [ight against fusion became warmer. The middle-of-the-roadsters are laboring under the disadvantage of being unorganized, while their oppo- nents are marshaled under the leader- ship of experienced politicians, men who later will have a large-sized hand in the Democratic proceedings in the interest of Maguire. However, the fight became so warm to-night that the “Banjo-eyed Kid” cast aside his reserve and for two hours harangued a owd of delegates in | front of the Statehouse on Maguire's | virtues. He laid particular str in the | strength shown by the Congressman in carrying his own district three times in succession, and solemnly assured his hearers that Maguire was the only man in the State who could poll the full strength of his own party next Novem- ber; while as for the Populists, cnce they indorsed him they would fairty tumble over each other in their anxiely to rally to his standard. The “Kid” would have been taliing yet had not somebody in the crowd shouted to him to give Maguire's pus tlon on several questions of vital i est to the Populists. Then the "K became pensive and took himself off to the Golden Eagle for a time. The fusionists made a rather clever play to split up their opponents to- night and leave the fleld clear for them- selves to labor unmolested with the fresh arrivals, but to their disgust the scheme was not as successful as they had hoped. Late in the afternoon no- tlce was posted in the office of the Statehouse calling for an anti-railroad meeting in the Supreme Court chamber at 8 o’clock, and urging delegates hos- tile to the railroad to be present and prepare a strcng plank for insertion in the platform. The meeting was held, but less than a dozen delegates took the bait and it soon adjourned. The convention will open at 10 a. m. and the first real fight will take place on the election of officers. R. H. Web- ster will receive the support of the middle-of-the-roadsters tor chairman, while the Maguires are divided between Hutchinson of Los Angeles and Rogers | of Napa. The latter, however, is not likely to cut much of a figure and the contest is expected to simmer down to Webster and Hutchinson. The story has been started, with the undoubted intention of causing a break-away from Shanahan, that in case he is nominated for Governor he will step aside in favor of Maguire after the convention adjourns and take second place on the Democratic ticket. The straight-outs pooh-pooh the story and assert that it is circulated merely to alarm and bewilder the more timid ones. Among those who take the rumor seriously is Attorney George W. Mon- tieth, who has capped his career by joining the ranks of saffron journalism, and now, standing with bared head under a cloudless sky, Montieth awaits the stroke of the political thunderbolt. Yes. Montieth is a candidate for Gov- ernor—not an open and avowed candi- date, but he figures that with Shana- han out of the way, the middle-of-the- roadsters will cast about for somebody else on whom to lean. And who with a Populistic record as stanch and un- yielding as he? Two years ago, he re- calls, as do some others, he shunned all attempts to drag him down after he had received the nomination for Con- gress in the First District, and re- mained a candidate to the end, defeat- ing, in a measure, the fusion agree- ment entered into in that campaign. However, any chance that Montieth might have will be blighted when it be- comes generally known to-morrow that he has attached himself to the Third street faker, for with that sheet as the organ of Maguire and fusion Montieth's reputation as a straight-out Populist is | quite apt to suffer to a considerable extent. = The country delegates are yawning frightfully and talk of the fearful dis- sipations these political conventions lead « man into, but few of them will go to bed, fearful that the other side will score an advantage should it be MAGUIRE NOT CAPABLE ‘ OF LEADING 4 PARTY Carleton H. Johnson Reviews the Political Career of the Congressman and Draws Some Logical Conclusions. SACRAMENTO, July 11.—To the Editor of The Call: There are many men in the Democratic party who would be more acceptable to Populists than James G. Maguire, if the question of nominating any Democrat could be considered. Maguire has already said in his letter, asking for the Dem- ocratic nomination, that he will make no promises except those contained in the Democratic platform. In 1892 and in 1894 he made a canvass of the State against the Populist candidates, and condemned the Populist party repeatedly by saying that the Democratic party was the only anti-monop- oly party. It is well known that after leaving the Democratic party in 1887 he came back into it in 1888, because of his admiration of Grover Cleve- land. Maguire is only a recent convert to free silver. In 1892 he could have had the Populist nomination for Congress in the Fourth District, and was offered it on the condition that he would subscribe to the free silver plank, which he refused to do, and the Populists were therefore compelled to nom- inate a man against him. On October 11, 1895, he declared in the Bulletin that he was opposed to the payment of gold debts in silver, as it was re- pudiation in his opinion, and that greenbacks ought to be redeemed. He moved and voted to strike the income tax clause out of the Wilson bill in Congress and made a long speech against the income tax. He voted to deprive Tom Watson, the Populist from Georgia, of his seat in Congress in favor of a Democratic candidate elected by the most glaring frauds, and in that matter he was opposed by Willlam Jennings Bryan, who was in Congress at the time and who voted for Watson. Maguire voted against the bill to restrict immigration, which Populists demand, and which the labor organizations all demanded. He voted and worked against Hawaiian annexation, in the face of resolution passed by Populists within his own district. He has joined the Croker Gold Bug Club in New York, an organization having as one of its avowed purposes the knocking out of the free silver plank from the Democratic platform 1900. in He is a pronounced individualist and in speeches in public has de- clared himself opposed to the Government operation of railroads, and has also declared himself opposed to collectivism in any form, and is alto- gether an absolute opponent of the fundamental basis of the Omaha plat- form. While he has sald that he was not a candidate in the sense of the ma- nipulation of conventions it i3 notorious that his agents have interfered to stuff Populist conventions in many parts of the State and in San Francisco not only in a most obnoxious but a fraudulent manner. ‘When Maguire left the Democratic party in 1887 he announced his pur- pose to elect Henry George President, and to never return to the Demo- cratic party uniess it took up Henry George's doctrine, and in 1888 he was back in the party, stumping the State for Grover Cleveland. And now, ten years later, when he i{s a candidate for Governor, and has sufficient influence to control a Democratic platform, he practically ad- vises his party not to take up George's doctrine for fear he will lose votes by it, and in every respect he has shown that he is not a leader, but a follower and a trimmer. CARLETON H. JOHNSON, Secretary of the County Committee of the People's Party of San Fran- clsco. SILK TILES AND FINE APPAREL How the Fusion Populists Are Distinguished From the Others. SACRAMENTO, July 11.—To fuse or not to fuse, is the question upon which the forces of the Populist Convention will divide. Whether it is best to pur- sue the course of an independent or- ganization, free from the influence and control of domineering Democracy, or to amalgamate with them, is the one bone of contention, the solution of which promises dissolution, in whatever way it may be decided. A casual reconnoiter among the del- egates discloses the presence of two factions, one representing the pioneer Populists of 1892 without office, the other representing those who either hold office or have promise of one at the hands of the Democracy. Wardell, Shannahan and a long list of lesser lights belong to the latter class, while left unwatched for an instant. d. J. COREY. the former is made up of those who are only seen in public as they pass through the door of the convention hall once in four years. This latter class has been designated as the middle-of- the-road Populists, while the other is without designation, beyond the cut of their clothes and silk hats, which are a decided contrast to the plainer attire of their country brethren. ' Fusion, to the ‘“‘middle-of-the-road Populists,” means Maguire as a proba- bility. The mere possibility of such a compromise arouses them to open re- volt. Maguire's vote on the bond is- sue, even as a war measure, has for- ever destroyed the hope of a reconcili- ation _between himself and the simon pure Populists of the State. The “patronage Populists” look with complacency upon Maguire, as they do upon any other fusion capdidate. To fulfill their contract, to turn over their party to the Democrats is their CASTORIA For Infants and Children, Ty L only desire and design. 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