The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1898, Page 4

THURSDAY, J SAN FRANCISCO CALL, PEOPLE JAMES G. MAGUIRE NAMED TO HEAD ITS STATE TICKET Wins From Shanahan by a Vote of 154 to 135 After a Bit- ter Contest. ~e C o JAMES ssman. s procesd- and middle-of-the- unlooked for two roadsters ng him wildly. Then hours before the vote was taken, and |he proceeded to recount the misdeeds| 25 R el " of the Republican party which caused asQue I o & him and his followers to break away, agement of the D ittee snd pictur common purpose of that ne up from i co last | the thre reform partie: night a speech by Judge Phi Skillf s hearers on, care- of Los Angeles, the newly elected hes avoid: Il reference to any one | of the Silver Republicans, before t natdate but Slvave l’""“‘;"«"“‘)‘sl’n‘h‘; ROy oD Ls oL e W e oSt | thelthree forceaiwan effected: | opulist sought his bed long after mid- | Tt was a clever effort and it won. night situa from a fusi Phillips was tendered a unanim- standpoint, w most chactic stat vote of thanks and left the conven- | They were s three proposition: - fusfon faction again in| and there was every indication that | fghting trim. But even then they were | - were 5o honslessly tangled that | fAF from being united on a plan of pro- | LRy vere B0 por: ““ifh_‘;‘:"‘r"‘_;}‘h‘h:l‘] cedure, and had the anti-fusionists| agreement. the Democrats, upon whom they had relied to get them out of the snarl, were divided among them- A few favored the unequivocal ement of Maguire, but the ma- Jority urged that the head of the Popu- list ticket be left open until after the Democratic convention had been held and then have the Democratic nominee indorsed by the Populist State Com- | mittee. The,, middle-of-the-roadsters were jubilant over the outlook and boldly asserted that Maguire’s name would not even be mentioned before the as- semblage. But they were dealing with | men out of their own faith and far more skilled in the game of politics, and while they slept the men who were to effect their annihilation were at work. The first thing Democrats was to to be done by the sink all differences among themselves and it wes agreed that fusion was the main thing. If the fusion Populists would consent to leave the head of their ticket open, well and good; but if they insisted upon nominating Maguire, the Democrats | would magnanimously warrant them | that privilege. | Chairman Alford and his assoctates | had already ylelded to Wardall and his crowd in the matter of John W. Mit- | chell participating in the conference, | and they would yleld more If neces- | Bary. And, speaking of Mitchell, while that gentleman did not participate in the conference last night, he was on hand | bright and early this morning and join- ed in the dellberations of the two com- mittees. After granting these concesslons the Democrats proceeded to get the fusion- ists in line. It would not do for any of | them to appear too openly in the con- vention, 50 they hit on the plan of gending Judge Phillips to the front as a Silver Republicain. No wiser move | could have been planned. Judge Phil- 1ips is & shrewd and eloquent stump | gpeaker—much better than anybody the Populists could muster—with a| vein of humor and a free, open manner well calculated to catch such a crowd, which, in truth, was quite willing to be caught. When the convention was called to order this morning it was proposed to have Judge Phillips address the gather- ing. The middle-of-the-roadsters oh- jected, but the majority were pleascd to listen to the oratory of somebody other than themselves, and the Judge | was escorted to the chairman’s desk | and Introduced as the new leader of the great reform 3--+— that is working | port and a bad parliamentary tangle, | | energy in a vote to lay the minority on | | 74, a victory for the anti-fusionists. The | | demanded a roll call, and the motion | | tioned | they discreetly held back until they | nation of Maguire, | be filled by the State Committee. PARTY DISAPPEARS DOWN DEMOCRACY’S THROAT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFJOOOOOOOOOOOOOO‘OOOOOOOO‘OO0000000000000000 000OO0000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOQQQQQO | 00000000 UOO0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ANTI-FUSIONISTS PEOPLE'S PARTY PLATFORM ADOPTED AT SACRAMENTO. The People’s party of the State of California, realizing the urgent necessity of reform in State and nation, re- affirm our convictions in the principles enunciated In our national platform. Recognizing that the initiative and referendum will assure government by the people, we therefore demand an amendment to the Constitution providing: First—That any law or ordinance adopted by any legislative body of this State shall be subject to a popular vote when demanded by a properly authenticated petition signed by a reasonable pe: cent of the electors of the State, county or municipality, as the case may be, and if suca vote shall show a majority agalnst the law or ordinance, it shall be invalid. Second—That u petition of areasonable per cent of the electors of the State, county or municipality, as the case may be, the respective legislative bodies shall submit to the electors therein any question the submission of which has been demanded by such petition or shall submit to them for their approval a law, a constitutional amend- ment or an ordinance containing such provisions as may have been demanded by such petitioners. Third—When legislation has been adopted as herein provided by the people, no legislative body shall have the right to nullify such action without the consent of the people given at the polls, and such action by the people shall be im- perative and not subject to veto. = We demand the free and unrestricted coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without walting for the ald or consent of any other nation, and we are unalterably opposed to the policy of the Republican party in demanding the retirement of greenbacks and the surrender to national banks of the sovereign power of issuing money; and we especially denounce the avowed attempt of said party to fasten upon the country irrevocably and forever the single gold standard. We demand a national money safe and sound, issued by the general Government only, without the intervention of banks of issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; also, a just, equitable and efficient means of dis- tribution direct to the people through the lawful disbursements of the Government. We demand that the volume of circulating medium be speedily increased to an amount sufficient to meet the de- mands of the growing business and population of the country and to restore the just level of prices of labor and produc-Q tion. We demand such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by P private contract. We demand that the Government, in payment of its obligations, shall use its option as to the kind of money mn © which they are to be paid, and we denounce the present and preceding administrations for surrendering this option toQ the holders of Government obligations. “We demand that there shall be no further issue of United States interest-bearing bonds. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the Government for the safe deposit of the savings of the people and to facilitate exchange. We oppose all funding bills calculated to extend the time for payment of the Pacic Railroad debt, and we de- mand that our Government take the necessary steps to immediately foreclose its mortgage upon the Central Pacific Railroad and collect the debt in full, and, if necessary, to bid it in at the sale and operate the same in the interest and for the benefit of the people. We demand the construction, ownership and operation of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Nicaragua by the United States Government or private corporation. The war against Spain, compelled by the sentiments of the people of the United States in vindication of honor, duty, humanity and liberty, should be prosecuted with an overwhelming vigor until the neds for which it wds undertaken have been fully and satisfactorily achieved. We deprecate the fact, however, that In order to raise means to prosecute this war unjust and unequal systems of taxation have been adopted by the Republican Congress and administration, by which wealth is enabled to escape its just burdens, shifting the same to the shoulders of those less able to bear them. We further deprecate the fact that interest bearing bonds have been issued, which, although miscalled a *‘popu- lar loan,” will absorb the product of toil for years to come, and greatly add to the burdens of the producing classes. We demand a reform in our system of taxation, to the end tnat taxes shall so be laid as to secure as far as pos- ity of sacrifice. We favor the repeal of all poll taxes and demand exemption from taxation of small home- srsonal property, the amount to be fixed by the Legislature. We also favor a graduated State, Income inheritance tax. We also favor the submission to the people of a constitutional amendment which will give to counties and municipal corporations the right to adopt such & system of taxation for local purposes as the people of such locality may desire. Labor being the support of life, the right to work is as sacred as the right t to live. We view the ever-increasing growth of the army of unemployed wage-earners as a disc redit to our civilization and a menace to the republic, and we favor such legislation as shall tend to secure remunerative employment for every citizen. We demand the election of United Senators by a direct vote of the people. We oppose judicial legislation and government by injunction. We demand the public ownership of public utilities and favor the passage of such laws and constitutional amend- ments as will facilitate their acquirement. And to the support of this platform we pledge each and every candidate nominated by this convention. K and 000000000CC0000C00000000000 G. MAGUIRE minutes—just long enough to recelve {nstructions from the managers. the convention reassembled. It was considerably afte { and the prospects were that the day | tloned. | would be wasted. The first sign of ac-| tivity came when the Ifledly false.” He launched forth into a eulogy of Maguire and denunciation of Shanahan, that being the first time that gentleman's name had been men- Gillespie’s allusions were mueh more personal than Cator's had been, vet the chairman permitted him to con- as given heretofore. The middle-of-the- roadsters were really surprised at their display of strength and saw, when too late, that they had thrown away a golden opportunity. ONE BAL Then r 3 o'clock, | committee on o |platiprm and resolutions presented its| tinue, with the admonitlon not to call LOT repoft. The platform proved to be as|any names. Cator maintained dignified hand in hand with themse the | ;"fent a Populist document as the | silence. Mason offered a substitute DECIDES IT Silver Republicans o Staunchest middle-of-the-roadster could | resolution as follows: Judge PI roceeded at once to | gesire. and it was adopted without & | Resolved, that the chairman and secre- < place himsel? on a friendly footing with e Etaen ot | tary be directed to refuse to certity to the | Maguire’s Forces Win @After d get them into good | “ppigivag followed by calling up that | S z e % succecded admirably, and | | S8 VS CPadNCE procedure that was | — a Bitter Fight in the had spoken five minutes-he numbered one man who was competent | to take up the leadership on the floor | their defeat might have been averted. 3ut Cator, who had been the recipient of a savage though covert onslaught at the hands of Judge Phillips, seemed to lose his grip and let matters go by the | board. To be sure, he rallled during | recess and called the Los Angeleno | down in vigorous fashion, but during the afternoon he took no part in the alignment of his forces other than to | delfver two speeches in open conven- | tion, which were by all odds quite the | best bits of Populistic oratory heard | during the convention. | After Phillips’ speech, Gillesple of | San Francisco submitted the report of | the committee on rules and permanent organization. There was a minority re- which terminated after much wasted | the table. It was lost by a vote of 75 to others would not have it, however, and | was carried by a vote of 153 to 138, a decided gain for the middle-of-the- | roadsters over the vote for chairman vesterday. They seemed to rally some at this| showing, but the Democrats were sta- in an ante-room, where they were conducting the proceedings on be- half of the fusionists, and did not let them get much further. The appoihtment of a committee to confer with the Democrats concluded the morning session, the fusionists hav- ing succeeded In preventing any report by the committee on order of business, beyond effecting a permanent organiza- tion by the retention of the temporary officers, even the resolution providing for the nomination of Governor being held up for the time being. During recess caucuses and confer- ences were held on all sides. The fu- slonists met in the Senate chamber, the middle-of-the-roadsters in the SBupreme Court chamber and the joint committee of Democrats and Populists in the As- sembly chamber. The only ones to ac- complish anything were the joint com- mitee. They prepared a report, which could make an attempt to force a vote on Governor, secret orders going out | rom them for such a move. The fu-| not agree upon a plan. For a time they canvassed the situation with open doors, some favoring the straight nomi- whiie others con- tended for the old plan of leaving the head of the ticket open. Wardall pro- tested agalinst this on the ground that if the convention adjourned without making any nomination the vacancy could not be filled afterward. He sald it would be far preferable to put up a dummy ticket and let the nominees re- sign later and then their places could The discusslon was still in progress when a tip was received freom the con- ferees and the caucus went into execu- tive session. This lasted only a few temporarily providing for t nor, which was adopted. rced the crisis the watching for by offering the following resolution: Resolved, that no person shall be elig- ibie to recelve votes in this convention for any pl shall first appear before laid aside in the morning, | he nomination of Gover- | Then Cator fusionists were Convention. ! SACRAMENTO, July 13.—The dele- | sates to the Populist Convention were | elow in putting In an appearance at the Assembly chambers this inot a few of them had been up until | late and unseemly hours last night dal- | lying with the Democrats, who came H1S WoRDS uPON THE CoNvENTION, ace on the State ticket, unless he the convention in OOOOOOOOOVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO morning as | Jerson and accept the platform adopted, and if he be absent, the platform shall be telegraphed- him for acceptance by imme- | diate answer. | Cator supported his resolution with | a fiery speech in which he touched upon his relations with Judge Maguire, as- serting that their differences were en- tirely due to divergent political views. Cator proceeded to ventilate Maguire's | opinions and actions in Congress, and | was making it intensely tropical for the | Congressman, when he was choked off | by the chairman at the behest of the | | | | onists, with their safe majority, could | fusionists. There was a great uproar over Ca- tor's speech, and his opponents sought to kill his resolution by recounting the cost of transmitting the entire plat- form to New York, where Maguire now is, and the probable delay, which might hold the convention in session several days longer. The middle-of-the-road- sters rallied to Cator’s support and bit- terly denounced their opponents for their un-Populistic conduct in placing an outsider at the head of the ticket without even knowing whether he would indorse their platform. But by this time the fusionists were firmly planted in the saddle and deter- mined to ride rough shod over all ob- stacles. Cornell led the opposition to Cator's resolution, while Dittmar of Shasta supported it. Gillesple alluded to Cator as a prevaricator and branded the latter's statements as “unquali- oF . oS ANGELES WITH THE AID | OF A SMALL Boy AND BELLOWS IMPROVING HIS | | | nomination of any nominee of this con vention until such nominee shall first de- clare his bellef in the principles of this DBY’!i;. which are stated to be: 1—-Direct legisiation. 2—Opposition to the gold standard with all that it implies. 3—Public ownership of public utilities. 4—-Reform in taxation as stated in our gln!fr)rm and that such nomination shall e made subject to such condition, and tn case of a refusion to so declare in writ ing that such nomination shall be de clared vacant. The roll call showed the adoption of the resolution by 159 ayes to 126 noes. Other resolutions were piled in thick and fast, but they were of little or no interest or bearing on the matter, and the delegates were growing tired and fast losing their patience. The action of Gillespie and his fellow fusionists in seeking to force Maguire down their throats without even walting for him to reply to Mason’s resolution indors- ing the prijnciples of the platform, dis- gusted many liberal fusionists, and had there been anybody to make a deter- mined fight for adjournment then, or even after the candidates had been named, and before the vote was taken, the middle-of-the-roadsters could have carried their point and fusion would have been defeated. But there was no- body capable of coping with the astute Democrats who were conducting the fusion fight from the ante-chamber, and the vote was forced through. The San Bernardino and other south- ern delegations were wavering and could have been brought over to the middle of the road had there been a chance to labor with them even briefly. | Cornell’s speech placing Maguire in nomination was of the usual high school declamation order, delivered with great physical exertion and a frightful waste of lung power. Dittmar, who performed like service for Shanahan, was an improvement in oratorical effect and ha the added merit of being briefer. None of the seconding speeches, with the' excep- tion of that of Cator, who spoke for Shanahan, was above the ordinary. Then came the vote with the result | here for the express purpose of gob- bling up the Populist party. The advocates of fusion, which term is synonomous with the name Maguire, were feeling in better spirits. They |announced that they had won their | | battle and that the middle-of-the-road | | men would have to accept Maguire, | | notwithstanding his shortcomings on | | material and essential Populistic ideas. | They carried out their contract to de- | tver the Popfilist party to the Democ- |racy and when an adjournment was | taken at 7:30 o'clock to-night, after the | | presentation of the gubernatorial nom- | inaticn to Congressman Maguire, not a few of the middle-of-the-road men were | saying things that did not tend to | | prove that the party is harmonious and united. Certain it is that many of the | delegates who sat in the convention | hall to-day will be out with their lit- | tle hammers between now and election day as they .-lieve that their party has been betrayed. Judge J. N. Phillips, who has suc- ceeded Wandering Baker as chairman of the Silver Republicans, came mighty close to being turned down by the anti- usionists when he asked permission to address the convention. George D. Gillesple, one of the head spielers of the Buckley-Maguire Populist party, inter- ceded in Philli-+’ behalf. “He {s one of our brothers,” sald Gillespie, “and we should show him the courtesy of listening to him.” | The privilege of the floor was then granted Phillips. He made a strong lea in favor of fusion. He candidly flt‘ IAWLOR 131N, ING OUT i S o REFUSE TO ABIDE BY THE DECISION Meet in Convention and Formally. Nominate Shanahan for Governor. o, HON. T. W. ' DI o QOOOOQ o000° H. SHANAHAN SACRAMENTO, July 14.—The predic- tion that the Populist party would be wrecked if it listened to the proposition of fusion and Maguire has come true. The middle-of-the-roadsters have bolted the convention and will put a ticket in the field with T. W. H. Shan- ahan of Shasta at the head. When the convention adjourned last evening, after nominating Maguire for Governor, the anti-fusionists deter- mined upon holding a caucus to settle upon some plan for future action. They assembled in the Senate cham- bers at 9 o'clock and went into execu- tive session. It did not take them long to decide that they had been betrayed into the hands of the Democrats. The more they thought over the matter the angrier they became, and it was then that the resolve was made to inaugu- rate a fight for Populist rights that will end oniy when the sun goes down next election day. The suggestion was made that the caucus be turned into a nominating conventl.n cf the Peo le's Party. Fow- ler of Alameda was elected temporary chairman and Johnson of San Fran- cisco temporary secretary. Chairman Fowler appointed T. E. Clarke of Tulare, chairman of the com- mittee on permanent organization and order of business; Green Majors of Ala- meda, chairman of the committee on platform and resolutions, and W. R. | Batton of Alameda, chairman of the | committee on credentials. | It was next decided to place a full ticket in the field to represent the Peo- | ple’s party. One of the members con- | temptuously remarked that the con- vention that had nominated Congress- man Maguire was “only a Democratic side show, The delegates were ex- cited and angry and they did not want to waste any time in settling with their matters. T. W. H. Shanahan, who was beaten for nomination for Governor by Ma- guire, was unanimously chosen as the candidate of those present for Gover- nor. Shanahan appeared before the | convention, accepted the nomination and declared {aat no power on earth | could pull him down. Shanahan looked happy and the delegates cheered. An adjournment was then taken until 9:30 o’clock th! morning, when the re- mainder of the ticket will be named. Every part f the State was repre- sented in the convention, as is shown by the following committees: Credentials—W. R. Batton, Alameda; J. M. Murphy, Shasta; W. O. Griggs, Sono- g‘l ‘W. R. Crawford, Kern; ex White, olusa. Permanent Organization and Order of Business—T. E. Clark, Tulare; A. Brets, Alameda; T. H. Porter, San Francisco; Samuel otewart, Solano; George Hale, El Dorado. Platform — Green Majors, Alameda; Frank Houghton, Tehama; James Mor- gan. Sana Barbira; J. Q. Siocking, San iego; H. C. Wilson, Lake; T. G. Sharp, L. Landon, Monterey; C. '1? Camp, Sacra- . Nevada; J. E. . P. Stewart, San Bernardino. admitted that there had been traitors in the Silver Republican camp. “But we found them out,” he added, “and dropped their heads in the bas- et “What's the matter with Baker?” shouted one of the delegates. Phillips was evidently so wrapped up in his ora- torical flight that he did not hear the question—or at least he did mnot an- swer it. “If you are going to do clean poli- tics,” continued Phillips, “don't at- tempt to do it with the scavengers in your ranks.. Get rid of them. We are here at the common altar of freedom to make a fight. The bosses are all alarmed, for they know that we are here for war to the knife and knife to the hilt. We Silver Republicans greet you as brother soldiers in our battle, and we want to see you put a reputable ticket in the fleld.” The fusionists applauded the speech and Monteith of Marin suggested that Phillips be given a vote of thanks for his address, and aiso for securing the political decapitation of G. Wandering Baker. The thanks were presented, but the anti-fusionists did not take any part in the bouquet throwing. A partial report from the majority of the committee on rules of order and permanent organization, the main fea- tures of which were published in The Call to-day, was read by Gillespie of San Francisco. A J. BE. Camp of Alameda presented a minority report. He objected to the appointment of a committtee to con- fer with ‘‘representatives of the other reform parties,” suggested in the ma- Jority report, as he deemed it unneces- gary. He believed that the convention first should adopt a plaform and then nominate a straight out-and-out Popu- list to stand on it. The remarks of Camp were provoca- tive of an outburst of oratory. John Raspberry Jones, who hails from Ala- meda and wants to go to Congress from the Third District, moved to lay the minority report ~n the table. On mo- tion of Cornell of Alameda that portion of the report making the temporary officers - the permanent officers of the convention was adopted. Then followed a long and wearisome debate. Fowler of Alameda was op- posed to the majority report, suggest- ing that a conference committee be ap. pointed, and that for the time being the nominations stop at that for Gov- ernor. He insisted upon having the re- | port referred back to the original com- mittes, with instructions to report an order of business that could include all the places to be filled on the ticket. Cator of San Francisco backed Fow- ler and Camp in the stand they had taken. He said that he wanted to see a straight Populist ticket nominated without fusion. Cornell of Alameda moved to lay the minority report on the table, and there was another wrangle. When a stand- ing vote was taken a half hour later the secretary announced that 74 dele gates favored the motion and 75 were opposed to it. The announcement was greeted with cheers by °the anti-Ma- guire forces. Carlson of Los Angeles, a strong Ma- guire worker, demanded a call of the roll on the question. | “Many delegates voted under a mis- | apprehension of the question,” said he, “and I know that we all want a fair vote.” Chairman Hutchinson, a fusionist and Maguire Populist, cut off further de- bate by rrdering a call of the roll, “to refute any possible imputation of un- | fairness that might afterward be raised.” The vote was taken by counties, those present voting the absentees, with the t that the motion which had been eviously lost was carried by a vote of 138 noes to 153 ayes. The majority report was then adopted as presented and the convention re- solved into seven Congressional Dia- trict conventions to select the members of the conference. Those chosen were: First District, George W. Montelth, Marin; Second, Dr. A. L. Forman, San {Joaquin; Third, John Aubrey Jones, Alameda; Fourth, George D. Giliespie, San Francisco; Fifth, J. W. Hlnes‘ Santa Clara; Sixth, {v."P. Netherton, anta Cruz; Seventh, g Sty John 8. Dore, A recess was then o'clock and a et aanL averted. “There will be a caucus,” shouted 3 Tow was narrowly