The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1900, Page 1

+ VOLUME LX SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1900. PRICE FIVE CE BRYAN MAY NOT HAVE HIS WAY AT THE KANSAS CITY CONVENTION R o . BA»‘K S 0 AMOS J. wi r Was Posit Croke: from the Kansas wagon drivers Fight in the Delegation. The fight wus then made in the delega- NK IN THE X\ BRY. FRUITLESS. emains Unyielding, and His Silver orm Must Be Written in Words of | Plain Thal_{\ll Mag Read. CUMMINGS. the conferer i there was BE. ck of Buffalo member of the new )sed as representative 1 the committee on res- sker named Augustus Hill was defeated by Mr. s candidate Yor the nuomin- for Vice President of the United his defeat in silence and re- the House with his no definite announce- Whether he will floor of the con- Danforth the result, but Mr nouncement with a uld gladly give way were fot Kellar came to New York a t emploved a independent its service in for infor- tenderloin district he ted and for a time s . Afterward Mr. ime managing editor of the New yrder, the well known Repub- has wr! n for se a d m f 'Chollv ? yor Van Wyck ap- mmissioner of charities and of a Democratic club. a daily h r of and has always ~ed free silver Democrat years o news had been re of the negotiations In It sas meeting 1 untfl £ o'clock. The dis ookers drifted down the to the surging crowd below. & crowd it was, edging to the swirling into the restaurant, all nd streaming into the differ- nces to get a breath of fresh afr. The Clark-Daly Fight. milar scenes were enacted at the Bal- nd other hotels. The headquar- e National Democratic Commit- that the 1sas City Club, two blocks from ion hall. It was besleged by t in national and State af- ing tickets of admission and s with Senator Jones and other f the committee. Among those bed the stalrs was Senator Clark He had triumphed over Mar- in the contest before the sub- on the previous day. Frank was a member of this sub-com- much to the chagrin of Martin nd other members of the Daly members o who cli Daly aommittee lark delegates have, therefore, re- e recognition of the National ention. The fight will now be trans- to the committee on credentials. delegates are working tooth and reverse the decision of the sub- the struggle waxes flercer 5 sper, trim and neat as a F int. He strokes his auburn b en talking over the victory and e resses the utmost confidence in secur- f action from the committeey No man would ever fancy 1 been an old prospector and pick and drill in a mountain. angs upon his flank watching ment and working like a the Daly interests. There is Pennsylvania delegation. sentatives Howard, Mutch- es Kerr returned from their to Nebraska this morning. 1 B. Hill, they bad gone up agalnst the silver stonewall and had come back with sore ds. Both are young men :)mrll the wounds will undoubtedly soon heal. T r report, however, set a few cholce spirits in the Pennsylvania delegation in a whirlwind of rage. They were ready for anything, even to placing a candidate in the field against Mr. Bryan himself. It was with great difficulty that the little cabal was squelched. The delegation ex- pressed much bitterness toward Mr. Cro- ker for proposing to yield to Mr. Bryan's wishes. They started a story that the PP UAPPID NP S S WP MDD S PSSP S S UP D SRS SH P STV Y4 et eieie® A meeting was called at the conclu- | f i a 2l Committee in place ohn W. Keliar was selected | was » member of Tammany Hall | cen shifted from the Baltimore | mittee as the regular delegates to the | PP S S S S S S S S e e e B ¢+ Leader David B. Hillsof the Anti-Free-Silver Force Led Into Ambush While the Fight Between the Conservatives and +he opposition of Senator Jones. R e e R e e e e e e . e | PP 000t ededededoedodedededed Radicals Over the Platform Was in Progress. D s R B AR Re R SR TR RT Y Y MAJORITY AGAINST A 16 to | DECLARATION ANSAS CITY, July 3.—Late to-night, after quite a careful canvass of the men selected for the com- mittee on resolutions, it was asserted that there was a majority against making a specific declara- tion for 16 to 1. It was also said that the majority, if such it was, would not press the matter, owing to The attitude of Mr. Bryan is thought to be sufficient for Senator Jones, who is 2 member of the committee on resolutions, and will be in a position to exert a great deal of influ- ence. Senator Jomes, when he first arrived, thought a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform was sufficient. Notwithstanding the known views of Mr. Bryan, delegation after delegation has to-day taken a po- sition in favor of the reafirmation of the Chicago platform and against a specific declaration, yet it is not probable that the convention will take any other course than to declare explicitly for 16 to 1. It was ex- plained in one delegation which voted for simple reafirmation that when it was known that this course was favored by the gold men and the word was passed around that the proposition was against Bryan, the delegates would weaken when the poll was taken and support 16 to 1. P R R S e e e e R R ey ] B e e e e e ) e s e a s sl e S R R R R that ran through the crowd like & prairie re. Many men said Bryan ought to have stepped aside. Others declared it was time to see whether one man who had al- ready been defeated for President was gneater than his party. udge Tibbetts is out in another inter- view to-night in which he declares he “never saw it.”” There is no doubt, how- ever, that Bryan, in the hope of coercing the convention, has repeatedly declared that it must reiterate the financial plank or go elsewhere than to Nebraska for its candidate for President. There has been a very rapid march of the events to-day altering considerably the situation respecting the platform and utterly destroying the previous situation as to the candidate for Vice President. It become apparent early in the day that Mr. Bryan's message from Nebraska which had disheartened Messrs. Jones, Johnson, Guffrey and Campau, who had sent him the letter on Saturday asking him to keep his hands off, was made to have only temporary effect When Mr. Kerr, who took this letter to | Lincoln, returned yesterday, five Demo- cratic leaders who had dared to tell Bryan the truth, gave up for the time being and abandoned their efforts to keep a silver | e e aa asle sl st e e aaaal ] & . DN DG S S U U P I U< PP S S D S O S D S D S S Y L s o SO SR e o e e o Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTE KANSAS CITY, Mo. le the fight | petween conservatives and radl s | over the Democratic platform was in | full swing this afternoon, David B. THE BIG HALL AT KANSAS CITY WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC NA- TIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE OPENED TO-DAY. S ey SR S S e o party may vet trlumph against itself or It may be forced to yield to the insane im- puises of its evil side and continue as a political force in favor of a fifty-cent S | dollar. Fourth of July. de to 1t Great preparations have been m: is the eve of the { Hill, leader of the anti-free SIVEr | gigpayiz0 the day as a sort of Bryan ju- force, was led into a genuine ambu: h. | was defeated through Richard efforts for membership on the committee | on resolutions, and former Judge Augus- | tus Van Wyck was elected to represent New York on the committee. Thus Croker was told by the Populist nd Silver Re- | publicans in conference to-day that if he would not object to 16 to 1 in the plat- form he would become the New York lead- er in the convention. | “Croker also had Elliott Danforth side- | tracked as New York’s candidate for Vice President, and John W. Keller, Charities | Commissioner of New York, was selected. | This event is likely to have a tremendous | effect on the platform fight. It may move Croker to gettle the financial plank as | Bryan desires it. Until the event oc- | curred the fight had shifted and was go- | ing against Bryan. | The Democratic party has been in a | very aistressing way playing the strange tragedy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde all | day. It has been making most tremend- | ous efforts to avoid discord. Its evil side fa to get rid of the malign influence of 16 to 1 and to return to the status that it en- ved prior to July, 1896. y"i‘;e ’;ungglft o far is in doubt. The Croker's | bilee for the celebration of the triumph of the principles of the Populistic party. Patriotic speeches are to be made in the convention by advocates of 16 to 1. The | whole town is to be illuminated with red, | white and blue electricity in honor of the | victory predicted by Bryan's friends over | the sound-money element of the party. | There is to be a parade also in honor of | the event. Just as there {s many a slip | between the cup and the lip, so it is pos. sible that this celebration of the triumph of free silver in the convention may be turned into ' the celebration of the achievement of independence from the little free silver oligarchy which has made pilgrimages to Lincoln and brought back orders from Bryan that the con- lar platform in order to have him as its candidate. The feeling Is really beginning to per- vade the party that Bryan is overacting a trifle. A statement was sent out to-day cred- | ited to Judge Tibbetts of Nebraska, that Bryan would refuse absolutely to run for President unless the 16 to 1 plank went into the platform. This caused a reaction vention must reiterate the fifty-cent dol- | GrOebe b eLe et e e @ D e e e o o e e S S [ O e e e e . ] plank out of the platform. Mr. Guffrey de- clared that Bryan would be able to dic- tate the platform and name the candidate for Vice President. Senator Jones said it was all a tempest in a teapot anyhow, and it made no differ- ence whether the financfal plank was re- aflirmed or reiterated. Governor Stone disappeared from pub- lic view and Mr. Campau had nothing to say, but there were late conferences last night and this morning, and the storm against free silver broke loose anew. proposition to place George Fred Willlams of Massachusetts in the field. They de- nounced it as a Tammany plot, declaring | that Mr. Croker favored all ultra radical | schemes with the Intention of overloading the ticket and breaking it down. They pointed to his alleged action In regard to George Fred Williams as confirmatory of these intentions. Of course this is all moonsghine. . Mr. Croker has never nounced his intention of favoring any can- didate or any platform that is not per- fectly acceptable to Mr. Bryan. It Colonel Bryan should ask for the nomination of Charles A. Towne the lead- er of the New York delegation would un- doubtedly favor it. It will be a Bryan ticket and the Bryan ticket will be a Croker ticket. A new candidate for Vice President drepped from the clouds this morning. He was blown across the Mississippi River by the prairie winds in Tllinois. He land- ed on his feet and made a very favorable impression. He has a. hatchet face, keen blue eves, a large Adam’s apple, round shoulders and thin, brown hair. This gen- Temmany chief was deftly favoring a| tleman is Jesse R. Willlams of Carml. He an- | has served several terms in the House of Representatives and had always been an ardent and persistent soldier in the free- silver ei:e, His speeches on the floor of the House are as replete with informa- tion and as interesting as any ever made by Mr. Towne himself. There is not a flaw in his record. He would make a candidate not only acceptable to Mr. Bryan and his friends, but one that could silence. all caballing !n the Illinois dele- gation and even bring John P. Altgeld and Carter Harrison to terms. Bryan’s Latest Threat. The city is jammed. Walnut street at night is roofed with parti-colored electric lights, making a view of unsurpassed beauty. Clubs and delegations, headed by brass bands, are turning nearly every cor- ner, and the sidewalks are packed with crowds of sweltering humanity. As mid- night approaches these crowds increase in number and the excitement is intense. The latest rumor is somewhat startling. It is averred that a well-known gentle. man from Missouri has received a dis- patch from Colonel Bryan announcing that if there is any trouble in the con- vention over the adoption of his platform he will come to Kansas City himself ana appear before the committee on resolu- tions as its advocate. EDELMAN RESENTS INSULT BY PHELAN Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, KANSAS CITY, July 3.—The proceedings of the Cai- ifornia delegaticn in the caucus at the Coates House this afternoon were enliv- ened by a most interesting verbal duel be- tween Mayor James D. Phelan and Dele- gate Edelman. The affair was the talk of the California delegation to-night, and both the principals have a rankling mem- ory of to-day's episode. Although each declares to-night that he will ignore the other, it is by no means certain that they will not yet come to blows. The difficulty arose in this way: Mr. Phelan proposed that Judge Maguire (Cal- ifornia’s member of the committee on res- olutions) be instructed to propose and in- sist upon the adoption by the resolutions committee of a plank condemning the Re- | noon meeting of the | | what will be done by the convention. P B S S S S S S S A S S Y D S S N EFFORTS TO CARRY TION APPEAR TO BE MEET D e SENATOR JONES I8 CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND A LEADER IN THE e e et e@ D R R R I = 3 NATIONAL FREE SILVER CAUSE. HIS . OUT THE WISHES OF BRYAN AT THE CON- ING WITH SUCCE > R e R O R S R O R e A S . 1 Lack of Enthusiasm at the Convention Attributed to the gramme Will Go Fact That the Pro- Through. BY OLIVER H. ALL HEADQUARTERS, KANSAS , " CITY, Mo, July 3 —There is a sur- | prising lack of enthusiasm at this Democratie convention. It can be | attributed to the fact that it is | known beforehand almost exactly | We | may not know the exact wording of the platform, but we understand what it | means. Whoever is nominated for Vice President, it will be a good ticket on the | whole and should be satisfactory to all factions of the party. The action of the New York delegation resulted in harmony and good feeling. August Van Wyck is a wise selectior. on our part to represent us on the plat- form committee, because he is in perfect touch with Democracy throughout the State. He also understands the geograph- jcal requirements of New York. He will be able to more entirely represcnt the State than any man that could have been placed on the committee. Norman K. Mack is also a wise selection for nationai committeeman. He had been in touct with Bryan since 158 and thoroughly rep- State of resents the Democracy of the New York. Another good man is John W. Keliar. He is the most popular ma in the Democratic organization at large. As to Deserters. Any Democrat who deserts the ticket and platform which will be decided upe at Kansas City should be summarily dealt | with. If there are differences of opinion the non-essential fact should cut-no figure this year. We shall have the support. of legions of Republicans who believe that the coi tinued supremacy of this latter-day R publicanism is a_distinct menace to the life of the republic. Our Americanism should be the mericanism of the great | | against it eve P. BELMONT. entbusiastic West and of its typical lead-~ er, W. J. Bryan The extraordinary development of the art of manipulating great trusts like steel and wire, for instance, has aroused in- dignation, and this feeling will no doub find vigorous expression in our platform. The spectacle of ten thousand men thrown out of work hout warning at sundown to gratify the cupidity of a sambler at the opening of the stock market on the morrow is the most infamous that has ever been witnessed by the American peaple. It is a striking exhibition of the power of a trust, and the heartless conside; n of human beings compelled to labor for it in order to keep their wives and children that estimat . States, United from starvation. It 00,000 of persons in_ the more than one-fifth of our population, are dependent upon t Hvelihood— that is to say, depen he method, caprice or avarice of tuc.r managers. Regulating the Trusts. One way of regulating the trusts is to reduce the tariff. h t on such high authority as the father trust, Mr. Havemeyer. In carrying out any ment and reform we bank officer every raflroad offic ckholder, every beneficlary ¢ corpora- tion In the cc t that array, formid 1 will be found the, conscious humanity and hon- esty of the mas: ultimate res of the struggle as it The conventiony will something to-say ‘about an Its worth to the masses has been in manufacturing ntries, wh tremes of weal poverty meet publican administration for its failure to enforce the civil service laws and declar- ing in favor of an extension of the civil service and its strict enforcement. Senator White was presiding as chairman and Delegate Edelman addressed him, asking it such a declaration would not be utterly opposed to Mr. Bryan's vie Mr. Edelman’s back was turned to Mayor Phelan, and the latter took ad- vantage of this fact to make some facial | grimaces and to raise both hands to hlll ears and shake them in the manner that is employed by some in. seeking to cast raicufe upon a Jewish person. But Mayor Phelan was unaware that his movements were reflected in a mirror, and Delegate | Edelman suddenly wheeled around and cantronted his tormentor. The Mayor was Gbashed, whereat some of those in the Toom laughed outright. They were plain- Iy in sympathy with Mr. Edelman. The latter did not care to make a scene committee, so he turned his back t Mayor again and said contemptuousl “] was addressing the chairman, a polite | and honorable gentleman. and hish-minded to take advantage of any one when his back is turned. Mr. Edelman said to The Call corre- spondent to-night that his friends had ad- Vised him to ignore a person who was so Jittle and so cowardly as to insult a man when his back was turned. The Mayor was seen by The Call correspondent and | asked to give his version of the affair. | &% first he professed to be ignorant of the | meaning of any ‘“quarrel” between him- Telf and Mr. Edelman, but finally admit- ted it, while mtemflmlms to belittle the im- 01 ce of the affair. ¥ ‘F‘:Tlnl have to say is that Mr. Edelman1 was very offensive in his remarks to-day. | To'is a ruffan and I shall pay no more attention to him,”” sald the Mavor. ‘All members of the delegation, includ- ing Senator White, are in sympathy with | Me. Edeiman, but hope there will be no | further difficulty between the two gentle- | men. BRYAN TO ADDRESS THE CONVENTION KANSAS CITY, July 3.—Unless plans perfected to-night be upset Mr. Bryan will attend the Democratic Natlonal Conven- | tion after his nomination if he is put in | the fleld early erough to render it prac- ticable for him to do so. A formal invi- tation has been extended to him and he has said that he would accept. This fact was broufilt out in the after- ational Democratic in the one too | Committee, as was also the intention of the Natioral Commitiee to have the nom- ination for the Presidency made to-mor- row if possible. The desire on the part of the members to accomplish this end the close of the se to the surface by an invitation to committee from the citizens of Kansas City to take a tallyho ride to-morrow evening. This Invitation was extended by ex-Governor Sione o issouri. When it was presented Mr. Clayton took sthe floor in opposition to its acceptance, say- ing that there was a well defined and general wish that Mr. Bryan should be laced in nomination on the Fourth of gu!y. making a fitting Democratic cele- bratfon of the national anniversary. Sen ator Kenney spoke in the same strain Senator Jones descended from the plat- form to add his ce in support of the proposition. All agreed that such a nom- ination would add spirit to the occa and give the ticket a send-off such would not otherwise receive. The m- re- | bers of the committee generally suppo ed the proposition and as a consequence of the Kansas City people The discussion developed some points of the programme of the committee. It will have a day and a night session. It is the ately, act as soon they can, and, if possible, report and ha the convention fore adjourning in the afternoon. to bring about action in the afternoon, they hope to get the committee reports disposed of early in the evening and still get together Immed: w3 act upon the reports be- Failing accomplish Mr. Bryan's nomination be- fore the adjournment of the night ses- sion. The managers appreciate may be many obstacles in the way of carrying out this programme, but they are quite determined to find a way to do it, and they exoress confidence that the members of the convention will all lend a helping hand to this end. The discussion developed the fact that Mr. Bryan is expected to be present in the convention on Thursday, the day after his nomination. and indlcate to the con- vention his acceptance of the honor con- ferred. An intimation of the convention's purRose to secure action to-morrow has en conveyed to the prospeetive candi- date and an invitation extended to him to visit the convention on Thursday. and it is stated on excellent authority that he has indicated that he will accept. The members of the committee express themseives generally as of the opinion that the programme can be cb\rr(tg out, ;In;j gmn v‘;ho ktnahw of the invitation to . Bryan do not hesitate to sa. will certainly accept. : g that there