The morning call., 1890-08-17
A DEMOCRATIC
WAR DECLARED.
Stephen NJ. White SOWs Fierce
DiscOrd in the Party.
strorg Opposition to His Plan of Endorsement
fer Senator by the Convention.
Coleman Still Leads.

wears, for, besides the gubernatorial con-
test and the smaller battles over the minor
nominations, there is fight of the very
biggest kind on the programme over the
proposition of Stephen NJ. White that the
convention shall indOrse, or, in fact nomi-
nate. candidate for United States Senator.
Mr.. Whites idea can best be expressed in
his own words:
What l PROPOSE" said he to the archi-
teet of this column, yesterday, Sis simply
that the State Convention shall name
man for Senator just as q National Conven-
ton dominates President. 1t is popular
Democratic doctrine that the United States
Senators shall be elected directly by the
people. and this plan would accomplish
this result as near as any plan could under
our Constitution. Under this plan the
members of the Legislature would occupy
precisely the same relation to the election
of United States Senator as Presidential
electors now do in the election of Presi-
dent. The Constitution says that the Presi-
Dental electors shall choose the President,
but the people all well know that the PresI-
dental electors viii vote Tor no one but the
nominee Of the party. So with the United
States Senator, the people of the State in
voting for members of the Legislature
would know beforehand who would be the
party choice for Senator and their votes
would be governed accordingly.
PURIFICATIoN.
at would remove from the Senatorial
election all of those Interior influences so
corruptng TO legislators. Members of the
assembly would be bound to vote for the
party nominee because the people in vot-
ing for them have already indicated their
choice. The restraint upon bad selection
by the party convention will be the same
restraint that operates against all bad NOM
inations-the danger that the people will
reject it at the polls. My proposition is
not that the convention shall indorse me
for Senator 1t is that the convention shall
name some one man, whether it be myself
or some other person, whom the convention
may decide upon"
OF course the true inwardness of Mr..
Whites proposition is not merely desire
to get around the Constitution in popular
way. There is a personal motive in it. 1t
is said that Mr.. White breads the effect of
the railroad Doodle which may be poured
into the Senatorial fight and so shut him
out. 1t is thought that it is a move on Mr..
Whites part TO get himself lhdorseu as an
anti-railroad man by the Democratic Con-
yention, and then force an anti-railroad
fight in the election of members of the As
sembly.
CONVENTION SPECTER.
The gubernatorial fight begins to sink
into insigniteance beside this specter loom
ing up so hugely. Already the delegates
are arraying themselves on either side, and
strong and bitter words are heard for and
against the proposition The fight does not
promise to move along the eubernatorIal
lines at all. All the candidates seem to fight
as shy of it as they can. Supporters OF
Pond, English and Coleman are found on
either side Of the proposition without ref
eTence to their preferences for Governor.
Tine short, stocky form of Stephen Nj.
White moved briskly among the delegates
at the Palaee Hotel yesterday. He would
draw a delegate to one side, talk to him
earnestly tor a few minutes and then pass
on to another. A look into his face at once
cOnYnces the behUlder that he is not man
TO back down.
Already the main conflict has been pre-
coded by a slight encounter. The oppo-
neuts of Whites schemes telegraphed for
Congressman Clunie. who arrived on the
ground Thursday. The same night he met
W hlte In the Lick House and protested
>-29ainst his project in the most vigorous
language.
THEY MEET AND PART.
:" only learned of this proposition two
weeks ago." said Mr.. Clunie, land | at once
made preparations for coming here and ask
ing you to go no further in it,"
III you have known of it but two
weeks" replied White, You have been
alone in Your ignorance All the rest of
the State has been discussing it for three
months. l cannot turn back in this move
ment have been advocating it for long
time. l shall continue to do So"
The two rivals bowed politely to each
other and turned their backs.
THE GUARDIANSHIP.
The fight over this question threatens to
split the convention wide open. All the
heavy weights Of the party are quietly
marshaling themselves on either side. 1t
has already affected the light Tor the Chalr-
manship. Hitherto it had looked as though
Byron Waters would be sure to preside over
the convention. Major Hammond has been
amusing himself with the idea that he had
a chance to occupy that position, but he has
never been in it. The delegates quietly
smile when his name is mentioned and say
under their breath, 1.-THE Major is nice
fellow, but this convention Will require
man of power TO handle it." 1t can be set
down as certain that the new complication
has smut Major Hammond out entirely.
The field would be left to Waters, but it
has been discovered that Waters is strong
White man. 1t would never do for Whites
opponents TO allow MIN. to preside, and
new candidate was hunted up. All eyes
conferred on the Hon. Jimmie Budd of
Stockton, who will, in all probability, be
the candidate of the anti White men.
A BITTER FIGHT.
That the big fight of the Democratic Con-
vention is to be the controversy over the
White resolution, no one who sauntered
among the crowd at the Palace Hotel last
night could long doubt if he kept his ears
open.
As one of the delegates remarked: "The
Governors fight isn't in it with this thing"
The " hite resolution will decide the choice
OF Chairman, shape the party platform, and,
if the various candidates are not very care
full, will dictate the nomination for Governor
Everybody recognizes that the big guns
OF the party have been trained on each
other for deadly battle, and everybody is
getting himself in armOr for the fray.
HON. BUDD SPEAKS.
The Hon. Jimmie Budd, covered by a
white SLOUGH hat and his heartiest manner,
fairly rustled among the delegates and
stormed the white battlements with
choicest rhetoric He was c0rnsred for a
moment by HE CALL representative, and
some Of his vigorous English was impressed
upon the newspaper mans mind.
mo, sir" said Mr.. Budd, showing his
broad-brimmed hat back from his brow,
Which, by the way, was well formed and
iull Of power, mo, sir, we don't want any
such plan as this sprung upon the c0nven-
ton. In the first place it isn't fair to Mr..
Clunie, nor Mr. Tarpie nor any of the men
who may have aspirations toward the Uni
ted States Senate. This move to have a
man Endorsed for the United States Senate
by convention that was elected and called
together for an entirely different purpose is
not fair way of conducting that sort of a
contest.
ON THE SLY.
Mr.. White has been manipulating this
thing for long time Oh the sly. He has
been working up sentiment to that end.
and getting County Committees fixed with
that in view. The other men have stuck to
constitutional and legitimate ways, and
have not been in the fight. If Mr.. White is
Endorsed by this convention it of course
shuts out all the rest of the party. 1t is not
fair to the others, and, besides. it is beating
the devil around the stump to violate the
constitution"
at Mr.. White is so anxious to serve his
party and is such tower of siren 9Th that
his Endorsement by this convention will
carry success TO the ticket, why don't he go
down into the Sixth District and run for
Congressman Why don't he red eem that
district from the enemy? We need Con-
gresham far more than we need Senator.
The Republican majority in the United
States Senate is too large to be overcome
by Mr.. White. Why don't he 90 into
fight that will do his party some good ?''
THE GUARDIANSHIP
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