The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
ORGANIZING FOR SILVER,
Friends of the Metal Forming a
New Party in This
State.
An Emissary at Work on a List Of
Men for a Central Com
mittee.

The Silverites, that is, such as have been
somewhat reproachfully dubbed zone.
issue men," are actively at work forming a
straight, out-and-out silver party in
this State. They propose to make the
coming here of A. J. Warner, president OF
the national committee of the American
Bimetallic Party" Congressman G. G.
Sibley of Pennsylvania and Senator W. W.
Stewart of Nevada, the occasion for gen.
eral concentration of sympathizers in one
distinct movement. These three cham
pions of the white metal, with the addi-
ton, perhaps, of Senator John P. Jones,
who is now at Santa Monica, are booked
for grand mass-meeting in San Francisco
in the near future, and then it is expected
the Silverites will have most favorable
opportunity for effective prcselyting
There has already been an emissary here
from Los Angeles, where the nucleus for
the new silver party has come into ex-
istence. whose mission has been to ascer-
tain the temper of leading Populists and
such members of the Republican and DEM
ocratic parties as might be induced to
affiliate with the movement. This gentle
man is Alva Udell, a land attorney OF Los
Angeles, the originator of the Washington
I'd. C.1 Political Record. He has performed
his task and is now ready to report to the
executive committee of the Silver
League" His mission has been brought
to a speedier termination than he had an
ticipated, for he has been wired to return
to Los Angeles before he could make ar
rangements as to date and hall for the
silver mass-meetlng.
The personnel of the Los Angeles COM
mittee. under whose instructions Mr.. Udell
has been acting, can be seen in the follow
ing: Enoch Pepper, chairman OF the Pop
ulist County Central Committee OF Los
Angeles in the last campaign; ex-Congress-
man Lionel A. Sheldon; John K. Berry,
who was Collector of the port OF San Diego
during President Harrison's admlnlstra-
ton; ex-United States Senator Cornelius
Holt, Alva Udell, ]. Craig, III. II. Savage,
r. w Drongold, Charles L. Pepper and w:
J. Weems. The meetings of the 18th and
23d are for the purpose OF making prepare
tons for big mass meeting In Los Ange-
les on the 18th, at which General Warner
aud Senator Stewart are TO speak
"rhe balance of the committee" Mr..
Udell explained yesterday afternoon, "wlll
be made up at the time of the mass-meet-
ing in San Francisco. Our purpose is to
have general provisional committee to
undertake the prehminaries for State
convention. Our State committee is to
consist of three members from each of the
iifty-seven counties, and seventy-five mem
bers at large. San Francisco will be rep
resented according to it's population.
:, Movements like ours are being initiated
all over the country. We expect, of course,
that a national movement will be
developed out of them all, and if the ma
tlonal movement is true to this paramount
issue OF money reform we shall cooperate
with 1t as distinctively silver party in
this State
Mr. udellw was in conference most of yes
terday afternoon with Thomas v. Gator.
who was the Populist choice for United
States Senator. Mr.. Gator is rather guarded
in his attitude toward the new party. He
gave his views in the following:
II expect to see all men who favor finan-