The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-26
TO ORGANIZE S|LvER|TES,
Call for a California COnVen-
ton Expected Early in
July.
Preparations to Be Made for Nomi-
mating a Presidential
Candidate.

AS result of the call issued by the
National Bimetallic Union for the organi-
cation of State, district, city and town
unions, with the ultimate object of Gre
ating powerful National party, whose
platform shall be the free coinage of silver
in the ratio of 16 to 1, steps will shortly
be taken in this State to carry out the in
structions of the central body.
George w. Baker, who is prominently
identified with the pro-silver movement
in California, takes keen interest in this
new plan. Speaking of it he said:
''The plan suggested by the Bimetallic
Union is a good one. We have no perma-
nent organization of any kind in the in
terests of silver in this State at present
Whether or not this plan will suit the
silver men of this State l cannot say.
''ro accomplish anything on the silver
question party organization is necessary.
Such a movement. it has been urged, is
open TO the objection that either of the
two great parties may nominate a BIZ
metallic candidate. Both parties have de-
celved the people on this point. Their
silver planks have always been vague and
ambiguous. Now the question is to form
party OF our own.
''There has been some dissension created
in California bv the action of the executive
committee of the National Silver League
in recommending Joseph c. Sibley as the
nominee OF the silver men for President of
the United States. This is considered pre-
mature and unwise. They should have
awaited the action of the other parties. If
no suitable candidate was nominated by
either the Republicans or Democrats, then
a convention of the silver delegates from
the various States should be called and an
Independent nominee placed in the field.
There is no man IN the United States who
would make better candidate than Mr.
Sibley.
"Some definite action will soon be taken
by the bimetallists OF California looking to
the assembling of pimetallic convention,
at which a plan of future action will be
outlined and adopted, for the organization
and operation OF the party in detail, so
that when the proper time comes it will
be prepared to send delegates to the
National convention of the silver party.
These plans are now maturing in various
parts of the State, and State convention
will be called as early as July"
At the Bimetallic Union Convention held
at Salt Lake about two weeks ago ii. w.
Laugenour of Woodland, CAL, was ap-
pointed member of the executive COM
mittee of that body, which now represents
the silver interests of ten States and Terri
tories as follows: California, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wash
lngton, wyoming, New MEXICO ana Utah.
1t is expected that Laugenour will call the
convention for the organization of a
bimetallic union in the State, and, from
present indicstions, there will be full
representation from all the counties.
A. w. Thompson, editor of the People s
Press and the candidate of the Populists
for Superior Judge at the last election, has
decided views on the subject of independ-
ent silver organizations for campaign pur-
poses. He said:
CONGRESSMAN Warner and others, at the
recent convention of the Silver League in
Omaha, attempted to get the Populists in
terested in the Silver League. But we are
not willing to merge the Populist party
in any other party. There is no
doubt that the money question is the
leading and pressing issue at this
time, but we consider that the quantity of
money is more important than the mate
rial of which it is made. The free coinage