The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
The Sound-Money League Merely
Awaits State Expression
of Opinion.
CONFERENCE SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Real Democracy Awakens and
Practically Decides to Get Up
the Big Petition.

A Palmer and Buckner electoral ticket
rose definitely above the horizon of Cali.
fornia politics yesterday.
The sound-money, true blue Democrats,
who are loyal to Jeffersonian Democracy,
their party's honor and themselves, and
who regard their party's future, yesterday
took hold of the question seriously and
with a sort of careful enthusiasm. The
leading sound-money Democrats are
heartily in favor of it, few are doubtful
and none have opposed it.
As this wing OF the party cannot use the
party name, il will require to file with the
Secretary of State. within a short time, a
petition with about 5000 signatures, to get
the ticket on the general ballot.
At first this was not seriously consid-
cred, it being the plan of the leading MEM
bers of the Sound-money Democratic
League TO simply distribute widely sound
money literature and to help defeat Bryan
by either voting for Mckinley or staying
away from the polls. Since the In
dianapolis convention heroically put
forth its platform and ticket the party in
California has become Infused with de-
sire to be loyal TO the cause in way that
will count the most and mean the most.
There is pride in the platform. pride in
the ticket and pride in the spirit that rules
this hopeless cause-hopeless, that is, this
present campaign There is a general de-
sire 10 vote as American citizens Tor that
for which sacrifice and labor is being
given. Many of the sound-money Demo
Gratis demand this with enthusiasm.
Tnis question was the principal one be-
fore the executive committee of the Sound.
money Democratic League of California,
which met In executive session at head
quarters in the Mills building yesterday,
with Z. B. Pond in the chair. 1t was fa-
varibly censid by all present, but
there was much about the law OF the situ-
tion-the process required, and so on
that was not clearly known, and then the
sentiment of the sound money Demo-
Gratis OF the whole State was wanted. For
these reasons no definite action was taken
yesterday.
DR.. Edward R. Taylor, president of the
league, was present, and when 1t was de-
cided that a meeting of the entire league
should consider the project he at once
called meeting OF the league for that
purpose, to be beld in the assembly-room
of the Mills building next Saturday even
ing.
In the meantime the Los Angeles. San
Diego and Santa Barbara leagues will be
consulted, along with representative
sound-money Democrats in other parts of
the State, and next Saturday evening def
mite action will be taken.
1t was pointed out yesterday that it
would not require very much time or
money to secure 5000 signatures. Eighty
petitions receiving 100 names each would
do it, for instance, and signatures could be
easily obtained everywhere by wholesale,
as it would not be necessary 70 look only
for sound money Democrats.
As the electoral nominations will be
purely honorary ones, ticket would be
readily agreed upon to accompany the De-
vr-hf hfah I5o5E
sentiment will be sent out by Secretary
Elliott McAliister to-day. There is but
slight doubt, however, that the ticket will
be filed.
There is disposition to put California
IN line with the rest of the States, for one
thing. There is also in the minds of those
tavorlng the effort the consideration that
four years after the defeat and burial of
the Bryan-Populist Democracy the party
will recover its sanity and stand clothed
in its right mind and again be true to its
principles and traditions. At that time
the honor-bright Democracy of this year.
with its great proportion OF the party in
the East, and with so large a proportion
of the real party leaders, viii be the
nucleus of a reorganized and purified
party. The California organization will
count for something then, for il will be
legally party with party machinery.
There is also the consideration that a
great many Democrats not in sympathy
with Organism will vote, and vote the party
ticket rather than for Mckinley if they
have no place else to go. These considera-
tlonS and the sentiment that goes with
them promises a Palmer and Buckner
ticket 10 California with little doubt.
At the meeting yesterday the distribu-
ton of campaign literature, which will go
actively on anyway, was discussed at
length In a day or two ten campaign
documents, aggregating 100000 copies,
will be received from the printer and they
will be Systematically put before the
voters of the State.