The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07
POPUL|STS READY
FOR ST. LOUIS.
They Are Mainly Farmers
Who Go to the National
Convention.
THE LIST OF DELEGATES
The st. Louis Conventions Are
Yelled Mysteries to the
Party.
so IS THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Many Delegates Inter ested in the Big
Convention of Cooper rative
Societies.
so IS THE STATE CAMPAIGN

The Populist State leaders have per-
fected arrangements for the trip of the
California delegation to the National Con-
ventIon which will convene in st. Louis
on the 22d inst.
The California Populists are as much at
sea regarding what will be done at their
National Convention as the California
Democrats were concerning theirs two
weeks ago. To the whole Nation the pros
poets of the Populist and silver National
conventions OF st. Louis are as vague fate
full and full of varied possibilities as has
| been the Chicago convention, which is
now the cynosure of all political eyes.
Now, we may hardly guess who the Popu-
| lists and Silver men will nominate at st.
Louis, presage much of their platform, or
at this moment foreshadow the political
relations among the three anti-McKinley
| parties that will develop within three
| weeks.
The Populist and Silver National con-
ventions, which are TO meet on the same
date, will probably surpass in the num-
bers drawn to the convention city ano
| likely in political significance the great
convention now in full blast by Lake
| Michigan.
There will be more to the st. Louis con-
vention events than the definite Nation al
machines of the Popuiist party and the
somewhat inchoate silver party. Various
reform" elements and various organized
| expressions OF discomfort VIII cut figure
| on the side. Political history will be made
at st. Louis as well as at Chicago.
California will be represented at the
| Populist convention bv thirty-nine dele
gates and at the Silver convention by
about the same number. Quite numbe
who are not delegates will also go.
The Populist and silver dele cations will
leave on the 10th inst. but they will not
go on the same train as was the original
plan formulated through their community
of interests. Railroad hustlers are re-
sponsible for this separation. The list of
silver delegates is not yet completely
made up.
The Populist delegation will leave on
the morning of the 10Th inst. and proceed
by way Of Ogden and Denver, where the
Utah and Colorado delegations will join
them, going thence to st. Louis by way OF
the Missouri Pacific. The silver delegates
will leave on the evening of the 18th and
60 by the Union Pacific route.
The Populist State Executive Commit
tee which met yesterday had for it's par
ticular business the filling of the places OF
such delegates elected at the State Conven-
tion as could not 60, but very few of the
delegates reported that they could not 60
although the expense OF the trip is a seri-
GUS matter with majority of them.
| They are repres tatlve Populists who
compose the delegation. Four-fifths of
them are farmers who are not used to TAX
ing hand at the wheel of the ship of
state, but they have IDEAS of their own.
| There are four lawyers, one doctor, sew
eral workingmen, no merchants and four
editors. The editors are: M. e. Dittmar
of the Redding Searchlight, delegate at
large; DR.. r. E. Currap of the Los Ange-
les Civic Review, G. III. Gilstrap of the
Tulare Citizen and NJ. w. Wilkins OF the
New Charter, San Francisco. The lawyers
are: T. V. Gator of San Francisco, Alfred
Daggett of Visalia, Henry G. Dillon of
Los Angeles and Mr.. Welch of San Jose.
Among the delegates is J. G. Waybright
of Grass Valley, farm laborer who four
| years ago drove 200 miles to attend the
State Convention. w. A. Vann OF Colusa,
Populist nominee for Congress two years
ago, is another of the delegates. G. n.
Harris, secretary of the Bimetallic Union
James Ashbury Johnson, the writer; ]. G.
Walker, a shoemaker, and John G. Gore
are among the dele 1ates from San Fran
cisco. E. NJ. Wardall, chairman of the
State Central Committee and one of the
four delegates at large will likely be chair
man of the delegation.
The delegation will not put on any frills
or take along any wines. 1t will travel in
tourist sleepers and wear cheap but pretty
badges of the California poppy color. L.
V. Gator, M. e. Dittman and three other
delegates are now in the East. Gator will
be early in ST. Louis and will look after
the California headquarters which will be
at the Holland House.
The delegation will arrive in st. Louis
on the Goth inst, in time to attend gen.
eral conference on direct legislation, which
will be held on the 21st. This conference
has been called by Ignatius Donnelly, E.
M. Wardall and others. Those especially y