The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
The Delegates to the National
Convention Breathe Threats
of Fury.
STRIFE AND DISRUPTION NOW
FACE THE PARTY.
Silver and Gold Not the Only Conten.
tions Upon Which Factions Will
Clash at Chicago.

CHICAGO, I'LL, June 27,-The Demo-
cratic leaders are alarmed because of the
cheers and shoutings coming from Canton
and Paterson for Mckinley and Hobart
and protection. The people seem to have
risen enmasse to voice The sentiment of
protection to home industries. The
Democracy is divided against itself and is
a riotous mob rather than an army pre-
pairing for a decisive battle.
Hill, the bald-headed war eagle, shrieks
warming from Manhattan, Cleveland is
denounced in Democratic councils as
lraitor to his party and to the people, and
the delegates now gathering from all parts
of the Nation for the great war talk are
breathing threats of fury that bode inter-
necite strife and disruption.
How the mighty have fallenl 1t was
only afew days ago that Ruben Turney in
the Ohio Democratic State Convention de-
mandei that Cleveland's portrait should
be thrown out of the hall, and referred to
the Preddent as "That arch traitor; that
Benedic Arnold OF the Democratic party"
And amid all the shouting of this dis
organiZel army we hear the thunder of
the captains, Whitney and Hill of New
York, in he far East, and in the Middle
West the voice of Boss Altgeld is heard
rallying tie panic-stricken host. They
have fallen back on that old Democratic
utopianism,a a tariff for revenue only. l
saw an oldspple-woman sitting by her
stand, bareh,aded in the rain in Park Row,
New York, last Thursday morning,
and [ sskd her what she thought
of the Democratic doctrine of tariff
for revenue elly, and she replied that she
aAu l4st ssesssssls9e 10 get any revenue out
of it and she wouldn't swap her apple
car: for the Fhole Democratic party.
asked Hunarian woman who was sell
ing papers onthe Bowery, bareheaded in
the pelting strm, and her reply was that
the tariff hsd't given her enough revenue
TO buy q two-Et straw hat or an umbrella.
Yet the Democracy having nothing left to
shout for, itftup its voice and has the old
song. The Hmocratic organs are in
quandary all yer the country. They are
seizing every title sop that seems to prom
ise them the east comfort. The Detroit
Free Press sats:
"Illinois, aiectedly as it has surren-
dered to Republican and Populist notions
of fatism, clngs to tariff reform with
commendabletenscit we favor tariff
for revenue oily, the platform reads. and
declares thai the Government should
collect no moe taxes than are necessary
to defray the expenses of the Government
honestly and economically administered.
This has the light ring. There is no prin-
cipIe that vii inspire the Democracy with
greater zeal nd enthusiasm than this
True it has he right ring of Democracy,
and I opine hat should there be any lack
of orators to o upon the stump to extol
the virtues Democratic tariff in the
East the wol-growers and raisin-pro-
ducers of Califrnia will furnish an army
of speakers. 20 doubt Collector of the
Port John H. Wise of San Francisco will
gladly take vacation and explain to the
Fasteners and the Western ers how the
wool-rsisers ara waxing fat under the
Wilson bill, and how after they have
sheared their fdks they kill them for
mutton and don't have to pay so much
for the cetershire sauce which
Johnny Bull seHls over to favor them
with. Then, if hr. Wise should not be
enough, the Australian wool ol-growers, who
are getting rich ulder the Wilson bill, will
raise q subscripton to send 8 hundred
speakers over her if needs be. The man
ufacturers IN Shfield, Manchester, Bris-
tol, Liverpool an Glasgow will also send
their quota for they are ali true-blue
Democrats and believe in an American
tariff for Britia revenue only. The
raisin-grower m8 dig up his vines and
plant corn and taters, as they do out
West and East, bcause he can buy all the
Spanish raisins b wants cheaper than he
can grow them. The cheap-goods shibbo-
leth of cheap-Jhn Democracy means
cheap labor, and 10Th are the logical out
come of the doctrine of tariff for revenue
only. Then witha solemnity that is side
splitting the Pres winds up It's editorial
with the following:
Temporary attractions, like the cheap
money madness, may arise. but there is
no danger that tie Democratic party will
veer very lar froh the course that has led
to its notable fumphs the past twelve
years"
ats nota bic tiumphs during the past
twelve years" is lunny.
The New Yor Journal correspondent
says of the New FORK convention:
''Nothing abou the convention is likely
to create any cry glowing hope of the
success Of the NV York delegates in the
fight they propose making at Chicago.
Enthusiasm waS@holly lacking. A plat
form, which in It's essentials was strong
and commendale, was heard by the dele
gates almost in flence, and adopted by a
vote which wasls perfunctory as it was
unanimous"
In another plce the same writer says
that the dominht sentiment of the con-
vention was depair. Many of the dele
gates left with Iut waiting for the after
noon session. those who remained ap-
proved the oFamme of the leaders and
nn,rih- "a, 81 n.