The San Francisco call., 1896-07-30
REPUBLICANS IN LINE,
The Silver Tide Has Turned
and Brings Estrays Back
Into the Ranks.
Fourth District Republicans Will Soon
Name Congressman, and Din.
kelspiel Leads.

Amid the early campaign reports from
all over the State which float into the
Republican headquarters in rapidly in
creasing numbers the one that is oftenest
repeated in many forms is the one Repub-
hcan defections on account of silver are
decreasing and that everywhere there is
noticeable a general tendency among "sil-
yer Republicans" to get in behind the
superb leader Mckinley and support the
Republican ticket.
S. Z. Thornton, who visited the head
quarters in the Palace Hotel yesterday
afternoon, gave one of the latest of these
reports. Mr.. Thornton had Just returned
from somewhat extended business trip
through San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa
Cruz counties, during which he paid par
ticular attention to the political feeling of
the communities in which he stopped.
81 found everywhere confident feeling
and. bright prospects on the Republican
side, said Mr.. Thornton yesterday. 1.-THE
most noticeable thing which l observed,
however, was that those Republicans
who in the first ourburst of the silver
craze thought to betake themselves out
of the Republican party are everywhere
getting back into the ranks, as they real
ize what the reputation of the RepubIi-
can party means"
This word is typical of many reports
which reach headquarters by letter
through the State forces and by observant
Republicans who call at headquarters.
The silver Republicans, even before the
educational campaign has begun, are real
iZing that the truest promise of bimetai-
Hsm and the only safe and possible path
to ic are offered by the Republican party,
the rule OF which means so vastly much
besides to the Nation. and they are stand
ing bv their principles, standing by pro-
lection and trusting the grand old party
to find the quickest and safest way to the
best financial legislation that wisdom can
devise.
Bank Commissioner ]. B. Fuller, who
has been about the State a good deal with
in the past few weeks and who has just
returned from his home in Woodland,
was at the rooms of the Union League
Club last evening, when he stated that his
observations in Yuba and Sutter counties
showed that there were many more Dem
ocratic voters who would not vote for
Bryan and anarchism than there were Re-
publicans who are at this early stage
doubtful about supporting Mckinley. Mr.
Fuller found the Republican outlook
bright everywhere.
IF there have been any Republican
doubts about success they appear to have
been in San Francisco" said Mr.. Fuller.
"In the country there are no fears for the
party"
The Republicans of the Fourth District
will soon nominate Congressman, though
no definite convention arrangements have
been made. 1t cannot be foretold who
will run against Judge Mcguire during
this campaign, so propitious for Repu BIZ
can success, but the leading candidate is
now Attorney II. G. w. Dinkelspiel, the
law partner of Il. G. Gestord in the firm of
Dlnkelspiel & Gesford.
Mr.. Dinkelspiel is in an especially strong
position, because he is a bright, able and
successful man of high character and
wide popularity and because he appears to
be the man to whose support every party
element In this district would warmly
rally.
This promising candidate was two years
ago elected to the Assembly from the
Thirty ninth District, and his personal
popularity was shown by the fact that he
secured the largest majority received by
any legislative candidate of any party.
he has never been a practical politician
but Is man of culture and high charac-
ter. His record in the Legislature was
marked py its c,eanness and by his cham
plonship OF the peoples cause at every
opportunity. He fathered in the Assembly
the bill for the regulation of the working
hours OF barber-shops and he also cham-
pioned other labor measures.
Mr.. Dinkelspiei is Native Son. and is
especially popular in this order, in which
he is past grand officer and an active and
influential worker. He is now president
OF the Library and Reading-room Associa-
ton of the order in San Francisco, ard is
a member of the hall association of the
order, in which capacity he took an active
part in the erection OF the new Native
Sons Hall. II nominated, Mr.. DinkeI-
spiel will make a hard and aggressive
fight, and he and his friends are sure that
he can win the district for Republi-
canism.
The Austrian-American Mckinley Club
held another of its big regular meetings
last evening at Temple Hall. Thirty new