The San Francisco call., 1896-08-14
He May Be Put Up in 0pposi-
tion to Warren B.
English.
CAMPAIGN FUNDS ARE SHORT
The Foote.English Wing Declare the
State Central Committee to Be
Bankrupt.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI |
9OS Broadway, Aug. 13. {


The local Democracy is now more at
sea than it was during the bitter struggle
between the Foote and Daggett factions
at the primaries two months ago. The
additional complication is caused by the
injection into the arena of separate sill
yer party.
The failure to indorse the Cleveland
regime at Chicago has placed the admin
istration Democrats in most uncomfort-
able position, and the local silver wing,
headed by Foote, English and Moffitt, are
already taking every advantage of it and
attempting to complete the discontinue
of Daggett. Irish and Fitzgerald.
The next test of strength will be at the
Democratic Convention to nominate a
Congressman for the Third District.
There is no possibility of the Endorsement
of the Populist candidate, whoever he
may be, and the Daggett and Foote fac
tons will each try to nominate their man.
Ware B. English is the man that will
be put forward by the Foote-Laymance
wing and it is said, though the statement
has a string to it, that the Daggett-FitZ-
gerald people would like T. T. Garrity to
have the nomination. Garrity was the
Democratic nominee for District Attorney
beaten by the Republican candidate. He
and English, with their respectiveSba
ings, would about evenly divide the party
IN Alameda County.
The Foote-English element is more hope
full than before the National Convention.
They declare that the State Central
Committee IS controlled by Daggett, Nc
Coppin, Max Pepper and other gold men,
and that they cannot make much of a
vic 20 my ON q Vr
they are opposed. 1t is stated that the
people who usually contribute to the
State and National campaign have with
drawn their support and that the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee is bank
rupt and too severely crippled to hope to
acco mplish much.
The silver wing of the Democracy, most
of whom live in Alameda County, are
doing all in their power to destroy the in
huence of Daggett and his followers, and
are calling the Silver party men to their
aid. From the present outlook it would
seem that the Silver party men OF this
county and the Foote wing of the Democ-
racy have already allied for offensive and
defensive purposes.
THE Daggett Democrats are feeling
very uneasy" said silver leader to-day.
1.-The State Central Committee had been
expecting that Mr.. Lane would contribute
at least $50 900 to the cam paign fund, but
in this they were grieyously disappointed.
Instead OF giving them anything, he set
about the organization of a straight Silver
State Committee, and the hopes of the
Daggett men fell fat.
"Daggett has already taken hand IN
the Congressional fight in Alameda
County, and it was reported to-day that
he had telegraphed to Robert Fitzgerald
to return from his Eastern tour as soon as
possible, and look after the Alameda
County end of the fight"
The Dem ocrats will not hold primary
for the Congressional Convention, but the
same delegates elected for the last State
Convention will go to Vallejo Septem Der
8 to nominate Congressman.