The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
BUCKLEYITES AT WORK.
They Adopt Strong Silver and Anti
Funding Resolutions and Elect
an Executive Committee,

Everything went through smoothly at
the gathering of the Buckley hosts last
night in Odd Fellows Hall. There was
not even dissenting vote to any of the
numerous propositions which were put to
ballot more as formality than as mat
ter to test the wishes of the membe of
the general committee.
What was considered master stroke in
the struggle to defeat the Junta delegation
before the Democratic State Convention at
Sacramento was the adoption of the reso-
lutions by Andrew ]. CIunie favoring free
silver coinage and opposing all measures
providing for the refunding of the debt of
the Central Pacific and other railroads.
The principal business of the session was
the selection of an executive committee of
ninety, which is TO have charge of the ap-
preaching primaries and of the campaign
generally.
Nearly all the members of the Buckley
general committee of 450- were present
when Chairman Joseph Roihschild called
the committee to order. Rollcall was dis.
pensed with, anc after the rea ding and ap-
proval of the minutes of the last meeting
Andrew ]. Clunie presented the follow.
ing resolution in favor of silv er and against
any refunding measure, his appearance
Resotved, That we, the general committee of
the Democratic party of the City and County
OF San Francisco, do hereby declare that the
paramount issue at this time in the United
States is indisputably the money question
and believing that the people of the United
States are the greatest and most enlightened
OF any on earth, we declare ourselves to be in
favor OF q distinctly American financial system
We are unalterably opposed to the single gold
standard and demand the immediate return
70 the constltutlonal standard of gold and
silver, by the restoration by this Government
independent of any foreign power of the un,
restricted coinage of both gold and silver into
standard money at The ratio, of Is to 1 and
upon terms OF exact equality, as they existed
prior to 1873, and we hereby demand the in
sertlon OF plank in the Democratic platform
OF the State of California and of the United
States, in accordance with this declaration
Reso!ged, That we as mem bers of the general
committee OF the Democra tic party of the City
and County of San Francisco, voicing the SEN
timent OF the Democracy of said CITY and
County do hereby declare that we are in favor
OF compelling the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, and all other corpora TONS to dis.
charge their honest obligations to the Govern
ment in ike manner as private individuals
are compelled to discharge their obligations
to one another
That we denounce the so-called equities of
the Southern Pacific Company, which have
been voiced by members OF that CORPORATION
and its hirelings for more than twenty years
in the State. as a stupendous fraud, and de-
mand the insertion in the State and National
platforms of the Democratic party Of pIanks in
consonance with this declaration.
1t also provides that all candidates for
delegates to the Democratic State Conven-
ton pledge themselves to secure the inser-
ton of a silver plank in both the State
and National Democratic platforms. to
secure plank in the same platforms
opposing rcfunding, and not to vote