The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-04
The Chicago Convention Will
Not Go Outside the Party
for a Torchbearer.
BLAND MEN DO NOT FEAR THE
COLORADAN.
Gold Advocates Make Poor Showing
and May Eventually Take to
the Woods.
THE CALLS HEADQUARTERS, !
THE ATTDTToRTTIM
CHIcAGo, III. JULY 8

L HE NJ.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 8.
The vigor with which the Teller men
are urging his candidacy for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention is causing
much speculation among the other forces.
1t is not believed possible, however, that
the Colorado silver statesman can secure
the coveted prize. There are too many
white-metal candidates in the field for the
Democracy to search outside for a chief
torchbearer. Still the matchless energy
of the Teller people must be admired; even
ii they do not succeed in having him nom-
mated for President by the convention
they will have considered that they have
won a great victory, and will doubtless
gracefully retire and go before the country
on an independent silver platform. 1t
was lately thought that the Teller boom
had been punctured, but when Senator
Stewart of Nevada got into town he
plugged up the holes, filled the balloon up
full of fresh air and started Teller up
afresh.
Senator Stewart was asked if he would
have the Democracy boom the silver party
of the country and he replied:
1t was a silver party under Jefferson
and Jackson. If you mean by a silver
party party which is in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of both gold and
silver at ratio of 16 to l, without asking
permission OF the mother country, then
this would not prevent the Democratic
party from returning to the usages AMI
customs of the better days of the Repub-
lie by repudiating the usurpations OF
Cleveland, which are consolidating the
powers of the Government in the execu.
tive, nor would it interfere with the re.
turn to an economical and honest admin
istration of the Government. All these
things would be done by the true Democ-
racy, which would return to the money of
the constitution and follow the teachings of
Jefferson. This ought to be done willing
ly Dy every Democrat in the land unless
he can discover something in CleveIand's
administration which would have been
approved by Jefferson. In short, if Dem
ocracy is instrumental in rescuing the
United States from the government of an
alien gold syndicate through the instru-
mentality of banks, money-chan gers,
stockholders and gold gam blers it must
repudiate not only the administration of
the man from Buffalo, but also that of his
predecessors for the last twenty years, and
become Jeffersonian party by observing
the principles which he inculcated and
repudiating the alien rascality and imbe.
ciIity of the servants which the money of
aliens has been putting in the White
House for the last two decades"
DO you find much sentiment here in
favor of Senator Teller's nomination.
''Nearly every man l met here was for
Teller if the other fellow was, but he did
not know what his neighbors thought
about it, and ne did not want to say until
somebody else had said before him. This
is the language of the multitude, but later
in the day l saw a goodly number of men
who seemed anxious to have it known that
they were in favor OF Teller and success
and opposed to taking any chances of de-
feat. think when the delegates get to-
gether and talk it over they will come out
all right and nominate candidate who
will make Hanna think his candidate has
the habit of the crawfsh, which crayls
backward"
The Bland men are not very much
alarmed over the turn the boom has taken.
They still believe that their candidate,
who is now in the lead, will have no
trouble in winning out. Consequently
they look with indifference upon the as
pirations of other candidates.
1--WE are not worrying over the senti-
ment which is being developed in favor of
Teller" says Senator Farrls, the Bland
boomer of Missouri. ''Now, he is a great
man, and should he ever become President
of the United States, the bimetallic sys-
tenn OF money adopted by the Democratic
fathers in harmony with the constitution
would be restored as early as possible.
The election of Mr.. Teller would be great
victory of the masses over the classes, and
no man would rejoice more over the
triumph than Mr.. Bland. If the free-silver
delegates to the convention think that he
(Teller) is right on the financial question,
and that he would poll the largest vote,
Mr.. BANDS personal interest will not
stand in the way of success. But the
friends of Mr.. Bland believe that he is the
strongest man before the country to-day
and feel that he can be elected"
w. A. Clark, the Montana millionaire
and chairman of the delegation from that
State, arrived at the Auditorium Annex
to-day and engaged an expensive fat on
the parlor floor OF that magnificent hotel
Mr.. Clark is mentioned as a Vice-Presi-
dental possibility. When l saw him to-
day, however, he casually observed that
Montana had no candidate. The men,
bers of the Montana delegation, however,
would be very glad to have Mr. Clark
nominated for the second place on the
ticket. He is liberal spender and would
not be averse to going down into his sack
10 help the Democratic cause, especially
because of the party stand upon the finan-
cial question. There are six delegates
from Montana and they come unpledged