The record-union., 1896-05-31

SAAS lHliiS WHICH lSIlOS ~ POAA1'No AiSiS
rational interest at the moment
questions of policy, not candidates, en-
gage the minds of the politicians. Dem
ocrats talk of silver and gold and the
propriety of condemnng the raising of
the religious issue, rather than ABOUT
who shall be nominated for Mayor and
Sheriff, and who shall have the distri-
button of the City Hall patronage. All
that will come later of course, but
just now the arguing IS for principles
There is more interest in finance than
anything else and most of the earnest
ness is apparently on the side of the
silver men, The gold men have the
calmness of that consciousness of su-
perior wisdom which seems to be one of
the resultant blessings of belief in the
single standard And that helps to in
cense the 16 to / crusaders. Yesterday
I asked Gavin McNab, the chief of the
Junta, what he thought was likely TO
happen at the State Convention
whether there will be a bolt of the side
that fails to have its way IN the mat
ter of the financial plank OF the plat
form.
mo-" he said. II see no signs of such
q disposition. / believe that the con-
vention will for the most part be conf
posed of men whose first desire is to
hold the party together for future use
fulness, and are ready to make con-
cessions to that end. There is no telIlng
just yet whether the advocates or gold
or the advocates of silver Will nave the
majority, but it will not be large one
either way and that fact Will induce
temperate action. OF San francisco
161 delegates most will be for gold, put
on the other hand, there will be some
of the most pronounced silver men in
the State-James " Coleman, for IN
stance and Sam Braunhart, p. j. Har-
ney, Jasper Mcdonald and M. c. Has
sett. All the talk of packing the dele
CATION is CANNON. The aim has been
to pick representative Democrats, and
they have not been questioned as TO
their financial views"
Mr.. McNab went into an analysis OF
the 116 delegates already elected in the
interior, to maintain his point that the
Democracy if divided on the money
question, is yet solicitous to secure
harmony. The convention will have
614 members and the 116 chosen lnte-
rior delegates, according to McNap,
stand as follows: San Bernardlno,
delegates, uninstructed, majority 1or
silver; Stanislaus, s, uninstructed, ma
jority either for gold or compromise;
San Luis Obispo, 6, uninstructed, about
evenly divided; Shasta, ), uninstructed,
majority for gold; Ell Dorado, ., unln-
structed, about evenly divided, with
some disposed to be neutral; Trinity, 3,
uuinstructed, two gold and one sill
yer; Sutter, 5, uninstructed, all
for silver; San Diego, 10, un-
afcrht
gold and two Indifferent: Colusa, I, un-
Instructed, but they have adopted the
unit rule, and the gold men are in the
majority; Humboldt, s. uninstructed,
five gold and three silver; Glenn, t, un-
instructed, all for silver; Kern, 3. unin-
structed, mostly for silver; Kings, 4,
uninstructed, all for silver; Sierra, 3,
uninstructed, all for silver; Orange, y,
instructed for silver; Nevada, ;, IN
structed for silver; Merced, ., unin-
structed, mostly for gold, but favor
compromise; Siskiyou, Z, uninstructed.
nearly all for gold; Riverside, b, unin-
structed, evenly divided.
The most significant feature of this
statement is the absence of instruc-
tions, except in two cases. That would
indicate the prevalence of a placable
spirit OF the large delegations yet to be
chosen McNab says that in that of Los
Angeles 800 there viii be prepon-
derance for silver, whereas in the Ala
media delegation (35) the gold men Will
have a decisive majority. But II W.
w. Foote wins his fight, though ne is en-
thusiastic for silver, his supporters
will be gold men. Santa Clara's dele
CATION (23) will have a gold majority;
that of Sacramento 40 silver major
ity and San Joaquin Q9 will send
mostly silver men. The San Francisco
delegation will vote solidly for Senator
White as a delegate at large to the
National Convention, though he Is
champion OF silver.
1t is obvious that If Mr.. McNab fg-
ures correctly he is quite right in think
ing there will be no bolt from the Dem
ocratic Convention on account or the
money issue, and that California VIII
send to Chicago delegation whose
voice will probably be for a straddle
and harmony. Nevertheless, there VIII
be hot work at Sacramento, for many
OF the silver men feel that their cause
is too vital to be side-tracked Tor the
reasons Of policy which appeal with
most force to the practical politician
These radicals will raise a row.
The voice of the harmonizer is also
heard deprecating any severe pronounce
ment on the religious issue; he desires to
avoid direct mention of the American
Protective Association, to the end that
ardent antagonisms be not provoked
But the harmonizer won't have his way
in this. "I shall introduce the resolu-
ton myself, If necessary" said McNab
The Republicans have adopted the A.
p A. and / believe in giving them the
fun benefit of their course. The Ameri-
can Protective Association will be men
toned by name in the Democratic plat
form. and condemned as strongly as
decorous English will permit"
And Miss Anthony may as well spare
herself the trouble of going to Sacra-
rnento. The Democracy has determined
definitely on enjoying the distinction of
being the only political party in Cali
fornia opposed to the woman suffrage
amendment.
statesrnan-who, by the way, is
happily married-discoursed to me Of his
party's policy thus: THE Republicans
made fools Of themselves by fndorsing
that amendment. They didn't really
mean 1t and did ii just for flyer, on the
suppositon that they would catch the
votes Of the friends of the suffragist
whereas nobody who didn't believe in
women going to the polls would get
mad. But look what's happening TO the
CAR for its gallantry in drawing its
sword for the ladies. The Germans have
their knives out for 1t now, and the sa-
1oon-keepeTs won't have anything to do
with II. What can the suffragists do 10