The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

ne uttered the concluding sentences.
Sam p. Davis, editor of the Carson
(Nev.) Appeal arrived this morning with
the bimetallic delegation from Nevada
and California. He was quite 'hoarse by
reason OF hurrahing for Bryan during the
whole of his trip hither. After having
oeVoured two mammoth porterhouse
steaks at cost of So rs and having
washed them down with six quart stems
OF beer, Sam engaged stenographer at
% an hour and ratified off to him at the
rate OF 15O words minute his impressions
on the situation. After he had talked $40
worth he dismissed the stenographer,
TOOK the shorthand notes to young lady
typewriter in the Office of the Southern
Hotel, and, having ascertained that she
would charge only So an hour for type
writing, threw the notes down before her,
with the remark: "Swim ahead; there's
your copy"
But" said the young lady, 'I cannot
read those shorthand notes."
Ihe h, ahem-You can'tP' roared
Sam, in dismay.
sam could not find any one who could
read the notes, and the upshot of it all
was that he was obliged to hire hack at
an expense of $6 and run down the stenog-
rapher, who was in another part of the
city, and payhim SIS for debating his notes
to the lady typewriter.
1T seems to be rather roundabout and
expensive way of getting a report in
shape, remarked Sam, "but / am not
gong 10 fall down on Ned Hamilton, if it
costs Mr.. Hearst million"
Ex-senator Frank H. Moffitt of Oak
land loomed well to-day. Mr.. Moffitt
has acquired white duck suit and is doing
the very best he can to ''stand off, the hot
weather. Mr.. Mofitt called on Senator
Jones OF Arkansas at the Planters House,
ana after an extended conference with the
chairman of the Democratic National Com
mlttee, started out hammer and tongs to
work on the Populists.
The silver convention will beyond doubt
lndorse Bryan and Senator Jones can
think OF no better use to make of the
Bryan silver delegates than to put them
to work buttonholing middle. of-the-road
Populists. Mr.. Moffitt at once tackled
Thomas V. Gator, who has heretofore been
regarded as being slightly opposed to
having anything to do with Bryan. Mr..
Mofhtt says it is certain that Gator and
some OF the other California delegates are
now pronounced Bryan rooters. The
Texas delegation, under the leadership of
Cyclone" Davis, was next sought out. A
committee consisting of Charley Lane,
the California gold miner, and Mr.. Moffitt
took the Lone Star contingent in hand.
The Southerners accompanied the Cali
fornians to the bar and relished and had
MlaRnnPi friN fn 10
tent. Mbfitt told them a story or two
about Colonel Jack Hayes, the famous
TexaE ranger, whose last days were spent
in Oakland, and bond of friendship and
sympathy was soon created, but the long
bearded Populists were as immovable as
the North star.
Talk about Charley Hoyt's idea OF
Texans and the delegation that visited
Congressman Tim Murphy" said Moffit.
why, the counterfeits are not in it with
the originals as l saw them to-day. They
listen 10 our stories, laugh at our Jokes
drink our whisky and smoke our cigars,
stroke their whiskers and then go back
under the sheItering wing of Cyclone
Davis, Tornado Thomas and 'Whirlwind'
Whipple. all of which are the lovable
titles given to members of the delegation"
Mr.. Motfit said the Texans took to the
magnificent gold badge of the California
silver delegates as q child does to new
toy. They each wanted one, and at last
accounts Uncle Charley Lane was having
ninety-nine new badges made up especially
for the Texans at the rate of 81 piece.
The California badges furnish striking
contrast with those of the cohorts of
81 oh ofr Il Nj
of ordinary ribbon bearing the words,
Keep in the middle of the road"
The Texans called on California silver
men this evening. They were well re-
ceived; each was given bottle of Cali
fornia wine and they testified their appre-
citation by giving three cheers for Cali
fornia. and while the sturdy sons of the
South were in the headquarters to the
number of about fifty George w. Baker
wrote note to Mofitt and passed it over
by the colored porter, bearing these words:
"Moffitt, be careful what you say about
the Populists. There are as many six
shooters in the room as there are Texans"
The Texans had an exciting caucus to-
night and several hundred persons
watched the proceedings through the
plate-glass windows of their headquarters
in the Southern Hotel. Everything went
on ordinarily at first. the delegates remain
ing in their seats. Finally.the chairman,
who had seemed to be uncomfortable,
stood up on the seat of his chair and be-
gan TO slug the atmosphere. Then the
rest jumped up on chairs and tables and
swung their arms above their heads just
as though they were poking horse-hair
lariat over the horns of Texas steer.
The spectators were delighted. They
were going 10 see a genuine wild West
knock-down, drag-out and gouge scrim-
mage, but when seventeen of ninety five
Texans put their right hands into their hip
pockets, there was general rush out of
range on the part of the outsiders. That
looked very frontierish and thrilling, and
when the seventeen drew forty, not navy
reyolvers, but copies of the Omaha plat
form the crowd was very much disap-
pointed.
All the excitement was caused by a
caucus to determine the choice of the
delegation for the temporary chair
manship of the delegation, and finally
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