The San Francisco call., 1896-09-23

done. and there is fine mahogany side
board supplied with the best and a
colored steward.
Well, the silverites have paid for and
arranged nearly all the meetings the
Democrats have been able to hold so far
There have been but two mass s-meetings
In this City during the campaign under
the announced auspices of the Democratic
State Central Committee and these were
paid for by the Iroquois Club.
The millionaire silver miners are even
paying for the mass-mee eetings of the Demo-
cratic National Committeeman. They
have arranged and paid the expense of all
the meetings in this City and vicinity for
Steve White, the Democratic Senator.
They are similarly paying the main ex-
renses of the chief Populist speakers.
Chairman w. 2. Lawlor, who helped put
activity into the last Democratic campaign,
has arranged several series of meetings,
and, having plenty of money to spend, has
even taken charge of the Popocratic Con-
gressional com paigns.
M. i. Taylor of Colorado is to speak at
San Jose tonight and then on successive
nights at Santa Rosa Napa, Oakland and
Stockton, and he will probably speak in
the south. The silverites hare taken
charge of Barlow's campaign in the Sixth
District and Chairman Lawlor has ar
ranged an itinerary for him lasting until
October 3, embracing Santa Cruz, Monte
rev and Santa Barbara counties.
The Silverites have hired j. L. York. the
free-thought lecturer. and started him on
tour of the Sixth District.
M. e. Dittmar, editor of the Reddlng
Searchlight, is to stump the First, Second
and Third districts for the silver miners,
and somebody is to be sent trailing after
Z. +. McClashan through the Second Dis
trict, to fight that staiwart Populist who
would not be fused.
The Slverites are to assume the work of
the Democratic cam paign in San Francisco
so soon as this furry about local politics
lets up little, and then Foote, Tarpey,
Deuprey and the rest of the Democratic
orators will be at the service of the silver
miners, and speak at two or three district
meetings night a. the Silverites' expense
Mr. Lawlor has lot more itineraries
and speakers about ready in the plenitude
Of his resources.
The Bryan literature being distributed
through the State is mainly provided by
the silver miners syndicate which sent
him Iecturing through the country year
ago. The Democratic literary committee
helped to compile a pamphlet of forty
pages, and quit work some time ago. The
Silverites had 100000 copies printed, and
the Democrats agreed to take and pay for
$4,000 copies. Charles d. Lane gave the
Democratic State Central Committee $1,000,
but his bright son, Tom Lane, kept it to
pay for those 75, 900 copies.
At the Democratic State headquarters
the visitor wonders why nobody much is
around, why those who are seem to be in
the dumps, and why in the cheat of the
campaign" there is nothing much going
on. Chairman Afford is always there,
busy worried and affable, but the s'leaders"
don't drop in much, and nobody seems to
be interested or busy or lending a hand.
The DnmnarafS VII hn ha
ity. labor and hurrah of former cam.
paigns display their disgust in a conf
Dental way or say in free and-easy m an
ner, "Oh, well, the Silverites are doing the
work"
The lack OF interest in the Democratic
ranks is the chief cause of the lack of
money, which in turn is a cause of further
lack of interest. They profess to be proud
of their poverty at headquarters, but in
fact nobody much is interested enough to
give $5 to the cause.
I'VE haven't taken in $1,000" said Treas
urer Hassett yesterday.
''Five members of the State Central
Committee have paid that $50 assessment.
The Palmer and Buckner campaign have
taken away one branch of resources. The
Federal employees shrivel into their shells
at the suggestion OF money, and probably
say civil service law
THE late Supreme Court decision made
lot OF local patronage people mighty in
dependent That popular appeal hasn't
brought in two-blts. The speakers COM
lnittee and the literary committee haven't
moved for weeks. The finance committee
met some time ago and decided that it
couldn't do thing. ]. A. FiIcher was
going to hold up the Governor and his
crew for $1,000 and got about 81 40. The
Sacramento people said, Great Scott we
want money from you
So the millionaire silver miners run the
Democratic campaign.
The rapid rise of the Mckinley tide
throughout the State, the enthusiastic CO.
operation of all classes in the Mckinley
campaign, the multiplicity of lively Re-
publican clubs everywhere and the dis
couraging reports that pour in from all
sources help to make the woe deeper.