The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-17
Really Being Run by the AID.
vocates of the Single
Gold Standard.
SENATOR HILL IN COMMAND
Tt mmany Braves Hep TO Nominate
a Ticket Which They Will
Surely Knife.


cratic convention held session of just
one hour and eighteen minutes to-day,
and adjourned until tomorrow morning
without effecting permanent organiza-
ton. 1t was free silver from the moment
ex-senator Thomas f. Grady took the
gavel as temporary chairman. His first
utterance in favor of Bryan and Sewall
and the restoration of silver was greeted
with tumult1ous applause, which showed
plainly where the convention will stand.
Later on, resolution indorsing Bryan
and Sewall and the Chicago platform, Of
fered by ]. w. Ridgeway of Kings County,
was greeted with cheers, but under the
rules was referred without action TO the
committee on resolutions. The latter
body has put in several hours work and
agrees to present a platform tomorrow
which indorses The Chicago platform as a
whole and pledges the support of the
Democracy OF the State to the Bryan and
Sewall ticket. 1t will be adopted with a
whoop.
Just how much this action may aid
the Democratic National ticket is ques-
ton. There are men here with good pow
ers OF observation who say that this is but
silver plated convention. and that il
offers Mr.. Bryan only empty honors, as
the sound-money DE mocrats predominant
in this State, and the men who openly in
dorse the regular ticket for the sake of
regularity will knife 1t or trade it at the
polls IN November.
There are many men who are sincere in
their silver views, and they are loudly
protesting against the manner in which
the organization is running the conven-
tlon- In the first place they object to the
slated nominee, John Boyd Thacher of
w hn ia a. OnaSy md
made strong gold speech at the June
convention in Saratoga. Next they OBJECT
to Frank Campbell, ex-Comptroller OF The
State, who is slated for National commit
teeman. Mr.. Campbell is associated with
the banking interests and is said to be
sound-money man at heart. The silver
men are not entirely satisfied as to the
conversion of Elliott Danforth, who has
always been a Sound-money man and
! who is slated to succeed Major James w.
Hinckley as chairman OF the State Com
mittee.
There have been conferences of silver
men who are opposed to the machine pro-
gramme, but the ants have not been able
10 find way to block the wheels. David
b. hill has run things up TO date as he
pleased by the aid OF a long-distance tele-
phone and the telegraph. The slate is I'M
broken, except that Catiin, Grout and
Rldgeway of Kings are not in second
cuse, seems TO be the most prominent
running mate Tor Thacher in sight.
James w. HincKley, chairman of the
State Committee, called the convention TO
order at 1880 P. NJ. and announced that
the State Committee had selected Thomas
f. Grady OF New York for temporary
chairman.
Mr.. Grady was greeted with faint hand
! clapping. He started IN at once with his
address and soon reused hearty applause
from the delegates and from spectators in
the galleries. When he had finished he
was given three cheers and tiger.
James w. RIdgeway of Kings offered
the following resolution:
"ReSOtUed. That the Democracy of the
! State of New York in convention
assem- bled at the city of Buffalo
do hereby most heartily indorse and
approve the platform adopted by the
National Democracy at the Chicago con-
vention in July last, and We hereby unre-
serYedly aud unequivocally ratiiy and ap-
prove OF the nominees of said convention,
! William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sew
all, and pledge them our earnest and cor
| dial support in their gallant fight for the
maintenance of Democracy and Demo-
cratic principles"
/ A number of other resolutions were in
| troducsd and referred, among them being
one on Government control OF railroads.
The committee on platform was notified
to meet at 5 P. NJ. when the convention,
! at / :46, adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
The committee on permanent organiza-
Llon met st a P. NJ, and selected IL. II.
| Rockwell OF Chemung for permanent
chairman and the committee on creden-
/ tlals met at 4:S0 p N. Charles NJ. Bulger
OF Oswego was elected chairman.
! The committee on resolutions met
! shortly after P. NJ at the Genesee. Ber-
nard J. Yorke OF Kings was made chair
man.
! The committee was confronted with a
stack OF resolutions and proposed planks
loot high, and the indications are that
their session viii be prolonged one.
! James w. Hinckley declined reelection
| to the State Committee from his 1.-THE
Thirteenth) district. though urged to do
so by the members of the delegation. A,
ID. Green was elected in his place.
There was lively time at the meeting
OF the Kings County delegation. Senator
McCarren offered a resolution that the
delegates vote as unit on all questions
before the convention. 1t was lost by a
vote II to Al.
The friends OF Coffee and Ridgeway
claim to have captured the delegation by
eleeting the committeeman in all but the
Third. Sixth and Seventh districts.
a conference OF anti-Thacher delegates
were held this afternoon, and James w.
Kidgeway was urged to stand in opposi-
ton to the Albany man. He declined and
declared himself out Of the contest.
Chairman Hinckley wired to Senator
Murphy this morning asking him to ac-
cept the place on the National Committee
which would be vacant by the resignation
OF William +. Sheehan. He received the
following reply;
II would not accept under any con-
ditions. favor Frank Campbell for the
! place."
The committee on electors met at the
lroouois Hotel this afternoon. The fol-
| lowing electors at large were chosen
Robert P. Bush of Horsehead, Benjam in
Wood of New York. District electors were
also selected.
The Poll of Missouri.
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