The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
The Party Leaders Expect to Go
Into Action in About Two
Weeks.
WAITING FOR MR.. wARDALL.
A, B. Kinne Talks of New Plans and
a Reform Campaign for the
Local Party.

The local Populists have not yet made
their first campaign peep, but there will
be an awakening as soon as E. M. War
DALI chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, returns from the East.
He is now in st. Louis, whittier he went
to attend the meeting of the National Cen
tral Committee, and will return in about
two weeks. He is conferring with silver
men, and during his stay will attend the
National Farmers Alliance conference.
When he returns he will be primed with
information and ready to guide the party
in this State to its position in the line.
A. B. Kinne, the San Francisco mem Der
of the executive committee of the State
Central Committee and chairman of the
County Committee during the last CAM
paign, said yesterday that meeting of the
executive committee would undoubtedly
be held as soon as Mr.. Wardall returns.
Campaign measures will at once follow.
The local party is as dormant as the
State organization, but it, too, will spring
into life when Mr.. Wardall returns ana
sets things going. Mr.. Kinne is one of the
most active and influential member of the
local party, but his ideas of its prospects
are yet trltie vague. In conversation
yesterday he intimated that the Popullsts
We're not discouraged; that the last cam
palgn had taught some lessons, and that
there would likely be an effort to narrow
the theoretical features of the local plat
form this year and to get into the party
the dissatisfied elements of other parties
that generally go into a non-partisan
movement.
1--WE are very hopeful for National unity
with other elements, especially the silver
movement and possibly the Prohibition
lists" said Mr.. Kinne. 'As to the local
party, no definite plans are formed, but
some OF US favor concentrating our
form, without, however, abandoning
any cardinal principles, ana making a
campaign for municipal reform, in which
we would be joined by the reform ele-
ments which might go with a non-parti-
san movement. Our platform will, of
course, demand municipal ownership of
public utilities, and a special issue may be
made of the municipal ownership of the
water supply. l think that three out of
every four people in the City are in favor
of that.
How may the platform be condensed2
Well, rather by concise expression than by
leaving out anything important. Now our
last platform contained the thirteen de-
mands OF labor in their entirety while they
were practically covered elsewhere in the
Platform. They would probably be left
out. We made a special appeal to the
laboring class in the last campaign. We
made thorough test of the advisability
of embodying in our platform the de-
mands OF labor, and of putting on the
ticket distinctiyely labor men. We found
that the labor candidates were not sup
ported any better than the other candl-
dates. They didn't get the entire labor
vote for some reason. In my opinion it is
best to adhere to principle and not reach
out Tor any class, or make any class fights.
THE charter will be an important issue
in the campaign, and its success will make
it more necessary than ever for the better
elements 10 unite. The majority of the
Populists will support the new charter,
but there are good many 'mlddle-of-the-
road Populists who want ali they demand
or nothing and who object to some of It's
features. But the plans and prospects of
the local Populist campaign viii not ap-
pear for three or four weeks yet at least"