The San Francisco call., 1896-06-10
A BAD CASE OF INDIGESTION.

of Maine, Senator Gear of Iowa, Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota, Senator
Shoup of Idaho, Chairman Thomas 81.
Carter of Montana, S. NJ. Shortrldge and
NJ. III. de Young of California, Colonel
Isaac Trumbo and P. II. Lannan of Utah,
]. S. Hammer, National Committeeman
from Indian Territory, Wright Quincy,
delegate large from Texas; J. K. Lynch,
delegate-at-large from Mississippi; T. D.
Riordan of California, Powell Clayton,
National Committeeman from Arkansas;
N. B. Scott of West Virginia, Isaac NJ. Pot
ter of Rhode Island, W. R. Hearst of Cali
fornia and A. c. Cleveland of Nevada.
Chairman Manley was visited tonight
by scores of politicians. all eager to press
claims of various sorts, but Mr.. Manley
pleaded fatigue from his long journey and
retired early.
Among his callers was ex-Congressman
Nathan Frank of st. Louis, who is con-
testing candidate from the Twelfth Mis-
souri, District. The decision of the COM
mittee in regard to the claims of the dele
gates from this district will decide the Ma
tional ommitteemanship of Missouri in
all probability. The contesting delega-
tions are respectfully friendly-one to
Chauncey l. Filley, the other to Richard
c. Kerens. There are thirty-four dele
gates from Missouri-nineteen necessary
to choice-and Kerens claims to have the
pledges OF seventeen Of them.
Western men are largely in evidence to-
night and their views on the all-absorbing
topics = the nominee and the finance
plank are highly interesting. Colonel
Isaac Trumbo of Salt Lake City, delegate
at large from Utah, said
1--WE OF the West have become convinced
that the Republican party is controlled by
the lead trust and the Eastern manufac-
turers. The time has come to put the
party back in the hands of the common
people. For years we have braved the
heat of the East and have fought the bat
ties of the Republicans without asking
anything in return. The only thing we
ever got to offstand the temperature was
when the people of the great East gave US
Harrison for President. Our fight is
plain. We are for silver first and for
duty on lead and wool. We want lead
and wool for the West AMI silver for the
whole country.
1.-THE Eastern manufacturers are no
longer sincere in their advocatlon of pro-
lection. They want free wool so they can
buy it cheap at the expense of the farmer,
but they insist that the manufactured
product shall be protected so that they
may secure high prices for their goods.
Our claim is that the farmer who grows
the wool is entitled to the same degree of
protection that is given the manufactur-
ers of Massachusetts,
"Will you bolt in case silver plank is
not adopted?"
"That is a matter for future considera-
ton. Thus far we have believed that we
could fight the matter out within our party
to adopt some other course out of self
protection"
Suppose Mckinley is nominated on
sound-money platform, what then?'
''He would be beaten in Indiana and Illi-
nois and would be given such close rub
in his own State that the result would be
known only after the ballots were
cou nted."
"Could Mckinley or any other Republi-
can be elected on a sound-money plat
form?
mol most emphatically no! Every
Western State, with the possible exception
of Oregon, would go Democratic, and that
combined with the vote of the South
would sweep the Republicans to certain
defea t.
WHO will Utah support for the nomi-
nation2"
81 imagine that her vote will be cast for
Teller Nealy ali the votes of the silver
States, think, will go to him. My i'm
preston now is that he will have nearly
forty votes on the first ballot. Utah, Colo
RADIO and Idaho will certainly support him,
and there is move on foot to get all the
mining States to act in concert"
Samuel M. Shortridge of San Francisco
said:
saThe California delegation is here prim-
ariIy to do what it can for California and
the Pacific Coast, and if we may offer ad-
vice to the party, we hope to promote the
interests of the whole country. I am but
one of eighteen delegates from California; !;
but | know each and every one of them.