The San Francisco call., 1896-07-21
NOT FOR Mr.. BRYAN.
Colonel Fellows Has No Use for the
Chicago Platform or the Con-
ventiOn'S Nominees.

Chicago Platform or the Con-
vention's Nominees.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 2O.-Colonel
John R. Fellows, District Attorney of
New York City and one of the most
prominent boilers from the Chicago ticket,
is in Washington. Colonel Fellows was
seen this morning by THE CALL corre-
spondent.
"Are YOU correctly reported" Colonel
Fellows was asked, 'that you will not
support the nominees of the Chicago con-
vention? ?"
"Most assuredly. I will not support
them" he answered quickly and firmly,
81 cannot support them because 1 am
Democrat. II there is anything Demo-
cratic about the head of the Chicago ticket
or platform then l am not good judge of
Democracy"
What is the feeling among the rank and
file as to the Chicago ticket9"
Nothing has been determined, and
there has not been much expression on
that subject. think our people are wait
ing for the action of the Democratic State
Convention, to which delegates to the Chi
cago convention will make their reports.
1 do not know exactly when the conven-
ton will be held"
Are you in favor OF the nomination of
q separate ticket2"
81 shall express no opinion as to that
now, and will leave it to the Democrats
of the country to decide"
"Have YOU encountered much Of the in.
creased silver strength that is said to be
showing itself in New York"
"Oh, there is some silver sentiment in
New York, but the people are overwhelm-
ingly against silver, and the country will
find that ont before very long"
"WiIl the reported accessions to the sill
verites among the agricultural voters of
New York Offset the loss to the Democratic
ticket of the gold DemocratsT
No. and New York State will go for
Mckinley by from 100 900 to 150, 900 major
ity, and the majority may be greater than
the last estimate. In fact there is no
telling how big a majority Mckinley will
get The solid business interests of the
State are against the Chicago ticket"
What do you think will be the general
result of the election, and will the West
ern States vote for the Democratic candi-
date?"
Il presume that many of the Western
States will vote for the silver candidate.
but can't be made to believe that the
people of this country will repudiate the
credit of their country, and that they will
indorse the anarchistic views expounded
| by the Chicago convention. l am of the
OPINION Indb Will Ue ONerWleIm-
ingly elected and that the question of free
| silver will receive quietus for some time
| to come.
"I believe that if the Chicago conven-
ton had contented itself with simp
declaration in favor of the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. and nominal
known Democrat there would have been
no considerable defe ction from the Dem o.
cratic ranks, but when it goes out
of its way to attack the Federal
judiciary, to declare practically for fiat
money, and to adopt many other un-
Democratic views, there are a great many
of us who cannot support the Ticket
do you think the Populists will in
dorse the ticketP"
LIDO not know, but 1 do not see how
they can swallow a man like Sewall, for
instance. 1t seems to me that to indorse
him would be antagonistic to all their
principles"
Talking on the question of free coinage,
Colonel Fellows said that ''this is the first
attempt in the history of the world to
force ratio without reference to the com
mercial value"
He did not believe that international BIZ
metaliism was so far off as it appeared.
He said he was bImetallist and believed
in the use of both metals. He thought the
entire world was ripe for an international
agreement on the subject of the use of sill
yer. Germany and Austria, he said. stand
ready to act on the matter; other Euro
pean countries also. and he believed that
England would eventually be found in
line and would open the mints of India to