The San Francisco call., 1896-10-12
Democrats and Populists Are
Farther Apart Than Ever
Before.
REPUBLICANS IN HARMONY
Disappointed Candidates Have Had
Their Wardance and Are Now
Back in Camp.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALB,l
nnS Rrnad.rav Oct IL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
sos Broadway, Oct. IL.
A large banner was suspended across
Broadway yesterday. 1t was fusion"
banner and was hung in the sky for the pur-
pose of creating the i'm mpression that local
Democrats and Populists are in harmony
and are working together. Half of the
banner is inscribed Democratic County
Committee" and the other half is appro-
priated by the Populists. The headquar-
ters consists of room with two windows.
One is painted with the Democratic sign,
the other with the Populist. The attempt
to give the appearance that com bination
has actually been formed is so bold that
every intelligent person walking either
up or down Broadway is forced to smile.
To even suggest that there has been
fusion between the TWO parties in this
county is a calumny. In reality there Is
more distrust and jealousy between them
than was ever known before. At the
meeting at Elite Hall last Thursday, which
was called "silver" meeting who were
the vice-presidents2 Not W. B. English
or his brothers, nor any of the leading
lights of the Democratic party. Does any
one suppose for an instant that w. w.
Foote and A. A. ,BretZ, who made some
history in the Legislature, are sailing In
the same boat? Or that astute men like
ex-Sheriff McKillican and Frank ]. Moi
fit would condeScend for moment to
march In the same procession as L. Il. B.
Roseberg and Attorney Aram2
Robert Fitzgerald and Cleve Dam wish
the public to believe that they have locked
arms politically with @. E. Gardner and
Major Howe. The idea is absurd, but
not more absurd than the deception is
complete. Fusion between Sheriff White
and P. E. Dalton, or Chief of Police Lloyd
and M. T. Tarpey.
The old guard of the Democracy of this
county has been forced by its conscience
to repudiate the Chicago platform. The
men who made the party and who con-
stituted it are in it no longer. John r.
Britton, ex-Mayor ]. West Martin, Thomas
Prather, ]. G.. Martin and many other pow
erful names are not now on the Demo-
cratic roll. They have fused, but it is
with the sound-money men, and the twin
banner certainly possesses no significance
so far as they are concerned.
Where then, is the fusion It begins
and ends in the banner.
Since the county convention was held
and the multitude OF aspirants for nomi-
nations have learned their fate the Re-
publican party has settled down to united,
conventions at Vallejo and Alameda there
were some discontented Republicans, and
If the election had been held the following
day personality might have trium phed
over party fealty. The interval between
the conventions and the election is rapidly
changing all this. Disappointed candi-
dates have forgotten how their pride was
wounded and are now working for their
former rivals. Some of the men who a
month ago were disturbing elements will
never be heard of again, and as for the in
dependent candidates there is not the
slightest reason to believe that one will be
elected. The prospects of the party on
the eve of an election have never been
more hopeful for six years than they are
now. The stupidity of nurturing internal
STRIFE and thus leopardlzing the success OF
the party has been made so apparent that
there is little danger of It's being repeated.
The idea of Mayor Davle that the Legis-
lature should deal with the tuberculin
test business, expressed IN this column
last week, has borne fruit and the Council
has refused to pass the ordinance over
his Honor's veto. The matter will how go
to the Legislature and be so handled that
it will apply to all counties alike. This is
certainly the only Just way to legislate in
this regard, as dairymen in this county
are compelled, through force of circum-
stances, 10 purchase COWS from other
counties. Under the proposed ordinance
this could not be done except by notifying
the Inspector aud having the animals
tested as soon as they entered this county
No vender would send animals on trial
and no purchaser could afford to bring
animals here on speculation. This and
many similar conditions have convinced
the local lawmakers that any precau-
tionary measure must be made applicable
the hole State the roaftar will raat
for couple of months. S. w. B.