The San Francisco call., 1896-10-28

this opinion. judging from Democratic
point of view.
The hall was filled, there not being an
empty seat, and standing-room was in
demand.
Gabriel Cohn called the meeting to
order and paid a tribute to Charles ID.
Lane, George W. Baker and w. P. Lawlor
for their services to the cause of silver.
He introduced Lieutenant-Gover Jeter
as chairman of the evening. Mr.. Jeter
said he had learned all he knew about the
silver question from w. II. L. Barnes, Irv-
ing NJ. Scott, NJ. M. Estee and George A.
Knight.
He was grieved to find that his tutors
had deserted the truths that they had in
stilled into his pure young mind. He de-
rided the idea of saying that the sup
porters of Bryan are anarchists, but any
how he was willing to be classed with a
dynamiter like General t. ]. Clunie and
bomb-thrower like III. E. Church. He in
troduced Professor J. II. Simmons, who said
that the Republicans are trying to dis
hearten rhe advocates of free silver by cry
ing that the plan to rsmonetize silver is
lmpracticable, and said that has been the
way throughout the world from the be-
ginning of time. Whenever anything
new or anything for the benefit of the
people has been proposed there has always
been a small minded, crooked-backed per-
son to say, ''1t won't work."
Campaign songs by quartet from the
Berkeley University aroused considerable
enthusiasm.
II. e. Church was introduced as stu
dent of the Hastings Law College. Mr..
rof,e Il Gro Gtofn
of Nebraska, and described several of the
prominent citizens of that State.
He said: -. Sterling Morton is to Me-
braska what John T. Irish is to California.
The tail goes with the hide. Both are
Unsuitable pap-suckers and both are loud
shouters for Grover Cleveland and the
gold standard
When General Clunie was happily in
troduced by Mr.. Jeter the audience fairly
rose to him in enthusiastic applause. AS
soon as the demonstration had subsided
he opened his address by saying that he
had teen all over the State in the past
few weeks. From the towns and cities of
the interior he brought tidings of good
cheer and an assurance that Bryan would
come TO San Francisco with a majority of
at least 40, COO; expecting this great me-
tropolis 10 roll up II. 900 more.
1t will be noted that Mr.. Clunie sticks to
the estimate agreed on by the Democratic
State Campaign Committee at its meeting
last Saturday.
Mr.. Clunie said that it was his privilege
TO elp organize the Eimetallic League of
California, and that in that work he stood
shoulder to shoulder with his friends NJ.
NJ. Estee, w. H. Mills, w. Fl. L. Barnes,
w. s. Barnes and other prominent Repub-
licans. Yet to-day he finds that those
gentlemen are no Longer with him. He
said. that some Republican politicians
would like to deny their former state
ments, but that they are on record in
writing and cannot do so. The editor OF
the Sacramento Bee, he said, in trying to
advance the cause of free silver, had
written to the leaders of the Repu blican
party for an expression of opinion. These
letters are now in existence, and General
Clunle said that he had copies of them
He would quote only one, though all were
of the same ir, port. The letter from NJ.
H. de Young, eoitor of the San Francisco
Chronicle was to the effect that he en-
phatically favored ''the free coinage of
gold and silver"
1t was unfair and untrue, the speaker
said. to call the adherents OF Mr.. Pryan
repudiators and anarchists; it was only q
short time ago that the Republicans held
10 the same opinions that are now es-
poused by the Democrats. But he had to
smile at the implicitly of Republican
party managers who announced through
the newspap pers that they would concede
to Mr.. Bryan only 116 electoral votes. The
solid South would count more than that.
he said he called the attention of the
world to the fact that in addition to the
stanch old Democratic voters who have for
years stood together he Bryan forces are
backed by the sterlin. Populists Of. The