The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
GOLD MEN WILL BOLT,
Continued from First Page.

lapel of his coat by an unscrupulous per-
son who wished to keep it as souvenir OF
the land of gold and fruits and flowers, OF
sunshine and skies perennially blue.
Some other of the delegates presented
their badges to their admiring friends in
ST. Louis, with the admonition to be care
full and not lose such a priceless treasure,
and to this day the delighted recipients
are exhibiting TO their friends with the
greatest pride badges that cost exactly
50 20 each.
1t is too early for the delegates yet to
size up the situation and to definitely
make up their mind as 10 what course
they she'll pursue. They are pledged on
the financial proposition, but unpledged
as to candidates. The Californians were in
caucus from to o'clock this afternoon.
What they did that is proper for the pub
lie to hear will be told in another column
in this issue of THE CALL by Congressman
Mcguire, whose words are OF more than
ordinary weight and value in the councils
of the Democracy.
The gold meeting in the Auditorium
last night developed the fact that the
thread which binds the sound money men
to the party is as brittle as spiders web.
They hurled defiance in the teeth OF the
majority and as good as said that they
would not support the party in the COM
ing campaign. From various surface IN
dications it will not be very wide of the
mark TO say that there is q very strong
probability that there will be some
dramatic scenes before the session of
the convention shall have come to an end
and that the New York delegation and
other sound money advocates will make
united bolt and walk-out that will leave a
big hole in the convention hall and that
will strike terror into the Democratic
heart.
The sappers and miners are at work ex-
cavating under the Bland boom. The lat
est missile aimed at it is the statement,
| industriouslv put forward, that Silver
Dick would be a very unpopular candidate
because of his disagreeable personality.
They say he is rugged, coarse, uncouth
and unamiable; that whatever magnetism
he may have comes from the negative pole
and repels all who get within its influence.
This is pretty rough deal upon Dick.
Most politicians would prefer to be classed
| as scoundrels, boodlers, thieves and pirates
than to be accused of being boorish or out
OF style
From the Teller boom comes the kissing
sound of escaping gas. 1t was never more
! than toy balloon, inflated to its utmost
capacity and pricked with pin by some
| mischivous urchin from New York.
The hotels are uncomfortably crowded,
| and room-rent in them and on streets near
by has doubled and trebled. In the 25, so
and 75-cent lodging-ho on State street,
Wabash avenue, Dearborn, Madison, Mon
roe, Adams and Jackson streets, within
easy access of political headquarters, rents
have been raised within the last two days
to 81 day for one person.
The restaurants in the same vicinity
have not made much of an increase in
price for the reason that they are already
| charging all that the traffic will bear, it
being next to impossible to get ''decent"
meal short of 81 at the lowest
Frank ID. Ryan, District Attorney of
Sacramento County, and Judge Garoutte
of the Supreme Court OF the State of Cali
fornia, both of whom attended the Re-
publican National Convention at st. Louis,
have returned from trip to New York
and will remain here until Tuesday. when
! they will start for California. Among the
otner Californians here are State Senator
Voorhies, L. L. Bromwell, the insurance
man; Colonel William Forsyth, one of
the largest raisin-growers in the Fresno
district; Will II. Gagan; Peter J. Dunno,
a well-known Native Son, and Adjutant-
General A. W. Ba rrett of Los Angeles.
JOHN PAUL CoseRAyE.