The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
party man selected from the South being


nominated for the Vice. Presidency.
Middle-of-the-road men are in favor of
putting up DIR. s. f. Norton of Chicago for
the Presidency, he having received their
votes at the st. Louis convention, and
they favor also ignoring the meaningless
platform of the st. Louis convention and
re-establishing the one adopted by the
Omaha convention, with the reconstruc-
tion of the financial plank expressing the
doctrine of the Peoples party on the
monetary question. There is no doubt
that should this be done the straight
ticket and the straight platform would re-
ceive the large majority of the votes of
the Peoples party throughout the United
States.
Democrats are laying stress on the fact
that if the Populists decline to boost the
corrupt Democracy into power Mckinley
will be elected and the Populists will be
to blame for it. The middle-of-tha-road-
ers retort that in that event the Demo
cratic party will go out of existence and
it's place will be taken by the Peoples
party, which four wears hence will be
strong enough to overthrow the Republi-
can giant,
another four years?' they ask of the
Democracy. "If Bryan should be elected
by the aid OF our votes you will take all the
credit OF it, and you will have no further
use for the Peoples party until the next
campaign
The Democrats have hard time dodg-
ing the Populist leaders, who are chasing
them from corner to corner with propo-
sitions of fusion. the aforesaid leaders
being tired OF waiting so long without pie.
The executive committee OF the State
Central Committee of the Peoples party
was in executive session all day yesterday
formulating plans whereby it could join
hands with the Democracy.
+ T. V. Gator, who will be United States
Senator from California if the Populists
elect more Senators and Assembl blymen
than the Democrats or Republicans, spent
whole hour in the forenoon session
explaining the difference between the
meaning of the words fusion and union
and incidentally vindicating himself for
voting for Bryan in the st. Louis con-
vention.
The members of the committee present
were: E. M. Wardall, chairman: M. E..
Ditmar of Shasta, T. Houghton of Tehama.
j. e. Camp of Sacramento, G. II. Castle of
Merced, John s. Dore of Fresno, ii. A.
Mason of Santa Clara, ]. M. Moore of Oak
Thompson of San Francisco and r. E..
Bush OF Berkeley.
Mr.. Gator was followed by Joseph
Asbury Johnson of San Francisco. who
gave his impressions of the work of the
National convention.
A plan of action for the campaign was
mapped out and basis of union with the
Democracy was discussed. The fresh
young blood of the Peoples party was to
be injected through a free-silver syringe
into the tiabby veins of a party that was
good enough for Jackson to belong to
when it was young, but which fell into
evil courses in its old age. The plan pro-
posed was that three Populist and four
Democratic candidates for Congress
should be placed on both tickets, and four
out OF the nine Presidential electors, all
ofhcers under Congressman to be straight
PEOPLES party nominees.
John >. Dore, Fresno member of the
committee, said to CALL reporter yester-
day that he was confident that Sewall
would be withdrawn. With reference to
the contemptuous statement of Senator
Jones OF Arkansas Mr.. Dore said that he
was little surprised at the lack of pru-
dence and good sense exhibited by those
representing Bryan and the Democratic
party.
''In case of union on Presidential cleo
tors, added Mr.. pore, .if the Democratic
electors should vote for Bryan and Sewall,
the Populist electors will refuse to vote
for Bryan, and there's where we will have
them on the hip. Sewall will never be
elected, becauae if he remains on the
ticket there will be division on electors,
and the matter will be carried into the
United States Senate, where the Populists
hold the balance of power.
"On Presidential electors" added MI.
Dore, there need be no difficulty in any
State IN arriving at fair and proper
agreement as to the number of electors
each party shall have on the ticket. OF
course, there must be but one electoral
ticket IN the field in order to secure sue
cess. The division of electors should be
based on the number of votes cast by the
two parties at the last election. We meet
on common ground and by union of
forces make absolutely sure the defeat of
goldbugism and corporate monopoly in
this country.
on members of Congress we may
again meet on common ground and for a
com mon purpose. For in order to give
full force to the election of Bryan and
Watson it will be important, indeed abso-
lutely essential, that we should have con-
troll OF the lawmaking department of the