The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
Said to Be Spelling for an
Out and Out Fight
With Daggett.
a PRONOUNCED SILVER MAN
Editor Carrington'S View of the Man
Who Would Represent the
Third District.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, I
sos Broadway, June Is.

sos Broadway, June Is.
Some surprise was caused to-day when
1t became known that there is a pro liability
OF Frank J. Motfitt being a candidate for
Congressman from this district before the
Third Congressional District Convention
When asked about the matter this after
noon ex-senator Moffftt declined to dis
cuss the matter. II don want to resort
to the time-honored subterfuge CT saying
that am in the hands of my friends he
SAID. Whatever is being done is being
done with my knowledge, but there is alb
soIutelv nothing that l can talk about"
Although Moffitt's closest friends re-
fused to discuss the matter the candidacy
OF the well-known Alameda County Demo
crat is being openly talked about in Demo
cratic circles.
Carroll Darlington, editor of the Satur-
day Press, is very enthusiastic in Motfitt's
support. 1--WE want live man in Con-
gress from this district" said Mr.. Caring
ton tonight, land no one doubts that
Frank Motfitt is live man. Most of his
enemies are Republicans. Among the
Democracy of this county he is very
strong and his strength is not confined to
Alameda. He is too determined for q
small sphere. If he were to show as much
force of character and executive ability at
Washington as he has done here we should
get something.
II candidly believe that the greater
number of his enemies are men who are
jealous of the manner in which he came
to the front few years ago. He is st i'll a
young man, but he never yet started out
for anything that he did not get. He has
met with several political defeats, but
most OF them are to be attributed to his
answering loyalty to his friends. Frank
Mottltt never deserted a friend without the
best of reasons.
THE manner in which he has handled
politics shows him to be past master. A
sample of Moffitt's character was shown
at the last Democratic State Convention
in San Francisco. Motfitt was for Barney.
Murphy. He went TO the convention op-
posed, as usual, by Fitzgerald and Dag
gett, but he had set his heart on being
chairman of the Alameda delegation. and
he got there. Not only that, but al
though he was urged TO swing over to
Budd, and could have got something in
the way of patronage had he done so, he
stood firm and went down with Murphy.
''Moffitt has been a man of schemes, and
has been accorded a great deal of prom
inence, but mostly by his enemies. No
one ever doubted his Democracy though,
and there Is no fear that he Will ever be
read out by the party"
1t was recalled to-day that ex-senator
Moffitt is a pronounced silver man and
that he was chairman OF the Alameda
County delegation to the convention held
last fall at Metropolitan Temple. He is
known to have many friends among the
Populists, and there is more than posi-
bility that should he receive the Demo
cratic nomination he would not be ob jec-
tionable to a large mum Der of POpulists.
If Frank Moffitt goes actively into the
fight it will be more for the purpose OF
making an out-and-out campaign against
Daggetts influence. Although it is recog-
nized that a Democrat has no prospect OF
success in this Republican stronghold,
Frank Mofitt would probably die harder
than any man in the party.