The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-19

One OF the most prominent opponents of
the Endorsement of Bryan is Senator Mar
ion Butler of North Carolina. He favors a
coalition with the Republicans in his
State, the terms of the proposition being
that Senator Pritchard should be returned
to the United States Senate and the pat
ronage of the State should be equally di-
vided between the Republicans and Popu-
lists, the Populists agreeing to give their
electoral ticket to the Republicans. The
Bryan men are very much in evidence,
and their siren song, with silvery SUBJ
tone, is heard in all the hotel corridors,
While the middle-of-the-road men are grit
ting their teeth in silence and are not
wasting much time on words. There is
no programme to be decided upon by
them. They are straight Populists and
they will stand by the platform and the
principles of the party, and to do that no
caucusing or mysterious meetings will be
necessary.
Nor do they fear loss of individual
power or influence, for they say that so
long as the principles which they advocate
are alive the party itself will continue to
thrive and grow. They feel SO deeply on
this matter, for with them their party is q
religion, that l should not be surprised II
every nan of them did not bolt the con-
vention should the Bryan faction succeed
In delivering the party over to the Democ-
racy.
As most of those on the ground are sill
yer men who had come early In order to
put up jobs and lay the wires, we hear all
this talk of Endorsement and we see quite
cloud of dust in the air, but when 1t has
| settled down we will find that the shins
that kicked it up are few. By tomorrow
a large contingent of delegates will have
arrived, nine-tenths of whom are against
any unholy alliances. and who will make
the air hum with the most disagreeabIe
sound in the ears of the Democracy.
Texas has announced that not only the
whole of her delegation now on their way
TO this city are straight party men, but
that every Populist in that State is bit
terly opposed to any fusion or indorse-
ment with the tricky, inscriptions and
rotten Democracy.
National Committeeman George Gather
of Alabama arrived this morning and in
an interview corroborated a statement
which I made in this mornings CALL K
the effect that the Southern Populist anG
Southern Democrats were old-time anc
bitter enemies. He said:
"The feeling between Democrats anC
Populists in Alabama is bitter, for the rea
son we believe that the Democrats haC
counted Us out down there three times.
desire a union of the silver forces, but
am doubtful about the propriety or tn,
honesty of indorsing Mr.. Bryan
The fight will be an unusually stubborn
1f ~
be turned either to the right or to the lef
to follow behind the brass band of either
the Republican or the Democratic parties
They are straight Populists from principle
and it is impossible to argue man int,
lighting against his principles. For tina
reason l expect that the coming conven
ton will be one of the most important anC
interesting as well as exciting in the his
tory of the United States.
In the language of the street, the straight
Populist is 'hot stuff"
The tottering Democracy having revived
her dropping spirits with silver fizz a
Chicago, will dance her dance of death OF
the floor of the Populist convention mex
week to the music of a silver waltz. Peac,
to the ashes of the superannuated daniel
| When she was young and active witt
the roses In her cheeks, when she chewe6
snuff and drank whisky, when she stayed
out ali night at ball with those harum
scarum blades, Messrs. Jefferson and Jack
son, none was more popular than she Il
lead the german in the White House
But in her old age she became lazy, eros
and, grieve to observe, immoral. He
motto became Anything for Office" Sh,
would even wed that beardless boy. tn,
Peoples party, and wreck his happy
bright young life on the silver reef of he
am bition.
The middle-of-the-road delegates hav,
sworn that she never shall wed their party
Her time has come to lay by her boxes o
rouge and lily powder, her perfumes anc
her rabbit foot, and to take her chair away
from beside the window blinds, call in {
chaplain, repent of her sins and die in tn.
twilight of $685.
The headquarters of those out-and- out
Populists were opened to-day in the La
clede building, and two of the most stall
wart members of the st. Louis police force
were required to keep the gangways clear
| for passers-by. They wrangled with Bryan
men over questions of political economy
with as much noise and violence of ges
ture as did the students of Salamanca in
the days of the wicked Gil Bias, and from
beginning to end they repeated that they
were going to reaffirm the Populist plat.
form and nominate thoroughbred Popu.
lists for President and Vice-President
whether the convention Endorsed Bryan Oh
not.
mo matter how few OF US may be left, y
said one of them to-day, ''we will walk out
of the convention, hold Populist's con-
vention under the old platform and pre-
serve the party. We will appeal to the
people and fight it out on the lines Of
principles. The truth will prevail in the
long run"
| Editor Gilstrap of Visalia said:
''This is a critical time and the work oil
the convention will decide the faith oil
both parties. If the PopuIists indorse
Bryan the Democracy may obtain a new
lease of life. but Populism will be set back
ten years. If Bryan is not Endorsed the
Democracy will die the death, and four
wears hence, when the people shall have