The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
DEMOCRATS
D|SMAYED,
The Populist Convention
Too Large to Be Cap
tured.
NEARLY 400 DELEGATES
ENROLLED.
Straight-Away Peoples Party
Men Will Refuse to In
dorse Bryan.
ANARCHISTIC ALTGELD TO BE
RFBUKED.
Several Hundred Women Will Repre-.
sent Their Home Localities at
st. Louis.
ANARCHISTIC ALTGELD TO BE
RFBUKED.
Several Hundred Women Will Repre-.
sent Their Home Localities at
st. Louis.
"THE CALLS" HEADQUARTERS, !
HnTrr IrNnrrr

HOTEL IINDELL,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 15.
The greatest obstacle in the way of the
Silver Democrats obtaining control of the
Popuiist convention is the unprecedented
size of that body, there being 1341 dele
gates. If Indian Territory, Oklahoma and
Alaska are admitted to the convention, as
they probably will, the vote will be nearly
14o0. The respective States and Territories
are entitled to as many alternates as dele
gates, and as every one is expected to
send nearly full quota of each, it is ex-
pected that fully $500 people will sit in
the Populist convention. 1t will be the
largest political convention in the history
of American politics. Among the dele
gates will be several hundred women
elected to represent the party in the locali-
ties in which they reside.
The apportionment of delegates to the
several States makes a very interesting
study. In the conventions of the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties, New York,
for instance, had 72 votes and California
18. In the Populist convention California
will have 80 and New York A. North
Carolina and Texas have 95 delegates
each, the largest allotment in the list.
| Kansas comes next with 90, then Ten-
nessee with IL Georgia with 81, Alabama
and Illinois with 81 each. Mir5 esota and
Virginia with So each, Nebraska with 81,
OHIO with 40, Colorado with 45, New York
with A, Pennsylvania with AZ, California
with 80, Missouri with 3s, Iowa and In
diana with 30, Michigan with %, Ken
tucky and Wisconsin %, Massachusetts q,
Arkansas 20, Oregon, Washington and
South Carolina II, Louisiana ana M1ssis-
| NJ
u, Montana IL, Maine, Oklahoma and
Maryland 9, Florida and West Virginia 8.
Connecticut. Idaho and Wyoming and
Nevada 7, Utah 5, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Vermont, District of Columbia,
New Mexico and Arizona and Della
ware 8.
The basis of representation Is one dele
gate for each United States Senator and
one for each Representative. The remain
der of the delegation of each State will be
based on the State vote for the Populist's
Presidential candidate four years ago.
| 1t will be seen from the foregoing appor-
tionment that the coming Peoples party
will not represent population, out Popu-
lists four years ago being represented in
this convention by the largest number of
delegates. Thus it will be body fairly
representative of the Populistic senti-
ments of this country and if 1 am not mis-
taken 1t will be very unwieldy one for
the silver Democracy to mold to its own
ends.
| The reversal of the order of Importance
in the several States, the last being put
first and the first last. is a unique feature
of this convention. Thus Nebraska will
have seven votes more than densely popu-
lated New York, while California, with
population not much larger than that of
the city of New York, will have only five
votes less than New York State. Hence
| the vote in the convention will be indica-
| tive not of the predominence of State,
| but of the predominance of the Populist
| party in that particular State.
Another unique feature will be several
hundred women delegates, who, it is pre-
sumed, will insist on having the last word
on every question. For this reason it is
expected that the proceedings and the
debates will be characterized by that
courtesy and gallantry which in the good
| old days before the war was so conspicu-
Gus and such an agreeable feature OF DEM
ocratic gatherings south Of Mason and
Dixon's line. 1t is to be expected also
that when these new delegates arrive here
they will not be reticent as their male
brothers. for the Populist woman, bless
her, has mind of her own and is brave
enough not only to speak it, but to shoutit.
The ''middle- of the-road" Pops are be-
! coming alarmed and indignant over the
attempts of the silver faction of the DEM
ocracy to absorb the Peoples party by
capturing its convention and are about to
open straight Populistic headquarters and
| fling out the banner of their principles de-
family to the breeze.
DR.. D. Shattinger of South st. Louis has
engaged large store next to the main en-
trance fthe Laclede Hotel for the straight-
away, non-fusion, non-union, uncom-
promising Populists. The doctor repre-
sents the Peoples party Central Commit
tee and the Peoples party propaganda of
this city The straight-away Populist has
the mettle and he is coming in large num-
bers from all the contiguous States to see
that his side of the question shall have
fair play. Four hundred of him viii come
from old Kentucky and will occupy rooms
at the Holland House. Other Southerners
will make the st. James the headquarters
for the straight middle-of-the-road Peo-
Piles party of their section OF tae country.
They are all in training for fight and
will give the silver Democracy the great
! battle of its life.
The traight-away Populists are very
much cheered by the news of the dafec-