The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-18

laughed. Then Barbour gave Cleveland
a dig by a reference to the "big bond SYM
dicates," and that raised the Ire of Charles
Wesley Reed, who yelled, "Stlck to the
question"
''Mr. Barbour, you will have to contne
yourself 10 the question" said the chair
man again. and Barbour soon closed de-
bate that was quite uncalled for as every
body knew how he was going to vote. Mr..
Barbour's remarks were as follows:
think Mr.. Gould knows that. so lar as am
concerned, I am his personal friend, but 1
want to state to you delegates, so that you will
understand our position, that on these ques-
tions we are pledged that no outside interest
no matter what it could be- could change it,
bebause we have taken pledge, first, on free
silver, and, second, against the funding BILL
and on this question we have taken the Iesolu-
tions of the San Francisco Daily Examiner
and have adopted them word for word as our
pledge; and we stand here pledged to-day for
delegates at large to Hon. Stephen NJ. White,
Hon. James G. Mcguire and Hon. W. W. Poote
Now, gentlemen have taken up enough OF
your time. 1 believe that you are fair men,
and say to you that, no matter how you de-
eide this question, we will give to every
principle of Democracy all the support we
can, also to every candidate nominated; but
we hope that you will not send US back with
out little encouragement; that you may say
to US, "Boys, go ahead; roll up your majority
and give it to our nominee, whoever he may
be-; without giving us the recognition that
justice requires.
l came up 10 this convention as Democrat
full-grown Democratic 16 to l Democrat.
oppose the motion of the gentleman to re-
duce me to the condition of half a Democrat.
am perfectly willing to stand by the PROPOSE
ton made from the first time that any contest
arose among US, to submit ourselves to the
Jurisdiction of the authorities of the Demo-
cratic party. proposed it at the time before
your State Central Committee-the time an
appeal was presented to this nvention-to
say who constituted and represented the
Democratic party of San Francisco; and If the
verdict should De against us ] stood ready to
yield the right of wsy to the gentleman from
Solano and his friends. and that if it should be
for us he would make no interference and no
interruption to the further control of the
Democratic organization of San Francisco.
Now, the offers of the gentlemen are extremely
generous here, and do not propose to speak
in unkindness now about any of them, for they
are good Democrats-as good Democrats, per-
haps, as l am-and l recognize the fact. l
would not take one laurel from the brow OF
their chairman, the Hon. James l. Stanton, and
II III. OIdulOu u1y plOAS 4 WILL give II W
him now cheerfuliy.
1t is not, gentlemen, a question of harmon
izing the Democratic party of San Francisco
because harmony is bound to ensue among the
Democrats there. They will bow to the judg-
ment OF the majority, as declared by the su-
preme and highest authority, and will work
together harmoniously when Democratic sue
cess is imperiled. 1t rests with them whether
they will continue to defy authority and AFRO
gate to themselves the right to go back and
represent the Democracy of San Francisco, not