The San Francisco call., 1896-07-21

ST. LOUIS, No., July 2o.-California
came in with whoop this morning. Her
thirty-nine delegates, after having slowed
away their effects in the Holland Hotel
and breakfasted, marched down to the
Hotel Lindell and taking up position in
the center of the crowded lobby, started
the Populist's warcry of the golden State.
"Rah, rah, rah, California. We are
thirty and win never vote for Bryan" +"
The leader was n. w. Wilkins, editor of a
Populist paper in California, a man of fine
physique, massive frame and stentorian
lungs.
Three cheers for California, +" he roared,
and the cheers were given with a will
This astounded the delegates to the silver
convention, and it was several seconds be-
fore they recovered their presence of mind
to propose three cheers for Bryan.
The thirty-nine Californians are middle
of-the-road men, only one of them being
suspected of tendency to waver. In order
to keep him in the straight path he was
tied by the ankles by the anti rule. The
members of the delegation who arrived
and registered at the Holland Hotel were !:
J. R. Burnett, ]. P. Welch, h. Huphert,
Edward Mcclure, J. L. Steele, ]. S. Dorse.
w. w. Browne, ]. S. Way bright, E. NJ.
Wardal, E. NJ. Hamilton, G. F. Bennett,
]. A. Simons, Leon Leighton. ]. C. Butt
ner, W. r. Woodard, ]. r. Garner, J. G.
Gore, Joseph Asbury Johnson, E. II. Full
ton, W. A. Aant, W. G.. Miller and K. S.
Oughton. The remainder are Quartered in
private residences and lodging houses.
The Caliiornians are middle-of-the-road
men pledged to straight Populism and will
cast their thirty-nine ballots for straight
ticket.
The cam paign was begun in earnest to-
day, the lobby of the Llndell being
crowded with delegates and with silver
men and Democrats who are trying to con-
vince the Populists of the errors of their
ways. The peculiar feature of the Ma
tional Convention is the absence of brass
bands, or music of any character save that
of the chin, which is very plentiful and
cheap just now. A band would interrupt
the political discussion which is going on
and would indeed be a disturbing ele-
ment. When people want to argue on
political economy they don't care about
being diverted with a strain of "She MAY
Have Seen Better Days. or "Since Willie
Joined the Guards"
The crowd in the lobby consisted of a
collection of various groups, ranging from
ten TO fifty persons in each group. In the
center OF each was man foaming at the
mouth and striking savagely at the air.
Every once in while he was interrupted
by some man wearing a white badge with
the words Middle of the Road" on it.
Then the man who foamed at the mouth
barked like mad dog and struck fercely
at the face of his interrupter.
Above the din such expressions as these
were heard:
You are an ignorant ass"
You are the most Ignorant man ever
saw in my life
You were born without brains.''
You ought to go 10 school again and
learn some sense"
Then from another group were heard
such expressions as these:
The market value of money is impaired
by the demnnetization OF silver" and the
retort, True Eoney should have no mar
ket value, it being merely a representative
of value.''
Ihe more they talked about money the
more apparent it was that they did not
know anything at all about the subject,
and that good many OF the debaters had
had but very limited acquaintance or
practical experience with money, whether
gold, silver or notes. The silver spielers
industriously argue that if the Populists