The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-29
Threats of Party Leaders
Have Increased the
Bitterness.
SILVER FORCES WILL
NOT YIELD.
TN
Dawn of a Transitional Epoch
for the Party Founded by
Jefferson.
DISMAL OUTLOOK FOR PEACE
At CHICAGO.
Western and Southern Men Will Die.
tate to New England and
New York.

CHICAGO, ILL, June 2S.-With the
speeding of time toward the day when the
great Democratic National Convention of
1896 viii assemble in the Coliseum at Jack
son Park, the sectional feeling within the
ranks of the party is becoming more pro-
nounced. 1t has been encouraged to such
an extent by the threats of leaders of all
factions that the flames of insurrection in
the Democratic camp may break forth at
any moment. The silver men, who are to-
day easy masters of the situation, refuse to
take gold as a remedy for their ills, while
the so-ealIed sound money economists are
moving heaven and earth TO force the
issue to a satisfactory and happy end.
The white metal adherents have raised
the battle-cry that the East, which has so
long controlled the financial destiny of
the country, is determined to continue its
career of domination and coercion over the
South ana West, and addresses have been
issued to delegates from the Mississippi
Valley and the States beyond the Missouri
TO stand firm until the last shot has been
fired
But is the hand of the East actually
raised against the West and the South ?
That is the question which the wiseacres
of the party are discussing in Chicago on
this quiet Sabbath. The consensus of
opinion Is that there Is no enmity between
these sections. There is, however, diff
ference of sentiment on certain great is
sues now before the country, and this sec
tional and Individual thought will GER
talnly find expression at the gathering of
tbe Democratic hosts in the Coliseum next
II ~ Ena
sentiment toward the great power of the
SEast is found to be strong, passionate,
bitter; others are generous of mind, mild
of manner and even of temper. Some
even hint at secession. But they are the
thoughtless and irresponsible persons who
know not whereof they speak.
1t is only justice to the major portion of
the Eastern people. who are exceptionally
honest in their opinions and convictions,
to say that they have a fair conception of
the vastness and natural wealth of the
great Western empire and the restless en-
ergy of its people. They realize the sturdy
character of the men who were the pio-
neers of our Western civilization. They
prais the dauntless courage of the heroes
who explored our mountains and valleys,
tracked our streams, settled our frontiers
and fought our Indian wars. They read
the stories of romance and adventure so
minuteIy interviewer with the West but a
quarter and halt century ago, and then
marvel at the great cities teeming with
thousands of hustling people that have
sprung up on the Western borders and on
the Pacific Coast in that short time.
/ Indeed, the phenomenal growth of the
West has profoundly impressed the peo-
pie of the East and they have undimin-
1shed faith in its future greatness.
But The fnanciers of the East argue that
their confidence in and frendliness for the
West must not mislead them to the altar
of the silver calf just because the West de-
mands it. They add, with goodness of
soul, that they will do so just as soon as
the other great nations of the world ac-
cept bimetallism, and now that European
monarchs are spending their vacations
reading essays on the double standard
some OF the readers of THE CALL may live
to witness the close of this merry war.
Meanwhile the "honest-money" Demo-
Gratis propose to carry the battle into
Africa if need be to win their point. With
them there is no surrender. While the