The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-11

the meantime the moneyed men in the
various branchesof trade, manufacture,
etc., would be hedging and saving tn en-
selves as best they could by lacking on
prices and making all their customers sign
contracts to pay in gold coin. No doubt
many of the leading wholesalers and i'm
porters have already begun to do so. 1t is
not enough that the words payable in
gold coin appear at the top of a rendered
statement or bill. That is not legally
binding. 1t must be in the shape of a con-
tract and signed by both parties. We
cannot afford to take any chances, and
our safety is the small dealers loss. They
must sell for silver and pay us gold for
their goods. No Democrat in business or
out can possibly follow his party this year
unless he wishes to blast the prospects of
his country"
mo, l do not support my party in its
free-silver advocacy" said G. ]. Paddock.
vice-president of the J. A. FoIger Com
pany. yesterday, Though am not desir-
Gus OF discussing the situation publicly
that is do not care much about having
my name in print. l shall not vote for a
silver candidate simply because l cannot
vote against my principles. do not see
how any conscientious Democrat can in
dorse such policy. 1t means disaster to
all of our business and commercial inter-
ests. No merchant, irrespective of his
political predictions, can, in his sane
mind, help to place the country under
such ban by casting his vote for a
silver candidate. / do not think the
party is sincere-that is to say, the leaders
in whose hands rest the shaping of its
policy. 1t is question of expediency.
IF the Republicans had taken silver
stand the Democrats would have
been for gold, as they always have been.
can't vote the ticket and do not believe
you will find Democratic merchant in
this City who will admit that his political
patriotism, or more properly speaking.
his partisanship, is stronger than his
principles. 1t is not only against
political principle, but it is antagonistic
to all the commercial, manufacturing
and mercantile interests of the whole
country. We will be going about buyinp
gold at a premium, and in a short time
the country will be on silver basis. Then
where are We? AT the mercy of all the
great industrial nations of Europe"
eff the people of California and the
United States want TO bring disaster and
ruin on the whole country they will vote
for free silver" said E. r. LilienthaI. the
wholesale liquor merchant. "How any
man, Democrat or Republican, can for
one moment think that such policy
would be of benefit to the country's inter-
est is more than | can comprehend, unless
it be that ignorance and a lack of care
have led to the fallacy that free silver
means more money and better times for
all hands. That is probably true so far as
the laboring classes are concerned. They
do not stop to think, but take the word of
the silver demagogues that, with free coin
age, they will have dollars where they now
have dimes. l do not think the Demo-
cratic merchants will support the ticket.
How can they? The country has gone
crazy over this claptrap of catch-word.
There is no sincerity in it, except among
those Democrats-and Republicans, too
who have direct interests in silver mining
or in States where silver mining is of local
advantage"
A. K. Munson is one of the best-knowh
Democrats in the wholesale district. Ac-
cording to his own assertion he has never
been deficient in loyalty to his party, and
that may be taken to mean that he has
never voted anything but the Democratic