The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07

interested In the direct legislation propa-
eanda, as most of the leading California
Populists are, will urge this as one of the
chief planks in the Peoples party plat
form this year.
Ignatius Donnelly, the eloquent farmer,
writer and agitator OF Minnesota, will
likely be one of the Popullst heavy guns
who will stump California when the cam
paign gets hot. He and +. NJ. Wardail are
old personal friends, and Wardall expects
to get him out here for stumping tour.
Another side issue in which many of the
California delegates are interested is the
great and probably to- be notable conven-
ton of cooperative societies and people
to be opened on the Oath inst. This will
be grand effort to unite in some way, or
rather to com bine the efforts of the great
number of cooperative organizations in
the country. The Farmers Alliance Ex-
change, the Labor Exchange, the Amer
lean branches of the Rochedale Co-opera-
tive Association and the Changers are but
four of the heterogeneous collection of CO.
operative movements to be represen nted.
California affords cooperation in great
variety of forms, having forty OF more CO.
operative societies running hou-mllls,
tanneries. labor exchanges, mercantile en-
terprises and so on. These co-operative
people are ''reformers" and anti monopo-
lists and the convention will be semi
political. J. NJ. Moore of San Francisco,
purchasing agent for the Farmers AL
lance, and w. w. Wilkins OF San Jose
will be leading representatives OF Califor-
MIA cooperation.
The following is the list OF Popullst t
delegates as it stood last night:
At large-Alfred Daggett, visalia; John S.
Dore, Fresno; F. NJ. Wardall, Monrovia; NJ. E.
Dittmar Redding.
First Distrlct-J. W. Keegan, Santa Rosa; F.
Houghton, Corning; DR.; g; J. Brown, Fort
Bragg; J. N. c. Murphy, Redding; F. Tappen-
Second District-w R. woodard, Lincoln;
Jesse Poundstone, Grimes; Daniel Mckay, Sac
ramento; J. a. Simons, Florin; J. C. Wey-
| bright, Pleasant Valley.
Third District-Samuel Stewart, Suisun
W. A Vann, Sycamore: j. R. Garner, Arabella !;
! W. w. Brown, Livermore; Ed Mcclure, Oak
land.
/ son, San Francisco.
Fifth District-Dr. G. W. Daywalt, T. v.
Gator, San Francisco; j. r. WEIGH, NJ. W. Will
kins, San Jose; J. W. Hines, College Park.
Sixth District-E. NJ. Hamilton, Los Angeles; |;
J. K. Burnette, Paso Robles; A. R. Sprague.
Fairmount; II: c: Dillon, Long Beach; J. L..
Seventh District-E. E. Duncanson, Ontario;
c. f. Bennett, Tustin; j. L. Dryden, San
Diego George F. Elliott, Hollister; w. II. Gill
strap Vlsalia.
At st. Louis the delegation will fill any
vacancies that may appear there. Some
of those in the list given above were ap-
pointed by the executive committee yes
| terday.
At the meeting of the executive COM
mittee yesterday, the finance committee,
of which John S. Dore of Fresno is chair
man, considered the money matters of the
party without taking any steps of great
Importance. Chairman Wardall says that
the committee has not begun any special
| efforts to raise money yet, and will not do
| so until after the convention. The COM
mittee has a small debt two years old
which it will pay very soon, and the policy
this year will be to not go to 81 OF expense
without having the cash on hand to meet
it. There will be no debt when the cam
paign is over.
1--WE are all at sea regarding the State
cam paIgn," said Chairman Wardall yes
terday, because so many things depend
on the National conventions. It's all
guessing in the dark just now in talking
about the probable future. There will be
no mbination with the Democrats, that
is quite sure. l think that the gold men
will WELD strong influence at Chicago
and leave their impress on the work of the
convention.
IF the silver men at st. Louis indorse
the Democratic nominee, believe it will
defeat silver. The Populists and the inde-
pendent silver men can carry California,
or the Populists and silver Republicans
can carry it. | believe that the silver Re-
publicans will vote the Populist ticket this
year and that the Democrats cannot put
up man who will poll as many votes in
this State as Mckinley.
"There are so many contingencies ahead
that it is impossible to guess who Il. e Pop
ulists will nominate at st. Louis. There
is no candidate vet prominently to the
front. Teller may be the nominee il he
will come and stand on our platform. We
will make platform that any honest man
who wants reform can stand on. We will
naturally give the South due considera-
ton in the selection of our nominee"