The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
Men From the Golden State Vote
Solidly for Senator Stephen
M. White.
FARMERS GIVE THE DELEGATES
SOME ADVICE.
Congressman Mcguire Sends to "The
Call" the Views of Some of
the Delegation.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa, July A.
Our train became unwieldy and was di-
vided at daylight this morning into two
sections, both of which are rolling at the
rate of fifty miles an hour through the
beautiful and fruitful valley of the North
Platte toward Chicago
1t is the Fourth of July and the towns
along the road are gaiIy decorated with
flags and bunting. The people are poor,
but patriotic. Most of them will never be
able to pay the mortgages that encum ber
their homes, but they are still self-reliant
and even hopeful. Their crops are fine
this year, but they complain that none of
their abundant product will command any
money. They see the strong arm of the
Government exerted to limit both the
kind and the volume of the peoples
money, and in their distress they cry out
for the removal of the limitation.
They are looking to Chicago as the
mecca of their temporal salvation. They
seem to regard our gathering there as
something more than Democratic
National Convention--as a sort of con-
ference for the defense of popular rights
against the aggressions of the gold mon
opolists.
AAoJSAAb1 Va tlOSO WIZ IlScb
us at the depots are not Democrats, they
do not hesitate to advise US as to our
course at Chicago. A majority of them
are for Teller, many for Bland, but all are
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. At Lexington, Nebr., some practical
joker had circulated the report that
Senator Teller was on our train, and upon
our arrival we found q large gathering of
the people waiting to greet him. In reply
to their repeated calls, Mr. Dwyer and
assured them that Teller was not on
board. They were disappointed. but good
naturedly. advised US to vote for him in
Chicago. One old gentleman, who told us
that he was Republican, Pepulist, said:
ut don't matter what good silver man
you nominate, let us all try and put
stop to the control of our money system by
the Morgan syndicate. 1t has demon
strated its control not only of all available
gold, but of the green back currencv also"
Mr.. Mcdaniel of the Salt Lake Herald
took straw ballot on the train last night
resulting: Bland so, Teller So White
26, Whitney s, Boies s, and a number
scattering, one vote being cast for Oleve-
land. The California delegation voted for
White and the Utah and Idaho deIega-
tions for Bland. Most of the delegates ab
stained from political discussion TODAY.
Mr.. Dwyer said:
when left California I had formed no
choice for the Presidential nominee, other
than that he should be man who could
stand honestly and consistently on the
platform. 1t is foregone conclusion that
the platform and the candidate will be for
silver at 16 to l. l am beginning to feel
that the choice of the convention will ulti.
mately fall on either Boies of Iowa or Mat
thews of Indiana. / am personally await
ing our arrival at Chicago before
making up my mind. would
like to see the California delegation
combine on the man that seems to have
the most solid backing in the tier OF
States comprising Ohio. Indiana, Illinois
and the Northwest, because this, think,
is where the fighting will be the hottest in
Novem Der, and where the Democracy must
win or lcse. Boies has an advantage over
Matthews in having more extended Ma
tional reputation, but the latter offsets
this by the fact that Indiana, being
closer State than Iowa and more neces-
sary to Democratic success, would be more
likely to be won by Matthews than by any
body else."
DR.. D. f. Ragan, who has heretofore
been reticent. was quite enthusiastic to-
day. He said:
II regard the coming gathering of the
Democratic clans at Chicago as a memor-
able one, one that will not be eclipsed by
the epoch-making convention of 1860.
Great and vital issues are at stake The
peoples interest in the question is
thoroughly aroused, and by a common
impulse the masses are moved to raise
aloft the banner of silver and throw down
the gauntlet at Chicago TO the moneyed
class, whom they regard as their enemies
in advocating the single gold standard.
The issue of 1860 was not more vital than
this, and as the seeds OF that great issue
were sown long before the battle was
waged so the present issue is not
sudden outbreak, but the elimination
of series of attacks long since
inaugurated against the white metal. The
Democracy is characterized as silver mad,
but it seems, indeed. as if there is method
in its madness. AS the party of the people,
it has interpreted the peoples wants and
proceeds to give them such relief as they
demand-the free and unlimited and inde-
pendent coinage of silver at the ratio of Is
to 1. This Is to be the main plank in the
platform. 1t makes no difference whether
upon such plank we place Bland, Boies,
Sibley or Stevenson, the Democracy will
win in November"
The delegation will meet tomorrow af-
ternoon in the Great Northern Hotel. Chi
cago. JAMES G. MAGu1RE.
SELECTING A CHAIRMAN