The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23

eipleS are except as to the silver question,
put | don't think it possible that the
fopulists will nominate him unless ne
comes out openly for the Peoples party.
de is Republican and | think we will
come to HIM in the tariff plank expect
10 see adopted by the National Conven-
tlon calling for protection to American
labor and producers and the relesation OF
the tariff to nom partisan business COM
mission.
The address from St. Louis is non-com-
initial and shows an individual indorse-
ment OF Teller. Those who signed 1T are
IN no position to say what the party Will
40. admire Teller and it is possible that
II ne goes to the silver convention at ST.
Louis and union with the Populists is In
Vlted L Will feel ready to support him."
1t seems to me now that the chances
are that the election will be thrown into
Tie House. There is no possibility OF our
nominating the Democratic nominee. The
Democratlc party may adopt radical tree
SILVER plank. but that is only one OF our de-
mands. We are the anti-monopo.y party
ana free silver is only part of our financial
poIlcy, though it Is the most important
one.
Our chances of recruiting from the Re-
publican party are too good now to throw
away the results of wears of labor in build
ing up the party. To combine with the
democrats would be throwing away the
party. We would not fee able to trust a
Democrat for Congress even, if we made a
combination. We couldn't afford to elect
a democratic Congressman unless he
pleoged himself to stay out OF Demo-
cratic caucus for the selection of Speaker
OF the House, and Democratic Congress
men we elected we could not control. l
nave spent years of labor and thousands
OF dollars without dime of Tecompense
IN the work of building up the party, and
II now II was to be disrupted and thrown
away by indorsing a Democratic candidate
for the Presidency l would feel like going
back to work on ny farm.
we are ready to com bine with the In
dependent Free Silver party. We say to
the silver men, Meet US in st. Louis July
u and we will divide things on lair and
equal terms We will treat the men who
leave their parties and come out and stand
with US as we'll as we do our own people.
L think anyway that this silver fight will
continue a number of years before it is
settled.
Another con sideration is that the Dem
ocratlc party has gone to silver as a mat
ter OF policy mainly. That is one reason
why there can be no union. The Popu-
lists are united and sincere in what they
believe and Will vote only for men they
believe to be sincere. AS to the Demo
cratic National Convention, my opinion
now is that it will adopt money plank
that is neither fish nor flesh"
There will be no com blnations on legis-
lative candidates in this City," said &c orge
ID. Gillespie. There will be a straight
out Populist ticket of Assemblymen and
Senator'S"
Congressman James G. Mcguire gave
some further opinions about the National
situation yesterday. He believes that
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tlonal Convention taking up Teller or any
body else who is not a true-blue Democrat
as well as a silver man.
1t seems to me that the Teller bolt was
a logical and necessary result of the Re-
publican National Convention" said Mr..
Mcguire, land that if Teller should run as
a silver candidate he will undou btedly re-
ceive very large vote from the silver
republicans in ali the States of the West,
Oregon and Washington. 1 think the re-
suit will be the election of Democratic
electors from all the States west and south
OF Pennsylvania, provided, of course, that
the Democratic party shall, as / believe it
Will, adopt silver platform and nominate
strong silver candidates.
u do not at present see any possibility
OF Teller's nomination by the Democrats.
The nominee of that convention must be a
Democrat who stands for the other prin-
clples enunciated in the Democratic plat
form as well as the silver plank.
The chances of the election going into
the House | regard as very strong. In
fact, it will go there unless the Democrats
get majority OF the electoral vote, and as
the present House has Republican ma
jority of over 100, Mckinley would be
elected. don't believe that the Republi-
cans can get majority OF the electoral
vote on gold platform"