The herald., 1896-06-16
ALL READY
The Junta Confident of Turning Down the
Buckleyites

SACRAMENTO, June 15.-The last
trainload of delegates to the Democratic
state convention arrived in this city to-
night and all is in readiness for the rap
of the chairman's gavel at noon tomor-
row. Next to the Craftsmanship of the
convention, the most important subject
of discussion among the delegates is the
contest between the opposing factions
known as the junta and Buckley dele
gates. Leading members of the junta.
express confidence that their action will
be recognized and the Buckley adher-
ents turned away without fraction of
a vote. The Buckley men are less talk
ative but the tenor of their remarks
point toward compromise as to settle
ment of the difficulty.
The craftsmanship fight has resolved
itself into a contest between Frank
Gould of Stockton, the junta candidate.
and an unknown-possibly Senator
White-on the part of the Buckley dele
cation. 1t is not known whether Senator
White has consented to enter the race
for the craftsmanship, but the Buckley
men, according to the present plan, will
submit his name to the convention for
the honor.
The two local questions enumerated
overshadow national issues over which
there is less diversity of opinion. 1t is
conceded that the platform will declare
for the free coinage Of silver at a ratio
of 16 to |.
1t is said tonight that there is a dis
position on the part of the various con-
gressional delegations to postpone the
nomina ton of candidates for congress
until after the Chicago convention.
While the project is yet in embryo, it is
urged that it would be advisable from a
party point of view to defer the making
of congressional nominations until July
and take cue from the national plat
form with regard to finance and the
tariff. By so doing. it is said that the
various congressional conventions will
be enabled to name candidates who Will
be more nearly aligned with the national
policy of the party than might otherwise
be the case.
UNION OF FORCES.
The sixteen counties in the extreme
northern end of the state, with Alameda
as a nucleus, organized this evening
for mutual benefit. Ed Leake of Yolo
was elected chairman. 1t was decided
to support Leake as one Of the district
delegates to the national convention.
Robert Fitzgerald or w. ]. Lamance will
be the other The combination is for
w. w. Foote, Stephen M. White, James
Mcguire and Thomas j. Geary for del
egates at large and probably Warren
English of Oakland as the congressional
nominee from the Third district
ne IJOS kAIlSeltS utlek5 dllOll ueclutu d
a late hour tonight to elect Judge w. A.
Ryan as its chairman.
The absence of George S. Patton from
the battle hereaboutS at this time, when
there is so much at stake for the party
in Los Angeles county, is generally re-
GREETED
Railroad Commissioner Larue, who
knows every farmer in the state, is on
the ground, and as he extends the glad
hand tha arrivals ha a l<pc
Casion to put a nail in the coffin of Buck
ley. Their opponents are on the tenn
porary roll and today, when Secretary
Markley was asked why this had been
done, he said:
why because the state central COM
mittee at its last meeting issued its call
to the portion of the party in San Fran
chairman. 1t would be strange if after
instructing the faction to elect delegates,
we should refuse to put those delegates
on the roll, particularly when the COM
mittee at the time it issued it's call knew
of the opinion and all about the case.
Besides. L have been instructed by the
chairman of the committee to put the
junta delegation on the roll
Christopher a. Buckley is himself not
here and he will not be in evidence at
any time during the convention. The
interests of his following are in the
hands of Railroad Commissioner STAN
ton, who is the chairman of his delega-
tion.
Thos. j. Geary wants to have another
| whack at defeating Barham the uncle
of Guy B., for congress in the Santa
Rosa district. He thinks that silver will
| restore him to his seat
Late tonight the Buckley delegation
held caucus at which it was decided,
| in the event of failure to secure recog-
| milton in the convention which will meet
! tomorrow, to hold q separate convention
! and let the national committee decide
! which delegation shall be entitled to
| seats in the Chicago convention. At the
| same time a plan of campaign was form
| ulated by which it is hoped to prevent
| the election of Gould as chairman and Sc
| cure recognition by the convention.
A committee was appointed to wait
on Gould and request badges emitting
| the Buckley delegates to seats in the
convention hall. Gould denied the re-
quest. A committee of ten was then ap-
pointed to confer with the delegations
who oppose Gould's candidacy for the
purpose of uniting upon another candi-
date for chairman. Among the dele
gates mentioned for chairman are JOS
d. Sproule of Chico, w. A. Ryan of Los
Angeles, and Joseph Hamilton of Placer.
Sproule, however, is regarded as the
probable opposition candidate, as Ryan,
who arrived from Los Angeles this even
| ing, is not making an active canvass for
| the position and says he would accept
| it only to secure party harmony
The Buckley delegation hone To accom-