The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
The Executive Would Have Met
With a Very Cool
Reception.
ALL DEMOCRATS OUT OF TOWN
They Were to Be in Livermore When
the States Chief Officer Was to
Be in Oakland.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
Q08 BROAD wav Oct 90


908 Broadway, Oct. 20. !
| The harmony that the fusionists of
Alameda County prate and dream about
is of the same kind that has characterized
the Democratic party for years. 1t is of
the genuine cat-and-dog variety. There
is only a plaster partition between the
County Committee-rooms of the two
parties on Broadway, but there is wider
breach between the feelings of some OF the
wings of the fusion bird.
The latest exhibition of "harmony" is
an attempt made by the silver wing of
the Democracy to spoil the effect of the
parade that will take place next Saturday
night in honor of the visit OF Governor
Budd. Frank ]. Moffitt is credited with
creating the present trouble, but his
friends say it is all mistake and in
spirit of magnanimity Con Brosnahan,
chairman of the Democratic County Gen.
tr al Committee, said tonight that Mr..
Moffitt might not have known that Gov
ernor Budd was to have been in Oakland
next Saturday when making his arrange
ments to take the Populist Zouaves by
special train to Livermore on the same
night to escort G. w. Baker, the railroad
attorney and silver Republican.
A few days ago G. w. Buttner, manager
of the Zoaaves received message from
| the Silver Committee in San Francisco
that he was wanted. Buttner went over
and met Mr.. Mofftt, who was planning for
a big silver rally at Liyermore next Satur-
day night.
Manager Buttner was told that the sill
yer people had put up literally for uni
forms and expenses and would provide
special train on which the Zouaves could
go and surprise the people OF Livermore.
Mr.. Buttner approved Of the plan and on
his return to Oakland he told Chairman
Brosnahan of the trip.
Then Mr.. Brosnahan did some thinking.
He knew that Governor Budd was to be in
Oakland Saturday night, and that as great
show as possible was desired to con-
vince Mr.. Budd that though all the world
| should desire Mckinley and honesty Ala
media County still is loyal to the forlorn
hope. He knew also that Moffitt had been
q very pronounced Murphy man and had
| no use for Budd.
The Populist Zouaves being the most
gsudy and attractive of all the fusion uni
! formed clubs, and it's fife corps being quite
| a power might it not be possible thaA Mr..
Moffitt had as usual seen little ahead of
the men with whom he had to deal and
| had planned that Llvermore meeting to
! spoil the Oakland parade and humiliate
| Budd2
| Chairman Brosnahan heartily expressed
his disapproval of the Zouave parade at
Livermore, and Manager Buttner declared
| the Livermore project of. Mr.. Brosnahan
also, it is reported, said something about
Populist uniformed club going on
| special train to boom railroad attorneys
! lecture on silver.
Now it is openly stated that Frank ].
Moffitt has graduated from the small
arena of Alameda County Democratic
politics and is now State politician, and
/ would like to see the Fitzgerald-Brosna-
| han wing humiliated.
| The fusionists consider that they have
| been saved from a very neatly laid trap to
| spoil their monster emonstration," and
are congratulating themselves that they
were rescued in time.
I'VE are going to do great things next
Saturday night said Chairman Brosna-
any one spoil it. Perhaps Mr.. Moffitt had
! forgotten Governor Budd's meeting, as he
is so busily engaged on tho silver COM
| mittee.
The extent of Mr.. Mofitt's forgetful.
ness was farther reaching than appeared
on the surface, for it seems that the gayly
uniformed Peoples party Zouaves were
not the only organization wearing uni
forms upon which he had cast longing
eyes. After the expose by the Zouave
| chief, 1t was learned that Mr. Moffitt had
drawn two other clubs into his Livermore
silver-meet1ng project. Rumor has it that
after visiting the silver headquarters in
San Francisco he returned with we'll
| filled sack. Out of this, so the story goes.
he took $500, which he handed over to the
Young Mems Democratic Club, it being
well understood that the club would turn
out in goodly mum bers and In full uniform
Again the liberal hand of Mr.. Motfitt
went into the sack, and in short time
| $50 was transferred to the Army and Navy
h, III
| Since this leaked out, however much truth
there is in the tale, the Populist Zouaves
are well pleased that they did not agree to
Go for ssharmony" and 'loyalty" what the
other uniform clubs were well paid for.
No sooner did the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club and the Army and Navy Bryan
Club learn of the apparent "forgetfulness''
OF Mr.. Moffitt, than both organizations de-
clared that they would not go to Liver
| more on the railroads free train to hear