The San Francisco call., 1896-07-27
Great Interest Shown in the
Future Movements of Frank
]. Mofftt
QUICKLY THE FIRE DIED OUT.
But the Disp ay of Rspubiicanism
at the Tabernacle Went to
Peoples Hearts.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANc1sco CALL,
90S Broadway July 0R


908 Broadway, July 26.
The Populists and Democrats and the
Silver party of Alameda County are
directing their attention just now to the
homecoming of Frank ]. Motfitt. A year
ago when the ex-senator gave up his
Democratic newspaper and. retired from
the surface OF politics it was predicted
that he would rise again at the head of
some other combination, which was not
at that time foreseen by the curbstone
politicians. But Frank Mofitt saw it.
The man who could command the services
of special Southern Pacific locomotive at
midnight to fly to AItamont and do that
which eventually unseated S. G. Hiborn
in Congress could see farther than his
neighbors, and the dispatches received
during the past two days have conclusiVely
proved the truth of the prediction.
Frank Moffitt will return 10 Oakland in
a few days and everybody is wondering
what he will do.
That he will not be idle is foregone
conclusion to all who know the tireless &C.
tivity of the man. He has always been a
Democrat, and about two years ago he
commenced the advocacy of free silver.
He is one of the committee appointed by
the Bimetallic Convention to convey the
news of Its Endorsement of the Demo-
cratic candidate to Mr.. Bryan, and it is
safe to say that he will not confine his
mission to the business delegated by the
convention. Frank Moffitt is sanguine.
Sanguineness is his life, and he believes
he has already helped to elect the next
President. He has graduated from the
school of petty politics that dominate a
town election or even question of State
policy and has taken his stand among
National politicians.
The dispatches from st. Louis have
made frequent mention of the man from
Oakland, and DR.. Woolsey led the march
in the convention hall when Bryan's IN
dorsement was announced. Should the
impossible happen and Mr.. Bryan be Mr..
Cleveland's successor there will be lot
of patronage to be dispensed, and it is
safe to say that Mr.. Daggett and Mr..
IRISH will not have much to say about the
apportionment.
In such an event w. w. Foote, Bill
English and Frank Moffitt would be
elevated to position for which they have
already built a solid foundation.
1t Is safe to say that the ex-senator will
gruntled elements in politics so that a
respectable Bryan vote shall be returned
from Alameda County. At present there
is not a Democratic OF Populist organ on
this side of the bay with the exception of
one weekly, and so it is not unlikely that
the ex-editor will again get into harness,
and that Athens will howl.
1--WE have all been sold, ;" said Populist
office-holder in this county this morning.
"If Bryan should be elected, what would
the Populists get? Our old friends, Foote,
Moffitt and English would try to be as
generous as possible, but with such a
horde of hungry Democrats to feed, they
could only have apologies and regrets left
for US, and then we should surely get in a
greater ratio than 16 to /"
Rev. DR.. Wendte is pastor Of the church
of which John Z. Irish is trustee. DR..
Wendte is an observant man, and he is
also an advocate of sound money
standard. He has been called "a Christian
who believes in one God, and 100 cents
mot 53) in the dollar" t'And that Is
what l am,' said the doctor yesterday.
One of his friends Adna D. Dennison, a
leading Populist OF this city, asked the
doctor how the silver fight looked "To
tell TIE truth, replied DR.. Wendte, 'you
are the first free-silver man that have
seen since left Oakland
Two weeks have gone by since the Dem
ocrats nominated the boy orator, who is
3S years old, for President, and vet the
Democrats of Alameda County have not
ratified. If there be any Democrats at
all in this county they certainly have done
nothing to show their appreciation of the
convention that would foist upon the
country another four years OF maladmin-
istration infinitely worse than the last
The only reasonable inference is that all
the Democrats have either enlisted under
the banner of protection or have left the
district. AS the only Democrats known to
te abroad are w. w. Foote, DR.. Woolsey
and ex-senator Moffitt, it seems reasonable
conclusion that they are the Democracy of
Alameda County. Had these gentlemen
been at home there would certainly have
been band-wagon and a transparency and
some red fire and speeches long before
this, and such tactics would have brought
out crowd and the air would have been
full of enthusiasm. This is a peculiarity
of Alameda County. The air is full of De-
mocracy and the streets of Democrats, but
the election returns always make it ap-
pear that they emigrate on the eve of elec-
tion day.
The preceding paragraph cannot but
point out most pertinent moral to the
Republicans of Alameda County-the
need, the demand for harmony. Although
a pronounced Republican county tits a fact
that to-day tbs majority of office-holders
are freak politicians. They have taken
advantage of prevailing discomfort in Re-
publican ranks and have slipped in un-
awares because the party vote was hope
lessly divided. Although the probability
OF harmony on matters purely local is not
particularly roseate, it is encouraging to
note that there is marked evidence of
unanimity regarding the necessity OF pro-
lection and OF working for its standard
bearer. The letting off of Democratic
and Popu!ist fireworks during the past
few days has subsided just as fast as the
rocket sticks fell, but the patriotism,