The herald., 1896-06-16
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS
Meet in State Convention
This Afternoon
DV0CATES OF HONEST MONEY
VIII Be Silenced by CIamor for
Expediency
WHITE WILL BE SELECTED
To Represent His State as a Delegate at
Large
II Is Safe to Prophesy That Gould viii Bs
Chairman
Unanlmlty Remarkable for Its Absence and .
Peppery Session Is Auticipated-The
Southern Dele alton n Thor.
oughly Dlsorganlzed
To Represent His State as q Delegate at
Large
II Is Safe to Prophesy That Gould viii Bs
Chairman
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. June 15.-John
P. Irish and John Daggett are the two
really big leaders of the Democratic
state convention which will begin prob
ably two days session in this city to-
morrow afternoon. Both are here on
the ground leading the remnants of what
is to be forlorn hope. They are the
only two big men in the Democratic
party of California at this time who
would brush aside expediency and have
the party in California come out in what
are known to be its true colors by de-
claring for sound money, thus obtaining
for California prestige at Chicago next
month which could be utilized to its ad-
vantage for years to come. The rank
assembled. will. however. thrust asids
it's opportunity, and the whited sepul-
cher of silver, which is in reality cloak
for Buckleyism and all that the term
before 1t.
Mr.. Irish said to me tonight:
1.-THE Democrats Of California are not
for silver, but the present is another oc-
casion when public men are stifing what
is best in their judgment for the thing
called politics" ss.4a..,..s 4 g.
Stephen M. White. E. B. Pond of San
Francisco, B. D. Murphy of San Jose.
opd Tbop,os Daory of Sorop,o w w
Foote, the redoubtable growler of Ala
media; Congressman James Mcguire,
and D. A. Ostrom of Yuba are the candi.
dates for delegates-at-large to the ma
tional convention. White will land by
acclamation, and the others will have
to take chances upon the persimmons
falling into the laps Of three out of the
five.
The junta is striving with might and
main to defeat both Mcguire and Foote,
and the efforts to keep the latter out
will, at the proper time, display the most
peppery skirmishing in one Of the most
peppery Democratic state conventions
held in this state in recent years.
Frank H. Gould of Stockton is to be
the chairman of the convention. That
statement is as safe a prediction as the
probable nomination of William McKin-
ley at st. Louis on Wednesday. Goulds
election WILL of course, dispose Of the
claims of c. A. Buckley and his follow
ing, so far as recognition by the party
throughout the state is concerned.
The two propositions are so thorough
ly interviewer that they are one and
Identical. The half-vote idea for the
followers of the blind, white devil''
which originated in Los Angeles, has
failed to bring forth response from
any other quarter with the exception
of Santa Clara county; and, even there.
the feeling is really more against Gould
than it is in favor of c. A. Buckley.
Nearly all of the Los Angeles and
Southern California delegates. who are
coming, are on the ground.
Senator S. M. White has telegraphed
up that w, H. Workman, when the lat
ter arrives tomorrow, will have his
(White's) proxy.
The senator's private enemies will not
permit him to participate in the politi-
cal frolic in this vicinity within the next
twenty-four hours. Thomas McCaffery
has the apparent leadership in the Los
Angeles county delegation. He wants
| to be chairman of the co1vert,rp. lat
even some of his own following elected
| last Saturday believe that will be rather
! rubbing it in, and McCaffrey's ambition
| Savage have been in San Francisco all
| day. presumably receiving orders from
| w. F. Herrin and Stephen Gage, as to
how the Democracy of California ought
to do pure politics.
| The Los Angeles delegation at the re.
| cent Republican state convention was
gramming could disintegrate. The Los
Angeles county delegation to the DEM
ocratic state convention is an unorgan.
lied mob, with no head to itself, no body
to it's composition, and, apparently, Of
what there is of the outfit, but little
. brains in it's makeup.
Three separate and distinct times has
Judge w. A. Ryan, since IL o'clock this
morning. been In and out Of the fight for
the convention chairmanship. Any rsar