The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
FOO7E TO MEET
GOULD TO-DAY.
Resolution Ready to Read
Daggett Out of the
Party.
MYSTERY OF A CONTEST
Has Not Been Served on Foote
or Laymance and Is Not
Signed.
YET IT WAS MADE PUBLIC.
Alameda County Democrats Are
Preparing a Sensation for
Sacramento.
YET IT WAS MADE PUBLIC.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL

OAKLAND DAN r RANCISCO CALL,t
908 Broadway, June IL.
W. W. Foote was very surprised man
this morning when he read in THE CALL
that notice of contest had been made
public in which it is made to appear that
his seat in the Sacramento convention is
in danger.
1.-THE whole business is surprise to
me-" said MIR. Foote tonight, 81 have
not the slightest objection to being served
with contest through the columns of a
reputable paper like THE CALL, but it GER
tainly seems to me that 1t would be cour-
teous to serve Mr.. Laymance and myself
personally with the document addressed
to US. Neither Mr.. Laymance nor myself
has seen anything of this contest, and we
would not have known of it had we not
read it in to-day's paper.
sit is a parcel of tations,
and unworthy of gentleman's notice.
Another very peculiar feature about it is
that it is not signed. Who is the author
oft? Even Daggett ought to know that
an anonymous protest is not possessed of
much weight. l presume it is another
move of his. If he thinks that by putting
me in the position of being contested
delegate 1 could not accept the
craftsmanship of the convention he is
taking trouble for nothing. / have said l
do not want, and would not accept, the
craftsmanship. Of course Daggett does not
believe this. He is so used to dissimula-
and doubts everybody but a liar.
~ will repeat now that will not listen
to any overtures seeking to even place my
name in nomination for the craftsmanship
OF the convention. l do not believe any
honest man in California will doubt what
l say. This remark, of course, does not
apply to Daggett. The mint man is
greatly overrating his strength. and if he
controls the convention ! want nothing to
do with it.
81 cannot say Just now whether am in
favor of Gould or not. If Gould is for Dag
gett l am against him. | do not think
Gould is SO much for Daggett as Daggett's
crowd are trying to make it appear.
Gould is coming down tomorrow to see
me. | shall say nothing in regard to him
till l have conferred with him. AT this
time L am quite neutral as regards sup
porting him for chairman. l am willing
ana anxious to hear him speak for himself.
"Daggett is milestone around the neck
of the Democratic party. He is no good
as a Democrat and his record proves that
he is not to be trusted. He is traitor to
his party, anu even now WOulu De lOSL 10
the world at Siskiyou if the influence of
the railroad had not gained for him the
superintendency of the Mint. His very
appointment was aninsult by the admin
istration to California's Democracy. What
decent man would dream of appointing a
man who had been unanimously read out
OF his party at State Convention?
"Daggett may be very surprised man
in Sacramento. He is doing lot of tall
talking, but a little thinking would be
more useful 10 him in the future. There
is a resolution already prepared for the
convention at Sacramento. l will not
make it public at this time, but it's effect
is to read Daggett out OF the party. He
will never know how unpopular he Is till
he hears it read. Unless l am greatly
mistaken the Democracy of this State is
not particularly favorable to railroad
traitors.
NJ. J. Laymance is equally mystifed re-
garding the protest and its author.
81 know nothing about it." be said to-
night, "and think it is a most indecent
method for Daggett's crowd to follow. 1t
is addressed to w. w. Foote and myself,
but neither OF us has seen it. Daggett is
digging his political grave with commend
able rapidity."