The San Francisco call., 1896-08-25

and corporate monopoly.
This majority report asks the Peoples
party of this State 10 yield the principles of
their party and to support the nomination 10
the ex tent of casting five votes for Sewall and
four for Watson.
The Democratic party of California cannot
afford-and much less can the Peoples party
to leave this matter of Presidential electors as
provided in this majority report unless
wholly Indifferent to results at the ballot-box,
tor YOU can never force even majority OF the
loyal Peoples party voters to stultify them
selves by voting for Arthur Sewall.
They will either stay away from the polls or
vote only for the four Peoples party electors
whom they know will vote for Bryan and
Watson.
So inconsistent with the platform adopted at
Chicago and the nomination of Mr.. Bryan was
the nomination OF Mr.. Sewall that many OF the
delegates to that convention from California
absolutely refused to vote to make his noml-
nation unanimous. And yet it is proposed by
the adoption of this majority report to force
the Peoples party to do what Democrats re-
fused to do on principle!
I fail to understand what has transpired TO
change conditions and make them more favor
able to the candidacy OF Mr.. Sewall than they
were on July 16 at Chicago or on July % at st.
Louis, or than they were on August 4, when
this State Executive Committee deliberately,
after exhaustive consideration, issued the fol-
lowing address to the Peoples party OF Cali
fornia, from which the following extracts are
taken:
Here follows the circular address issued
49,
August 4.
Those VINO gladly signed this address and
have since signed this majority report giving
to Mr.. Sewan a majority OF the Peoples party
votes of California must have experienced
change of heart, to which l am as yet
stranger.
Personally, 1 am not in accord with this
majority report for other reasons than those
given.
First-I am here as the representative of the
loyal Peoples party of Fresno County. From
them | receive my commission and 1nStruc-
tion and to them must account for my acts.
Second-On this committee ! to some extent
represent the members of the party in this
State.
Third-As member of the National Execu-
tive Committee of the Peoples party l know
that am, and cannot evade 1t, the direct rep
resentatiVe of the National head of the party
whose candidates are Bryan ana Watson.
Chairman Butler of the Peoples party ex-
ecutve committee at its session August 18
said: "Sewall does not represent the Popu-
lists, and under no circumstances will they
counsel to vote for him,
Since our convention at st. Louis the Ma
tional Democratic management seems to have
been trying TO defeat union OF the silver
forces, instead OF skillfully laboring to secure
such union.
1t has at times presented, and even now pre-
sents, much evidence of being in the hands
and under the control OF the old instead OF the
new Democracy.
The number of leaders OF political promi-
nence that have been called TO the National
opposed to the political principles Mr.. Bryan
holds, as well as to the Democratic platform, is
ominous.
The following, which 1 clipped from the San
Francisco Examiner of August %, gives some
glimpse OF National Democratic management:
Here follows letter from Editor West
OF the Silver knight dated Washington,
D. c., Aug. %
Will those who claim political consistency
in asking Peoples party votes to be cast for
the Democratic nominee for Vice President.
Mr.. Sews H. instead of the Peoples party NOM
inee, Mr.. Watson, also claim that it would be
proper for Peoples party members of the next
Legislature to cast their votes for nominee
of the Democratic party ior United States Sem
ator instead of the Peoples party nominee?
For reasons heroin set forth, and believing
that to secure the election OF Mr.. Bryan and
reforms demanded by the Peoples party plat
form and the Democratic platform it is neces-
sary TO have a full electoral ticket for Bryan
and Watson, l therefore respectfully offer this
minority report Respectfully sub, submitted,
The committee decided to fuse on
electors and TO give Watson four votes to
Sewall's five, Notwithstanding that Sewall
represents the antipodes of Populism.
There were three votes against the
treason, and these three men will be hon.
ored by the Populists of California as
party and not unfaithful to the gallant
Tom Watson, their stand ard-Dearer. They
are:
John g. Dore,
r. E. Bush,
G. III. Castle.
There we're three absentees, but these
had given their assent by letter to the ma
jority report, so that the men who were
willing to pledge the Populists OF this
State to give more votos for SewalI than
they would to Watson were ten In num-
Der, as follows:
j. f. Camp, A. B. Kinne,
NJ. f. Dittmar, j. c. Gore,
Z. NJ. WardalI, G. ID. Gillespie,
j. M. Moore, Carl. III. Johnson,
r. Houghton, n. A. Mason.
The following were appointed a COM
mittee on conference to cooperate with
similar committees from the Democratic
and Silver parties, to meet to-day and re-
ceive the designations of the persons nom
mated for Congress should any resign: J.
w. Keegan, c. W. Thresher, J. M. Moore,
A. B. Kinne, E. M. Wardall and John S.
Dore.
After this work was done a resolution
was adopted to keep Mr.. Dore's minority
report from the press. But the resolution
was too late, because Mr.. Dore had al
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