The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

interest OF the party and the people that
ne mas made? l have done good-deal OF
be thrown out by Gavin McNab. Our del
egation is pledged TO silver and against
the funding bill, and those will be the
issues In convention of issues rather
than men. The delegation IS pledged,
loo, to support Senator White. Con-
gressman Mcguire and w. W.. Foote
LOT oelegates at large. VIII they De pe
any compromise on the money question.
l am Tor free silver, and l will stand pat
on that proposition. Where are the gol =
men going to get majority? The Junta
goio delegation is not going to vote on its
own contest. No chairman would dare to
were done it would disrupt the conven-
tion. The gold men could not get ma
CISCO"
Horace G. PIatt is not taking the active
ana leading interest in politics he once
dlo, and so when. he flashed out few
bright ideas about the State Convention
principles, The president of the Art AS
soclatlon Is one of the delegates from the
buckley regular Democracy to the State
convention, and he will be there. He says
that 1t is all matter of practical politics
among politicians.
OAAs dm not IN LOuCQ Will WudL 10
going on In practical politics and have no
definite impressions as TO what the con-
ventlon Will d } with the money question,
he said yesterday "I have not been to a
poltlcal meeting in four years.
II don't think that the financial ques-
tion has any particular place at the State
Conventlon. 1t ought to be referred to
tion wants to do something merely be-
cause IL Is popular, as the Republican Con-
vention did, it may declare for free silver
ana Tor woman suffrage, but l think that
Colonel Otis was right when he said in an
Eastern interview that California is not
silver State They may possibly vote for
free silver, as the Republicans did for
woman suffrage, because it would please
people ana be the easiest way out, but
don't think that many of the same men
Will vote for woman suffrage when they go
to the polls.
"The people have got the idea that they
want silver because they have read IN the
newspapers that gold is favored by tue
bankers and bondholders; that it would
be easier to pay their debts in silver, and
SO on, but not many of them understand
the thing. 1 confess that / do not.
and have studied the question
dlllgently. / am not certain what
would be the effect of the silver
experiment. 1 think that ninety-nine
do not see how by getting behind silver
and boosting it YOU can give it an arti-
hclal life not resident in the thing itself.
Trade controls law rather than the con-
verse. do not say that sixteen ounces
OF silver should not be worth one of gold,
but l am not prepared to say that it
must be.
"But the merits of the controversy are
not going to cut much ice at the conven-
ton. The issue will be q cloak for reach
ing for political power. That is the main
thing. The honest issue is practical poll
tics. Men will arrange themselves largely
according to the bearing of the issue on
their political advantages. You know, a
man in Office is different from a man out
of Office. The perspective changes, so l
can make no prophecies about the conven-
ton. The outcome will depend on the
com binations that will be worked"
Surveyor General w. S. Green believes
that the convention will indorse Cleve-
lands financial policy and he is out for
the original compromise platform plank
presented in The CALL yesterday.
"Cleveland's financial policy will be in
dorsed," he said yesterday. "That policy
has kept in circulation % per cent of sill
yer, 81 per cent OF gold and the rest paper,
and don't see why anybody can't indorse
that. That is great statesmanship. think
that both sides will be willing to COM
Several silver men have said to me that
they would be willing to do so. Either
side would be foolish not to compromise.
Parties are made up OF compromises.
am a radical gold man, but ! am willing
to compromise. / don't know how the
interior is lining up on the issue. My
county of Colusa has eight delegates, and
| understand that they are evenly divided.
81 don't think that any party man
ought to withhold an Endorsement for
personal reasons, and | believe that both
Cleveland and Budd will be inGorsed. |
don't know anything about this local
contest. l would rather try to learn the
Chinese language than San Francisco
politics. l have no idea what the country
Will do about it. There is one thing at
least that the convention will do with
unanimity and g whoop, and that is
adopt an anita. P. A. plank"
Joseph Leggett, the law partner of Con-
gresham Mcguire, believes that it will be
silver convention, and is doubtful about
Mcguire being on hand.
81 have received no intimation from
Mr.. Mcguire as to when he will return"
SAID Mr.. Leggett yesterday. He will stay
until the end TO watch the funding bill,
and has written me that Congress will
probably adjourn between the 10th and
18th of June. That will hardly give HIM
time to get here for the convention.
81 think that the silver element will
control the convention. 1t is the pervad-
ing sentiment of the party in this State.
How lar it will be controlled by other in
fiuences cannot say. The Federal brigade
is making hard fight, but they are in
difficult position, for many have silver
records behind them, aud it will be seen
that the change is due to exterior infiu-
ences. They are trying to please the ad-
ministration rather than voice their real
sentiments.
"The only question is, Are we to be
Michiganized? If we had a steady silver
leader, like Altgeld of Illinois, they would
not be able to capture the organization in
this State, and it will be strange out
come If they do. Tire local contest may
control the convention, of course. The
general impression seems to be that the
Junta delegation will be seated, but it is
impossible to foresee how the local squab-
HE will auapfuota