The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

to spare 1or eXnlDltlon purposes, anG as
he rose from his chair to summon the
next person in waiting. which was my
self, the man with the sandy beard placed
both hands upon the Senator's hips and
tugged at his coat while imploring him
to grant him the desired scoop for his
paper. 1 was rather pleased than other
wise to behold the gentleman partaking of
the same kind of soup that | knew would
be dealt out to me when it came my turn.
Hill and Whitney are here to make his
tory. They are history-makers, and what
they will do and say between now and
next Thursday will echo through this Ma
tion for many and many year to come.
Like all their colleagues they are gold men
first and Democrats afterward, if this con-
vention may be called Democratic, but that
proposition:is disputed.
This gathering is not admitted by them
to be what its name implies. On the con-
trary, echoing the sentiment of Congress
man Bynum, as published In this morn
ing's CALL, they declare that this is sill
yer convention dominated by Republicans,
Populists and owners of silver mines. This
declaration is an open road to the future
reputation by the sound-money DEM
ocracy of the action and the candidates OF
this convention. From the temper of the
sound money Democrats here no other
conclusion can be reached than that
Bynum's prediction will be fulfilled.
"This conven ton will put forth silver
platform and silver candidates, and that is
as far as it will get"
There Is a little boom, which has been
stirring for several days and growing lit
tie stronger every day, in favor of United
States Senator Stephen NJ. White of Cali
fornia. His name was mentioned at first
by few delegates who knew and adj
mired him for his sterling integrity, his
unsurpassed ability and his uncompromis-
ing Democracy, as an available candidate
for the Vice. Presidency.
To-day heard his name whispered about
in the New York headquarters as Demo
crat whose name at the head OF the ticket
would attract more followers from among
the conservative as well as the radical wing
of the Democratic party than any one of
the persons already named. The New
York delegate who spoke TO me of Senator
White in approval of his availability as the
Presidential nominee would not allow me
to publish his name as the author of that
statement, but he intimated to me rather
strongly that if Senator White would con-
sent to make the race the New York dele
CATION would cast its solid vote for him, as
be would be more acceptable to the sound
money men than any of the other silver
men yet known.
The headquarters of the California dele
CATION at the Sherman House are being
lavishly and patriotically decorated with
flags and bunting. Some of its mem bers
are expected here this evening and the re-
mainder tomorrow. There seems to be a
charm about everything Californian for
Eastern and Western people, whether it be
the visit of California Knights Templar or
of a political body. When Californians
go abroad they put up everything in style.
Nature with them has been generous, even
to the poorest among them, and they
can't help taking after their mother
When the Californians arrive here Gov
ernor Altgeld's grip on the Dem ocracy
will be likely to be loosened.
Sound money headquarters are spring
ing up in the three political hotels, the
Palmer, the Sherman and the Auditorium,
like mushrooms after a shower. The
headquarters in the Palmer House take
up the largest parlors in that hostelry
Over the doors are the words, Sound
Money Headquarters" the letters being
formed of incandescent lamps, which are
kept blazing day and night, as if defying
the enemy. The Cook County sound
money Democracy opened to-day their
headquarters in the Richelieu on Michi-
gan avenue, facing the lake. They oc-
cupy the whole of the first floor. The
SCUM d money men also have spacious
headquarters in the Auditorium and the
Sherman, and, judging from the large
amount of money that is being expended
for rents, literature, lights and attendants,
the sound money men have not given up
the battle by any means, but are deter
mined to make desperate fight even in
the last ditch.
To-day has not been prolific in new de-
velopments. The weather was oppres-
lively sultry this morning and visitors per-
spired at the rate of a gallon an hour, so
that many of the delegates stole away
from the city.
Tempted by the gentle breezes waited
from the lake of blue, whose surface was
dotted with white sails of small craft,
cleaning against the background of gray
haze, which covered the eastern horizon,
the steamers plying from the foot of Van
Buren streets TO the bathing resorts and
soft-drink cafes of Manhattan and Wind
sor Park beaches were crowded with poll
ticians and pretty girls enjoying the cool
ing breeze caused by the motion of the
steamer and escaping from the heated
streets and firecracker turmoil of Chi
cago Fourth of July. The martyrs who
remained behind were Senator Hill and the
other big guns of politics whom climatic
conditions can never make disloyal to
work which is in hand. There were other
martyrs who looked upon the cool sea and
saw with longing the futtering ribbons
and gay flags on the steamers decks.
These, too, had work in hand and re-
mained behind to do it, but with disloyal
hearts and with many sigh owe their
sad fate. They were the Bohemians, who
love nature and who, while despising the
heated brick walls of great city, must
trudge at the grindstone signing for their
old love, the shady woods, the green
fields, the babbling brooks, the blue seas
and the gentle airs that make the outdoor
world the Mecca for the hand that is weary