The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27

some shape after the convention, this is
looked upon as natural disposition of the
case The interior is not expected to look
with great favor on the proposition of
turning the local party over to McNab,
Rainey and Daggett anyway.
But the Federal brigade Will fight for
the Junte as Tor life, and. indeed, all things
being eq.al, the Junta would have
great advantage as the anti Buckley feel
ing is strong throughout the State. Many
this contest, as they have long been work
ing. The State is being flooded with let
ters and wires are being pulled in every
direction. The Buckleyites say little of
their work and prospects, while the Junta
people make loud and constant claims
That every delegate or leader they see or
hear from is against Buckley" But they
will all say that in answer to direct
question. When they come to vote with
all things considered it may be different
thing.
So the anti-gold, anti-Cleveland, anti
Daggett forces are counted on to largely
make the hight for the Buckley delegation
and for themselves.
1t Is likely that the supreme clash will
come with lightnings and with thunders
almost as quickly as the convention comes
to order. Gould will place the Junta dele
CATION on the temporary roll. Gould,
backed by all the forces affiliated with him,
will attempt to let the Junta delegation
vote on temporary organization to elect
friendly temporary chairman who will APP
point friendly committee on credentials
Ii is solemnly promised that Secretary
John Markley will never speak the hrst
name in such a rollcall.
If this programme is attempted to be
enacted through the record of Democratic
Donnybrook fairs is likely to be broken.
Many Buckleyites say that if this scheme
should be persisted in the convention may
split wide open then and there, not so
much for the row their hosts will raise as
through the rebellion of other delegates
who will demand fair play. But how all
this will come out no man may say.
Some of the 100 votes from the rest of
the State needed by The gold bugs are ex-
pected from the First Congressional Dis
trict. Ex-Congressman Geary of Sonoma
is a fierce administration man and a friend
of Daggett's. He is on his way back from
Washington and will take off his coat
when he gets here. Prisoner Director J.
II. Wilkins is strong force in Marin
County, and its few votes are claimed by
the gold men through wilkins, Elliott,
MeAllister, ex-Sheriff Healy, now in the
Mint, and others. Five of the delegates
elected from Hum boldt County are sup
/ posed to be friends OF Daggett.
The sixteen counties that have chosen
delegates either through conventions or
county committees are: San Diego,
Orange, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo,
Kings, Stanislaus, MERGED, Kern, Ell
! Dorado, Suffer, Colusa, Glenn, Siskiyou
and Hum boldt.
There is no certain information as to
! how these delegations stand. A large ma
| jority of the ten from San Diego are
claimed for gold. John G. Fisher, Coilec-
| tor of the Port at San Diego, and Attorney
! Oscar A. Trippert are running the gold
| forces there and are strong factors. Fisher
! is close friend to Senator White.
The outcome ofthe primary election at
| Los Angeles will cut an important figure
| The railroad is big element in the hot
| fight on down there. The delegation will
| probably be mixed. John T. Gaffey. Col
/ lector of the Port, leads the administration
| forces, but the delegation will be largely
| for silver. Maiorities of the MERGED and
| Stanislaus delegations are claimed by the
| gold politicians who are KeeDing cases.
! Daggett will have most of the Siskiyou del
j egation.
! The gold men expect strong reinforce
ments from Santa Clara, where Barney
| Murphy and Senator Whitehurst of Gill
roy are among the workers for that end.
A majority of the county committee and
! a majority of the delegation are claimed.
! In San Joaquin County Gould and Sena-
! tor Langford are prominent laborers in
| the yellow cause.
1t is thus that the workers to save the
country from the disaster" of free-silver
victory forecast a victory at Sacramento.
The Junta delegation and $50 or SO votes
besides would give it to them. OF course,
the election of delegates-at-large depends
on the factional control of the convention.
The Daggett programme now appears to
| he Barney Murphy of San Jose, E. B.
| Pond of San Francisco and Thomas j.
Geary of Sonoma. This will be strong
combination with which to effect trade
with the south.
A gold victory of course means the turn
ing down of Congressman Mcguire and
w. w. Foote, along with Senator White
if he should decide to enter the squabble
The silver wing would be apt to honor
| those.
Alameda County Is the field of a fierce
battle between Irish, Glasscock and Fitz-
gerald and the Englishes, Motif and Lay
nance. The Irish wing is for gold and
Daggett is straining himself in their be-
half Frank Motif is leader of the silver
forces, which have the best of it just now
and the Engiishes, though necessarily ad
mlnlstration men and necessarily in the
Moffit-L aYmance camp against their enc
mics, several gold delegates are apt 10 sliI
into the delegation.
There is yet no talk on either side O.
boiling If things do not turn out right a
Sacramento, but there is time for that
The gold men are thought much NOR,
|
medicine if administered.
1t is recognized that the plain tendency
OF the Democratic party throughout tn,
country toward free silver will have its in
fuence on the State Convention.
There will be hot convention fight OF
the Endorsement of Cleveland's financia
policy. His administration VIII be easily
Endorsed in all other respects.
How Governor Budd and his State ad
ministration forces will figure in the gen
eral mess nobody knows. Budd is TO
silver but he is doing no shouting about i
as yet. He is anxious for an indorsemen
and anxious for the future, but his politi
cal enemies in this convention will b,
many and the bosses of the gold wing vii
be chief among them.
''1f Budd gets an Endorsement he's go
to keep his nose clean," was the way al
active administration man gave warnin,
yesterday that Budd would better keel
out of the money Cleveland fight. Budd
will show his attitude more clearly later
, when the situation gets palmer.
The number of democrats who won
talk politics, local, State and even Ma
tlonal, is remarkable. Some don't know
what to say about things, so badly ar
J they mixed, and others would rather keel
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