The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
COLD MEN
WILL EuIER
THE Field
National Democrats Will
Fight for Office in the
Coming Campaign.
PRELIMINARIES ALL ARRANGED.
The Indianapolis Platform Will
Be the Battle-Cry of
the Fold.
FULL STATE TICKET CONTEMPLATED.
Ex-Mayor E. B. Pond Is Slated for
the Honor of Filling the Gu
bernatorial Chair.
FULL STATE TICKET CONTEMPLATED.

new idol has risen on the horizon of
politics. The golden fraction of the
Democratic party, or as its adherents are
pleased to call themselves, the National
Democratic party, is preparing to enter
the held for honors in the campaign of
1898. 1t proposes to put in the field
full State and Legislative ticket and fight
for the spoils of Office. The party is to be
organized at once on permanent basis
and offer battle TO Organism and Populism
without quarter.
AT the head of the movement are some
of the old stalwart followers of that fallen
god, Grover Cleveland. Nothing daunted
by Republican success at the last election
they are confident that the vast m ajority
OF the rank and file of the people of the
country will rally around the standard of
free trade and gold monometallism. The
Indiana polls platform is to be the battle
cry and lest the weak-hearted should fail
al the last moment the doctrine of free
trade is to be sidetracked for that am
biguous phrase, tariff for revenue only"
At the head of the movement is John P
Irish and ex-senator Elliot McAllister,
supported by ex- Mayor E. B. Pond and
the members OF the State organization at
the last election. This body includes one
prominent mem Der OF the party from each
Congressional district, headed by Attor-
ney William Thomas OF this City. The
other members OF the committee are T. B.
Berry OF mboldt, J. K. O'Brien of
Marysvilie, w. P. johnson OF this City,
james E. Runcie Of this City, Charles An
derson of Santa Barbara and Joseph Allen
of San Diego.
Ex-Mayor Pond, according to the slate
as now arranged, is to contest for the
honors OF Governor. Beyond that the
executive committee of the party refuses
to discuss candid ates, except to say that
every Assen bly,, Senatorial and Congress
sional district will have aspirants for pop
ular suffrage Moreover, it is proposed to
put forward man for the place of United
States Senator White. The identity of
this person so far has been kept a secret.
but in close circles it is said to be Police
Com missioner Tobin. 1
Confident of success or not the oracles
OF the Gold Dem ocracy say that they arc
fighting for principle as old as the Re-
public and that their appearance in the 4
battle-i field of 1893 will be death knell to
the cause OF W. j. Bryan and the silver
wing OF the Democracy as well as all
phases and classes of Populism. The
most sanguine promoters of the move
ment admit that their chances of success
al the polls are small during the coming
campaign but this catastrophe is miti-
gated by the rosy assurance that when the
National election of 1900 rolls around the
Democrats will have forgotten their here
sizes and have come back to the folds of
Jefferson.
AS far as San Francisco is concerned the
leaders of the Gold Democracy say that
they expect TO lowing OF at least $4,000
votes on a clean-cut issue on the tariff
question. This is the opinion of Judge
CARRIER, Judge Stanley, Attorney E. ].
Pringle and Attorney John Heenan.
The latter is one of the most en- thusias-
tic supporters of the indianapolis plat
form, and cast mis- vote for Palmer and
Buckner at the last Presidential election,
These same people aver that at least eight
mem bers OF the general State Democratic
Committee voted for Mckinley at the last
election, because of their doubts of the
virtues OF free silver and it's exponent, as
Represented in the person of W. J. Bryan
of Nebraska. Tney are confident that
these same eight m EN- bers of MIR. Alvord's
committee may be relied upon to support
a one metal platform during the coming
ign, and that in the end the rank
and file of the unterrited may be con-
verified to this idea also.
II goes without saying, that in these
fornia Democracy have not been men
toned. Even such a conservative man as
Mavor Phelan is looked upon with dis.rust
by the Palmer and Buckner faction of the
State Democracy. Governor Budd is a
''cead bird" while, according to John P.
Irish, Congressman James G. Mcguire is
the 'candal appendage of the rag tag of
the party"
And as for Stephen NJ. White, why the
less said the better. This, according to
the Gold Dem ocrats, is to be straight-out
campaign, and what snow does man who
supported the heresies of "Bill'' Stewart
or John P. Jones sand?
The preliminares for the organization
OF the party are not as yet completely ar
ranged. During the past six months
there have been various informal meet
ings of the State executive committee, as
Attorney Thomas styles the body be pre-
sides over, but the idea of conducting an
active and aggressive warfare during the
coming campaign had its origin in this
City and will be directed from this point
during the coming year. At the last
general election the COLD Democracy
polled less than 3 per cent of the total.
and so vii be obliged under the new pri-
mary law to get on the general ticket by
petition. This, after all, is a matter OF
small importance if the votes are forth
coming, and this is the point upon which
the followers of Cleveland place their
hopes
ave base our hopes of success on the
common sense of the people" said Attor-
ney Heenan. I'VE believe that the senti.
ment OF the voters in California is the
same as that of twentyone other States of
the Union. 1t is question of common
sense. 1t Is only question of time when
the rank and file of the Democracy of this
C, untry will drop the silver heresy and
of III
element to deal with. We are opposed 10
the conduct of Congressman Bailey of
Texas, the reputed leader of the House
during the last session on the Democratic
side, because We believe that he sold out
his fight. We believe that the word only
in connects with the clause of the Chi.
cago platform relating to revenue was