The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

He fOpQliSI party lldQ CdTIlSN SobeiSNes County by an enormous majority ana headed off Shanahan's political asplra, tions from a Democratic standpoint, ana he thought that it was about time to get in out of the wet so he went to the Popu- list party with an appointment card TOT membership in one hand and an appllca- was accepted into the party and elected to the office Therefore MT. Shanahan is now a Populist in the front rank or the bolters' convention, and charges all who opposed his candidacy for Governor with having used corrupt methods. When ne came before the Populist conyentlon from that body previous to any division or so-called bolt in the party he was m a maudlin condition. Notwiths,t;andlng ,t;a IIlI5 that fact he attemnted to plead his own VII case He touchingly and patheticauy spoke of his numerous virtues ana the many reasons why the Popul1sts snopda otlal nominate him for Governor. Among other achievements he claimed to be the author of the Australian ballot law. ,.,
 This must have been the fn halluciqa9aGn F,TeDn one who is familiar with the fight for the Australian ballot law knows that the grange, farmers organization ana M the trades and labor Organtza t1onS were tne initiators of said law in this state Iley
 worked in conjunction with the ,ont non. James G. Magure who preparSsq ppaS tba ailios' lese amendments. amen sA MT. McGiashan of True kee, Nevada. County, seeing that that p19 ms deep water, thought to help him out by changing the subject, so asked MT: shah. an nomination for Governor from this Fo..
 ulist convention, will you agree not to come down off the ticket in the intereS,! s! of any other candidate for that office?
 Mir Shanahan foundered for time ana then said: That depends upon who
 gets control of the party organlZa-
 tion." Or in other words, his answer was of such a nature as to leave the v3a i'm no pression that if Governor Budd should pc renominated by the Democratic party TOT TOT Governor, he (Shanahan) would come OH of the Populist ticket, leaving It without head but if Mcguire should receive the Democratic nomination, then Snanaaynain an giant
 Now, do not blame MT. Shanahan for trying to help his friend and osnefsaGft0I af
 ahan as Code Commissioner at apoqI four thousand dollars year. But sh9uio most certainly blame myself II l nad m any way assisted him to decap1tate the
 Peoples party to advance any such proposition, and I am surprised that any
 true Populist cannot see thr0ng{n 2 thaI Tell road Populism! If you mean the road tnal leads to a victory for Populist principles
 along lines of the least resistance, that is just where I stand since having been
 converted to that method by MT Cator
 in 1896, and 1 am not only W1li1ng; put anxious, to have every man, who Will ac-
 cept our platform. be he JeffeTSon1an
 Democrat, or Abraham Lincoln Repuo- lican, go right along the middle,of-the- road with me This convention, bear m
 mind was riveted and king-bolted by completion to a great extent of the func- tions which it was delegated to perform. Just before MT. ShanahanS address resolution was before the house, and MT
 Mason of Santa Clara introduced a sub stitute for the same, which was agreed l0 by MT. Gator and unan1mously adopiea by the convention. By this resolution every man in the convention was honest ly bound to abide by the determinat1on or the convention in the selection Of nom inee for Governor; the purport or this res olution was simply this, any man was ell gible to nomination in said PopullSt SoIl- vention who would stand on the platform of the Peoples party adopted at that time, signifying his assent thereto within
 fifteen days after reachlng m f,s tef sfat Sta{e bo think that Populism is some kind or et- | fervescence which they keep corked up in pockets. and if you want any Popullsm you must apply to them and you can have little on one condition only, and that IS, If you nominate them for office, but 1T you don't agree to do that you cannot have any Populism, so they say, because they are going to vote the Republican ticket I say this advisedly, because several or their leaders have said as much; and It might be well for some of the honest but misled Populists to analyze that subject.
 MT. Gator. who has never lost a case, Is going to bring the matter before the Su. preme Court and have that principle of majority rule declared unconstitutional, and thereby give the trump convention the legal Peoples party designation upon the official ballot.
 iority which nominated the Hon. James c. Mcguire for Governor Is the legal Peo- ple's party and entitled to the designation upon the official ballot, the question will be settled. then, there and forever. But suppose the court should decide that the bolters were entitled to the designation upon the official ballot, what would be the result?
 pose the bolters had disagreed among themselves; then the minority would rule; they would hold two conventions of bolt CTS and occupy two halls. Then suppose that each faction of the bolters would have another bolt; 1t would require four halls for the bolters, then eight. then six
 teen, and so on, until all the halls in Sacramento would be occupied by bolt ing bolters. We would naturally suppose that when they got to that point they would stop, but the way of the potter is peculiar and they bolt again, and hold their bolting meetings on the street cor ners, but finally the disagreement in creaSes to such an extent that each potter of the bolters holds bolter convention
 composed of one bolter in each bolters s convention and that bolter himself. He now has time for reflection and begins to think how much better 1t would have been for him If he had stayed with the majority. He feels pleased at his actions and wants to go back, but one part Of
 himself says no, never, no. The other part says yes, now is the time to go back;
 
 cannot agree with himself and so bolts from himself, then resolves himself into
 atoms and each atom being natural born bolter, disappears into space. leaving no evidence upon which the court could base a decision.
 This is of course, a ridiculous supposi- tion when carried to the extreme, but,
 nevertheless, right in line with what would happen in the future if the court should make such a decision. It would establish a precedent dangerous to so- ciety, in the end 1t would bring about a disregard for all law established by ma ioritv rule and install a system Of anarchy by the minority. No party could hold a convention but there would be dissatis- fled minority which would set itself Up as the only true representative of such party and the result would be chaos and ruin to all political organizations In such a state of things where is Popul:sm, which h is simply an English translation Of Dem | ocracy?
 If the State should provide by law 1 against the union, fusion. or coalescence | of parties who come to agree on certatn | vital measures necessary to the welfare | of the people. 1t would legislate not for | it's own good but would enact statutes for | its injury and ruin. In every law made | by the State it contemplates its welfare and avoids all acts that contravene the | intersts of the people, therefore, Mir. Ca