The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-30
Spell-Binders" Who
Will Stump the State.
JOIN HANDS TO ELECT GAGE
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
Mr. Mcguire Is to Be Informed
That He Must Take Care of
Others Besides the
Gallaghers.

An eloquent company assembled last
evening in the law offices of General w.
H. L. Barnes Republican orators who are
known to the masses as spell binders"
convened by appointment to meet Henry
T. Gage, the Republican nominee for
: Governor, and exchange views with the
standard-bearer of the party on the topic
of campaign speeches.
The orators present We're: Joseph c.
Campbell. George A. Knight. Van R. Pat
erson, w. II. L. Barnes and Judge Car
penter. Some significance is attached to
the fact that two of the eloquent speak
ers are candidates for the United States
Senate to succeed Hon. Stephen NJ.
White.
The conference was a happy one
throughout. Before the State convention
met Messrs. knight, Campbell, Barnes
and Paterson were not advocates of Mr..
Cages nomination, but last night they
declared without reservation and with
enthusiasm that the nominee of the
convention should have their earnest, &C
tive and open support until the ballots
were counted. Every one agreed to take
the stump and speak for the Republican
cause and the Republican ticket.
.. Mr. Gage submitted to them his ideas
OF the line of battle, and they made such
suggestions as their judgment dictated
The utmost good feeling prevailed from
the time the conference convened until II
Mr.. Gage will leave San Francisco in
time to reach Los Angeles next Saturday
evening and attend the great home dem
onstration which his neighborS and par
~ friends are preparing in his honor be
fore leaving here he will submit the
names of tWenty-one men to comprise
the executive committee of the Republi-
can State Central Committee. Many OF
the names have been selected, and ii was
said by Mr.. Gage last night that the en-
tire list would be announced before he
left the city for his home.
When Judge Mcguire returns from the
South to-day he will IND awaiting MN
such d budget of protests as will cause
him to awake from his dream and come
TO a realization of the fact that II he
wishes to be elected Governor he will
have to consider other things than the
promotion of the single tax doctrine and
the betterment of the political condition
Of the members of the Clan Gallagher;
The:lmmediate cause of the rude awak-
ening that awaits the much-pledged Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor is the
proposed personnel of the executive COM
mittee of the Democratic State Central
Committee. The GallagherS, the MannS
and the Leggetts have formed q close
corporation and have named Mcguire as
the 'mouthpiece through which Is an
nounced the law as regards the conduct
of the present campaign. In TINS manner
IL has been given TO the world that the
executive committee is TO be composed or
Gallaghers and single takers with Seth
Mann at the helm. The men who have
fgr. years had a voice in the councils of
the party have waited in vain Tor a
summons to the council hall, ana now
they propose TO interrupt Mag uiie III Tue
pleasant occupation of accepting the plat
form and pledges OF any old party that
can scare up enough money to hire a con-
vention hall and impress upon ms intel
lect the fact of their continued existence
To sum up the situation in q few words,
the erstwhile leaders OF the party demand
recognition and q chance 10 have some
saw. In. how the campaign snail be con-
Quoted In the event OF success they want
to have a hand in distributing patronage
and an opportunity to profit by the de-
feat of their political opponents Being
firm in their convictions they nave de-
,cided to inform Mcguire that unless he
consents to suppress the Gallaghers, over
look the MAINS and give the cold shout
der TO the Leggetts and the single tax
doctrine they will refuse 10 shout for
Hutchison, the Populist, Van Dyke, the
renegade Republican and all the rest OF
the motley crew who hail him as their
chief and whose yariegated sentiments ne
applauds. These are some of the pleas
ant things that await the coming OF Ma
guire, the Democratic nominee for Gov
When Mcguire, the Populist nominee
for Governor, returns from his southern
trip he will be brought face to face with
a full-grown protest from the handful OF
Popufists who sold their birthright at
Sacramento, In July, and are now reap
ing a rich harvest OF regret. inc nay
seed politicians have been studying Ma
CURES letter accepting the Popultst party
Platform and at the same time the nomi-
nation accompanying 1t. ana d. they nave ave
ceptance Of the platform was bogus.
They realize, they say, that Mcguire
lodged several of the most important
pianks in the platform They, also want
to know what part, If any. they are to
p pseig They propose to demand ex-
PLANTATION. and if they do not receive e. 9.
q few unpleasant things to Mcguire, the
Populist nominee for Governor.
When Mcguire. the Silver Republican
nominee for Governor, returns from his
visit TO Los Angeles he will be agreeably
surprised to see the manner in which the
Democrats are ,whooopinng things up 10 for
Van Dyke, Dryden and ]. Aubrey Jones.