The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-31
Well Pleased With His
Southern Trip.
SOME POLITICAL HISTORY
DENOUNCED THE LEADERS OF
THE PARTY.
Considered His Self Respect leopard
lied by Association With the
Men He Now Asks for
Support.

Judge Mcguire returned from Los An
geles yesterday. He expresses himself as
well pleased with the result of his south
ern trip and declares that he found the
utmost enthusiasm among the Demo-
cratic workers in Los Angeles County.
During the day Judge Mcguire was oc-
cupfed in consulting his political friends
concerning the personnel of the executive
committee of the State Central Com
mittee. Late in the afternoon he an
.nounced that the list of names was not
yet complete, but that enough selections
had been made to justify the statement
:that the entire list will be complete by
tomorrow and that it will be made public
at: that time. He refused to discuss the
matter of the craftsmanship of the COM
.mittee, but said that the names of Seth
Mann. c. C. Wright and Robert NJ. FitZ-
gerald were being considered. Since his
return much pressure has been brought
TO bear on the Democratic nominee for
Governor to induce him to surrender his
plan of putting Seth Mann az the head of
the committee. it being asserted that such
action would not be to the best interests
of the party. The statement that other
:panes are being considered Is taken as
:: partial assurance that this advice has
had some weight. His advisers are doing
everything within their power to smooth
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past political history.
. = When Judge Mcguire withdrew from
the. Democratic party in 1857 he took oc-
: easion' to pay his compliments to the
party and to all of its members who had
not. at a previous State convention, in
:dorsed his single-tax heresies. Among
other things he said:
As self-respecting man I would feel
justified and bound in honor to withdraw
rfx- ioI, Col ,,oI,
levels; but there is another and potent
reason for my withdrawal, which is that
a new national party is being formed for
the purpose of restoring the natural
. Tlghts OF the great landleSs democracy Of
america
I'm other words. Mcguire withdrew from
the. party because he believed that he
could no longer associate with its leaders
ard retain his self-respect, and for the
: additional reason that he wished to join
band of mildly insane dreamers who
wished to support the Government by
taxing the land-owner-that is to say the
: farmer-and allow the corporations to go
free,
.Tne State convention. the acts of which
so incensed Mcguire as to cause him to
denounce its members as unfit for the
Company of self-respecting men. was
White (chairmanl, Warren d. English,
Barclay Henley Dennis Spencer, r. F.
Del Vale, n. Greene Curtis, NJ E. C. Mum
day, A. II. Rose. Henry Mailer. N. Mar
tin J. E. McElrath, E. McGettigan, A. T.
SPOTS, Frank McCoppin. Thomas J.
S SUM- n Bowde ~ Jackson E Temple
n. Corcoran, J. W: ARMSTRONG, A ].
Bryant, Patrick Reddy, NJ. F. Tarpey,
Adam Herold. ". c. Hendricks, John T.
Carey. A J. Moulder, ]. D. Spencer, w.
w, Foete, Joseph D. Lynch, Frank j. Sui
e.. Ivan and scores of others whose names
have always been associated with all that
IS good in the party.
Mcguire now seeks the support of these
men. though he is aware that they still )
hold to the same views that colored their
political acts in 1887. This is somewhat
has publicly declared within the past few
WEEKS that, he still maintains the views
that prompted the utterances made
by him at the time he shook the dust
Of the Democratic party from his feet
He also cliugs TO the belief that 1t is
his duty to do all that he can to cause
. the owner of a farm to pay all of the
taxes, while the owner of a railroad is
exempted. In the face Of all this he has
;fhis TO say of the Democratic party:
.: ':Wealth is still the standard of re-
speciality, just as it was under the
Republican administration, and the
rights and wishes Of the great Demo-
completely ignored. Rival bidders for the
affections of monopolists, the great ma
tional parties have become like as two
peas, both in action and principles"
= After referring to the requirement of
land by aliens, Mcguire has few more
pertinent remarks to make regarding the
standing of the Democratic party. He
says:
This is a system Of human servitude
Just as complete as chattel slavery and
in many respects more atrocious; yet
. the so-called Democratic party, while
claiming to be the friend of the laborer,
expressly defends this system and bids
for the support of those who profit by
And now Mr. Mcguire is bidding for
the support of the party which he ac-
cuses of bidding for the support of mo-
nopoies and alien landowners It is a
situation somewhat puzzling to the
mind of the average voter.
lie is also bidding for the support of
the Populists, but In this case the worm
has already turned. The Populists are
crying out that they were bunkoed into
q fusion agreement by a few off1ce-seek-
of their party organization. The posi-
ton in which the party is placed by the
fusion agreement is thus set forth by
J. V. Webster, who Is the recognized
leader of the party In this State:
Here you have the whole situation in
a nutshell-equal to a declaration by the
Democrats. saying, If you-pink-of-per-
lection Pops want to come into the Dem
ocratic party, get down on your bellies
and crawl IN, then We'll do what we
please with you afterward.
4. d. Dunn, editor of the Advocate,
recognized Populst organ. adds his tes-
. timony to the swelling tide of indigna-
ton against the acts and motives of the
so-called reformed Democracy. He says:
The redeemers are a non-blushing set
lair criticism Of their political records,
expect to carry the State by storm by
bowling redemption. Long live Buckley
long live McNab. long live the stinkpots
land shySters of modern Democracy De-
mocracy s;dead and sinking! Long live