The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-01
IN SEARCH OF
A CANDIDATE
Democrats and PopuIistS
in a Bad Predicament.
DITTMAR REFUSES TO RUN
NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN THE
FIRST DISTRICT QUITS.
Position Belongs to the Peoples
Party, but They Will Probably
Surrender It to the
Maguires.
DITTMAR REFUSES TO RUN
NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN THE
FIRST DISTRICT QUITS.

NJ E. Dittmar of Redding has decided
that 1t is inexpedient to make the fight
for Congress In the First District, and
now the allied Popocrat-Demulist forces
are casting about for another champion
to enter the lists against John A. Bar
ham, Republican.
Under the terms Of the fusion agree
ment, the First Congressional District
fell to the Popuists and those delegates
met during the Populist State convention
at Sacramento, and organized by the
election of John w. Keegan of Santa
Rosa, as chairman, but adjourned to meet
at the call of the chair, without making
any nomination.
When the Democratic convention met
however. the delegates from the First
Congressional District, on the recon-
mendation of the Populists,. nominated
NJ +. Dittmar, the editor of Populist
paper at Redding, with the understand
Ing that he would be Endorsed by the
the Populist convention of the First Dis
trct, yesterday, at 9151 Market street, at
which the following letter from Dittmar,
declining the nomination, was presented:
REDDING, CAL. August 2S 1885,
To the Peoples Party State Executive Com
mittee-Gentlemen The action Of the People,
Party convention OF Shasta County In declin.
the county, places me in a position where, in
order to occupy course Of consistency, must
Congress in the First Congressional District. 1
am impelled to do this because cannot oppose
SUPPORT nor can 1 oppose the action of the
Peoples Party In Shasta County and expect the
support OF that organization.
While withdrawing my name for the con-
sideration of voters in the First District, 1
wish to assure your body that shall not with
draw my support from the full union ticket
as 1t has been nominated by the several parties
who allied against the encroachments OF
plutocracy and the monopolistic tendencies of
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Mcguire for Governor OF the State by both
the cause of the allied forces before the people
very Sf yh fes sssad ne M E. DfTTMAR
There was also a letter to the Demo-
cratic committee from Dittmar, declining
their nomination, but offering to make
twenty speeches during the campaign in
ticket On receiving Dittmar's letter of
withdrawal the Populists adjourned again
to meet September 10, when it is ex
pected they will nominate a straight,out
Democrat thereby surrendering their
right to name one of their own people.
Their reason for this is that they fancy
strong Democrat who can draw the full
vote Of the allied parties can defeat Bar
ham. and they are willing to sink their
identity still deeper In the Democratic
Difftmar,s letter of withdrawal discloses
the fact that all is not peace and har-
mony in the acknowledgements camp.
The Populists of Shasta are opposed. to
the fusion proposition and will stand by
their own idol. Shanahan, and the mid
dle-of- the-road ticket. to a man. They
have refused to fuse with the Democrats
on the county ticket and Dittmar, by re-
naming in the race for Congress. would
have been obliged to renounce all claim
10 Populistic proclivities and rely entire
iy on the Democrats for support, or else
fight the Democratic county ticket and
AT the same time ask the Democrats to
en- ~ hahind him He chose the onlv
alternative and stepped out Of the fight
apttrely