The San Francisco call., 1898-07-30
n fl ESSRS. MILTON, Carlson M and E. M. Wardell reply as
 WI follows to the proclamation of

To the PopulfStS of California: The undersigned, delegates to the State convention of the Peoples party, de- sire to make few statements for the purpose or correcting the bombastic, misleading and strictly personal pro- nunciamento recently issued by T. V. Gator, with the assistance and con- nivance of D. T. Fowler, Green Mai ors, w. R. Batten and Carleton II. Johnson.
 The Gator statement begins with the assertion that the delegates named above were appointed d com mlttee py the State convention of the Peoples party.
 That statement Is incorrect for the reason that the Peoples party con- Ventlon did not appoint any such
 The Gator statement attacks the position Of the San Francisco delega- tion and questions the validity of its acts.
 MT. Gator knows that any irregu- the selection of the San Francisco delegates was of his own making, and he was openly charged with such irregularity during the State conven- ton by MT. Asbury Johnson of San Francisco, who is well Known throughout the State.
 MT: Gator states that the "conven- tion" which selected the San Fran cisco delegation gave unanimous in structtons against fusion"
 MT. Gator knows that the San Fran cisco delegates were selected by the County Central Committee-not by a convention-and that the committee had no authority to bind or to tn- struct the delegates.
 MT. Gator knows that most of the said committeeman did not vote upon minor questions for the reason that they did not wish to show their vot- ing strength till 1t came to the more important matter of selecting dele gates to the State convention.
 MT. Gator knows that he himself was beaten when the delegates were selected, and that he afterward got a place in the delegation by subter- fuge.
 MT. Gator. asserts that the minority soon as Mcguire was nominated.
 MT; Gator knows that nobody that session or at any other session; that upon the completion of that days session motion made by convention adjourn till g o'clock a. m: the next day was regularly put and fly engaged in preparing bolters' Baker came up hurriedly from San Francisco, after Mcguire was nomi- mated. and consulted with Gator.
 MT. Gator knows that the with. drawing was QOne III the udIhH oL the night and that many of those who "bolted" afterward bolted from the bolters when they discovered the deception that was prac1ced upon them.
 members of other parties were seated as delegates in the convention, and that they were allowed to place candl- dates in nomination.
 but members of the Peoples party with proper credentials, were seated in the convention as delegates. They know that two members or the SliVeC Republican party were allowed the privilege of the floor for the purpose or eulogizing the candidates for tho two positions allotted to that party, and that such candidates were 3fterwar'. regularly placed in nomination by dele gates to the convention.
 MT Gator claims to be opposed to fusion, as a matter of principe, and he knows that he has been an advocate or fusion in every Populist State conven- ti n held in this State previous to this year. to believe that the so-callo1 ticket put ur by himself and a few others should have a place upon the ballot as the regular Populist ticket. ,,oo o, NIT. Gator knows that section 1l90 or the Political Code makes that ticket IT. being placed upon the legal ballot.
 The Political Code, section nsO' reaos NO person shall join in nominating, under the provisions of this code. more than one nominee for each office to be filled; and no person who has voted m a convention for or against candi- date for any office shall join in nomin- ating. in any manner, any other nom inee for that office
 MT Gator knows that his attention was called to the above section of the Political Code on the day that he led the so-called bolting convention. and that he then stated that he knew that part of the code thoroughly, because, as he said, he had helped to compile it"
 If he took such steps with his eyes open, he is all the more to blame for his action.
 Just previous to the nomination of candidate for Governor MT. Gator practically agreed to support such nominees as would sign the platform and he seconded a resolution offered to sign the platform; the purpose of said resolution being to unite all the warning factions.
 MT Gator comes before the Popu- lists of California avowing that he always was q false prophet and blind monumental audaCity to ask the peo- pie to believe that he Is now the only true political guide.
 MT. Gator spent much of his time at the convention In open consort with some of the most notorious of the lobbyists of the Southern Pacific, and he was in frequent consultation with the Southern Pacific attorneys of all the parties who hung about the con- vention.
 MT. Gator gives every evidence that