The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-16
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
REPRESENTATIVE SNUBBED
AT SACRAMENTO.
"Better Go Down With the Old Flag
Flying Than Be Second Fiddle
to Any Political
Party"


fully said undesired by the mass of
Democratic voters in this city. While
Mcguire is the choice of many who ex-
pressed their opinion, they seemed to
be unanimous upon one proposition,
that it would appear to the people at
large as If the Democrats, in case
Judge Mcguire should be nominated by
their convention, were following the
lead of the Populists and allowing
themselves to be placed In the position
of being compelled to select the man
chosen for them by a supposed hostile
political party.
A number of gentlemen who COM
posed the committee sent to Sacra-
mento to represent the Democratic
party have returned, and while ex-
hibiting the caution and secrecy which
are supposed to belong to trained dip
lomats, once in a while drop hints of
their real feelings to the effect that they
were incontinently sat upon by the
PopuliSt convention and treated with
scant respect
Almost every leading Democrat who
has spoken has expressed his regret
that the Populists acted as they did.
John w. Mitchell, a true and tried
Democrat, although by reason of per-
sonal feeling upon the part Of lead
ing POpufst his anti-monopoly record
was questioned, unhesitatingly says,
in effect, that he was for Mcguire, but
the action of the Populists will cause
the Simon pure Democrats to believe
that they are coerced into nominating
him, and thus cause bad feeling.
James H. O'Brien, one of the old
timers of San Francisco Democracy,
says. the same thing-and that in the
language of Governor Budd 1t would
be better to go down with the straight
Democratic flag flying than to be the
tail of any other political kite.
Eugene Deuprey, a supporter Of
Judge Mcguire, does not like to have
it appear as though the Democrats had
been coerced by the Populists.
These gentlemen have expressed the
almost universal sentiment of Demo-
Gratis outside of once in while an
office-seeker who believes that his in
terests can be better boosted by boost
ing Mcguire.
These men are not wanting in ex-
ampies They point to the fact that
in 1879 those who had supported the
new constitution formed themselves
into a party with the avowed purpose
to place in power only those who had
advocated the adoption of the new
organic law. They called themselves
the New Constitution" party. A con-
vention was called and delegates were
sent to a convention at Sacramento.
The members were in earnest and al
most ZealotS in the cause for which
they were organized But when the
convention met, although it had been
supposed that some one who had been
prominent in the fight for the adoption
of the new constitution would be nomi-
mated for Governor, when the ballots
were counted it was found that Hugh
J. Glenn of Colusa had beaten by few
votes J. V. Webster of Alameda
Glenn was the largest farmer in the
State Until then he had taken no part
! in State politics.
J. v. Webster is the same Webster
who was the last Populist nominee for
Governor and recently defeated for
chairman of the convention at Sacra-
mento. He had been a member of the
constitutional convention and was
stanch supporter of the adoption of the
constitution submitted to the people.
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convention it seemed as though he
would be nominated by reclamation,
but the Democratic politicians got in
then as they did Wednesday at Sacra-
mento; they said Glenn had supported
the constitutions; that he was thorough
ly in accord with them in all material
matters; he would indorse the platform
and would do anything else required Of
him. Their speciouS arguments availed.
Glenn was nominated by a majority
a bout as small as that received by Ma
gllire. There was a Democratic con-
vention held later and after he had
been nominated by a very small major
itv a resolution was passed that no
other person should be put upon the
ticket who had Endorsed any other plat
form. There was presented the specta-
Gle of a candidate for Governor on two
tickets not daring to support any other
man on either ticket with him. The
result was what might have been fore
seen-what it was two years ago in
the case of Bryan and Sewall and
BRYAN and Watson. Glenn was beaten
more than twenty thousand by Perkins.
The men who forced Maguires nom
nation in the Populist convention have
taken the contract to have him NOM
mated by the Democrats. But what of
the rest of the ticket? Will history re-
peat itself? The Democrats who have
! snoken seem to think 1t will.
! POPULIS1S IN A SNARL
! Shanahan Nav Not Have Been