The San Francisco call., 1908-05-18
STATE DEMOCRATS
EAGER FOR BRYAN
But Other Issues Are Likely tC
Start Trouble at Fresno
Convention Today

FRESNO. May 17.-One thing the
delegates to the democratic state con-
vention which meets here tomorrow
afternoon will be unanimously agreed
upon is the Endorsement of William
Jennings Bryan for the presidential
nomination.
In all the scores of delegates who
have congregated here today not one
is to be found who is not enthusias-
tically in favor of Bryan for the presi-
dency. The question Of instructions
for the California delegation to the
national convention is another thing,
however. and on this point there is
likely to be a serious split.
The regular organization forces con-
tain elements which are not in favor
of an instructed delegation and will
fight any move to instruct the dele
gates, unless sentiment is so over
whelmingly in favor of instruction that
the move would endanger other inter
ests On the other hand, the anti
McNab wing win insist that the ques-
tion be definitely settled and that the
delegation sent to Dnever shall go
under a bond to the convention to sup
port Bryan.
EIGATT HOUR LAW A SNAG
Undoubtedly the platform committee
will have several important matters
put up to it for consideration when it
goes into executive session tomorrow
afternoon.
In general, the trend of resolutions
to be presented to the convention for
ratification is well understood, but on
several proposed planks there is a diff
ference of opinion that is likely to
lead TO heated discussion. The con-
test that was enacted in February at
the state convention Of Iroquois clubs
in San Francisco will probably be re-
peated, and some Of the same differ
ences that there arose will have to
thrashed out again.
The anti-McNab people are planning
to submit TO the committee on platform
and resolution a statement embodying
the principles adopted as a standard of
action by the Iroquois clubs and will
ask that it be embodied as a whole in
the party platform to be adopted by
the convention.
In this statement is included the
clause favoring the eight hour law and
the law regulating the use oof injunc-
tion as proposed by the American fed
GRAFTON of labor.
At the convention Of Iroquois clubs
McNab fought this measure and sue
ceeded in unanimously voting it down
in committee, only to suffer defeat on
the floor of the convention when the
matter was again brought up and in
dorsed.
DIRECT PRIMARY FAVORED
The anti-AIcNab element strongly ia
vors this provision as a plank of the
party platform and will make every ef-
fort to have it adopted
Other planks which probably will be
favored by both wings of the party and
'a a'0~+eA without contest relate to the
enactment of direct primary law, in
--o seitctIOn OF United States
senators, the election of president, vice
president and United States senators
by direct vote of the people, the initia-
tive, referendum and recall and the
total exclusion of all Asiatic labor.
proposed resolution that will be
sprung for the first time before the
platform committee and later taken. if
necessary, to the convention floor, is
one which is fathered by Hugo Horn
lein Of the Western national bank of
San Francisco. This resolution will be
introduced in committee by Senator
George W. Cartwright of Fresno, the
exponent of the Cartwright antitrust
law. 1t provides for the Endorsement
of legislation looking to government
guarantee Of all banks on a plan SINH
lar TO that already in effect in Okla
homa. Hornlein's idea is to create a
national reserve by assessment against
all national. state and savings banks
for the purpose of guaranteeing de-
positors against loss in the event Of
bank failure, with the government to
act as receiver and close up the affairs
Of any defunct bank on dollar for
dollar basis.
The idea of such a law governing
banks has received the support of
Bryan and has been the subject of ex-
tended editorial comment in his news
paper.