Show california the great war between gold and silver forces RANK BANK AND FILE FOR SILVER opposition among democrats to the woman suffrage proposition and probability that tire the state stain convention will declare against it tea A A P r A and catholic antagonism la is taboo in san francisco newspaper offices fear of loing sub scribers death of H D bigelow Bl gelow 1 sin qan francisco may S lt at Is no longer likely that the democratic stat 3 convention will bo be a harmonious body the expectation of cavil mcnab and othar local le adelF expressed to vivo me last fail week that whatever disagreement there theio might be in the party on am lite financial question quer llon would lead t to fir I 1 P d ly compromise rather than war Is not brine being realized realised reali sed Led yesterday mcnab nab md pud l that he hoped for a plunk plank in the platform that would be as satisfactory us as practicable to belli sides and that a mixed delegation would be sent to clil cigoi cogoi ills his idra idea Is that considering tile tho state of 0 opinion in california tho 1110 question of national finance had better belter be left to the national convention but 1 I bad hardly left mcnab ate nab when I 1 encountered commodore sant sam Era Dra unhurt abo holds a commission front the ilar har bor noard board and he was wag booming for tree free silver SIc ilc Nab pond daggett and the other gold bold men lie he said tool fool themselves when they think the silver are not going to put up a battle we want the democracy of this state to declare tor for tree free silver in the platform and 1 I for one am going to advocate that on the floor of the colvet convention we are in dead earnest and want no straddle ith the duty of the democrats of california to let the national convention know how they feet feel on bit ver the rich men or of the party and some omo others mho ho are good enough democrats on con general principles are gold buga bugs but the rank and file are for silver we ought not to be behind the republicans in the procession it la Is developing also alao that opposition to a woman oman suf fraim plank la Is making halway howl way arid and the chances chanc eBare am now that tile the plat platform fori n 1 hlll III either ladoris ignofo the issue or pronounce IL it the dadej are beginning to lo think that they ajoy be able to take tile the german vote veto and the saloon vote away from the lie republicans by the suffrage Buff raRe amendment tire the germans Gem ians said mid one democrat Lemo crat of influence arc ar in hostile to anything in the way of sumptuary legislation and they believe that if the lie women could vote they mould be lud led by the preachers a and ud kle ghe us jr n reign of righteousness ot of the blue law variety a linly sabbath arid and no beer the pulpit ideal idal of a world that Is one great f sunday lunday school attract the german mind I 1 know plenty of german republicans who are arc incensed at their party tor for that Puff suffrage rage plank As for tho the saloon keepers kez peri boit ott have bave only to mention wo man owl trago to them lit in order to start them riv riving at southern california and virtuous one it 11 was waa southern california that ran things up lit at the t he republican lea n convention ami southern california Is that IL 11 has haa loss less and tests ue for tho the saloons then dim there are arc luts lots of democrats who while they dont care a rap about whether the saloons are arc regulated or not lave a ty ery strong object objection ion to iw IK ing regulated themselves jhc thc to their mind any abridgment of personal liberty is 13 too high a price to pay for closed saloons and a pious sunday I 1 that about everybody fth 14 1 to jat other people dy d as aa they think beet aud haills like freedom for himself la Is against moman suffrage so I 1 guest cucas wn well haio hat e to disappoint tire lh ladies this time the first du duty IY in poll MIT bics tics is to get eel hotem volo and sit as tho the maing have bid one way ivay we well 11 just as aa a matter ol of business lid ibo lus of other ter way |