The New York herald., 1875-10-19
ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA TOMORROW.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INsTRuc-.
TIoN AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO BE CHOSEN
THE INDEPENDENTS RETIRE FROM THE
FIELD-A SQUARE CONTEST BETWEEN THE
REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMocRATs-THR
CURRENCY AND SCHOOL QUESTIONS.
The election that is to take place to- morrow in Cali
fornia though only State officer is to be chosen,
has features that attach TO it national inter-
this time In California the election of political
officers is separated from that Of judicial and educa
tiona but this year vacancy has to be filed in the
highest court OF tho Commonwealth A State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction to be elected and there
two candidates before the people-democratc and
repubican-the independent nominee having with
drawn since the defeat of that party the 1st OF Sep
tember last There is feeling whatever in
California the school question. Sectaran-
ism in connection with education has neycr
entered into politics there All parties entertain
similar views the subject, and besides, the liberal
sentiments OF the people would be barrier TO the in
PRODUCTION OF any issue that would create among them
angry dissensons religious matters Both the
ddates for State Superintendent admitted to bo
OF probity and capacity, and really the people
have only to be guided tomorrow in making their
choice by their political preferences. 1t will be
square fght to which Of the two great parties hc
independents having retired in the ascendancy and
the democratic and republican State committees have
srenuousy urged upon voters to act from that stand
point The democrats of most anxious to,
hold their and TO show signs Of losing strength
The vote for Governor in September was-lrwin dem
ocrat, g., ,5os Phelps republican, 81 S22; Bdwe dn-
dcpendent) 90 752; showing democratic majority OF
500 over tho combined OF the other two parties.
But il has to be remembered that Bdwe received, fs
s estimated the neighborhood Of TO- 900 democratic
votes which the republicans cannot expect TO be cast
for their candidate the present occasion.
CANDIDATES.
The respective candidates are Rev O. P. Fitzgerald
democrat, and Ezra s. Carr, republican. J. N. Quinn,
who withdrew from the canvass, was the in
dependent candidate. Objections on personal
grounds have been mado to each Of tho two
first named, and these may havo some influence
the result Fitzgerald is q minister Of the Eps-
copal Church South, is resident Of the State over
twenty years and has served term in tho Office Of
Superintendent OF Public Instruction. He IS man Of
broad and liberal views of amiable character and gem
orally esteemed Carr ernigrated TO the State from
Wisconsin four years ago and held for short time the
position OF Professor OF Agriculture in the University OF
| California He has made himself popular with the
| grangers who will doubt give him considerable
support The fact of Fitzgerald being minister and q
Southern will operate against him in some quar-
ters Many of tho democratic papers contcnded that
| the independent party particularly It's founder and
leader Ex-Governor Booth, had too much at stake to
permit that organization TO practically drop Of
istence by making no appearance at the polls to NOR
4 IL indsputabe that IL would not of
any better before the people month
still by failing TO place a substitute for Quinn in the
field b added TO the chances Of success OF the candidate
OF Sargent Gorham and "Bily' Carr who manipulated
the Republican Convention and who stopped at nothing
in their denunciatons of Booth and his principal fol-
lowers 1t is likely that the latter feared that only
| now come out, and that the result would
show that in less than two months the
/ independent party which 10 become
! national and nominate candidate for the Presidency
in 1876 had dwinded down a corporals guard the
| State in which 1t originated. 1t may, however, be
safely concluded that was not with any view OF serv
| ing the republican nominee that Quinn withdrew 0
that no one was put in his place. Booth owes his
election TO tho United states Senate more 10 dern-
ocrstc than TO republican support and during the late
campaign treated with degree OF courtesy by the
| former while Senator Sargent and Secretary Gorham
assailed him in the most truculent Whatever
influence the independents WELD will probably 20
for Fitzgerald, for Booth hardly aid party that he
pronounced short time since rotten the core and
whose leading men, since he left Il, have vilifcd and
ridiculed him in unmeasurcd terms The contest TO-
will be, stated a square fight between the
| democrats and republicans ana whichever wins viii
claim the victory on far grounds, As party
| THE CREsCESTs.
Though no judge Of the highest court TO be chosen
district judges corresponding with New York Supreme
Court judgcs and other mag strates TO be elected
In different parts Of the State In San Francisco hcro
has been lively campaign, and Of the candidates.
an able and upright Jurst who has served
the bench acceptably for six years and
| who has been nominated by the democrats
ana lnuorseo oy the peoples and taxpayers partless
opposed by secret society known 'Grescenlsu y
! the ground Of his being Roman Catholic This fac
ton voted against every candidate protesting that faith
in September and succeeded in placing several OF the
| In mnoritics The order does exist out Of San
francisco. II numbers about 500 members No party
would openly receive their support but close con-
tests they prove Of controlling weight They Of course
will vote for the republican nominee and against tho
candidate referred 10 above
The question OF Initiation contraction OF the cur
rency forms political In California The circu-
lating medium s gold and silver The financial diff
hculty that now occupies the public mind the disap
\ pcarance OF an empoy6 named Pinncy at the Mare
Island Navy Yard alter having by Of fraudulent
certihcates, derauded the government out Of about
$1,000 COO Pinney was brought on from Washington,
and, on recommendation Of leading republicans APP
pointed clerk 10 Paymsster Spauldng OF the navy.
The matter Is now undergoing investigation, but In tho
meantime General Lagrange, superintendent OF tho
Mint ono Of the parties who ndorsed Pinney, has re-
signed, and Il Is understood other federal officials in
San francisco will either follow his example or be
moved