Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-05
PoIitical Paints.

IaHCutOy 10 az OhtS - biaFC ono etole
man. He is one of the too few public
men who has always the courage OF his
opinions. A staunch Republican, he
has, nevertheless, determined that he
cannot support John +. Swift for Gov
ernor, and. he has openly avowed his
intention Of aiding in the election of
Washington Bartlett. Grove johnson
occupied seat in the Assembly, and sat
very near to Swift when that individual
was log-rolling his SIS, 600 bill through,
and it is doubtless the disgust which he
feels at what then took place which iIp
duces Mr.. Johnson to say that he can.
not support John L. Swift for Governor.
Mr. johnson knows more of what oc.
CURED at that time than the public has
yet been informed of.-[News Letter.
J. A. FILcHER-FoR RAILROAD CoMMIs
sIoNER, FIRST DISTRICT.
This gentleman is self-made man, and
has not been spoiled in the making. He
was born to poverty and toll, and right
manfully has he conquered all the OBJ.
stacles of his rugged career. Those
"twin jailors of the daring heart, low
birth and iron fortune" have been sue.
cessfully defied and overcome. De.
prived in youth of educa ional advan.
tages, his later years have witnessed
him nghting the tyrant ignorance, and
mastering so much of scholastic success
as to make him leading spirit among
the newspaper men of the day. He is
now about 40 years OF age, hale aud
hearty. Since the year 1872 - now
fourteen years-he has been either part
or sole proprietor of the Placer Herald,
a paper which has always had COM
manding influence in the country. The
strong and leading position taken by
him in his paper on the questions of
corporate power is doubtless the cause
of bis nomination for the office Of Rail.
road Commissioner. He is and always
has been intensely anti.monopoly. In
1878 he was o member of the Constitu.
tional Convention of this State, and has
served four years in our State Senate.
Although Placer county is strong Re.
publican county, he was each time
elected therein as Democrat. His
course in the Senate was marked by
a rigid adherence to all measures involv.
ing economy and strict honesty in the
conduct of public affiirs. Never a
seeker for office, he accepts his present
candidacy at the urgent request of his
constituents, and makes no other
promise for an election than that he will
perform his duties with all the honesty
ana intelligence of which he is possessed.
Such man always has large circle Of
friends.-[Wasp.
Ia,,as E;lober ,yas how, Il, purl;nn m
ton, Iowa, and is 40 years of age. he
came to this State in 1858. For a nun.
ber of years he was school teacher in
Placer and Yuba counties. In 1884 he
purchased half interest in the Placer
Herald, with Joseph Walkup, formerly
Lieutenant Governor of the STATE. In
1875 he was nominated to the Assembly,
but was beaten by five votes. In 1878
he was elected to the Constitutional
Convention.
Byron Waters the nominee for Justice
of the Supreme Court, is 81 years Of
age. He was born in Georgia, and came
to this State when II years of age. and
settled in San Bernardino. In 1877 he
was elected to the Legislature from that
county. In 1879 he was elected dele
gate al large to the Constitutional Con-
vention. He is lawyer of good stand
ing.
VIM. w. Foote, the nominee for Rail
road Commissioner in the Third district
is a native of Mississippi and 40 years o
age. He is son of the distinguished
Henry s. Foote, Governor of Mississippi
| Governor Foote removed to this State
and young Foote went to school in Oak
land. After the war he attended the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville
He then moved to Omaha, where h,
was one of the editors of the Oman,
Herald. He returned to this State il
1869. During the absence of Henr,
George at the National Convention o
1872 he was acting editor of the EceaiR,
Post. In 1873 he commenced the prac
tice of law in San Francisco. In lSS
he was elected to the office which h
now fills.
Judge jackson Temple, candidate TO
the short term on the Supreme bench, il
a native of Massachusetts, graduate 0
Williams College, and came to Californi
in 1852, settling in Sonoma county
where he still lives. He occupied sea
on the Supreme bench during Governo
Haight's administration, and at the eS
piration Of his term of Office he re
sumed his law practice until appointe
District Judge by Governor Irwin. H
was elected Superior Judge in 1879 by
large majority. Judge Temple is re
garded as one of the ATTEST jurists j
the State.
Judge Jeremiah f. Sullivan, also
nominee for the Supreme bench, wa
born in Lltchfield county, Connecticu,
in 1851, and came to this State when
mere babe. He was educated in tn
public schools of San Francisco, an
graduated from st. Ignatius College. l
1874 he was admitted to the bar, aud j
1877 was elected a school director. Tw
years later he was elected Superic
Judge, and in 1884 was reelected.
The Democratic Convention in Louis
ana which renominated Hon. E. W
Robertson declared in favor of abroga
ing internal revenue taxes and for tari
protection.-[ F. Alta.
Ex-Sherif Adams was anxious to be
$500 on Swift. Mr.. William Dunphy o.
fered to go him $4,000 or $40. 900 bette
on Bartlett, whereupon Adams baoke
down.-[S. f. Alta.
The lady candidates for the Schot
Board in this city are: Mrs. Cordeli
5. Kirkland, GIG Hyde street; Mrs. Il
H. Luce, Is Essex street; Mrs. Mar
Campbell, l7l9 Laguna street; Mis-
Harriet M. Skidmore, 1919 Filbert stree
Miss Sarah ID. Hamlin, 1906 Van Mes
avenue; and Miss May B. Treat, 81
Hyde street.-[S. F. Alta.
Never Snub a Newspaper Chap
A good.natured newspaper chap wa
at rustic picnic and rashly spoke to
young lady without the fornality of a