Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-22
WHOLE NO 11,078.
A POLITICAL FORECAST.
The Fast Looking Towards California for
Candidate in 1888.

LSan Francisco Post.
Major A. A. Selover, of New York, an
old pioneer Of this State, and at one time a
prominent business man, is on visit here
and stopping at the Palace He is thor
oughy posted on the political situation in
New Work, and IN conversation with Post
repcrtes to-day said:
" The situation in New York is yery De-
euliar, and similar to that which exists i'll
San Francisco at the present time. Henry
George is, of course, the principal figure.
but there is Hewitt, a very able and promi-
nent man, who has the confidence of the
public, and Theodore Roosevelt, the author
of many legislative reforms in the State.
They are both good men, and will have the
support OF their respective parties. How
ever, believe that George will be elected.
| notice the WorlA which is a welI-posted
Journal comedies that he will draw vote
of 60OO0, while George and his friends
claim his strength at $4,000. George does
not need tbatnumber of votes, and with the
present condition of affairs there he can be
elected if he gets $4,000 to $1,000 votes
GEORGE CAN BE ELECTED.
For my part, hope he will be elected.
for 1t will be as good thing as the Repub-
Hcan party wants. This is plainly evident
from the fact that sixty per cent. OF Georges
followers are Democrats. he is a bright fell
low, but lunatic all the same, and his can
aidacy, which is bringing almost the entire
foreign element of the city TO his support,
has resulted in stirring up a strong Amer
lean party feeling all over the country,
which is growing all the time. The Repub-
icans could ask nothing better than to have
George elected for that would result in
erystallizing theparty erepresenisthrough
out the United States, and make him the
candidate of the Labor party for the Presi-
deney in 1888. When that time comes, the
Republican party will have a walkover and
return to power, because the Democracy
cannot spare the foreign vote and win and
the Labor party would not draw
enough from the Republicans to iniure
them. The entire East is watching the New
York fight with great interest, and the only
party that is afraid of the result is the
Democracy. Political conditions are chang
ing in the South very rapidly, and Ala
bama, Louisiana and Georgia, which were
red hot free trade States before the war, are
now clamoring for high tariff protection,
simply because of the tact that they have
become great manufacturing States.
LOOKING TOWARDS SENATOR STANFORD.
The tariff question will cut an important
figure in the next Presidential election, and
is a matter that the Democracy must meet
satisfactorily to the people OF those sections,
for they will go with the party that prom
ises to fully protect their interests Speak
ing of possible Presidential can idates in
1888, believe, and it is the general belief
among Republicans in the East, that Blaine
is as strong as ever, but he is not the only
available man, for recently the people on
our side OF the continent are looking
toward Senator Stanford as a man who
would make a strong and desirable candi-
a "a IS n no fore usd dly-
and his prospects are daily growing
brighter