The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-21

the man who succeeds, and the boss will
not fail to use the opportunity to his own
advantage. Holding the key to the stu
alton, as it is believed he does, he will
make his own terms and arrange to own
whoever gets the prize.
ENGLISH IS A SURPRISE.
English has, by his display of strength,
surprised some of his best friends, but it
must be remembered that in addition to
being thorough organizer himself he has
the warehouses; of the party with him.
White, Clunie, Spencer and host of strong
men of the party are working in his inter-
ests. and as the matter now stands he has
splendid fighting chance. The men who are
standing by him have trained with him in
many a hard-fought battle, and are just the
class of men who are qualified in desperate
extremities to wrest victory out of the jaws
of defeat.
wHIsTLING UP THEIR COURAGE.
Coleman's friends have lost none of their
enthusiasm, and claim that his fight is now
just where he wants it, and that he is a sure
winner. Just how they claim to make it
good Is very hard to see, and 1T Is not be-
lieved he can make any gain outside of San
Francisco. If he were to secure the entire
delegation be would have, with what votes
he now has in the country, but 274 votes. or
46 short of the nomination. English, in
case of n combination, could probably de-
liver to him 90 votes from Alameda, but of
the rest enough might go to Pond to let him
in. Here is the danger of the situation,
and all parties recognize that it must be
handled with care.
THROWN DOWN BY BUCKLEY.
At late hour it looks as if Pond is liable
to be knocked out. The Coleman men are
jubilant, while the followers of Pond are
badly demoralized and evidently discour-
aged. Rum0rS of combination are flying
thick and fast, but can be traced to no an
thentic source. 1t is known. however, that
Frank Goad was sent by Pond to Buckley
for the purpose of making concessions, but
failed to get any satisfaction.
The Mayor until tonight has steadfastly
refused to confer with Buckley, and his fol-
lowers have given out froEl time to time
that he could be nominated without the
boss aud without the rough element of the
party. This has injured his cause and is
reacting to his detrlment The San Fran
cisco men say positively they will not 90 TO
him, and in case Coleman's nomination is
impossible they will support English.
DETERMINED TO KNIFE HIM.
In other words, the "boys" are down on
the Mayor and are determined to give him
the knife. His headquarters are deserted,
and even his best friends take a despond-
ent view of the situation. 1t is claimed by
the friends of his opponents, and is vir-
tually conceded by his friends, that
he has reached the limit of his
strength ana will lose on the third ballot.
1t is asserted by those in position to
know that the greater portion of his
strength was secured by trading and cannot
be held tomorrow. In fact, the drift is all
away from him tonight, and his banner is
likely TO go down in defeat unless some
extraordinary change occurs in the next
ten hours.
GAINS FOR ENGLISH.
English's friends are equally confident
with those of Coleman, and claim that he
will be nominated on the fourth ballot
Delegation after delegation have gone to
English tonight. saying that if it becomes
apparant that Coleman has the slightest
chance of tine nomination they Will desert
Pond and 60 to the former. They cannot,
they say, permit C0lemau's nomination,
and while believing Pond more available
than English they prefer the latter to Cole
man.
Ii will be seen that the fight is in badly
mixed condition, and no one seems to know
what the outcome will be, but the belief is
strong that Pond is out of it.
THE SECOND PLACE.
The fight for Governor is attracting so
much attention that the other officers
are for the time being lost sight of, but it
looks as if Del Vale would get the nomina-
ton for Lieutenant-Governor by acclama-
tion. His only real opponent is Cunning
ham Of Santa Cruz, who says he will be a
candidate only in case Paulsell is nomi-
mated.
Wallace seems to lead for Chief Justice,
while Robert Y. Hayne. jackson Hatch,
and Judge Coffey lead for associates.
J. Hughes of San Diego is very strong for
the latter office, but it cannot be aScertained
what is his actual strength.
HENDRICKS WILL DE NOMINATED.
w. c. Hendricks will probably be renom-
mated for Secretary of State. and Adam
Herold seems to have walk-over for Treas
urer.
McCue is In the lead for the nomination
for Railroad Commissioner from the Second
District, and it looks as if he would be nom-
inata6