Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-26
LAUGHABLE GAME-THE FACTS.

There has probably never been more
favorable development in the politics
of California than the attempt to refer
the nomination OF Mayor Pond to the
preference of Buckley. 1t is a part OF
that artificial politics to which we refer
red to yesterday. AS matter of fact,
the advocates of this notion attempt to
ride two horses. The first say that Buck
ley is not in politics for his health, and
they apparently forget that no one shas
said at any stage OF the contest that Mr..
Pond has exhibited anything like sack.
That awful continuance was located else
where.
If Mr.. Buckley has not been in politics
for his health, it looks very much as if
he might have been supposed to have
had a casual acquaintance with at least
one of the candidates who is said to be
altogether without means, and whose
many winning qualities would doubt
less have made him hosts of friends
without such gross incitations to cordial
ity as are involved in 'rascal counters"
That Mr.. Coleman received the support
of Mr.. Buckley at the opening of the con-
vention, no man who cares to respect his
own intelligence can doubt. There is
also little doubt that the Hon. William
ID. English would have come next in the
order of the Boss's preference if the dem
constructions of the country delegates had
been less emphatic.
In considering the action OF the San
Francisco delegation, the fact ought not
to be forgotten that Mr.. Pond started in
the delegation from his own city with a
small but compact and highly respect
able support. He figured in the first
ballot with twenty-five votes. By some
strategy this was reduced to twenty
votes on the second ballot. Probably no
incident within the bounds of magma
ton could have lowered Mr.. Ponds vote
below that figure. On the third ballot
Mr.. Coleman attained his greatest
strength in the vote of the San Fran
cisco delegation and in the convention.
On that BALLOT Coleman had 80, Pond
"a and English 49, As the total vote of
the San Francisco delegation was IA, it
will be seen that, counting every vote at
Buckeyes supposed command, that is,
reckoning all that had not been declared
for Pond, of their own motion, for Cole
man, the Boss could only have increased
that gentleman's vote to 24S, Or lacking
sevenCy-two votes of the number neces-
sary to nominate.
On the other hand, if on the third
ballot Mr.. Buckley had thrown the
ninety votes which he was supposed to
control to Mr.. English, that gentleman
would have been as far away from the
goal as Mr.. Coleman.
In addition, the fact must be borne in
egation was changing front, the country
delegations were altering their votes
with lightning rapidity. These repre-
sentatives of the genuine sentiment of
the state were rising and recording
their changed preferences with electri-
cal rapidity When the result of the
fourth poll showed Pond to be the Dem
ocratic nominee for governor, there was
not one delegate in fifty that knew that
the San Francisco delegates had signi-
fed their eleventh hour preference for
Pond. Asa matter of fact, the count
showed that, with that portion Of the San
Francisco delegation that had voted for
Pond on the third ballot, and without a
single vote from any possible followers
of Buckley in the San Francisco dele
gates, the mayor of San Francisco was
nominated for governor by eighteen
majority.
Wegive this resume OF the facts in order
that the average reader may realize the
gauzy character OF the newspaper COM
ment on matters political, even in what
would ordinarily be regarded as reliable
journals. Mr.. Buckeyes support was
indispensable to the success of either
Mr.. English or Mr.. Coleman. The re-
suit showed that Mr.. Pond was indie
pende mt of it, and absolutely 80. Then,
for the tho usandth time, in this instance
with reference to journalism, we may
see, in the language of Falstaff, chow
this world is given to lying"