Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-23
THE TIDE GATHERING FOR MARKHAM
C0URTING DEFEAT.

The indications multiply that Colonel
H. H. Markham will be the Republican
candidate for governor. Morrow or
FELTON, might have made a fight against
the Republican favorite of the south, but
they have failed to do so. Morrow has
been in the attitude of waiting to be
struck by lightning, but this capricious
illuminator seldom materializes under
such circumstances. In the United
States, in our later days, political sue
cess is contingent on work, either with
the ''sack" or the almighty American
tions to this rule, chief amongst whom
have been such men as Horatio Seymour
and Samuel ]. Tilden, and yet
these exceptions were more apparent
than real. In the case of Horatio
Seymour he had laid his founda-
tions broad and deep long before he had
reached the middle age, and Tilden had
for years been a popular leader in i'm
portant lines of service, such as public
speaker and chairman of the Demo-
cratic state committee of his state, be-
fore he attained such giddy eminence.
Men of the caliber of Morrow must 60
after such bauble as the governorship,
or let it go. As to Mr.. FELTON,, the EVIL
dence accumulates that he is not only
not an opponent, but friend of Mark
hams. The only man left, therefore, is
General Chapman, and his best friend
does not claim that he will get down to
San Francisco with over one hundred
and twenty-five votes from the north,
while the most modest estimates will
land Markham there with at least a
hundred more. In estimating the prob
abilities of the vote for governor no
attention should be paid to the vapor-
ings of Waterman and Boruck. The
former is noisy ass, while the latter
has fine histrionic facility that in all
likelihood deceives even himself into
the belief that he is opposed to Mark
ham. He will posturize in this atti-
tude until his railway friends call him
off, and the 'Markiss' will drop into
speculations in his paper concern
ing the "milky-way'' or the "South-
ern Cross" or some other inter-
esting topic, which. will enchain the at
tention of his readers until he has made
his grand change of front. But as long
as chance remains for granting a par
don or expediting warrant as the
actual governor, this journalistic noble-
man will try to show that everything is
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Republican garden.
Meanwhile, the Pond lily is spread
ing over, the pellucid waters at most
gratifying rate. To drop simile, the fact
that Markham has great probability of
being the Republican nominee by no
means proves that he will be a strong
candidate. AS against the present
mayor of San Francisco he will prove to
be as weak as dishwater; and
no doubt he has many vulnerable
points political and personal-the latter
within the limits of fair play-which
will be dwelt upon by the HERALD dur
ing the progress of the campaign. With
out going to the lengths of vituperation
employed by the 'Markiss" in his
''hoss" paper, there are indications that
much matter of inculpation is available
against Markham, which will change
the estimates of multitudes of Republi-
cans as to the advisability of having him
Tor our next governor. In addition,
there will be the soreness of Waterman,
and whatever friends he may have, and
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judiciously but largely aroused in the
northern and central counties.
But for good or i'll, Markham is the
next Republican candidate.