The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-19
GATHERING OF
THE CLANS.
San Jose in Possession Of
the Democrats.
RUmOrS Of a Combination Between Cole
man and English.
The Boss Establishes Himself in Luxurious
QuaTteTS-The Fight Against
White Growing Hotter.
Special Dispatches 70 TIE Monslse cALL

SAN JOSE, Aug. 1s.-The Garden City is
dressed in her holiday attire, and her streets
are respendent with flags and bunting.
Along the principal thoroughfares ropes
have heen stretched across at short inter-
walls from building TO building, and from
these haunt gayly in the breeze streaiDers
Of red, white and blue intermingled with
American flags.
Everything is in readiness for the hold
ing of the convention, and the arrange
ments are complete in every detail. No ef-
fort has been spared by the good people of
San Jose for the accommodation of their
guests, and their ancient reputation for
generosity and hospitality promises TO be
fully maintained. The Committee on Rooms
has laid its plans with the utmost precision,
and as q consequence, all who come are
provided with accommodations at reason
able rates and with but minimum of
trouble for the visitor. In fact, everything
is as it should be, and Sacramento has been
fairly outdone in every particular, although
the residents Of the Capital City are deserV-
ing Of praise for the manner in which they
entertained the Republican hosts.
WHICH SHALL IT BE ?
The all-absorbing topic of conversation at
present is the fight for the nomination for
Governor. and little else is heard on the
streets or in the hotels. The adherents of
the various gentlemen who are competing
for the empty honor Of leading the Demo-
Gratis to defeat are all busily at work, and
each is claiming for his particular CHAM
plOn decisive victory. The Coleman men,
however, are by far the most numerous and
inslstent, and II they may De believed the
gentleman from San Mateo will win with
hands down. The more enthusiastic Of his
followers are claiming that his nomination
is q foregOue conclusion. and that he will
be nominated with rush on the first ballot,
as was Markham at Sacramento. In support
of their claims they produce formidable
array of figures and exhibit letters and tele-
grams from all portions of the State show
ing that the Coleman movement is gaining
strength in every direction.
CoLEMAN's STRENGTH.
There is certainly one element of strength
possessed by Coleman which no other can
didate has and which will make him a hard
man to down. In the first place 1t cannot
be denied that he has Il larger positive fol-
lowing than apv of his competitors, and
Rken this is taken in connection with the
fact that they are with him to stay to the
bitter end, it is not hard to see that he is
dangerous rival. The men who are manag-
ing his fight have tho double advantage of
youth and enthusiasm combined with expe-
rience and shrewd political sense, and are
working like Trojans to land their man at
the head of their ticket. They are pretty
much the same class of men, so far as dash
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hams banner to victory, and it remains to
be seen how well the dignifed and conserv-
ative followers of Pond and the half-hearted
supporters of English can withstand their
impetuous onslaught They will go into
the convention with whoop and hurrah,
and by sheer enthusiasm may draw num-
Der Of wavering delegates into their camp.
That they believe such to be the case is cer-
tain, and those who have witnessed large
conventions at work will easily realize how
infectious such a spirit is, especially
when a convention is largely composed of
young men, as is the present one. Taken
feeling of this kind in connection with a
thorough organization, and it is likely to
win in the face of odds.
PONDS FIGHT POORLY MANAGED.
So far as Pond is concerned, his fight has
been miserably managed from first to last,
and II he sue ceedS IL Will certainly he
through no fault of those who have had
charge OF his interests. For an old and
successful politician he has shown but little
political acumen, and his repeated blunders
have been matter OF regret to his friends
and surprise 10 his opponents. he seems
TO have been impressed with the idea that
it would be shrewd move to impress upon
the people Of the State that lie was a be-
lever in that good old-fashioned idea that
the office should seek the man, and SO far
from succeeding he has deceived no one.
and has simply sat idly by While his active
rivals scrambled in and gObbled up the
delegations. Even Ponds warmest friends
recognize the mistake, but realize that it is
now too late to rectify it. They have moth
ing worthy Of the name of an organization,
aud if they get in it will be simply because 1
the rank and file of the party want Pond.
In this day and generation, however, a
fight OF that nature is dangerous TO the men
who make il, and cannot be depended upon
to accomplish the results desired.
ENGLISH NOT IN IT.
English is making a stubborn fight and
has quite an extensive following, but 1t is
dollars to nothing that he will not be in it
after the first preliminary skirmish. His
name is too intimately connected WITH
machine politics for him to be regarded
with any great degree of favor in the inte-
TiOr counties, and in addition to this there
is a very strong suspicion afOat that he is
not altogether sincere, but is merely max
ing play for place should a Democrat
by any chance succeed il securing an elec-
tion. This is probably what his fight is
largely based upUn, and this will work him
more or less harm. II is also rumOrrd that
his followers will go to Coleman, or ma
jority of them at least, when the break
comes, as will also those OF Paulsell.
TARPEY AND ENGLISH
In support of this assertion it is whis-
pered about that Nike Tarpey, the tall tuie
Of the Alameda fats, has shaken hands
with English and that the war between
them is now over. Tarpcy. of course, is
Coleman's strongest supporter, and if 1t be
true that he and English are friends once
more it is easy 10 see that Coleman would
have a strong hold on the Alameda delega-
tion with English out of 1t. So far as San
Joaquin is concerned, Treadwell and Glib
son have been hard at work in that direc-
tion,. and 1t is claimed have succeeded in
securing large portion of the delegation
for Coleman when Paulsell shall have given
up the fight.
CLUNIE's RECEPTION,
The streets were filed with marching
delegations all this afternoon and this even
ing, and when the last train arrived to-
night, the city seemed to be overlowirg
The sidewalks were blocked in front Of the
hotels and headquarters, and everybody
was talking about the various phases Of the
convention.
Congressman Thomas J. Clunie arrived 1
at 4 o'clock and was received by COM
mittee and escorted TO the California
Iheater. where public reception was given
him by the citizens of san Jose as mark
of appreciation Of his efforts in securing a
new public building for this city.
Besides the regular delegates to the con-
yention various political clubs have been
arriving all day and marching from the
railroad stations to their headquarters, ac-
companed by bands of music. Among the
largest organizations were the Manhattan
Club of San Francisco and the Tammany
Club OF Los Angeles, which arrived at s
O'Clock this evening.
COLEMAN STILL LEADING.
As the hour syroNs lale the fight for Gov
eruor grows more badly mixed, and il is