The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-20
WHITES ENDORSEMENT.
What PRO- ses to B. the Hottest Fight B
fore the Convention

What Pr N ses to B. the Hottest Fight Be-
fore the Cosvention.
SAN JOSE, Aug. 19-Stephen N. White
still clings to his determination to force his
question Of Endorsement for the United
States Senate on the convention in the
morning, and it will probably be the most
exciting scene during the proceedings. The
question will come up in the fight over the
report of the Committee on Order of Bust
ness, and a good old Democratic row is
bound to follow. jim Budd will lead the
opposition, and is being backed up by
CIuuie Taylor and Foster. The programme
has been all arranged and will be brought
out in the following manner:
THE PROGRAMME.
Chairman Waters, as is a notorious fact,
is favorable TO Whites Endorsement and in
selec ting the Committee on Order of Bust
ness saw to it that the majority of them
were favorable to Whites plans. This
much being arranged, the next step was to
arrange the programme, and it was done
with but little difficulty. 1t was agreed in
the order of business the Endorsement Of a
United States Senator should be inserted
after the nominations for Supreme Judges.
When the reading of the report is COM
pleted, Chairman Waters will recognize
Budd of San Joaquin. who will move to
stiike out the Endorsement. This will pre-
cipitate the fight and that it will be a hot
one no one doubts.
WHITES CHANCES GOOD.
Opinion is very much in doubt as to The
outcome OF it, but it looks as ii White would
| win by narrow margin. He has large
and enthusiastic following, and is making
a desperate. fight, but the opposition is
| strong and vlgilant and Will make a deSper-
ate effort to head him off. At all events a
| lively rumpus is an assured fact.
THE GUBERNAToRIAL CONTEST.
The fight for Governor is rapidly crystal
| lizing, ard the drift is all to Pond. The
| followers of Coleman and English are evil
| IDENTIFY discouraged tonight, and it looks as
| if Pond would win without much of a
| struggle. He has made great strides to-day
| and delegates from all over the State are
| falling into line for him. Talk of q combi-
nation between Coleman and English is
! still heard on every side, bat it is pretty
safe to say that it will never be consum-
mated. No doubt such deal has been con-
| sidercd and the delegates sized up to see
| what could be done toward such combina-
tion, but the prevailing sentiment is that
| neither of them, in case of a bargain, could
| deliver the goods.
CAN'T HANDLE THEIR SUPPORTERS.
The fact of the matter is neither of them
has strength of such a nature to handle
his supporters, and in case of a break
Pond i'll all likelihood would get enough
votes to nominate him. This is danger
that is recognized by both English and
Coleman, but neither can see any way out
of it. Their supporters are for them first,
but if their case becomes helpless and a
break must come they cannot be dictated
to; in other words, they are going to get in
on the winning side. and as things now
look they are bound to 90 to Pond.
BUCKLEY's OLD GAME.
A strong indication of Ponds ultimate
success is the fact that Buckley, who en-
deayored to be a sphinx in politics, is play
ing his old game. He will, it is claimed,
give to Pond on the first ballot only twenty
or twenty-five votes and divide the rest be-
tween Coleman and English. This is a very
pretty play, and calculated, of course, to
deceive the festive granger 10 whom Buck
ley is political ogre. Buckley knows this
only too well, and by pretending to favor
English or Coleman, will help to centralize
the interior counties on Pond. Wien this
is done he will come in and nominate the
Mayor, claiming the credit for so doing
THE BOSS WANTS POND.
This is an old game, but he has always
worked it well, and for some reason the
country delegates fall time after time into
the same trap. No one doubts for a min
ute, among those in a position to know,
that buckley wants Pond. They have
worked together so long that they are
| necessary 10 eacn olner, ana BUCKLEY real
ICES that while Pond may be depended on
TO do his bidding, he is shrewd enough to
throw dust in the peoples eyes, and make
them believe at all times that he is free
from "bossism." Still Buckley knows that
| his open advocacy would kill Pond in the
interior, hence his method of dividing his
strength ON the first ballot.
WORKING TOGETHER.
Pond Is carrying his end Of the pro-
| gramme in good shape, and his followers
are whispering around that they wish and
| hope TO nominate him without tile rougher
| element of the party. They desire, in fact,
| that he be the representative of the kid !.
| glove element,so as to attract to his standard
| the respectable element of the party. This