The morning call., 1890-04-29
OUR BOYS.
First Days Session Of the Grand
ParlOr.
Chico ThTOnsed With Native Sons Of the
Golden West.
appointment Of Committees and Drive 10
the Ranch Of General BldWell.
Resolutions Presented.
Special by the California Associated Press.


West, as all first days Of the annual Grand
Parlor sessions usually are. With but few
exceptions, all the delegates are present,
and the skirmishing among them by the
aspirants for Grand Parlor honors and their
supporters is something funny TO behold.
Every candidate seems sure Of election. and
confidentially assures each delegate that he
has won the fight; but, Notwithstanding all
these assertions, it is well known that no
aspirant feels sure Of success. This is
borne out by the fact that all the candi-
dates are moving heaven and earth to win
over by any means candidates enough to
insure a majority Of ballots in the grand
electoral contest, which is one of the most
important features of the Grand Parlor SEES
sion. The voting this year win be done on
Wednesday, and the time is consequently
short and the exertions made all the harder.
For the Grand Presidency there is but one
candidate, viz. William Il. Miller Of San
Francisco, who is now Grand Viee-Presi-
dent He assumes the higher Office by a
precedent now well established requiring
all contests for the Grand Presidency to be
made on the Grand Vice-Presidency.
CANDIDATES FOR GRAND YICE-PREsIDENT.
There are four candidates for this office,
Thomas Flint Jr of San Juan South. Rob-
ert NJ Fitzgerald of Oakland, j. W. Ahern
Of Bakersfield and Robert Murray of Stock
ton. This night is peculiar one. Ahern
will 60 into the Grand Parlor with a
stronger following than any of the other
candidates, hut win be unable to hold his
men together long enough to force the sup
p0rters of the other candidates to rally
around his standard. Fitzgerald will have
considerable following, but not SO much as
Flint, who is strong in San Francisco and
coast counties. He seems, from present
indications. TO have the best show of win
ming the fight, as the Ahern and Fitzgerald
men will not so to the other, and Will be
willing to adopt a third man. Murray 5
candidacy has not yet developed any
strength, and he is not seriously regarded
as in the fight. opinion being freely ex-
pressed that lie is striking high so as to get
into one of the minor Offices.
POPULAR OFFICER.
Grand Secretary Lunstedt is assured of
reelection. The number of times that this
has been done in his case is so great that
the memory of the Native Sons runneth not
to the contrary. He has ever been an eff
cient and obliging official, and his selection
year after year is but simple mark of Just
recognition for services well and honorably
performed. His friends in The order are
legion aud they congratulate themselves
even as much as they do him upon his con-
tinued retention in Office.
The office Of Grand Lecturer seems to be
conceded to Frank L. Coombs, the talented
orator and lawyer Of Napa, who has dis
tinguished himself during the year as a
Grand Trustee aud member Of the Visiting
Board.
THE CONTEST FOR GRAND MARSHAL.
Next to the Grand Presidency, the
fight over the Marshalship will prove I'M
usually interesting 1t is conceded that
San Francisco will get the celebration, aud,
according to usage, it will have the selec-
ton of Grand Marshal. Three men are
in the field for the position. They are R.
?. Hammond Jr., John E. McDougald and
Charles L. Tilden. Hammond is seeking
the place. and Is exerting himself to secure
Il, with fair show of winning. Some men,
the ground that he is a politician, and
would use the order for his own political
advancement; but his adherents pooh-pooh
this claim as unfounded. They also assert
that If the celebration goes to San Fran
cisco he is the only man with influence
enough to induce the big merchants and
capitalists to contribute literally toward q
proper celebration. The friends of Charles
l.. Tilden urge that he is not subject to the
al lns,. nd,
besides, equally as able to raise funds for a
big demonstration, and to break the hearts
OF the fair ones by riding a fiery charger
That never charges. McDougald, whose
Sobriquet of Honest John is as familiar
to the fraternity as are its principles, de-
mands the Office on the ground of long and
faithful service; but there are tbose-and
they are many-who do not believe him
bic to uphold the fnance-getting part of
the Marshal's duty. How all these charges
and eounter-charges Will end is not known,
but it may cause the honor to fall to an un-
known man.
AsPIRANTs FOR THE TREAsURERsHIP.
Another prospcctively interesting fight
will ae made by Henry S. Martin of San
Francisco and Charles NJ. Belshaw of Anti
och for the Office OF Grand Treasurer, which
position Martin now holds. He has been a
good officer and, having a taste of Office,
wants more, but the chances are that he
=
country should get some Of the grand Off
ces. Every year the same fight occurs be-
tween the country and the city over the
apportionment of the offices. 1t is usually
charged that the city tries to "hog it all, "
and thereupon there is:a small revolution
against city domination, with the result
that it loses all chance on more than one OF
two offices. Thus far the city has devel-
oped candidates for every Office in the gift
Of the Grand Parlor. Some of them viii,
OF necessity, be sorely disappointed, as the
old spirit Of suspicion against the city will
be again, and Is in fact, already manifest.
OTHER OFFICERS AND CANDIDATES.
Two candidates appear upon the horizon
for the Grand Oratorship, one being james
]. BOland, well-knOwn attorney and Off
cial in San Francisco, and the other L. w
ii. Shanahan of Anderson, at present 6
Grand Trustee. How this contest will
eVentuate is as difficult to forecast as q
number of others wherein the interior is
pitted against the metropolis.
But one candidate has yet announced
himself for the place of Inside Sentinel
This is II. G. W. Dinkeispiel, at present
Outside Sentinel, and he seems to have q
walk-oYer. For the place which he leaves
two candidates appear-William J. Schultz
OF uba County and Joseph l.. Kehrlein of
San Francisco, with the chances evenly
divided.
A host Of delegates aspire to Grand Trus.
bcCoAipot uluUuB lAOSe standing the best
show for selection being William II. Thorn.
ley and John I. Creamy Of San Francisco
w. +. Chapman of Alameda, joseph ID
SDroul Of Chico and George A. McCalyy OF
Los Osos.
The entire night will be devoted TO the
elections, unless a deadlock ensues, which
may prolong the session day or two. The
many other questions of interest to thu
fraternity, which come up for action, will
not be considered until tomorrow, By
which time the grand body will be In gooC
working condition. The character of the
men attending the session is far better thar
at any other time in the history of the or
der aud indicates that the men now joining
the order are of the best class.
THE CALL COMMENDED.
The delegates have all been commendin,
the enterprise Of THE CALL In PUBLISHING
pen and pencil sketches of the grand officer
together with the officers reports. All tn,
newsboys In San Francisco and on tn,
trains Sunday and all the news agencies
here have been besieged by eager crowds O.
Natives who desired to purchase copies o
the paper.
THE n,ornipo tba daiasYot oa -, $500. IA.