Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-30
POLITICS..
The Pot Boils and Bowers Will Make
the Soup.

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the Soup.
The delegates to the Republican con-
gressional convention at Fresno are all
back, looking tagged and despairing.
The heat of Fresno and the heat Of
politics combined made torrid ex-
perience. They all look, as if they
needed some cooling drink a sedative,
or proxy for their nerves. Last night
the county Republican club of this city
gave the Lindley delegates big blow
out and that shows how the wind blows.
Los Angeles is for Lindley, and that is
what is the matter. On the last ballot
at Fresno, Santa Barbara came over to
Los Angeles, and when the convention
meets at Ventura next Thursday, other
counties will wheel into line, and Lindley
will be the victim who will have to suf-
fer defeat at the hands of some better
man better because Democrat.
W. f. X. Parker, of the recorders
office, who was in the convention by vir-
tue OF proxy from Inyo county, is a
Lindley man. He says his favorite will
get the prize.
Captain A. w. Barrett is back from
the north. He says Pond is very strong
everywhere he has been and will be
elected. The Captain says the majority
for the Democratic ticket in San Fran
cisco will be $1,000, that at least Ponds
majority will be about there. That will
settle it.
When the news OF Ponds nomination
reached this city HERALD reporter
went into the Nadeau to console Joe
Schneider, who had been for Coleman,
and two we'll known San Francisco COM
mercial men were there who knew the
reporter. They looked up from the reg
lister and said: "Pond nominated. .
Look here, Mr.. Reporter, you know we
are Republicans of the strictest sort !;
but we say that there 5000 of our party
in San Francisco who will vote for
Pond. He will be elected"
The Republicans are loath to face the
music with their local ticket. The ring
is almighty in this county and intend to
rule or ruin. For them to rule is to ruin
the party. All the world knows how
unpopular the present office-holders are
with the people generally, and that the
ring reputation smells to heaven in the
nostrils OF their own party. Probably
no combine of men in office, to perpet-
uate themselves in office, were ever more
distrusted by their own people, or more
disliked by their own party. So the
campaign is to be short-as short as
possible in fact, very short. The con-
vention will meet before September
%, or only about month before cleo
tion day. Well, it is all right. There
will be no need OF time to rip up the
records. Ii the old gang carries things
with high hand, as they propose to do,
and as they no doubt will do, week is
enough. All that will be needed will be
time to let the people know they are in
it, and then the people will see that they
are let out.
Col. Markbam's friends are said to be
building glass house to keep the No
vember frost off the roses. All right, boys;
if that is the sort of house you are in,
stop throwing stones, or even dirt at
our lily. You can not stain its spotess
purity and you may provoke reprisals
and get your edifice shattered.
Judge Carpenter returned from the
Fresno Republican convention yesterday
afternoon. The Judge was tired and
dusty, and weary of the subject, but he
talked to HERALD reporter few min
utes about the situation. He thought
that the adjournment night be of benefit
to Mr.. Lindley, though as the matter
stands now it was complete deadlock,
and he did not see where any break was
liable to come. The change might
weaken Mr.. Rowell's supporters, but as
a matter of fact it was anybody's fight.
He did not think that any new candi-
date would appear on the scene.