Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-04

AT sacramento Last winter.
The announcement that M. H. De
Young was pronounced candidate for
the United States senate in case of the
election OF Republican legislature
next year was made last Saturday in
periodical whose relations with Mr.. De
Young have been such as to give voice
to the belief that the article was in
spired, says Tuesdays San Francisco
Examiner.
Such is the view taken by the leaders
of the party in San Francisco, who point
for corroboration to the fact that active
campaigning in Mr.. De Young's inter-
est is now going on in San Diego, Los
Angeles, Alameda and San Francisco.
Mr.. Stone, the president of the Brit
ish syndicate known as the United
Breweries, and who has often been
spoken of as "Pooh Bah" Stone, is re-
ported to have felt the pulse of several
interior counties on behalf of Mr.. De
Young.
In San Francisco the contest between
the CrimminsKe faction and the
Burns Wilson faction has been openly
merged into a fight for the United
States senator, the former faction taking
the side of De Young, and the latter OPP
posing him in his desire to sit in the
United States senate.
TALK ABOUT A COMPACT.
1t is alleged with much heat by the
friends OF De Young that during the
last legislative session when he had over
twenty votes for the senate he turned
them over to Charles N. FELTON, on the
express stipulation that the latter
should not be candidate against him
at the expiration of the two years. un-
expired term he was elected to fill. 1t
is also charged that Senator FELTON, is
already breaking the compact.
Senator Felton's friends, and those
who managed his fight. deny that any
promise of the kind was made. They
say that such compact presupposes the
possession by Mr.. De Young of num-
Der of votes that he conld handle at will
and affirm that all Mr.. De Young's San
Francisco votes were under the absolute
control of Crimmins aud Kelly, who
simply lent them to Mr.. De Young while
the sack that M. M. Estee expected from
the railroad was on the way.
When it becomes known that the rail-
road decided that Senator Estee was too
expensive a luxury, Crimmins and
Kelly sent the vote to FELTON,, not be-
cause they loved him, but because they
hated Dan Burns, who was making Es-
tees fight.
Before Mr.. De Young withdrew, Sena-
tor FELTON,, who was then much incensed
against the railroad, asked his friends
to 90 to Mr. De Young if he withdrew,
but eleven out OF the fourteen said they
would go to Estee in case FELTON, could
not win.
Z DE YoUNG's WITHDRAWAL.
John D. Spreckels, who for years has
been at enmity with Mr.. De Young,
preferred him to Estee, and used his in
fuence in his behalf, but no headway
could be made, and SO Mr.. De Young
withdrew.
This is the claim of Felton's friends,
and they refer to Louis Sloss, Captain
Cole, John D. Spreckels and all the 9TH
ers who were engaged in the fight for
corroboration.
The alliance of the Crimmins-K Kelly
interest with adherents of Mr.. De Young
has brought about coalition of all the
other sections, and the result will soon
be found in redistribution of the fed
eral patronage, or at least such of it as
was awarded to Martin Kelly and his
partner after the last campaign.
Singular combinations are made in
politics. Mr.. De Young was the impla
cable foe of the late A. A. Sargent and
fought him till he died. Coils P
Huntington was Sargent's friend, and
quarreled with Stanford when the latter
took the seat in the United States sen
ate away from Sargent.
At that time Mr.. De Young was quoted
as saying that he did not like Senator
Stanford, but would accept him to de
feat Sargent. Now the positions are
reversed, and Coils p Huntington has
come out openly in favor of Mr.. D.
Young as against Senator FELTON, or any
other friend OF Senator Stanford. Thit
is powerful backing, and may enabI,
Mr.. De Young to defeat Senator FELTON,
or in case the latter is not candidate
it will leave Mr.. De Young absolutely
master OF the field and give him th,
Office of United States senator without
struggle in the event of Republican
success.