Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-05
WHICH WAYW|LL THE CAT JUMP?
The Republican Bosses In a
Very Uncertain State.
Ring Magnates in Earnest Consulta-
ton Yesterday.
pronosed Anti Railroad Resolutions
Cause Senator Carpenter to Feel
Rad Tho Rings Ma1ignity.
Turner Hall Wanted.


county convention is to assemble to-
morrow at Illinois hall, and to tell the
truth, the bosses are not exactly sure
about which way the cat will jump.
The ring is in what might be termed
hard shape. Things have gone against
them lately and it will take some skill.
full management and manipulation to
reconstruct the fences that have been
battered. down here and there by the
outraged and maddened Republicans,
who turned out In such force last Friday
and smote the cabal in the Second and
Seventh wards.
In fact the Republican bosses realize
the fact that the political situation in
this county is decidedly complicated.
Things look mighty blue for their
county ticket right now and there is by
no means any certainty as to
what effect the general disin-
tegration will have on the
electoral and congressional tickets. The
opening rally of the campaign, held on
Saturday evening, put decided damper
on the party managers. The notable
chilliness of that great fzzle struck ter
ror to their hearts. The indifference OF
the rank and file, and their failure to
turn out to make the opening meeting a
success, was evidence to many that the
situation is not only critical, but the
chances are that, as election day grows
nearer, it will become more so.
THE RING coNsULTs. y
The result of this was that meeting
was held yesterday morning, at which
the leaders OF the ring were present.
The place of meeting was at the Nadeau,
and the object OF it was to head off the
stampede OF voters from the Republican
ranks which now seems inevitable.
There were present at that meeting the
very Republicans who had formed a
combination come time ago to dictate
every nomination that is to be made by
the convention that assemblies tomor-
row. The members of this cabal had all
OF their candidates picked out for every
Office. In every instance the man Sc
lected had pledged himself to turn over
to the bosses one-half of the patronage
of his office. The cabal was to have this
'pap" to dish out to their hungry
henchmen in the event of victory at the
polls in November.
MEN WHO WILL CONEh w WANlEDs
There was another thing that the
cabal that met yesterday morning at the
Nadeau had to consider. 1t is stated
upon excellent authority that during
the last three years 100000 of the peo
ple's money has been misappropriated
and illegally dispensed among favored
few by the Republican regime in power
on the court house hill. This is gem
eral statement but it is susceptible of
proof and will be conclusively demon
etrated later. Anyway the cabal afore-
said are nightly afraid to have any
man elected or stand q chance of elec-
ton to Office, who will open the books to
the people 80 that the responsibility for
this wanton waste of the money OF the
tax payers can be placed. 1t is mat
ter of life and death to them, and they
must have tool in nearly every one OF
the county offices in order to cover up
the tracks of the many official irregula-
rites existing.
A LENGTHY CONFERENCE.
The members of the ring were in close
consultation for some hours. The BUSH
ness they transacted was purely execu-
tive and up to date what was done has
not leaked out, only in general way. 1t
was decided that the control OF the con-
vention must be secured as to nomina-
tions, no matter what it cost. The ring
renewed its allegiance to the candidates
it had picked out at all hazards. Some
candidates who are now quite certain OF
getting away with a nomination came
up for discussion and it was unanimous
ly' decided all of the influence OF the
II, hn ot thrnw QOQlnEt
Them q hi
This work of destruction commenced
Yesterday afternoon. Messengers were
sent from the Nadeau all over the city.
Delegates were brought in from various
points and instructed what to do. The
marked men were designated by name,
and it was given out that under no cir
cumetances must they be supported in
the convention. This continued through
out the afternoon and evening. 1t will
60 merrily on today.
STRONG ANTI-RAILRoAD RESOLUTIONS.
Yesterday it was announced that
strong anti-railroad resolutions would
be introduced in the convention by
some of the country delegates, and that
an able advocate from the city who
would be on the floor would make a
ringing speech in support of them. This
would be in direct opposition to the Re.
publican state platform. When Senator
r. B. Carpenter, of San Francisco, who
is now in the city, heard OF this, it is
said that he nearly tainted. He recov-
cred, however, in time to give the opin-
ion that this would be the rankest folly.
Senator Carpenters law Office is in the
Chronicle building, in San Francisco.
Every time that Republican conven.
tion is on down here, the senator looms
up about three days in advance to nelp
run things. He is very glad, 30 he said
yesterday, that the good people won at
the primaries, whatever that may
mean. The senator will take conspic-
uous part in handling the convention,
and will strongly oppose any anti-rail-
road resolutions, as he did this very
thlng at the state convention. The sem
ator is lively worker, even though he
is somewhat advanced in years.
A LONG CONVENTION.
The way things look now, the conven-
tion will last several days--three, any
way, and possibly four. There will be
hard fight on almost every office, and
numerous ballots will result. 1t Seems
probable that the secret ballot will be
adopted again, and it takes fully an
hour to take q secret ballot on every
point raised. If the secret ballot lie
adopted, there will be long convention