The morning call., 1892-04-29
NEFF AGAINST BARNES.
Fight for the. State Convention
Craftsmanship. -
That Il the Great Issue Now Between the
Factions: Still wrangling over the
Thirty-s:zth.

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Martin Kelly lonngeds. about. the corridor
of tie Palace He:eE for an. hour yesterday
afternoon and during a portion of that
buttonholed Dick. Chute: and:eXplaihed TO
him how it was that he would Hold a con-
trolling influence Inc Tie State convention.
Kelly and Chute. owing 10 a.commnni!y of
tastes, perhaps, have: heen very intimate of
late, and there is .no doubt that. the latter
went to Kefly's reScuein; the, recent 5primar-
les. OF course Chute has: been@Tegarded IN
the past as a mere messenger fertile South
ern Pacific. Ra1lfoad Company. and there
was a time when lie. did theIr biddlng In all
their schemes, but even that pewer has
been taken from him and .he'struggleS along
now endeavoring. to- make, people who are
ignorant believe that lie is:acting for Hunt
ington. The fact is that CHUTE is. no longer
an important, factor lin: politics.. and his
efforts to make 1t appear that: he: is not a
back number are .bec0uling. pathetic.
~. *CHUTE''s: DIAMONDS"
The diamonds iii: the front of his green;
shirt are iust'as. large: as in: days gone by.
and tie Fedora hat which 1he lin variably
wears at .rakisH angle. upon. his curly head.
is just as we'll brushed; but tlre~influence is
gone. In fact CHUTE, politieally,.is but. a
shadow Of his former self, and no one knows
il better than be, but he Will not acknowl-
edge it. 80
Kelly: too, is. making a Show of power,
and is endeayoring to. impress upon those
with whom be comes In contact that he is
the supreme arbiter' Of Republican. politics
in This city,. He is making promises right
and left W hieh lie knews he cannet nil,
but that to him is a matter Of mo moment.
Temporary success is his great object and
the future is beyond his thoughts. Nomi-
nations fer every Office within the gift OF
the people of this city and county have been
promised over and. over again. bit these cut
no figure. In .BiIly's mind. 1.-The can control
the. conYeltions he secs a TWO years lease
of poWef. i.sfhead OF Jim. and within that
time he:belLeYes he esn Amass sufficient to
place ohim where Buckley is at present.
3 o A Dream or. CONQUEST.
; '6iHisg is n dream -:ef conquest in which
lfonora and deeency play nc part and victory
is the: My idea ig.hls mind
g 9Just flow he: is figuring to control the
e'ceDyention through its chairman, and
for that position he. has selected W. II. l..
Barnes. ;Ali:of KeHy's votes will be given
80 that gentleman in the hope OF thus
= SECURING the credentials committee for the
%opurpoSe OF suppresslng any contests that
s aIhay arise, but the great obstacle in his way
:. lss9the candidacy OF j. ii. Netf OF Placer.
!: Every vote that Burns and Wilson can
;: sreacbo Will go TO. Neff, ard with his we'll
kIro WIN strength in the interior ii is hoped
.sbys his friends that he will defeat Barnes
Sfasiy. The wel5-ku0wn TACT that Barnes
:$is backed by Kelly Will cost him many
yotss28 the rural districts.
s@ShCuld the fight between Neff and Barnes
:%bec9me teoo bitter, Rea of Santa Clara hopes
etpssflpiu as compromise candidate, but of
:: tbs here Is Bltle c4anee. The battle will
::ifIis ALI probability be fought out on the
O. Straiglt lines
@::s&8S a. TIE CHIEF STRUGGLE.
Already the lines have been closely drawn.
;and3 tie test of strength between the two
sspppesing factions will be the selection of a.
temporary chairman, who OF course VIII De
'mads permanent. II Barnes is elected,
Kelly and Crimmins will have the Thirty
:: s N@h district to moral certainty, as their
CHAIRMAN will select a credentials commit
:: Zee favorable to their end, and that will kill
of any attempt al a contest.
::zss y eff, Oh the contrary would name CON-
:55slH Flee who would make thorough investi-
ton, and the Burns people say that that
swoGiI certainly result in victory for them.
"a sstiIe ballots, If produced, would show that
~ heyoh aa been defrauded.
50 Far two days Senator Mahoney has been
:: S9EfyiDg to have a meeting of the returning
:; board: called, but thus far he has been pn-
Is uccesSiai. The Kelly men object to going
: ftlto details In the contested district, and w.
s@::A,s y Nicholson, chairman OF the board, has
dilQ ElYsIbTlOuSlF disappeared
..e1fse Y9ss not TO be found about the Police
.:t Court yes terday, where he is employed as
eclflng attorney, and il was minated
"a Ia he had gone to the country for a few
!; days for rest and recreation.
r. -: 80 - KELLY's MAN BRANDT.
:. , Brandt the secretary, has not been idle,
.tiIouEh, aud he has made two separate at
sstemptS9tu secure possession of the returns.
'dtwill6be remembered that at the last meet
: sing OIL the board 1t was decided TO give the
.. care OF the returns into the hands of Asher
and BTaRat-the understanding being that
tsSy2wpud be placed in the Safe Deposit
5 vaults asher saw al once the danger of
such plan. Once deposited in his and
1}randts name jointly, the latter could dis
appear and OF course tie Safe Deposit
. would refuse to yield them up except on a
joint orAera This would prevent them be-
ing produced at Stockton, so he refused TO
move Them from All Kearny street, where
they are closely guarded.
g Yesterday Brandt grew bold. and, taking
Captain Douglass, went to remove them TO
avauit which he had secured. The Burns
men refused to let them go, but Douglass
insisted. and only the most earnest entreat-
:. les5cohld prevent. He then threatened to
remove the guard of officers, but was to Id
that his doing so would only cause riot,
AS the. moment the police were removed a
Struggle for possession Of the ballots would
: eTfsue:: After great deal of talk Douglass
retired.a left the policemen on guard.
:. Asher then went 10 Brandt and offered to
, 90. with linn to Stockton with the returns,
but tbiSswas not agreed to.
= Dnring:the day Dorm sent word TO Ma
honey that he had consulted with Martin
helly,and- had decided not to agree to any
compromise. The offer to divide the dele
CATION. he said had been refused, and no
either terms would be put forward. Kelly
was willing to let the matter go TO the State
): convention.
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