Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-26
Republican Delegates at the
State Capital.
Swarms of Candidates for Con-
gressi0nal Honors.
Nobody Seems Anxious to Run for
Presidential Elector.
Bowers Renominated for Congress In tn
Seventh District-General Chip
man to Preside Over the
State Convention.
BY the Associated Press.l

BY the Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, July 25.-The delegates
to the state Republican convention,
which will be held tomorrow, began to
arrive today, but most OF them will not
be in until late tonight or tomorrow
morning, consequently politics are
rather quiet, although number of can
didates are on the ground and are get
ting in some heavy work where they
think it will do the most good. The
warm weather makes hustling, even by
the candidates, hard work, and the dele
gates seem content to sit comfortably in
arm chairs in front of the Golden Eagle
hotel. which seems to be political head
quarters.
The ostensible purpose of the conven-
tion, to nominate presidential electors,
seems to have been overshadowed by
the contests in the several districts for
the nominations for congressman. No
one is particularly anxious to be nomi-
mated for elector, but congressional as
pirants are more numerous than dele
gates.
In the first district there are few men
80 far who have announced themselves
as candidates for the congressional
nomination, They are Matlock of Te-
hama, Carothers of Ukiah, Parkman of
Sonoma, and E. w. Davis of Sonoma.
OF these Matlock is ON the scene and ia
working hard among the few delegates
here,
In the second district there is pretty
fight on between Grove l.. johnson OF
Sacramento and John 7. Davis of Gala
yeras. Both men are here and both
seem confident of victory. Outside OF
Sacramento county Davis has apparently
the strongest following, and even in
this city he has many adherents.
The third district shows up with five
candidates-G. A. Whitney, S. G. Hill
born, Judge Gibson, j. A. Waymire and
Reese Clark. They ale all here looking
after their interests. ALI seem conf
dent as candidates always are, and each
thinks that he would gracefully fill the
congressional seat. Whitney claims to
have twenty votes out of the thirty
seven necessary to nominate, and his
chances are considered good.
In the fourth district Harbor Commits
sioner g. 0. Alexander appears to have
everything his own way, as does Con-
gresham Eugene T. Loud in the fifth.
The seventh district delegates met at
Merced today, and nominated w. w.
Bowers.
The sixth will meet later at Santa
Cruz. The sentiment among the sixth
district delegates appears to be that
Hervey Lindley, of Los Angeles, will
secure the coveted honor, though Mayor
Hazard of the same city is also men.
toned prominently.
The only candidates for presidential
electors mentioned 80 far are Thomas
Bard of Ventura, and Joseph G. Camp
bell of San Francisco, for electors-at-
large, ard S. NJ. Shortridge for elector
from the Fourth district.
General N. P. Chapman of Red Bluff,
will be chairman of the convention, and
Judge Carpentero of Los Angeles is slated
for chairman of the committee on plat
form. The convention will be called to
order tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock
in the capitol building, and after tenn
porary organization will probably ad-
journ until Wednesday morning. Unless
something unforeseen happens the con-
vention will have completed its labors
nv Wednesday, aftarnoon