The morning call., 1892-03-13
WHICH Side WILL WIN?
Tie Struggle in The Republican
, Com mittee.
It Is Not Believed That Pillsbury Has a
Chance Sacramento in the Lead for
the Convention.

For the last two days frantic effort has
been made to show that Evan s. Pilsbury.
the tall lawyer who led the fight against
Chief Justice Beatty in the last convention,
is on top in local politics. 1t has been ar
gued that certain corporate influences were
being exerted in his favor, and that he
would DE in a position to dictate TO bUth
factions now struggling for supremacy.
The chances now are that this kind Of talk
is mere balderdash, and that PillSbury. like
the label On the bottle, is not In it. 1t was
fer q time supposed that the gentleman in
question represented in his person the pollt-
cal interests of two large corporations. but
It IS becoming more and more evident that
those corporations are not entirely IN ac-
cord with piliSbury. In his capacity as
attorney for Crimmns and Kelly Pillsbury
has had the handling OF all negotiations
with the t%o com anIeS III conjunction Win
Ruef and it is claimed that he has not aeted
fairly with the boys. He has, in fact, in
sisted upon too great share Of the proceeds
and fees have been too buTdensOme to be
borne with patience. For that reason both
sides are opposed to PillSbury and are likely
&c combine against him.
IT WILL NOT GO DOWN.
Beyond this Pilsbury is making vain
attempt to show that he is not friendly TO
Kely when ii is well known that he and
Crimmins' wicked partner have been on the
best of terms TINS in itself is so suspicious
that it is openly asserted that the advance
ment of Pillsbury would simply mean that
Kelly and Crlmmius are still in the saddle,
but pushed for the sake Of policy into the
background.
1t is pretty we'll assured now that Mike
Smith does not, in spite of the pr0testatious
of his friends, hold the balance of power in
the County Committee, and the desertion of
PistOlesi, VIII has openly declared himself
as opposed to Kelly and Crmmins, is likely
TO place Smith In the background. Pistolesi
was the one hope upon which Smith leaned
for a control of the situation, and now that
bis prop has been taken from him it is hard
- see just where his strength comes in.
The chances are, in truth, that he viii find
himself compelled TO take q back seat and
be content to hold minor place in the
party.
SACRAMENTO LEADS.
On Monday the Republican State Central
Committee will meet at the Palace Hotel
ana viii decide upon the time and place for
the holding of the State convention. San
Jose, Sacramento and San Francisco are in
the field and il is probable that Sacramento
will be chosen. The arguments advanced
are that as ii is central and the capital of
the State it should be favored, anu for that
reason such influential members Of the
committee as Thornton, Burns and Stump
are out for the capital San Jose has made
something of a fight, but the chances are
that the Garden City will not be heard Of
when the roll is called.
Another question which will come up is
that of selecting a method for choosing
delegates. and upon this point some differ
ence Of opinion seems to exist. Open pri-
naTies. under the provisions of the Porter
law, are favored by many, but more seem TO
favor the appoint ment of delegates by clubs.
No decision has yet been reached.