Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-30
POLITICS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco today, some things stand
out with the clearness OF calcium
light. One of these is that Cleveland
and Stevenson will carry the city. This
fact is conceded by all we'll advised Re-
publicans. The opinion in we'll in
formed quarters is that the Democratic
plurality will be from three to five
thousand. That the Republican lead
ers are mortally afraid of losing the con-
troll of the next legislature is another
patent fact. A great spirit OF bitterness
has entered into the senatorial fight,
and that will 60 far to assure Democratic
success in the legislative elections, put
ting the question of the hold over sen-
ators to one side. The other day the
Republican convention threw fuel on
the flames by declaring that it would
have none Of De Young, expressing its
preference for FELTON, and Perkins. This
two-headed declaration is based upon
an understanding which has gained gen.
eral circulation that, if the legislature
shall prove to be Republican, Senator
Stanford, whose health is quite infirm,
will resign, and that there will thus be
two United States senators to elect, in
stead of one. In any event, Mr.. FELTON,
desires to succeed himself and is making
hot fight. For Stanford's successor
there will be number of aspirants in
the event that this programme shall be
carried out, amongst the rest, the prob
ability is that Hon. VIM. II. Mills will
be forced into the arena. There is
we'll ramified belief, whether we'll or
ill-founded, that Mr.. Coils P. Hunting
ton favors the pretentions of Mr.. De
Young. 1t is not always easy, however,
to divine that inscrutable railway
magnate's intentions. We are driven to
Polonius's device of 'by indirections to
find directions OUT" to gauge his atti-
tude on any question. Those who conf
IDENTIFY counted on the disagreement
between the Messre. Stanford and Hunt
ington as an infallible forerunner of the
defeat of the former, we're little sur
prised at the easy gait in which the ex-
governor won the senatorial prize. 1t
will not always do to accept the public
attitude of Mr.. Huntington as indicat-
ing his real views and purpose, and Mr..
Mills would doubtless not be fought by
any of the railway magpates. What
ever policy the railway company may
have mapped out, it is perfectly certain
that there is any quantity of bad blood
in the Republican party over this sen-
atorial question, and that it will have a
very favorable effect on Democratic pros
poets. In distinctly local politics the
feeling in the Bay City is that the
Reorganized Democracy have nominated
a magnificent ticket from top to bottom.
The uncertain problem in the situation
is the Australian ballot, and, singularly
enough, both the Democratic and Re-
publican leaders affect to look tor results
favorable to their respective tickets.
The ballot which will be presented to
the San Francisco voter on November
Sth will be thing wonderfully and
fearfully made up. Even if Attorney
General Hart's opinion shall prevail,
and there are only three headings, those
of the Democratic, Republican and Pro:
hibition parties. there will be plenty of
trouble ahead for the comparatively il
literate voter, and even for many quite
intelligent people to familiarize them
selves with the new method of voting.
1t is conceded that, through this cause,
several thousand votes will be thrown
out, and an absorbing questi on is
which party will lose or gain by the op
Grafton?
1t is only fair to concede the fact that
the ticket presented by the non partl-
zans has many elements of strength.
Under ordinary conditions, with presi
Dental election cut of the way, with the
present state of sentiment in San Fran
cisco, it might have excellent chances of
winning in triangular fight. But it is
heavily handicapped at the start. If the
decision of the board OF election commits
sioners. and the opinion of Attorney
General Hart, are sustained by the su-
preme court, the -partizans will have
no heading on the regular ticket. This
fact. although it is scarcely fair that it
should be so, practically retires the nom
partizans from any prospects of control
ling the city and county government Of
San Francisco. But the organization is
certain to do one good Office for the Dem
ocracy. The non-partizans have en-
dorsed large number of the Democrat
ic nominees for the legislature in San
Francisco, and that fact will probably
insure an overwhelming preponderance
of Democrats from San Francisco in both
the senate and assembly. The non-par
tizans are also imbued with holy hor-
ror of the senatorial candidacy of Mr.. M.
H. De Young, and they have pledged
the Republicans whom they have nom
mated to vote against that aspiring jour
naiet first, last and all the time.
1t is some years since the people of
San Francisco elected DR.. O'Donnell
coroner of that city. 1t was done more
as a joke than anything else-between
joke and earnest, as the saying runs.
Just now there are not wanting signs
that this peculiar temper sgain possesses
large portion of the voters of the Paci-
fic coast metropolis. 1t is doubtless u
very laughable proposition, but it is
true all the same. 1t must never be
forro<tap that ot opo o1ootiou ho hos