The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-01
READY FOR WORK.
Big Crowds Swarming Into
Sacramento.
CANDIDATES GETTING IN LINE.
The Small Office Seekers Are Out In
Force and Will Take Any
thing With Salary.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31.-Ths afternoon
and evening trains brough swarms of leg
islators and politicians, and tonight the
lobbes of the leading hotels have an ami
mated appearance.
All day the senatorial question has been
the chief topic for discussion. The arrival
of Lynch, White and Foote with their fol-
lowers has given a practical aspect to af-
fairs.
AS legislators have arrived they have been
snapped up and taken to the headquarters
of the candidates and there bagged.
All sorts of rumors are afoat-the prin-
cipal one being that the Southern Pacific
Company will in few days take hand in
the fight
Tonight an effort is being made by the
Fo0te supp orters to stave off the caucus, it
being admitted that only in that way can
White be prevented from securing the eau
Gus Endorsement. The law requires that
balloting shall commence on the second
Tuesday after organization. Therefore. II
organization can be prevented on Monday
the first ballot in joint convention need not
be taken for three weeks. Monday not
being legal holiday it is the plan to meet
and swear in the members and adjourn.
1t is thought this postponement will aid
Foote by giving him longer time to expose
Whites alleged railroad connections.
An Assemblyman, who has been busy
here for two days examining into the Sec
retary of States returns, says that eighteen
Senators and forty-one Assemblymen will
enter the Democratic caucus. He adds,
also, that Burke, the San Francisco Nom
Partisan, will either enter the caucus or
vote for its nominee.
At all events he counts ffty-nine Demo-
Gratis as certain to act together. He also
says that Kerns of Orange County. Vann of
Colusa County and Massey of Giroy,
Peoples party Assemblymen, will vote ul-
timately for the Democratic nominee. All
three are alleged to be friendly to White.
Thomas Y. Gator, the Peoples party can
didate for United States Senator, claims
that he can hold the eight representatives
OF that party together. This. however, is
viewed with incredulity by the men them
selves. One of them said this morning:
II am willing to stand by my party for
reasonable time, but | am not going to take
a position here which may help Mike de
Young to the Senate. ! don't know whether
Governor Markham would appoint him In
case we fail TO elect, but I'm not going to
take any chances"
Ex-Governor George c. Perkins will be
placed in the fight against De Young, and
another Republican Senator says that if a
majority of the Republican caucus are for
De Young. some Of the Republicans will re-
fuse to participate.
De Youne's candidacy is cloyed with the
responsibility for the late defeat of the
party and the loss of the Legislature, and
many IN embers uf the party do not want to
encourage his sE bi.ion ary farther.
There is movement on foot to set aside
De Young. FELTON, and Perkins and bring
some new Republican into III e fight who
will have a chance in the event of dead
lock to secure the support of the Peoples
party legislators. AS yet. however, this
movement is not defined here. 1t is said to
be in process Of arrangement in San Fran
cisco.
Foote, accompanied by William D. and
Warren B. English. bis Senatorial man.
ayers, arrived on the noon train, together
with several of the Alameda and San Fran
cisco legislators. jeremiah Lynch also
came up on the same train, and all of them
are quartered at the Golden Eagle. around
which crowds of legislators and politicians
are now buZzing. Barry Baldwin, presi-
dent Of the California Traffic Association,
and Frank Stone, De 'Young's senatorial
manager. came up ON one of the morning
trains. The latter has commenced De
Young's canvass among the Republican
legislators.
Tonight the senatorial question has
given place to the fight for Speaker of the
Assembly.
DR.. Mathews, T. w. II. Shanahan and
S. Ii. Gould, the three candidates. are now
in town and are making personal canvass
among the Legislators. As Mathews is the
second choice of the Gould men ha is put
down generally as the coming man, and
Shanahan claims TO have sixteen votes from
the interior, but both the other candidates
laugh at this. Some Of the valley farmers
are opposing the Shasta statesman because
of his mining connections.
The city is filled with aspirants for Sec
retaries. clerks and sergeants- alarms of both
houses, but nothing can yet be said regard
ing any of the contests. They all seem to
be waged solely on the ground that there IS
fat salary attached to the offices sought
and not on any principle involved. All the
candidates for Speaker are avowed sup
porters of White for United States Senator,
and so the senatorial contest does not enter
into that battle. The scramble for the
small places will not grow warm until to-
morrow evening, when every body will be
on the ground.