The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-03
DUBIOUS OUTLOOK.
Figuring ON the Chances
of White. 3.
THE NECESSARY TWO VOTES.
The PopuIists Reiterate That He
Need Not Lock to. Them :
for Support.
THE NECESSARY. TWO VOTE.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

at II o'clock, the House by Chief Clerk
Maron and the Senate by President Red
| dick. Nothing was done further than to
administer the oath of Office to the new
members. Then there was an adjournment
and the subject-of the Senatorial.fght again
became the all-absorbtng TOPIC. Even the
contest for Speakership has been subordi-
| mated to the greater. one Of how Steve
| White is TO obtain the two votes that are
necessary to his ele ton.
| A great deal of the enthusiasm that pre-
vailed among Whites friends just. after
| Foote withdrew from the fight died a way
| with the calm reflection that follows a
nights repose, and with the morning s
| dawn they were confronted with the cold
| fact that the two necessary votes were still
unattained, If not unattainable. The talk
among Whites supporters has been quiet
all day long. They are still confident that
| victory will come To- them, but the solid
stand the eight Popufists have taken is far
| from reassulAIg.
| One OF Whites most intimate friends
| said this evening that when the two
| Houses met in joint convention he would
| have sufficient votes 10 elect. Where they
| were to come from or how they were to be
| secured he would not say. The intmation
! that has gone forth from the Los Angelan's
| followers that two or three Of the Populists
| will fall to them whenever they are needed
| has aroused to the utmost the. ire OF the
| eight men and all of the other members Of
| the Peoples party who are here as specta-
| tors. One of them said to- THE CALL cor.
| respondent this evening that there was not
| the faintest possibility of any one OF the
| eight going over to White.
"How can they do such a thipg9" he ar
gued. ''1he people of the entire State of
California are watching them. and if a
| break should be made, II matter what CON-
bination of circumstances should imper it,
| the cry would instantly go up that they had
| beer bought.
"These men who have been elected to sit
in this Legislature are not merchandise to
be knocked down 10 the highest bidder.
They are here representing great party,
| or one that will be great, and a principle
that is already great. They cannot afford
to be untrue and they will not be. / know
it is the popular belief here that nearly
every Legislator that comes to the Capitol
Is purehasable, and the awful disgraees OF
| the past that have darkened the history of
California have given strong color to the
belief. But there are honest men left and
am confident that these eight men will re-
sist every influence that may be brought to
bear upon them"
There is one fact that everyone here is
free 10 concede, and that is that. the Popu-,
| lists hold a strong and impregnable position
| in the fight, and il they hold their ground
| there is only one other way that White can
| succeed, and that is in the event Of the
| Houss seating the Democrat wlro is now
! contesting McGowan's seat, and Leonard,
i who claims that he is elected instead of
| Miller. This would give White sixty votes.
| Then h. would either have to secure
| Carlson independently or Burk Non
Partisan.)
White could win with two more votes if
| Senator Wilson had not come out fat.
footed and declared that he would never
vote for lawyer for United States Senator.
He wants farmer. A scheme Is said to
have been devised. however, whereby VIII
son can be inveiged into the caucus. The
proposition is to agree to nominate Wilson
himself in the caucus, and after this COM
pliment has been paid him they feel sure
that the obstinate old gentleman from
Tehama viii fall in line without another
murmur. Wilson has already been spoken
TO about the honor that is in store for him,
and the proposal seems to please him i'm
mensely.
White has ample time in which to ar
range his line of battle. for It is not likely
that joint ballot will be taken until three
weeks from to-day. The law says that the
first ballot shall be taken on the second
Tuesday after the organization Of both
Houses.
Lynch is still in the fight and keeps his
headquarters at the q: lden Eagle Hotel.
Senator Armes of San Francisco seems to be
his only active supporter. He is also acting as
the San Franciscan's manager. Lynch has
been rather cast down to-day, but he was
cheered up slightly by the announcement
that a call is to be made for a caucus, and
in that call it will be stipulated that the
caucus nominee shall be balIoted for ten
times in the convention. after which every
one is free to break away and vote as he
chooses. This seems to give Lynch the
shadow of hope, as something might hap
pen to turn the tide in his favor.
The withdrawal of Foote instead of bet
tering Whites chances seems to- have COM
plicated matters. for so long as there were
two active candidates in the Geld there was
the possibility of creating break seme-
where. But now everything has settled
down to the cold proposition of gathering
two or three votes from body of men that
are piedged to hold together.
The Populists held a caucus this after
noon and selected Bretz for their candidate
for Speaker of the House.
This has been night Of caucuses. The
Democrats of the Assembly met in the
Supreme Court reom and organized with
Price of Butte as chairman. The fight for
Speaker has been bitter one, and the i'll
feeling thus created may linger some time
after the fight is over.
When the San Francisco delegation eau
cussed last evening the members were in
ciined to favor Gould, but this morning a
change took place. and at the caucus held
this afternoon fourteen cut of fifteen who
voted were for Shanahan. The countr was
In. solid array for Shanahan.
This aroused the country members, and
they determined to show the city people
that they could not run things. The result
was that at the caucus this evening Gould
received tie caucus nomination for Speaker
by vote of twenty-five to seventeen for
Shanahan. This result was accomplished
on the third ballot. The first ballot stood ::
Shanahan IS. Matthews II, Gould 13. The
second one was the same.
The caucus then proceeded to choose
Chief Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms. The
country element evidently did not wish TO
antagonize the city delegation any further,
and so they stood in and gave them L. E.
Healey for Sergeant-at-Arms. George w.
Peckham OF San Jose received the nomina-
tion for Chief Clerk. When this work had
been accomplished the caucus adjourned.
The Republicans also caucussed for places.
Senator Voorhies was elected Chairman.
The following officers were nominated:
President pro tem., r. B. Carpenter; !;
Secretary, Frank j. Brandon, unanimously
alacfed G. = Euarfs Assiefant Cnnrnfaru.