New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
THE SUCCESSION TO BOSS" BUCKLEY
PROJECTED SHIPBUILDING WORKS
NEW PAPER.
iBY TELEGRAPH to THE TRIBUNE

San Francisco March 25.-There is big fight
on in local Democratic circles that will affect
the whole State. When Blind Boss Buckley
escaped by night TO avoid Indictment for felony
in election frauds the party in San Francisco
and throughout the State left without a
head Whatever may be said of Buckeyes morals,
he was an executive officer OF the highest efcl-
cncy. and he had trained his small body Of heel
ersp until they could carry any fight into which
they entered. EX-Judgo Sullivan took up the
mantle cast away by Buckley, and tn" noni-
nal head of the party in the last campaign lie
had the good fortune to win in this city. and TO
secure many fat Offices but he filed many
places with friends and relatives that the party
leaders became disguised and threw HIM over.
lie will make final attempt TO regain his place
as boss" but the prospect IS that he Will iall
Sullivan is the judge VINO rendered the decision
in favor of Sarah Althea In the notorious Sharon
divorce suit, and since then he has never lcen
able to gain any public Office, because Of the
bitter f2ht made against him by the powerful
Sharon estate.
"The Evening Post of this city changed
hands this week. and this change was made largely
TO crafty the political ambition Of yodng RepuD-
lican who yearns TO he Governor. The paper
was bought il is understood by John ID. >preckels
the eldest son Of the sugar millionaire. IN order
Samuel H. Shortridge Shortridge has been plpn'i-
nent on the stump in California, anG he fances
that with sufficient work he secure the next
Republican nomination for Governor. He will
make a strong bid for the support of the young
men of the State who have become a political
power through the Native Sons organization
Politics is supposed 10 play no part IN this
association, but candidate who belongs to 1t
generally wills.
San Francisco will soon have second ship
building establishment as large and complete as
the Union Iron Works. which has built the Charles
ton, San Francisco and Monterey for the new
Navy When the Union Iron Works first enlarged
its plant and made bid for building the cruiser
Charleston Eastern naval experts derded the Gull
fornia attempt at competition. They continued to
prophesy failure until the cruiser demonstrated
practically that she the equal of anything that
Roach Cramp ever produced. The firm that |
proposes to establish new shipbuilding yard is |
the Fulton Iron Works. The site will Ike at IIar- |
Dor View, where deep water is found so near TO |
the shore that it is estimated the launching of |
large vessel will cost $4,000 less than at the |
Potrero the site of the Union Iron Works The |
bonanza millionaire James G. Fair is the fnan- |
cial hacker of the new enterprise, which will add
greatly to the value of his lands at North Beach.
The Office of general solicitor of the Southern
Pacific Company, made vacant by the death Of
Judge Craig, which followed so after Creed
Hsymonds death, will probably be abolished, At
least. the present plan il to distribute the legal
business OF the great railway company under
three heads. Harvey S. Brown will take the
cases involving constitutional law and land titles;
William l.. Dudley will have charge of all damage
suits, and ]. f. Foulds will supervise all general
suits. 1t is a curious thing that these three men
are the survivors of the six lawyers who formed
the original law department of the Southern
Pacific Company.
All the theatres this week have been hurt by
the villanous weather, but the Baldwin has
suffered least, because it had the Bostonans with
their new opera, The Knickerbockers" Any
one who thinks San Francisco does not appreciate
have seen the long lines of people waiting patiently
IN the rain to get general admission TO the Baldwin
family circle.
Two criminal mysteries are pulling Cali
fornians. One Is the McWhirter case, of Fresno
murder Of the editor. McWhirter but thus far
the, evidence against them is not strong. The
second case, which has been revived this week, is
the foul murder Of Henry Planz, young brewery
manager of San Jose. who last November was
found hanging to a tree in that city. The
Coroners inquest Ignored important evidence, but
many cews are now coming out and arrests will
are needed will be seen when it is known that
a, young man OF San Jose this week received a
threatening letter warning him that he would
meet death II he did not end his attentions to
q. certain young woman. The general verdict is
that the police have been criminally negligent
in failing to unravel the Planz mystery.