The herald., 1894-10-15
.IHE LOCAL WORLD Of POLITICS
Expressions of Opinion as to
tie Situation.
w. ii. Afford Scores Several Points
at Fullerton.
The List of the County Clark's Onlos
Local News Notes and ParSouai
Msntion-Other Politi-
cal Matters.

He was seated in one OF the front row
Of chairs in the Natick house office and
had iust eettled himself for an after
dinner smoke, whom the HERALD man,
knowing him to be an old tins Repub.
lean and former central committeeman,
approached him with the query OF,
SHOW are politics down in the Downey
country7"
The old rancher considered moment :,
and then replied:
mixed, nightly mixed, this year.
You know am an old Fremont Repub-
lican, and never bolted the ticket since
1856. but this year intend to jump the
fence.
You see, this campaign is different
from the usual run. and we know it as
we'll as Dan Burns or Hersey Lindley. or
any Of the big bosses. II ia a straight
out fight between the voters and the
Southern Pacific Railroad company.
''rhe Republican party keep up o
tariff talk and don't say word about
local Issues, which intsrssta us at this
~ time blame eight more than the ideas
g
" morris M. Estee, If he is elected,
a can't fix up new tariff bill, but he can
e. do some tall business with the Southern
y Pacific railroad, aud for that reaecn ne
b1 has not hurt his chances with old Hunt
hqingtop, 20 far az can read, in this CAM
Eopaien.
z. Livery one OF the Republican spenk-
: ers dodge the railroad question or point
to ancient history If they are forced to
mention the subject.
"a, "On the other hand, jim Budd and
the Democratic party are iust sailing
e into the railroad and everything con-
D. nected with it.
when Jim McLachlan was down our
way he gave ua big dose OF tariff and a
small dose OF San Pedro har bor He did
not cay a word to jeopardize his chances
with the railroad ring in this state or at
Washington.
cater the epeaking some of his
! friends intmated ON the quiet that he
was fighting IIervey Lintley like the
mischief and that they hardly speak
now. That might 20 up III Santa Bar
bsra or north, but | live too close to
hitter to ewallow that kind OF taffy.
Why, Hervey Lndley is making Nc
Lsckian's fight right down in our town,
and every railroad man, from the agent
to the section men, are whooping it up
for Mel ichlnu just as they did two
years ago for Lindley. It's just as good
as oircus TO mention George Patton's
name to a railroad man.
'rhe delegates from our section TO
the S icramento convention told me that
tho Santa Monica delegates, every one
OF them voted for McLachlan for the con-
gressional noIniGstion, which didn't look
ss though they were much afraid of Nc.
Lachl0n ii ne goes to Washington, or
that Heryey Lindley ia very mad at him,
considering tnat Lindley owned the
bulk of the delegates and traded them
like sheep to Dan Barns.
Then the county ticket was made up
by Hervcy Liud!ey or the moat OF it
anyhow. Our delegates were approached
by Lindley's people aud advised to stand
in il they wanted any thing. and
Charley Webber fixed it up for Senator
Androus ond the assembly.
MY son in-law. who lives in Pasa.
dena, tells me that Charley Webber and
w. A. Arthur were in Pasadena together
and made up list OF delegates TO the
county convention in the interest of
Judge York and Captain Simpson, can.
ddate for senator in the Seth district.
and that Arthur and Webbsr just run
the whole Pasadena delegation for these
lwo candidates.
'Dr. Campbell, candidate for coroner,
+ put Is votes from the Ninth ward into
J the pool and it ie now said he threw
down Bob Wirsching. Lindley's man for
tax collector. and put Merwin ON Lind
= ley's slate for the place in exchange for
: whole wad of votes in the Second
ward. Our delegates, when they came
: home, told the story and it is said that
n Lindley demands. aud will name the
chief deputy in Msrwin's Office If he
y beats Cal Hewitt. which he won't do if
tsl l am any judge.
Then there is this secret society bust.
ness in politics. That puts the finishing
touch on it with me. 1 am not mixed
q. up in religion much myself, but when
lido 20 to church | am an old-fashioned
Methodist, but first of ell I am an
-Hm erican citizen. The men who wrote
the constitution OF the United States
/, were mixed lot on religion, but no
S: Questions were asked on that ground,
and they wrote document that has
carried this country through four foreign
wars and whole lot of private trouble,
: and the old flag is on top all over the
bs world yet.
''Then look at the men who are try
-. ing to set up private constitution OF
Y. their own. Not one OF the leaders so
r. far as l can see 10 much better stuff
= then Gosper, from Arizona, and Bird,
from San Diego. When the Repu blican
party taxes up vita that kind OF leaders
. want to give it lesson, and will fall
: back On the constitution for my text"
In closing, he said II may not use
: book language, but l have good horse
senae, hope. and don't intend to give
my vote to advance the interests of Dan
: Burns, Hervey Lindley, Charley Webbsr
and the gang of political sure-shot gam
rs blers VINO made up the state and county
n tickets. l am for harmony in the
=s.s Republican party, and the only way to
get it and save California from the
= hands OF the Southern Pacific railroad,
4, is to turn down that gang"