The morning call., 1894-06-05
THAT MAY MEAN A GREAT DEAL

evening for the purpose of ratifylng the
returns from Saturdays primary, and
after that nothing remains but TO talk and
perhaps form combinations.
There was plenty of this talking being
done yesterday, but it is doubtful if any
Combinations were being made, for almost
all of the delegates elected at the primaries
will 90 to the capital to vote as M-ssrs.
Burns and Spreckes want them to vote,
and they have no promises to make. as
those two leaders continue TO assert that
they have fixed upon no candidates, and
before doing so will wait "to see whom the
people want"
But down at the Palace Hotel all this is
not admitted. The men who congregate
in the Headquarters of W. S. Barnes assert
mat there are many out and out Barnes
men among the San Francisco delegates.
They profess 10 be very hopeful that Mr..
Barnes VIII have q majority OF the delega-
ton. II is also said that he Is receiving
vast numbers Of letters from the interior
which are very encouraging. Men are
writing 10 renew their pledges OF allegiance
70 the young mems candidate" made be-
fore the primary, and altogether She cut
look is encouraging from the Barnes stand
point. There is, however, vast differ
ence between that view and the opinion
held at the Baldwin headquarters. John
d. Spreckels, for instance. doesn't think
that Mr.. Barnes has any right to expect
the support Of the men from the metro
polls. and if ANYBODY knows IL is probably
MI Spreckels or Mr. Barnes.
IF MIR. Barnes has any delegates from
San Franc SEQ" said Mr.. Spreckels. II
don't know VINO they are. am sure. de
seems TO think be has. but their names
have not been made known to me. he
also thinks he has considerable strength
elsew here, but that is another matter that
! have my doubts on. His people down IN
Les Angeles, | see, lost the primary Wal
ter Moore was leading his fight there and
his ticket was defeated. He claims, 1 un-
ueTStand. some delegates from San Diego.
but the San Diego delegation will go to
Sacramento pledged. aud they are not
pledged for Barnes. | don't see what
good his one or two delegates Will do hun
under those circumstances"
Mr.. Spreckels could not be got to say
whether the San Francisco delegation
would or would not be instructed TO vote
for Mr.. Barnes. The tenor of his CONVEX
satl0n certainly denoted mat the young
lawyer had little to expect from this
source, and that one member of the
Burns Spreckeis combination was OF dis
posed to think that be would develop
mach strength in the convention.
Mr. Spreckels did say though that he
Was not unfrIendly to Barnes, and he also
admitted that II. A. EStee seemed to him
to- be the most prominent aspirant for the
nomination for Governor at this time. II
was asked if he did not think that Mr..
Burns would support Estee and replied
that Burns had no candidate and would
have none until he could arrive at some
conclusion as to who was wanted by the
people. This resolution to abide by the
will Of the people, Mr.. Spreckels though,
would not be SHAKEN by Mr.. Burns strong
friendship for Estee.
Il is said that should Barnes friends find
that he stands no chance in the convention
they Will go 10 Frank L. COombs OF Napa.
Waiter Blair is one of the young San
Franciscan's first lieutenants, and be and
others talk that way. They say that after
Barnes they want COombs. This is a
young-mau year anyway" said one Of
them. "Estee is a good man and man Of
brains, but he is looked upon as stale and
as being a chrome loser. If he was put on
the tickets everybody would say, oh,
Estee again. and there would be no en-
thusiasm. The Democrats all want Estee
nominated, and it is for that reason. They
believe he is ar easy mark"
CoombS also stands very well with Burns
ana with him stands next To Estee.
There are many Of the friends of Gen
eral Dimond who believe that he NAV
enter the field as dark horse.
Martin Kelly yesterday resolved to make
a dying struggle 10 retrieve what he calls
the mistake Of his life" The mistake.
as stated in yesterdays CALL, was in
withdrawing his men from the polling
places in the Twenty-ffth District at half
past > in the afternoon. Martin lays the
blame for this on an old friend of his,
who. he says, drank too much and got
muddlPd and kept giving him the wrong
tin 'He made me think it was no USE"
said he, "and that u would be a good pla
to call the men out and make a protest
- % 2 taf ~ u.
the order we had them beaten. There
were only some go votes in at one of the
DolIing-places, but when | ordered my men
back there were 500. They had an hours
time TO work, and that was more than
enough"
To recover what he says he lost by this
mistake, Kelley yesterday notified Secre-
tarv Morris Of the campaign comm ittee
that lie would make q rotest against ssu-
auce OF certificates to the delegates coun ed
in the Twenty-cighth. He was told that
if he would submit the protest in writing
it would be considered. and that meet
ing of the committee would be called for
last night for that purpose. Kelley bad
the protest written ont, but even then he
was in doubt whether to send il in. Il
don't think it would be any use TO do II, do
yOu?" he said TO his friends, and he vacil-
lated from one decision TO the other ae-
c0rGlng to the answers he received. He
seat" their men, anyway, and at another
that at least it would give him chance
to show what had been done in the
Twenty-eignth.
Phil Crimmins was in his old haunts
yesterday, but he was sad and detected
and said he had no Intention 10 make A
protest lie acknowledges his oVerwhelm-
ing deleat ana recognizes the uselessness
OF making any protest.
Chairman MCQuade and several men,
Ders OF the camp aign committee were IN
the headquarters at the Baldwin Annex
last night, but Martin Kelly failed to ap-
pear or to send IN his protest, and no meet
ing was held. This ends the matter and
the County COmmittee will canvass the re-
turns tonight just as they were sent in
Saturday after the election
The Democratic committee Of eighteen
recently elected by the district Committees
TO prepare rules for tie partyl nrinnarv
worked last night until nearly midnight in
room 102 of the Baldwin Hotel
There were present: John Rafferty,.
John D. Condor, James II. O'Heal p. T.
Flynn. James B. Hughes, Robert Boyd'
John Denehy, Frank p. Hughes, James ]
OBrIen, d. NJ. Gaviean, M. C. Haaselt.
e. l.. Wagner, 4. j. REYNOLDS, +. ?. Cas-
serly and Thomas Chandler. Chairman
Max Pepper presided.
a protest signed by fourteen members
of the district committee of the Thirty
second District protested against the rec
IGNITION of p. j. McEirOy as a member Of
the committee. The protestants. who
were present in person, charged that Nc