The morning call., 1894-08-21

zion, and the more level beads amoun
the delegates think that fhs among
I. A. Is an excellent thine a.
let alone. 1t is not im 1n,pg ~. to
though that it will Green into tpn aDle
! form 10 m0dlhed form, as there seems ~
De disposition on the part of MANY tn AZ
clare against secret organizations ne
wisdom of this will also be stoutIv debo.han.e
1t was frequently stated that D, NJ, Do1reu.
| was preparing mastery document tb"t
! would not only satisfy everybody bnt
| would prove strong card with which ~
go before the people. Mr.. Delmas va
| questioned as to this and stated that %o
was not preparing any platform Govarn
ment ownership of railroads where il -
practicable by foreclosure of mortoago
will, it is thought. be advocated in t6o
platform, and there Will also be a planL
favOring the curtailiDg of State exDendI
lures. the main feature of the platform
will probably be the expression Of unai-
! terable opposition to the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and from this the Democrats ex-
pect to draw largely for their campaign
ammunition.
Max Pepper has stirred up the friends
of DR.. Stanton by charging him with
Buckleyism. They resent the imputation,
and one of them said last night that Pop
per talked Buckleyism with very bad
grace. he went over Mr.. Peppers record,
compared it with that of DR.. Stanton, and
said that the chairman's structures would
do him very little good in the future.
Stanton declares that he cannot be run
out of the fight by Pepper, and so the con-
test between himself and Supervisor Hin.
ton will go merrily on.
ben Maddox Of Tulare and NJ. II. Meade
of Sierra are making close fight for Sec
rotary of State.
Charles Edelman is conducting his own
fight for State Treasurer with great vigOr.
Walter Laymance of Alameda has the
oV1 Fnf fGn nIo hot
for the nomination for State Railway Com
missioner.
Fresno will endeavOr to have a. B. But
Ter Endorsed for United States Senator.
Professor Augustine Keller of Yuba
County is the only candidate so far who
has begun to work among the delegates
for the nomination of State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
f. NJ. Nickel of Los Angeles and VII
liam Hutchinson of Fresno were an
nounced yesterday as candidates for the
State Board of Equalization.
La the contests for the offices of Lieu
tenant-Governor, State Treasurer, Secre-
tary of State and Congressman there were
no new deVelO pments.
William D. English has been quite &C.
tive during the past few days, and it is
said that ne will figure as a boss of the
convention
James Haley, who was chairman of the
MERGED County convention, came 10 town
as a delegate yesterday and announced
last evening that Judge j. K. Law of Mer-
ced county is Endorsed for the Supreme
Dench by his delegation, who are fighting
Tor the Domin alton.
The Los Angeles delegation held a
caucus in the Grand Hotel at p. NJ. and
elected Z. f. A. Last chairman and DR..
Perclval secretary. Del Vale was in
dorsed for chairman of the convention.
The southern delegates have decided on
q rev men, and will not relinquish the
night without tough struggle. Such men
as Senator j. r. Mathews, Albert NJ.
stephens, John L. Gaffey and T. f. Glib
BON were making a personal canvass for
George ). Patton for Congress- F. NJ,
Nickel has the delegation solid for the
State Board of Equalization against Hutch
lnson OF Fresno who is chosen by the San
Joaquin Valley. Nickel is said to be the
strongest candidate the South has to offer.
and he IS pitted against George Arnold,
the Republican nominee.
Candidates whose friends were exceed
ingly active and feel sure of victory are
ID. M. Angler of Sacramento aud S. Har-
rison Smith of San Francisco for State
SurVeyor-General. Smith claims victory
already and indications are favorable for
his fight
L. p Ward. one of the best-known print
ers IN this city, with a strong following
made good canvass and appeared in hing
spirits
A little argument of a physical nature
added some variety to the afternoons
proceedings. though its life was exceed
lngly brief owing to the agility OF the
hotel porter. Andy Clunie was approached
by John Hogan, politician of the Thir-
tieth Assembly District, and informed in
emphatic language that he threw down"
the Democratic party.
Clunie listened and grinned, which made
Hogan wild. and presently a big fist shot
out toward Andy's nose. Dan Troy, who
was talking to Clunie. averted the blow.
whereupon Hogan turned his attentions
to Troy. He failed to black any eyes be-
fore the porter and half dozen delegates
through space. The doors closed with a
slam and Hogan found himself studying
stars on the sidewalk.