The herald., 1894-06-04
MlAHLAN AN EASY WINNER.
Everyone Comedies That He Is
on Top.
Clark Has the Call for the Judge
ship.
How the Republican Political Horiz on
Locks New That the Smoke of
Battle Has Cleared Away.
The Situation.

The smoke OF the battle OF the Repub.
lican primaries Is rapidly clearing away,
and the Wsrwicks OF the opposing fac
tions are getting in fairly good shape to
make diagrams OF the results.
1t seems to be conceded that ex-Msyor
Hazards congressional boom has gone
glimmering. In fact, this seems to be
the only absolutely certain factor in the
problem. 1t is figured out by sstute pol
itical friends OF McLachlsn that he will
secure 30 of the delegates to the state
convention. while Hazard and Gosper,
who ioated into the congregational fight
yesterday morning. will divide the re-
naming 10 votes, with the larger end OF
this residue In favor of Gosper. The
friends of the Pasadena statesman made
far-reaching canvass, and devoted
themselves exclusively and entirely to
the congressional issue, leaving the as
pirants for the supreme judgeship to
work out their own salvation.
The friends of Mckinley admit now
that Judge Clark has the call as the
choice of the Los Angeles delegation for
supreme court judge, and there are many
curses loud and deep against Mckinley
for the peculiar methods he pursued IN
handling the campaign, or rather In In.
terfering with the handling thereof.
They maintain that his chances would
have been much brighter today if
he had restrained his penchant
Tor letter writing. The action OF
Mckinley in signing letter
regarding his satisfaction with the eau
Gus ticket in the Fifth ward was regarded
as poor political stroke, as it virtually
defeated his adherents in that section,
and not only this but also had depress-
ing influence on the fight in several other
wards. There will he 515 delegates in
the county convention, which will
assemble on Tuesday, and OF these 249
are from the Los Angeles city wards and
266 from the rural districts.
As matters now stand 1t looks very
much ae though CLARK will 60 into the
convention on Tuesday with two-thirds
OF the delegates from the city wards, and
then comes the division of the county
vote. The returns thus far received in
dictate that in the rural districts Clark is
running ahead of Mckinley, although it
has all along been claimed that McKin-
ley was strongest in the country. The
battle royal as a consequence WAS fought
out in the city OF Los Angeles and the 10
delegates who were running avowedly in
the interest Of Mckinley in tine Fifth
ward were only defeated by few votes.
In fact, the finish was so close that
metaphoricslly speaking, blanket could
have been thrown over winners and
losers.
The Second ward stands for McLach-
Ian, although Hazard is singing siren
strains into the ears of these statesmen
and will probably get few votes from
that ward. All day Yesterday was spent
x Knl .ha IN rounding up deesasR3 s aMkd
II ia likely that there will be some tall
wire pulling done today. but it is con-
coded that to win Mckinley will almost
have to achieve impossibilities. Clark
has the call on the delegates up to date.
The weather was squally for ex-Mayor
Hazard, both in the city and country
districts, and all the sage forecasters
figure that McLachlan will have at
least two-thirds of the delegation.
There seems to be general disposition
among the Republican leaders to effect
uslly settle the supreme judgeship ques-
ton at the convention on Tuesday.
Thew say that it would be worse than
folly for the Los Angeles county delega-
ton to 90 into the state convention
with divided following. In fact, In
etructions have been received from the
north that, if they expect to accomplish
any results, they must 60 into the state
convention with SO delegates solid for
one man. Judge Williams of Ventura,
who has been getting in some quiet
work along the line has been counting
on stepping to the front in the judiciary
fight in the event of a divided delega-
ton. Several estimates have been
made OF Hazards delegates to the state
convention and one gives him eight
votes with ten for Gosper or Sheldon.
The name OF the latter gentleman was
mentioned yesterday several times early
in the day, and then Cooper bobbed up
as a very dark horse riding In the
shsdowy distance, but with all the
rumors floating it seemed to be gener'
ally agreed that McLachlan would turn
up in the congressional convention with
80 votes out OF possible SO. AS to the
almost i'm possible chance for Mckinley
it lies in the ability of his friends tt
capture an overwhelming preponderanc'
of the country vote, but that ia hardl,
among the remote possibilities.