The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
FLINT, VOORHEES,. MCGOWAN.
Their Names Are Suggested for
President Pro Tenn.
LYNCH OR WAYMIRE AS SPEAKER
Forecast. of Some of the Measures
Which VIII Come Up at Sacra-
mento for Consideration.

ture is beginning to engross the attention
OF Republican politicians, and measures
which will come before that body are al
ready being talked of.
Interest just at present centers about
the selection of President pro TEN. OF the
Senate and the speakership of the Lower
House. TIE earliest candidate in the
field for the honor of President pro tenn. is
over. He represents the coun ties of Mon
terey and San Benlto. his home being In
the latter. Senator Flint is young man,
about 81 years of age, and has very
strong following among the younger legls-
lators. He has served his district at sew
eral sessions of the Legislature, and has
always been quite popular at Sacramento.
He has openly announced his candidacy.
In speaking of the matter last evening
at The Grand, where he is registered, Sen
ator Flint said: cit is true that nave
announced my candidacy for President
pro TEN. of the Senate, and l am going to
make the best fight that lies In my p'wer
for the place. / do not know how many
candidates there are for the honor. l have
heard a number of names mentioned, but
whether these Senators have decided or
not to enter the contest 1 do not know"
The name of Frank MCGOWAN of Hum
boldt has been mentioned for the place.
The reIort is, however, that Senator Nc
GoWan is quite i'll, and under the clrcum-
stances 1t is not known whether he will
care to strive for the b lnor. He repre-
seuts the counties of Humboldt and Del
Norte. His home is at Eureka.
E. c. VOORHEES, will most likely come to
the Senate with strong support from the
mining counties. He represents the
counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras
and Mono. Senator VOORHEES, has served
in both houses of the Legislature. He re-
sides in Amador County.
Southern Caifornians are booming
John c. Lynch Of San Bernardino
County for Speaker of the House.
Mr.. Lynch represented his county
in the sessions of 1887 and 1891.
and at the last session was conspicuous
about the CAPT oil in leading the third
house against the creation of the county
of Riverside. That fight seems TO be cor
doned by the Riverside people, for it is
said there VIII be a solid south for Mr..
Lynch. the entire contingent of the trans
Tehachapi counties being devoted to lis
cause. Though a native of Iowa, Mr.:
Lynch stands well with the Native Sons.
having been made an honorary member
of the organization.
q Alameda will throw down the gauge of
battle to the Southrons, and demand that
one of its Assemblymen, J. A Waymire,
be elected Speaker. Several of the bay
counties will side with Alameda. and an
attempt will be made to bring the San
Francisco Asspmblymen into the Waymire
alliance. If this succeeds very spirited
struggle for the honor may result.
Legislators and politicians are a little
cnary of discussing the Senatorial fight
and profess ignorance as to the chances of
the several candidates who aspire to a
seat in the United States Senate.
Among the bills which will certainly be
introduced will De several amending the
present election laws. The present expert
ence of this city in the election count is
cited as reasons for amendments. The
count OF the State ticket will not be fin
ishsd until Tuesday. An effort will be
made TO enact law similar to that In
force in New York providing for an hourly
count of the ballots.
A bill will be introduced 10 exempt cleo
tion officers from jury duty for two years.
In support of this measure the psa will
be made that it will secure better class of
men to act at the polls.
The adoption of the constitutional
amendment with reference to the creation
of new counties will require legislative &C
ton to make il effective. There are likely
10 be several county-division projects in
troduced. One will be the segregation OF
the rural portion of Alameda County into
a county by itself. The claim is advanced
that Oakland and theiurban territory ada
cent so overshadow in population and in-
huence the purely farming sections of the
county that the desire for separation has
become too strong TO be put aside.
Several county-division projects are
spoken Of in the San Joaquin Valley,
especially west of the river, and the
tenn pt will probably be made TO separate
the western half of Fresno from the more
populous portion Of the county.
There are some indications that the
division feeling may bob up again in the
south, and that an attempt of some sort
may be made to have the Legislature ask
Congress to take preliminary steps toward
cutting the State in two. Los Angeles
would like to be a capital, and would be
satisfied to be the seat of a new comm on
wealth created out Of the territory lying
south Of the Tehachapi Mountains and
east of the Sierra Nevada, included in
which are the counties of Mono. Invo. a
por ion of Kern. San Bernardino. River
side. San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles,
Ventura and Santa Barbara.
There has been so much IF talk over a
contest of Budd's election that Demo-
cratic politicians who at first professed to
believe the attempt would not be made
begin to believe that movement of that
sort is to be undertaken, though they de-
clare they are not at all alarmed over any
prospective result
Governnr-elect Budd is still at 1910 Post
street. He has not fully recovered from
his Illness. but is rapidly regaining bis