The morning call., 1894-05-06
Early Nominations Mean
Much Work.
CANDIDATES WILL SUFFER.
Long and Costly Campaign for
Republicans.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN NO HURRY.
Their Convention Will Probably Not
Be Held Before the Middle of
Next August.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN NO HURRY

Two things resulting from the action OF
the Republican State Central Committee
last Thursday are causing the adherents OF
the party in this city some concern.
One is that in order to elect delegates TO
the State convention, which is to meet at
Sacramento June 10. the Republicans must
bestir themselves at once. The party
managers in this city had not contem-
plated the holding of the convention at so
early date. The general impression was
that it would not be held until about the
middle of August, and this would have
given them plenty Of time. but the liking
of the day two months earlier has brought
them to the sudden realization Of the TACT
that they now have very little time in
which to com plete their organization and
prepare for primaries. which must be held
ten days before the c0nvening of the noml-
mating BODY.
The other result Is that the campaign.
after the nominations are made. will be
very long and consequently costly. This
phase of General Barnes campaign OF
education" is causing many prospective
candidate to clap his hand upon his pocket
and weigh well the benefits OF political
preference as against the disadvantages OIL
depleted excheQuer. The early cOnven-
ton is looked upon by many as mistaken
policy. They argue that it will not only
cause the candidates to travel longer
Journey, but that ii will tax the energies OF
the entire party to keep up the enthusiasm
necessary to success for nearly three
and half months. 1t VIII oe long. nala
drag, and viewed in that light the prospect
Is not cheering to the army OF workers,
though nobody doubts that it will end in
triumph.
A meeting of the Republican County
Committee will be held next Friday even
ing. The call has not yet been made be-
cause the place Of meeting has NOT been
decided upon. The business first to be
disposed of will be to sanction the club
organization in the various districts.
There will be two clubs in each district,
because there are TO be two polling places.
Then the usual arrangements will have to
be made for the primaries to De held not
later than the 9th of next month. Chair
man Manwaring thinks be will be able to
get through with all the work. though he
is among those who consider the time
given rather too short.
The great interest felt in the approach
ing meeting OF the committee. however, is
that it will define the strength of the yari-
Gus aspirants to party leadership. The
chairman contends that Crimmins and
Kelly can control only small part OF the
body, and scouts their claim to a majority.
"They say they have control" said he,
"but know that most of the men they
have will not be with them. At least
tweuty-three of the thirty-eight members
will be on the other side. and / am
strongly or the opinion that some of the
other fifteen will not be found to be friends
of theirs"
On the basis of representation adopted by
the State Central Committee San Fran
cisco will have 164 delegates iD the conveh-
tiop, the delegations from the various dis
tricts being as follows: Twenty-eighth s.
Twenty-ninth 8, Thirteth 8. Thirty first
z, Tnirty-second 6. Thiity-third Z, Thirty
Thirty-seventh IL, Thirty eighth 10, Tbir-
ty-ninth u, Fortieth H.. Forty-frst IL.
Forty-second II. Forty-third 9, Forty
fourth and Forty-fifth Z. Then there
will be a delegate-at-large, which makes
the total 164.
The identity of ]. j. Green, who was
Tot permitted to vote at the meeting of the
State Central Committee, is yet an unde-
cided question. Edward Holland says he
is a bona-6de member of the committee.
though, of course. not the James j. Green
who was formerly State Controller, and
whom Dan Burns knew so we'll as Jim
Green. Mr.. Holland explains Green's
claim to the acquaintanceship OF Mr..
Bacigalupi, and at the same time the rea-
son why the latter failed to come to his
rescue when he repeatedly cried, "Baciga-
lupi knows me-"
II introduced Green to Bacigalupi." said
Holland, "and told him that Green was
all right, as l still believe he was. They
went into the convention together. bu:
separated. Bacigalupi sat at the side OF
an O ther man and all the time thought that
this man was Green. He talked to his
neighbor, aud was astonished when the
real John j. Green got up in another part
of the hall and based his right to vote on
the fact that Bacigalupi knew him. This
so confused Bacigalupi that he didn't know
which of the men was Green"
In spite Of Mr.. Hollands opinion the
clerks at the State Central Committee
rooms say that John j. Green is not
member of that body.
Chairman Max Pepper will call meet
ing of the general committee of the Dem
ocratic party for some night during the
latter part of this week. when the clubs
will be enrolled and other business Of i'm
portance transacted. The Democrats may
have to call three primaries, one to elect
delegates to the State convention. one to
choose delegates to the municipal conven-
tion ana one to eject members of the gene
raj committee, as the present committee
soon goes out of office. Mr.. Pepper thinks
the municipal primary, thus saving the
holding of one election. This will be one
of the matters to be decided by the COM
mittee next week.
Mr.. Pepper is also chairman Of the State
Central Committee. and by virtue of his
position will Issue the call for meeting
of that body. He says that this meeting
will not take place for a month yet and
that the Dem ocratic State convention will
probably not be held before at least a
month later. The central committee will
name the date for this event, and it is not
likely that it will set it for any time before
August. So the Republican candidates
will be in the field perhaps two months
earlier than their opponents.
The leader of the Democracy evidently
thinks that the Republicans have made
mistake in having their convention so
early. He favors short and vigorous
campaign. The Democrats whom Mr..
Pepper has heard most prominently
spoken Of as candidates for Governor are
Wise, Preston and Butler of Fresno.
The interior county elections are ex-
pected to be of unusual interest this year
from the fact that the Sneriffs OF all the
ties are to be elected under the new
b.