The herald., 1894-05-24
POLITICAL SNAP SHOTS.

The executive committee OF the Demo-
cratic county central committee held a
largely attended meeting yesterday In
the Office of Henry P. Wilson, Esq.
After q general discussion Of the out
look it was decided to formulate plan
for the holding of the county primaries.
To accomplish this end 1t was concluded
to appoint special committee to take
the matter in charge and report to the
meeting of the general committee
which will be held shortly after the
state Democratic central committee
meets. The committee will consist of
the following we'll known gentlemen :
@. F. A. Last, H. P. Wilson. John w.
Mitchell and w. A. Ryan.
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City Attorney Charles Mcfarland is
telling his friends what good supreme
judge he would make If nominated and
elected, but il is said that Judge Variel.
the political boss of Boyle Heights, is
anxious to wear the ermine, and is set.
ting up the pins for some clever trading
with the Ninth ward delegation in the
convention. The genial judge ia hust-
Ter when he starts on a trail.
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Supervisor Cook has at last made up
his political mind. After looking with
longing eyes at the county tax collector
ship, he has concluded that General
Hewitt Is too much for him, and now
you can look for pleasant little items in
the rural papers of the First supervis-
orial district to the effect that Farmer
Cook has fallen off load of alfalfa and
injured his arm" This means that Mr..
Cook Is again anxious to run for super
visor.
Drummer Kiah Trask. who is reported
to be the possessor of the major portion
of the grayish matter of the city board
OF education, is said to be getting in his
hooks to succeed Brown as city superin-
tendent of schools. Drummer Kiah has
no flies on his cuticle when looking out
for himself.
The scram BILE in the ranks of the Re-
publican educators for county superin-
tendent of sch ools is fast approaching
that stage Of feeling which characterized
Tydeus. the father OF Achilles, when he
ached to chew off his enemy's head.
Sturgeon Riley, the deputy superin-
tendent, has been carefully chaperoned
as a candidate by the sanity Seaman,
who aspires to 60 higher. Frank
Molyneaux of Pomona, however, took
hand in the game. and now the name
sake of the eminent English divine has
concluded that there was poison in the
nursing bottle with which Seamen fed
him.
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The county clerkship seems to be
open for fres-for.all race, ae far as the
deputies In the Office are concerned i.
There are about five deputies after the
office, and they do say that there are
others who are in the same predicament
as the barber who took 81 from patron
not to talk. It's money in their pock-
cts, but it's awful hard.
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The fight between W. F. X. Parker
and "Arty" Bray, for the recordership,
will be a pretty piece OF jousting with
the political foils. Bray is taking les
sons in the Deleartian manner of shak-
ing hands, and is making heroic efforts
to get back on the earth.
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There is said to be surprise in store
in the battle for the nomination for
county assessor, over which City Asses
sor Hinton ''of grand jury record iame''
, and Theodore Summerland are wrest-
| ling. Politicians, especially from the
rural districts, are talking mysteriously,
and strong third man may be sprung.
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MacLachlan and Hazard now have q
stand up fight for the congressiona al
nomination. 1t will be fought to q
scientiic finish. without postal cards.