The herald., 1894-06-20
THE HERALD AS A PROPHET.

The mountain of rsdicalism is in labor
ut the state capital, and while no one
can exactly say what the morrow viii
bring forth as the result of Its throes oil
parturition, yet superficial glance over
the battle-ground will prove almost con.
elusively that the HERALD's prophecies
of one week ago were correct. 1t has
been the fashion for some Republican
Estee OF Naps az weak man, because
he was beaten by SLOVENIAN In 1882 tor
the governorship; but. looking the
ground over carefully, it is almost GER
tain that he will be the nominee OF his
party for governor, and not only that,
but that he will be the strongest man
they could possibly nominate for the
impending struggle, which involves the
chief magistracy of this state for the
next four years.
In fact Mr.. Estee. whether as q lawyer,
O wine grower or a citizen, is one OF
whose acquaintance any gentleman
should be proud. As the prosecuting
attorney of Sacramento county for four
years he pursued criminals with a per-
sistence that showed he was master of
the arduous profession he had espouaed
in early life; as a wine grower he repre-
SCENTS one of the leading interests OF the
state, and it is a well-known fact that if
men used more wine and less whisky
no fov fron 81 l.
AS gentleman in private life, Mr.. Estee
is all that the public can demand of the
citizen.
He was selected, during the memora.
BILE campaign of 1892, to discuss the
issues OF the tariff with the Hon.
Stephen M. White, then q private citi-
zen but now senator in congress; and
from the manner in which those de-
bates were conducted, it is doubtful if
another man in the Republican party
defense of the principles for whose ad-
vocacy he was chosen. Scorning any
thing outside OF the main Issues of the
campaign, he made so manly a battle
for the cause of protection az to win
the esteem and respect of the opposi-
ton, who could not fail to discern in him
all the cardinal elements OF sterling
and vigorous manhood.
The wiseacres who are predicting for
Mr.. Estee similar overthrow to the
one which engulied him and his party
in 1882, are anchoring their hopes with
ropes of sand. The conditions under
which that election was conducted have
passed away, with no immediate pros
pect of return and the Issues OF that
year are not parallel to those of this
year, so that it cannot be taken as af-
fording any fair criterion to the present
situation. Some men flew up at Mr..
Estee then because he said, or was re-
ported to have said, that it made no diff
ference where a man stood during the
civil war, so long as he is right now. II
he did say 30, he had precedent for it
without going outside of his own party,
for the very same Republican senate
which hesitated about confirming the
appointment of Winfield S. Hancock as
. major general OF the army, voted with
out dissent for the confirmation of Gen.
James Longstreet as minister to Turkey,
because his WIS nominated for that posi-
tion by President Grant.
OF course the details from the Repub-
lican state convention, just ct this pc
Rod, are very meager for the reason
that its labors had not yet begun to
crystalline into any definite shape up to
the hour at which this paper must 90 to
press. The work OF the first dsT must
necessarily be that OF organization, in
Guiding the report of the committee on
credentials and the subsequent adoption
of platform. With those initial opera.
items once oleverly disposed of, the pro-
gress OF the convention towards nomina.
tions for Office will be clearsr and moro
readily mapped out.
By noon today the child will have
been born, snd its name will be Eatee-
on the frat ballot. at that. The same
influence which led up TO his nomina-
ton, will also smooth over and harmon
iEe all conflicting interests that are be-
lag represented at the Republican con.
vsntion. The shrswdest and ablest
managers in the Republican party are
now at the head OF the battle, and they
are men OF too much sense and judg-
ment to put before the people of this
state a ticket that is weak and vulner-
able. Thanks TO the sugar-desling sem
ators at Washington. the Republican
party OF California is now in position
to make strongly aggressive fight; and
it will not weaken that position by hand
icspping its ticket with men whose
past record is blotched with po-