The herald., 1894-12-30
COMBINING AGAINST PERKINS PERKINS,
The Railroad Working to De-
feat the Senator.
Plan to Stampede the Los Angeles
Delegation.
Tho CaIifornian's Failure to support the
Reilly Funding Bill Angered
Huntington.
BY THE HERALD's Leased Wirc.

3y THE HERALD's Leased Wire.
GARLAND, Gal. Dec. 29.-The Enquirer
says: United States Senator George @.
Perkins has returned from Washington
togive his personal attention to the sen-
atorial fight, and it is probably well that
hs docs SO. for formidable powers are at
work to defeat him, and while q few weeks
ago every body believed the senator
would succeed himself almost without
an effort, now many shrewd politicians
say he will be beaten, and all concede
that he haa a hot fight on his hands. 1t
is hotter than those who depend solely
on newspapers for their political infor'
nation generally suppose, and the infiu-
epces an ngonistic to Senator Perkins are
those which usually have their own way
in California politics.
1t can no longer be concealed that the
leading politicians Of the Southern Pa
cific company ere fighting Perkins, and
fully mean to effect his defeat, II skill.
perseverance, and the other usual means
OF persuasion can accomplish it. They
know, however. that tho Oakland can
ddate got q long start in the senatorial
race by obtaining pledges in his favor
from numerous candidates and conven-
tiops, and that in consequence it will be
necessary to proceed with discretion.
which Of course means by indirection.
DESIGNS ON LOS ANGELES MEMBERS.
Their present game ia to get as many
candidates as possible into the race
from all parts OF the state, believing this
is the best way to take from Perkins the
members of the Legislature who have
been pledged to him. They believe
that the members from Los Angeles
county, for example, can with some
countensnce break away from Perkins
and their pledges ii q Los Ang eles man
oomee out as candidate; that the Sac.
ramento members can do the Same in
order to support home man, and 90 on
throughout the state.
Among the men whose names have
been brought into the fightare Governor
Markham from Los Angeles, Grove
Johnson from Sacramento, I. q. Phelps
from San Mateo, Judge ]. J. De Haven
from mboldt. Jacob Neff from Placer
county. c. H. Phillips from San Luis
Obispo, John F. Davis from Amsdor. NJ.
H. De Young from San Francisco, and
others whom it would take too long to
enumerate.
1t is a part of the calculation in this
scheme that when these local candi.
dates have been used to break away
the Perkins strength, the same MEM
bers can be rallied around whatever
other candidate. not local. who proves
to have the greatest strength. 1t is
reasoned that once they have been in
duced to turn their backs on Perkins.
they will not return to him, and that
they will then be manageable. At
present the railroad managers do not
know whom they will try to elect sen.
ator. Their object is to beat Perkins,
and to do it they will use the man who
develops most strength.
THE RAILROAD STORY.
It may be we'll. here. to tell the rail.
road side Of the story. According to
this the corporation feels aggrieved be-
cause Senator Perkins has not supported
the railroad reiunding bill. As the story
goes. when Senator Stanford died the
railroad began looking around for q
''lively" candidate to succeed him, and
before deciding interviewed a number
of prominent men.
Among others, they say, they inter.
viewed George @. Perkins, and sounded
him upon railroad funding bills, and
claim they were given to understand he
would support the Reilly measure. They
decided he would be the right man, and
then went to work upon Governor Mark.
ham to get him appointed. II is said
they did good many things which
Perkins knew nothing about till after
warde; but at any rate they succeeded
and he was appointed.
When Senator Perkins got to Wash.
ipgton he studied up the rsilroad debt
question, decided that the Reilly bill
was no good. and gave it the cold
shoulder. Then Huntington waxed hot,
and kicked. This is why, according to
railroad authority. he is now fighting
Perkins.
1t is certain that the battle among
the politicians, now that the senator
has returned, will begin at once, and
that from this time on the fighting
will be fast and furious. Efforts are be-
ing made in Alameda county, % we'll
as elsewhere, to take away some of the
votes pledged to Perkins.