The morning call., 1894-06-16
GENERAL BARNES TO SPEAK
He: Talks of an Anti-BurnS Com
.. VentiOn.
1EO, a. KNIGHT To THE RESCUE.
Says lie Will Roast the General.
d Politicians Assemble and Discuss
the Situation.


Yenlian. Inc announcement that Colonel
N, Burns and John D. Spreckels had
Geclaret ~ favor of NJ. NJ. Estee for Gov
ernoE otoasioned good deal more than the
3nere. conviction that Mr.. Estee would be
Nominated on the first ballot. On Thurs
day II was thought that because the lead
arspf politics in San Francisco had de-
ciaTed for Estee his nomination was a
foregOne conclusion, as the San Francisco
delegation, besides its primarily strong
,yOte~Cf 1874 delegates, would be able to
trade ''all d0wn.the line" for the first place
onf the ticket. Yesterday, however. there
3. was "a: Strong reaction. Friends of the
other candidates uprOse in open revolt.
. Crank t. Coomhs is understood to have
:: withdrawn. he left the city Yesterday
aiid:<returned to Napa, leaving Colonel
Jackson to act in his behalf. Colonel
! j auk SOB has assured Colonel Burns that
. Mf~COOmbs will not be a candidate, but
Ge1eEaE Chapman is still in the field. and
wlth.hts solid support from the north it is
Thought that he will be able to make
good deal of trouble for the Napa states
man. =.
W., S. Barnes has also announced his
withdrawal, but his friends are very sore.
q
does not half fancy the tabling of his son.
and yesterday he mapped out programme
Of his own. He said: 81 intend to have
a convention Of my own at Sacramento.
1t will be held at the Clunie Opera-house
on Monday night, the night before the
meeting Of the convention. l am the
president of this convention, the secretary.
chairman OF the committee on credentials
nd oh ai-r, Of bo
tions. l am going to make speech, the
subject of which will be The Liberty of
Free Republicans or some such title. l
shall discuss the question whether one
man or two men shall nominate a Gov
ernor several days before a convention
assemblies. ana I shall not be particular
how l handle the subject"
While the general was laying down his
plans George a. Knight, a delegate from
San: Francisco, who, it is said, will make
the nominating speech for Estee in the
convention, joined the party TO which
GeieFaI Barnes was addressing his re-
IA arks. and expressed incredulity as the
. lawyer proceeded. II am going to do it."
said General Barnes.
: =: g What for g'' said Knight You'll only
= get yourself roasted"
! ~yIli.',' getorted the strong-voiced
: attorney.
:, :'5.Y0u:will ?"
:: e, Z es, sir; L WILL" said Knight.
:. #HBQt there is nothing to roast" replied
:the general ut won't burn"
:: :.,A1f right" said knight. "go ahead and
>::yna Will seq
Genefal Barnes said he would go ahead
= and. Knight acquiesced with his "very
/: >@elb%~'
=. =: II. s.. Barnes was listener to the con-
: versation. He smiled at his fathers en-
thus1asm, but seemed to abide by his
;: DECISION. and to be in no way displeased
with it.
- This is an instance of the way the can
. didates who have not been chosen by
Messrs. SDreckels and Burns receive the
decision of those gentlemen. They are
disposed 20 dispute the right of two men
to- name a nominee of the convention in
advance. even though they themselves
have not sufficient strength to claim the
prize:
=: Chipman's position is similar to that of
the Barnes family, and Mcdonald, Gen.
>eral: Hart and the others are in the same
category.
= CQlonel Burns was closeted yesterday
with the Los Angeles delegation. Judge
d ". Mckinley, vino is out for the nomi-
ration for the Supreme bench, was among
. The visitors, The Los Angeles delegation
. is,said. to be an unruly crowd, and unless
it gets what it wants is liable to make
{r0@RIe at the con venton. It's demands
are fully up to the Importance of its nu-
merical strength. It wants, besides Judge
Mckinley for Supreme Court Justice,
: WV Seaman for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction; County Clerk T. Ii. Ward
for Supreme Court Clerk, and either James
MeLaGhlan, ex-Mayor Hazard, General
Lionel "A. Sheldon or j. j. Gosper. for
merly. eff Arizona, for Congress. Il. u.
Osborne; who was among the visitors from
Los Angeles, SAYS he is not an aspirant for
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, but Z. c. Seymour
is now said TO be a claimant for that posi-
tjQn. Another candidate is Eli II. Murray
Of san Diego.
Tho headquarters of the politicians have
he6n. transferred from the Baldwin to
the Palace Hotel. Last night the Office
and corridors Of the Palace were crowded,
andthe principal topic discussed was the
position General Barnes had taken as to
the,candidaey of W. S. Barnes. 1t is said
that General Barnes and George a. Knight
had another conversation, and that Mr..
Knight reiterated his statement that if the
,genefai held an indignation meeting at
he.Clunie Opera-house ne would attack
the~DrLvate record of the general in the
convention, 1t was generally concluded
that. the .Clunie Opera-house meeting
would not be held
= Among me most commanding figures in
the.Palace court was that OF Judge Will
liams. of Ventura. candidate for the Su-
pTenae bench. He is an enormous man
and iG is+predicted that his presence In the
convention will win him many votes. The
:.fghtfor Supreme Justice is second only TO
the :gubernatorial contest. The Alameda
delegation was at the Palace last night adj
:v0cating the selection of Judge Henshay
al against Judge Van Fleet. They argued
thar the latter was a railroad candidate
and that on the other hand Judge Hen
sha7Y had delivered decisions that arrayed
Him with The people against railroad in
teFests. This seems TO be the only stand
of. Alameda. County and as she has sixty
dele gates it is probable she will be con-
sulied, in the matter.