The morning call., 1894-03-11
The Army of Candidates
on the Increase.
MANY NAMES MENTIONED.
Large Numbers of Petitions i'm
CirCuia ton.
COL. BURNS DELAYS MATTERS.
he Will Return in Three Weeks and
Then There Will Be a Gen.
erai Movement.
;0L. BURNS DELAYS MATTERS.

Inc absence of Colonel Dan Burns, who
Is now IN Mexico is delaying any general
movement in local Republican politics,
and his return is being most impatientlv
awaited by very large field of aspirants
In the fall race for Office. As soon as Col
onel Burns returns there will be meeting
OF the County Committee for the purpose
OF sanctloning the organization of Repub-
hean clubs in the various districts. Fiji
teen clubs have already been formed and
are holding meetings, but they are as yet
Tree lance associations and will be until
they have been authorized to proceed with
their work, and thus formally taken into
the party fold. In some of the districts
there is opposition to the existing clubs,
and action on the part of the committee
will be necessary TO bring order out of
confusion and put the party in fighting
trim.
The latest information as to the move
ments of Colonel Burns is that he will re-
! turn to the city in about three weeks. In
the meantime the FESTIVE candidates and
dlstrlct-Workers are by no means inactive.
There are many independent movements
shoat to advance the interests of aspiring
politicians and almost every day adds to
the list OF office seekers. Ii has all along
been apparent that there would be a host
of these in the fed owing TO the fact that
there are so many Offices to be filled and
also because this is regarded as Repub-
lican year. The encouragement given by
the party victorious throughout the coun-
try IL recent elections has determined
everybody who has ghost of chance to
enter the contest for nomination, but il
was not until recently that the true extent
of the army Of aspirants was made ap-
parent
During the past two weeks any number
n oil of for eli
lures by the friends of would-be candi-
dates demanding that they be placed on
the ticket. This is one of the results of
the Australian ballot law as amended by
the Legislature, which provides that any
person who can secure the signatures of 3
per cent of the voters at an election may
have his name placed before the people.
The petitions are so thick that it is EVIL
dent that the number of candidates Will
be largely In excess OF any reasonable ex-
pectation.
A party of gentlemen at the Union
League Club were recently discussing this
phase OF the political situation, when one
or them declared that the same multi
plclty OF candidates would be found
throughout the State, and as an evidence
OF the fact he asserted that Los Angeles
County would. for instance. present a
candidate for every Office from the Gov
ernor down, including two candidates for
justice of the Supreme Court to fill she
fdtS1cleS caused Dy the expiration OF the
terms of Justices Fitzgerald and De Haven,
bo9h of whom are also candidates for re-
election. How many more aspirants for
these offices will strive for these nomina-
ton cannot now be foretold, but there are
mum Der of names mentioned in this CON-
munity alone.
Running over the list of candidates for
every one OF the State Offices large NUNS
Der were mentioned, so that 1t is ap-
parent this campaign will be one of the
most remarkable free-for-all contests
known in the history of State politics.
In the Democratic camp everything is
. waiting for the final adoption of the new
plan of the general committee. Chairman
Max Pepper yesterday announced that the
executive committee would meet on Thurs
day to take action on the plan.
Mr.. Pepper has not yet named the vice
president of the general committee who is
TO preside in his place while he is away IN
the East. Il don't think" said Mr.. Pop
per. that | shall name any one until after
the next meeting on the 21st Of this month
l shall be present at that meeting and there
is no necessity for haste. shall probably
be absent three weeks, though l should
like to make it six months. L am very
anxious to go to Europe. but at present l
cannot possibly spare the time"
Russell j. Wilson has written Chairman
Pepper a letter in which he says that the
case of Russell J. Wilson against Irwin G.
Stump to recover the $1,000 which Mr.
Stump told Mr.. Wilson he would give him
if he could produce the .'old pard" letter,
was submitted to the Supreme Court on
the second writ, and that therefore a de-
cision will be handed down within ninety
Gays from that date, in accordance with
the law. The letter was received yester-
day by Mr.. Pepper. There will probably
be another suit followiDg the one in ques-
ton to determine whether Mr.. Stump or
his party should lose the $1,000.