The herald., 1895-05-22
THE OFFICE AND THE GENERAL
Barrett and His Friends Driffil
and Mcfarland
NATIONAL GUARD POSITIONS
Barrett Says, 81 Have Been Loyal to
Driffil to the Last"
General Allen Seeking the Appointment Of
Brigadier Generai-Some interesting
National Guard Gossip

The recent appointment of Captain A.
W. Barrett as adiutant-general OF the Ma
tional Guard of the state. vice General c..
Z. Allen, resigned, has circulated mill
tary story in two chapters.
1t has been gossip for several days that
Captain BaIrett's appointment disar'
ranged divers and sundry plans. which,
had the programme intended been car
ried out, would have resulted in the ten
der of the Republican mem bership in the
new code commission to Los Angeles
attorney presumably Henry Gage. instead
Of to Judge DAILY of Ventura, who cap
tured the place.
As alleged. the facts have been said to
be that General Barrett went north for
the two-fold purpose of securing the billet
for Charles ,McFarland, ex.city attorney
Immediately General Barrett was to have
employed his influence with the governor
on behalf OF Captain Driffil of Pom ona
for the adjutant-generalship the charge
being made that Captain Barrett. by &C
cepting the adjutant-generalship himself,
prevented the appointment OF Mcta1-
la as code commissioner. as both places
could not be gwen to Los Angeles
aspirants.
Il Charles Mcfarland denounces the story
so far as the chapter relating to himself
is concerned, in unmeasured terms. To
Il Herald reporter who saw him upon the
subject yesterday, he said
''rne yarn is lie. Captain Barrett la
bored in my behalf honestly and Loyalty.
| knew as soon as | heard that Judge
DAILY was in the race that nc would prob
ably capture the prize. The attorney
general S office has lately been very ac-
commodating in its official opinions rem
dered to the executive department of the
state, and the governor is not the man
to forget his friends ~
Representative c. W. Pendleton, who
was seen in connection with the story,
said:
II was with Captain Barrett in the
governors office at Sacramento three
weeks ago when the captain made his
plea, both for Captain Drffil as auiutant
general and for McFarlane for code COM
missioner. The governor at the time in
timated that Driffil could not possibly
be appointed. That he had thus far in
his administration not recognized the
Grand Army of the Republic and he in
TO member Of that odler. He then an
there suggested to Captain Barrett that
be become a candidate for the place. Bar
rett in my hearing replied that under no
circum stances would he consent to be-
come an aspirant for the place. My own
opinion is that Captain Barrett foun d
that Driffil could not secure the position
anu tu1i W iiaNC thO pliiSV az
cepted III another part of the state
agreed to take the place. The day
that the appointment was announced
l received from Captain Barrett tele-
gram as follows: i have been loyal to
Driffil to the end. l have every reason
to be disinteres ed in this matter and
make the. above statement in justice to
Captain Barrett"
Captain Driffil was said yesterday to
be in the city. but diligent search
failed to disclose his whereabouts. Gem
e1al Barrett is expected home from the
north today. when it will be made appar-
ent that with mis- well-known and proven
bial unsehshness he work ed increasingly
for Driffi and was actually forced to take
the office he now holds by the importunl-
ties of Governor Budd. 1t is not often
that high places are forced upon men,
but exCity Attorney Daily and Captain
Barrett both appear to have only yielded
to the recognition OF their greatness and
goodness.
The brigadier generalship. however. is
not settled and little bird which flew
down from Sacramento whispered TO
Herald man yesterday that General G. c.
Allen, late adjutant general, and now OH
the staff Of Captain Osborne of the Ex-
press, is in Sacramento seeking the ap-
poiI tment. Governor Budd may, how
ever, realize there are some Democrats
hereabouts who can fiji the place.