New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE SENATORIAL ELECT1ON-DEEP SNOW
IN THE SIERRAS-MUSICAL.
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San Francisco JAN 2s-The election Of George
c. Perkins as United States Senator this week
demonstrated anew the value Of pledges given
by county conventions Perkins Is not popular
and he did nothing to arouse any personal en-
thusiasm among his followers He was so much
afraid Of any faint of the old political methods
which have so often made Senatorial election
in this State and Nevada subject for farce
comedy that he declined to entertain at his head
quarters. Those who called found pitcher OF
Sacramento River water on the sdeboard and
box Of second-rate cigars contributed by some
admirer Of the Senator. The water and the
cigars were equally bad, and aroused huge dis
gust among "de push element from San Fran
cisco and other places These fellows expected
TO see champagne served to all corners, as in
the good old days, but the only cheer was
Perkins's smile which lacks somewhat in
warmth. Several Legislators showed a DISPOSE
ton to ignore their instructions to vote for
Perkins. so his managers had special sessions Of
county conventions held. and these boilers were
whipped into the traces There also talk
of the Democrats uniting Republican to
beat the main candidate. but this dissolved in
thin air. that when the Showdown came
Perkins gained easy victory. One good feat
ure Of the election was its honesty. The rogues
who scrambled to secure election to the Legislat-
ure In the hope Of an auction for the Senator
ship In which votes would bring good round
price were badly disappointed. The Republican
majority was so large that it would have bank
rupted a millionaire to buy II. and the terror
aroused by the exposure Of election frauds In San
Francisco discouraged any efforts at bribery. SO
the Senatorial election was clean and honest,
one Of the first Of its kind known in the State
an/tn 1oto LSof.
dren is probably unique in law. The son
Is ready to contest his fathers will on
the ground Of undue influence and mental
incapacity at the time 1t was drawn and
the daughters. while taking no part in
this contest will privately guarantee their brother
against loss should his attempt fail. But at the
outset they are met by the refusal Of the execu-
tors 10 produce the othe: Wills known TO
% among Fairs papers The old mill
ionaire mad mania for making wills.
and, II he had lived few davs
longer he would have added another testament IN
his collection. The position Of the contestant "a
this: Should he prove thatthe will which the ex
eeutors desire to probate is void, they NAV snrinp
another document from their collection which II
may be impossible to overthrow. The problem Is
q knotty one. but the strenuous objection Of the
children to comparative strangers handling their
fathers fortune trust will probably lead
them to risk everything to break his will By the
terms OF the will they are at the mercy OF men
whom Fair never trusted with his secrets, and
their. trust has more hateful features than the
English entail.
The Southern Pacific Company has been fight
ing snow and landslides the entire week On the
Central Route they have kept the track clear.
though the work has been very costly. The snow
lies deeper on the summit Of the Sierras than for
twenty years. but luckily there has been an ABB
sence Of high Winds 80 that the heavy cuts have
been easy to clear with the rotary snowplough.