The herald., 1895-01-16
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Speaker Lynch Talks of His Defectic
From Perkins.

Speaker Lynch Talks of His Detection
From Perkins.
Special to THE HERALD.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 15.--The situation
in the senatorial fight is unchanged as
far as surface indications 60. Perkins
claims 55 votes. or six ehort OF enough
TO nominate on the first ballot while
Frank Stone insists that Perkins is Is
short, with no possible chance of gath
sring the required number of ballots.
Meanwhile eHch side is leaving no stone
unturned in the endeavor to gain voting
strength for their principsla. u. H. do
Young is ON the ground in per-
son, his chief aids being Frank
Stone, Jim .Rea and James V.
Kelley, while the rear guard consists
of Major Gillis, Tom Eager, Tom Nos-
sler, Colonel Bleennerhassett and
others. No open headquarters have
been established. but the Underground
wire ia working in good shape and
every available railroad lobbyist OF
tried experience is on the ground and
the wire-pulling ia being done after
the most approved method.
Tom Fielde OF Monterey came up
tonight, and haa circulated among the
new members with the peculiar SER
pentine twist which has made him in.
valuable to the Huntington dynasty.
The sensation OF the hour is the
change of heart az experienced by Speaker
Lynch, who is no. counted as safely
in the De Young cloumn.
In an interview with THE HERALD
correspondent tonight Speaker Lynch
defined his position as follows;
when | was candidate before my
district convention Senator Perkins
friends did all in their power to defeat
me for nomination. After my election
the same influence sought to defeat
me for speaker of the assembly. Their
candidate was Dodge Of Alameda. When
they failed to elect him an TO defeat mo
they circulated stories to the effect tina.
was using my position unfairly in tho
matter of com mitteee. This | deny
most emphstically, as in making up the
committees | have endeavored to act
impartially and have not allowed my
personal feslings to influence me in any
instance. In view OF all these facts l
do rot consider myself under any obli-
cations to Senator Perkins. and taking
this view, | asked G release from my
pledge to the county convention. fail
to see what owe Perkins or his friends,
who have in no way rendered me any
assistance before my nomination, dur
ing my campaign or since my election
up to date"
w. B. Hamilton, who ia acting for
Perkins, waa asked "a to the merits OF
Lvnch's statement OF the situation.
He denied that Senstor Perkins knew
he acts attributed to his friends by
Speaker Lynch, and in refutation OF the
charge that the senator sought to bring
about the defeat Of Lynch and election of
Dodge as chairman of the assembly, he
stated positively that no attempt was
made by Perkins or his friends
to organize the assembly. Had they
desired to interfere in that matter they
could have made the organization as
they had friends enough in the lower
house to control it, had they desired.
So the matter rests, and will rest Until
after the meeting of the county com nit
tee in San Bernardino, on Saturday
next, when, il they refuse to release
Lynch, he will be placed in tho position
of ignoring his constituents. il he fol-
lows ont the line Of argument which he
advanced tonight.
Shrewd politicians predict that the
farming point in the contest will not
come before one or more ballots have
ham "a han In the rnaautiIne Porkin
effort will be directed to holding what
be has in hand, and De Young mnst pull
Rsrkins down before he can win his