The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-20
THE POLITICIANS GUESSING,
Fifty-Nine Votes Now Claimed
For Perkins.
De Young's Managers Will Give No
Figures.
Senator Mathe VS. Labors Early and Late.
Great Day ~ the Cspitsl-As-
ssmbly Proceedings.
Special to TIE HERALD.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 19.-As was predicted,
hardly quorum responded at roll call in the
assembly this morning, and at the end OF a
one-hour session a majority of the members
made hss.e to the depot and took their
departure for the Bay city. Bulla of Los
Angeles, who is here for work. managed to get
quorum of the judiciary committee to re-
main and work off some of the most important
measures before his committee and on Mon
day morning will hand in report covering IL
bills This is the only committee that has got
down to active business far. and nothing in
the way of legislation will be accomplished
until after the senatorial question is dis
posed Of
SENATOR MATHEWS A WORKER.
Senator Mathews received six bills from the
Los Angeles board of trade this morning and
will have them prepared to introduce at Mon
days session of the senate.
The one lone and forsaken sen ltor whose
interest is centered in the Bay city, but who
for prudential reasons remains in Sacran ento
is Jere Mahony He wears a troubled look
and refuses to be interviewed on the su iect of
the Baldwin hotel ballot stuffing cases, in
which 1t is thought he takes more than COM
mon interest. His position is e peculiar one
at best.
Senator Androus is still confined to his room,
but he is improving slowly. For some unex-
planned reason the prevailing impression is
that the vexed question of who will i'll the
unexpired term of the late Senator stanford
will be settled in San Francisco before the
legislature meets on Monday. The cleaners
are all In the Bay city. The question OF the
hour is, can Perkins win the first ballot?
His friends now claim SO votes. which in
cludes the vote of one Populist, one Independ-
snt and two Democrats which leaves him
short of the required number to nominate.
This is the best estimate far furnished by
the Perkins managers.
NO FIGURES FROM DE YOUNG
Frank Stone for De Young, refuses to give
any estimate OF what he expects to secure for
his chief, but insists that the 50 claimed for
Perkins is more than he will get. Assembly
man Thomas claims 10 votes for Jake Neff. and
Dale of Kern insists that Bowers will be heard
from in no uncertain tone of voice. For the
first time this session Dale went to the Bay
city by the night train to protect Bowers in
terests He has be an in Geographic communi-
cation all day with Bowers and expresses him
self as sanguine of the final outcome He NEE Is
the argument advanced against Bowers as
coming from Stephen NJ. Whites district by
pointing to the fact that FELTON, and Stanford
lived but a few miles apart and insists that
geographical location will cut no figure; that
Southern California is big enough to ask for and
be grained anything. lie is the most enthusi-
astic boomer, on the ground and works day and
night in the interest of his friend and patron.
IT is thought that II Perkins does not secure
the prize on the first second ballot his
chance will vanish. His friends will then di-
rect their whole attention to defeating De
Young, in which event Bowers may become
formidable a dark horse
The San Francisco delegation is still in n
state of uncertainty as to how it will stand in
the fight, and neither candidate knows just
how to figure on 1t The prospects are that
they will vote for outsiders until they are
needed to decide the fight one way or the
other. and that then they will declare them
selves, and not before.
NEW FEATURE.
peculiar feature of the contest has en-
the attitude OF the De Young mana gers They
have been The mos active workers in the field,
and every move so far m lde indicates able gen
eralship, and the best informed politicians and
alert newspaper men on the ground have
failed to get a single item of any value which
would ldicatc on what NJ. II. de Young bases
his hopes of IL innate success, whom he
counts sure votes. As stated in previous
correspondence this would suggest confidence
and shrswd management. in other words, good
politics. We posteI politicians say that to
lose this fight means political oblivion for the
midwinter fair magnatc. and they are at a loss
to understand why he should stake so much on
the chance OF a twoyear term unless he had
positive assurance of success How he figures
it ont is the mystery of the hour. 1t has been
sugges ted that he ma7 conclude at the last
minute not to allow his name to go before the
legislature and that he has made this fight, on
which he has spent little or nothing, TO pave
the way for two years hence.