The herald., 1896-09-10

| evening" so 1t Is said, and politics were
| generally discussed. 1t was given out
at late hour that Captain Overton
| would experience some difficulty, per-
| haps, in putting in the A. p. A. dele
gates in one solid bunch. The meeting
+, was a stormy one, and numerous allega-
| tions and charges of bad faith were
| made.
Just what the cause of the fall out
| between Mr.. Lindley and Mr., Webber
was cannot be learned. But Charles did
not like the way things were going, So
in the intrest of better government"
and reform methods" he Joined hands
with Col. Otis and Colonel" Tommy
! Smith to purify Republican politics.
The team will pull well together. but
lust where Colonel Smith gets off can
not with any degree of certainty be
stated at this juncture, although in all
probability Col. Otis will provide lib
orally for his newly discovered ally.
THE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION
OF course the great and initial contest
that will come up in the convention to-
day will be upon the organization. Tn1s
issue will be a test of strength or the
two factions. 1t will determine whether
Mr.. Hanna's appointment of Mr.. Lind
lev as the master hand who shall man
age the politics Of Southern California
shall be confirmed, or whether Col Otis
and Mr.. webber shall handle matters
locally, while Mr.: Lindley looks after
things for the national ticket.
Edward A. Meserve will be a candi-
GATE for chairman of the convention, AND
| all of the Lindley strength will be
thrown to him In addition, Mr.. Me-
serve has a strong personal following.
! He is a young man, and his friends as
| sert that he would make good CHAIR
man. They also claim that his active
| support of the party in the past entltles
| him to the honor.
Captain Gilbert Overton will be the
| candidate of the Otis Wehber combine
| Captain Overton Is a citizen OF ire
proachable character. and he will prob
ably receive a vote that will be really
| larger than the combination that Is
| pushing him could on its merits, II II mas
any, obtain.
Still. if Captain Overton Is elected
| chairman, it will be a great advantage
to Otis, Webber & Co., for it would
give them great prestige.
Charles f. Day. prominent Repupli-
can. has also been mentioned in con-
nection with the craftsmanship Of the
convention, but his friends are making
no active fight'for him.
Gen. A. B. Campbell has been spoken
of as a possible candidate. but as Gen.
Campbell has allied with no faction. it
is not probable that he will be seriously
| considered in this connection.
THE SECRETARYSHIP
John c. Platt wants to be secretary
of the convention and Is working hard
for the place. A b. Conrad has many
friends who think he should be given
the secretaryship. as he has by past
| faithful SERVICE earned the honor
AS to the sensational instructions
which Colonel Hellison insists the con-
| vention shall adopt 1t looks, at this juno
ture, very much as though they will not
be rammed down the throats of the del
| egates. The failure of Senator Perkins
| to take stand either for or against the
national platform Of the party will have
something to do with defeating them.
Then. too. the attitude of the 2500 work.
ingmen at Agricultural park Monday
in denouncing Colonel Hellison's latest
| scheme has given it damper.
ARE CLOSE FRIENDS
Be this as it may. BILLY" Hamilton,
Senator Perkins private secretary, is
| still working hard to secure instruc-
tions He and Mr.. Webber have opened
HEADQUARTERS at room No. ZIG, Hollen-
| beck hotel, and here, in company with
| the Colonel, they meet, lay the plans
and interview their friends.
| Mr.. Webber has become very close
with Mr.. Hamilton. They slept together
| on Tuesday night were UP early yester-
day morning, and throughout the day
they did some very tall hustling for
Perkins instructions. The colonel ad-
| mired their labors greatly and patron
izingly patted them on the backs, While
they both assured him that he was
great man. This he admitted.
The Perkins people, however, are not
going to be foolish. If this morning 1t Is
| found out by Otis and his satellites that
the instructions cannot be put through.
no resolution to that effect will be pre-
| sented, for if it is presented and then
defeated it would give Otis a blacker
<1oo \, yrat
has had several of them plnted on his
| political brow in the last few days.
JUDICIAL SLATE
The judicial slate has not yet been
changed and it probably will not be.
1t stands up to date without fracture
M II. Alien. Lucien Shaw, George Hol-
ton and Judge Clark are to be chosen
If things go as 1t has peen programmed
| for them to.
There is going to be some little trou-
BILE though in putting all of this slate
through. A meeting was held yesterday
| afternoon at the office OF Judge w. "A.
| Cheney to consider ways and means of
turning things over as regards 1udlclai
| nominations.
In addition to Judge Cheney there
-uBx4 oosIouBII ueS 9ul ol IBIo9ds v
were present Judge B. N. Smith, w. T.
| Williams. several other candidates for
Judge and the close friends of all those
gentlemen seeking honors. 1t was de-
cided to unite all the strength that
Cheney, Smith and Williams could con-
troll to knock out the program from
start to finish.
HE KICKS HARD
Judge Smith relies upon securing the
support of a large number of country
delegates and expects to pull himself
through thereby. If he was left with
the support he will get from the city he
simply would not be in it at all. Judge
Smith feels very indignant to think that
he should have been counted out in the
deal put up on the judicial nominations
The judge claims that the cards have
been stacked on him and that If he is
turned down in the convention he will