The herald., 1896-05-10
j." BLINKER" MURPHY
AT SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO. May 4.-"Talk easy"
said Mr. "Blinker' Murphy; "Steve's in
the next room. No, he amt up here
ADDING politics; he's a-going to lone in
the morning to buy logs. You know
Gage is a-sawing wood now. and all the
lumber in his back yard has run out so
he's a-going up to lone to get some more
material
Ben Stineman has given me and
Steve rooms down here at the depot for
the night, because there's gang at the
Golden Eagle that we don't want to
meet
Yes, I'm in politics for the Espee.
but Gage amt a-doing nothin. Me and
Colonel Fred is running the works.
Say Freddy is a great partner. He's
about as good as glass eye to blind
man.
What am a-writing out now? Well
don't mind a-telling you. I'm a
writing a resolution a-pledging Con-
gresham McLachlan to support Uncle's
scheme to make Santa Monica the port
of entry down south, and to throw all
that Doodle that congress is agoing to
appropriate into the hands of me and
Coils.
You see. We own Sheldon all right,
and he's got to do what he's told. We've
him aworking our graft down south in
gOOQ shape. l ain Deen d-TunnlnS 10
fires with Walter Moore in Los Angeles
and a-going to them floral shows down
there for nothing. I've been a-grafting
for the Espee all the time. I've been a
telling them one-lung guys in the warm
/ belt that San Francisco is playing for
the commerce of the coast. and that it's
near time that the south asserted it
self / amt got the resolutions all made
out but I've given you what we intends
Yes. there's some kicking, but that don't
worry me or Steve. You can hear him
a-snoring now il you keep your ears
open.
"Of course it will be little tough on
McLachlan. but that don't amount to
nothing. He will have to swallow it or
quit anyway. guess he's a-going to be
done up.
Who's going to be chairman of the
convention? Well, Frank Coombs wants
it bad, He was UP to see me bit ago.
and talked about his being Native Son,
and gave me all that sort of fill about his
loyalty to the Republican party. got
tired of his CUFF and asked what goods
he had to deliver to the Espee. He said
! he didn't have no goods to show up. so
| told him to go out on the levee and shake
| himself.
Say, do you know that mark from
| Pasadena who used to be city attorney
| He came to me and as soon as see his
mug l sized him up as the kind of a hard
game he wants He looks like geeser
that would stand pat with his friends.
I'm a-thinking that I'll make him chair
man. and as soon as Gage gets through
a-talking through his nose I'll tell him
that Arthur goes.
I'VE int a-going to hayie no second
convention. It's too much trouble a-call-
ing away the armers and the mechan-
les from their work to vote at primaries.
It's all been fixed that Barham gets
nominated in the morning for congress,
as told you yesterday that Bowers was
nominated today. Hilborn is to go back
| and so is Grove johnson. Voorhees, of
| Amador is up here a-making a kick
| He's got aplay on that FL Dorado dele
| cation, I've heard of it and am a going
to kiss it off.
when does Colonel Fred come in Z?
An. | shook him off at Suisun. He's
| a-killng ducks out of season.
'As soon as the convention meets in
the afternoon. the first business will be
| to have Arthur appoint committee on
! resolutions. All resolutions will be re-
| ferred to that committee. There won't
be no debate. Then there'll have to be
a committee appointed on order of busi-
| ness. That Will mean the selection Of
delegates to the national convention.
nut as that has been settled already in
| the districts there won't be no trouble
| What about the delegates at large !?
We'll, Sheldon goes, but there's a kick
against young Grant. You see. Grant S
1ather used to be pretty close to Rose
| Grams and Phil Sheridan and the Sher-
mans and them kind of marks. and 80
that taint on the old man may do the
| youngster up. That's what the Bible
man would call the sins of the father :
getting away down and doing up the
| son.
of course, I've got my own feelings
ABOUT thls thing, and so has Steve, but
what is good for the Fspee is good
enough for me. Sheldon has got to b @ a
delegate at large. I've already given him
pointers what to do at Washington. and
he goes on there Wednesday to show
them geesers at the capitol that the
state of California is in favor Of the
FUNDING bill and nothing else
Say. it was dam funny to hear Lilo
mel apologizing to me for doing politics
with Hervey Lindley. He said that Her
vey was good feellow and man of his
word but he thought that he was toe
close to John Gaffey and Jim Kelly and
flower.
''Hervey is a goner as a delegate from
Los Angeles. Tom Field was up here a
minute ago to tell me that he didn't
want nothing and to give the place to
Johnny Porter. There's a little objection
to John. but it's local in Monterey. so
guess he goes
wei. now, slide along. Ben Stein
man viii be thinking that the Espee
is a-making his place railroad quarters
II you stay any longer. What about John
Dough? You go and ask George Knight
and don't bother me no more Twilight
Hello! yelled Mr.. Murphy through
the telephone at l o'clock. Steve has
Just woke up and tells me that Arthur
don't go for chairman. He says he's be.
nina Frank Coombs of Napa. I'm Civ
ing you this so you won't go wrong
George Knight has been up here a-rais
ing hell The A. p. AS has turned hin
down, and he says he'll hit themjn The
nose before the day is over Things /.
not going as smooth as 1 thought the,
We're.
The A. p. AS has indorsed Gleave.
or shasta, Sheldon of Los Angeles ant
, John Dough. Things is a-going to hoI
, at the convention. and I've got to sta.
up all night to see that me and COlli