The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

in districts where there are practically
only Republican votes. The remainder
of the nominations in which there was q
ghost of show for success they took to
themselves on the fusion basis.
Santa Barbara Democrats supinely
yielded the Assembly nomination to the
Populist aspirant, SO Gator scored another
victory.
It was all fixed up in the usual smooth
manner that Popuiist should be placed
on the Assem- bIy ticket in Ventura County,
but handful of old-line Democrats got
in and made such a clamorous protest
tnat the scheme had to be abandoned, and
Democrat was nomin ated, thus Illus
trating the fact that little frmness on
the part of the genuine Democratic party
would have delivered that organization
from the humiliating subjection into
which it h as been led. In the Senatorial
district of which Ventura is part, out of
respect for Senator White the Democratic
Senator was not opposed by the Populists.
He has q chance to win, and if he lives
may be called on to vote for Mr.. White
two years hence.
Gator fairly bulldozed the Democrats
into fusion in San Luis Obispo County
and as the outcome Populist was nomi-
mated.
Kern County is known as a Democratic
ton is equivalent to an election, yet
strange to relate. after Democrat had
been nominated Gator and his cohorts
came along and dragged down the Demo-
cratic choice and put up a Populist in
stead. This seems like carrying things
with high hand, but it illustrates the
haccid condition of the Democratic will
throughout the State.
In the Assembly district composed of
I'LL Do A.
nominated without a protest. One of
Fresno's Assemblymen was apportioned
to the Populist party just as courtesy to
Mr.. Gator. No opposition.
In Stockton both the Assem- blymen
were given to the Gator Populists. the rail-
road interest favoring that plan with
might and main.
Other counties have been yielded to the
Populists by the Democrats, as follows
Placer County, l; Mono and Inyo (jointly),
/; Sutter and Yuba, the same; Tehama
and Trinity, the same.
The Populists also got two of their men
on the Assem- bly, ticket in Hum boldt
County, and also took Sonoma into camp,
as well as Contra Costa, Solano, Napa and
Santa Cruz, these latter having one Gomi-
nee each.
Alameda contributed three Populistio
nominees to Mr.. Gators possible quota
and Santa Clara gives two. In these
places, however, the election is what is
troubling the fusionists more than they
care to confess.
The Populists grew so emboldened by
their uninterrupted series of victories that
they decided that they could afford to
break faith with the Democrats in regard
to the senatorship for the district en-
braced in Monterey and San Benito coun-
ties. After they had tricked the Demo-
Gratis into fusing on their candidate for
State Senator they declined to pull down
their Populist nominee, so there are now
three aspirants in the feld-Republican
Democrat and Populist-with the chances
in favor of the Republican obtaining a
good majority.
In addition to these fusion arrange
ments, Populists are running for the
Legislature on straight-out Populist
tickets IN Shasta, Marin and Nevada
counties.
The situation in the City and County of
San Francisco is somewhat mixed. The
Democrats have generally refuse to CO.
alesce with the Populists, but in several
cases the Populists hava Endorsed Demo-
cratic nominees in order to carry out the
idea that they have been able to accom-
plish the general fusion programme
throughout the State.
The bunko game has worked all right.
so far as the nominations are concerned.
but it remains to be seen whether the
Democratic voters will permit themselves
to be used in this shameful manner by a
few tricksters who have only their per-
sonal aims and selfish purposes to ad-
vance.