The herald., 1896-09-17
SCHEME FOR JOINT CANVASS
william Mead Makes Proposition to
Candidate Mccullough
LEGAL Corporations Trying to Bulldoze Their
Employees
The Prohibitionists Meet in Convention
and Nominate Full County Ticket.
Fight for Secretaryship of the
Republican Committee

From all over Southern California re-
ports are being received of accessions to
the ranks. The friends of silver are
working and laboring with the great
body of intelligent voters to the south of
the Tehachepi mountains and the re-
suits are already being heard from.
In every little town and hamlet the
money question is being discussed and
the result is that the forces of Bryan and
silver are receiving accessions on every
hand
The Republicans have given up all
hope of carrying California for Mckin-
lev, The result is that little no work
is being done by the Republican state
central committee, and California mon
ey is being sent east to help out Mr..
Hanna. Wall street being delinquent,
California has got to help make up the
deficiency.
From San Diego county come most en-
couraging reports. Down that way
about one third of the regular Repub-
lican vote is for silver and for Bryan.
The Republican candidate for congress,
the Hon. w. w. Bowers, is making sill
Yer campaign and SansDiegO county is
his home. The people down that way
feel very kindly toward Mr.. Bowers He
has refused to stultify himself and de-
clare for the gold standard after having
been all his life an advocate of silver
coinage. Bowers will get a tremendous
vote in San Diego county, and in fact
throughout the entire district.
In Orange county about half the Re
publican vote will go to Bryan. The
population is essentially for silver and
Mr.. Bryan will carry the county by
round majority
In, 60 linz ba
lcan disaffection is widespread Hun
dreds of old-time partisanS have de-
clared for Bryan and silver. On the other
hand the advocates of the gold standard
are lukewarm. They lack the old-time
energy and push which is always eX-
hibited in a presidential campaign. The
silver people are active and alert and
continuing the organization of clubs
throughout the county.
In Riverside county the Republicans
have always had a good round majority.
The Riverside people are many of them
wealthy and possessed of independent
fortunes. This being the case they have
always been with the Republican party.
This year this element is pronounced in
it's advocacy of the gold standard. But
the great mass of voters are for silver
a conservative estimate places River
side county in the Mckinley column by
a small majority. The silver sentiment
is growing. however, and it is just as
probable that Bryan will carry the
county by small majority as it is that
Mckinley will obtain the most votes.
In Ventura county they are simply fig
uring on Bryan'S majority. The whole
county is alive on the money question,
and wherever the discussion of this is
sue is uppermost Bryan cannot help but
have the best of it,
In Santa Barbara county though, the
silver idea has not been as thoroughly
promulgated as 1t might have been The
result is that it is probable that McKin-
ley will carry this county. There are
great many former subjects of the
queen of Great Britain resident in Santa
Barbara county and they of course are
against silver and are doing all they can
for Mckinley in every way.
Here in Los Angeles county the SEN
timent for silver is not to be mistaken.
Ihere are 20OO open, aVOWed silver Re-
publicans, not to speak of the hundreds
who Will vote for silver. candidates
whose names are not on the club rolls
The largest number Of gold Democrats
are also in Los Angeles county. but to
place the number at over 200 would be
ridiculous.
This being the case a man who has fig
ured in politics to some very considera-
Bile extent and who has made a record
as statistician. places the majorities
of the Southern California counties this
way:
For Bryan: Majority.
Los Angeles county. .1500
San Diego county y............. 500
CClehSe county .......... 800
San Bernardino county. $40
Ventura county 400
Total ...................,.. 265O
ror Mchlniey: Majority.
Santa Barbara county. 400
Riverside county. o50
Net majority for Bryan, 31GO.
NOW these figures are really the esti-
mate OF conservative man. He has
traVeied over the country he gives fig
ureS Tor and knows whereof he epeale