The herald., 1896-05-05

1 adjourned to my rooms in the Colder
Eagle hotel, in company with Jacl
Martin, Phil Crimmins, Major Kyle, G
IL. Curry. ]. NJ. Chretien and others. Tha'
is a lie, because was not with those mer
last night and did not even see Phi
Crimmins.
THE SILVER STRADDLE
Marvin r. Higgins, one of the McKin-
ley leaders, private secretary to exGoV-
| ernor Markham, was asked TINS AFTER
noon If he thought that a silver plank
would be placed in the platform TO be
adopted by the convention.
Il believe that silver will receive some
kind of recognition" said he, but the
plank upon the subject will be anything
but rabid affair"
CONVENTION NOTES
Should there be a nomination for lieu
tenant governor, John d. Lynch of Gu
camonga will capture the honor.
A big delegation of women is here and
more is due, to argue tomorrow for a
resolution in favor of the woman suf-
frage amendment to the state constitu-
ton.
Before the great fight of the conven-
ton upon the instruction of delegates
comes before the assembled Republic
ans, the fierce local contests for seats in
the convention must be settled. The
/ number of contesting delegations is eX-
| traordinary. In Sacramento a delega-
ton that was appointed is said to crook
the hinges of the knee" to Grove l..
| Johnson. representative in congress.
! who emitted a faint odor of violets when
asked the reason that all the California
| delegations save one oppose the fund
ing bill. Another delegation from Sacra-
mento was elected at a primary. Both
| delegations will ask seats in the con-
| Vention.
In Alameda county a delegation sup
porting Eli S. Denson for delegate to
! st. Louis was appointed. Another dele
CATION was appointed by a convention
chosen at primary election. Each del
! egation will ask recognition.
From the Fourth and Fifth Congress
sional districts contesting delegations
| will appear, each delegation demanding
seats and asserting its Simon purity, de-
claring its Republicanism and it's thor
| ough regularity as to selection.
The contests will be brought into the
| convention and fought to a finish in the
committee on credentials and on the
floor.
The attitude of the Los Angeles dele
cation regarding these various contests
is as yet undetermined.
Should Spreckles and Denison both
win over Hervey Lindley. an uninstruct-
ed delega ton may after all be sent to
~. l<OuIS anu IIeTe s Ine ruD.
w. b. Thorpe. secretary of the Nc
kinley league, gives out some figures
tonight that may sweep away the hopes
of those who oppose the candidacy of the
Ohio statesman.
Leaving out the Fourth congressional
district. and figuring on a total of 56S
votes in preliminary organization his
returns show that on the proposition
to instruct for Mckinley. there will be
majority of 352 These figures are
based on partial returns from San Fran
cisco, Modoc, Marin, Sierra. Tuolumne.
Solano, Santa Clara, Kings and MADEIRA
counties, and complete returns from
every other county in the state.
The people of Los Angeles need not
be surprised if the peculiar tactics which
three weeks ago endorsed Santa Monica
as the Southern California harbor by
the negative vote of the city council,
are repeated in the Sixth district con-
gressional convention tomorrow morn
ing.
Walter Parker intimated as much to
me this afternoon, and upon this subject
he certainly breathes Simon pure Re
publican political sentiment by the card.
Parker is here upon the proxy of George
McClain. 1t would be funny if he sue
ceeded in making Congressman James
McLachlan's platform upon the subject,
despite McLachlans repeated assur-
ances to the contrary made to the Free
Harbor league and w. C. Patterson per-
sonally, would it not?
GRANTS CITIZENSHIP.
A story fioated to the Los Angeles del |
egation tonight to the effect that U. s.
Grant is a resident of New York city and |
not citizen of San Diego, which may |
defeat that young gentleman in his as |
pirations to become delegate large |
to the national convention. Hervey |
and his friends are at midnight |
negotiating to do business with what is
known as the Spear Kelly -Mahoney
San Francisco Mckinley delegation,
which means instructions for William
Mckinley tomorrow and the election of |
William E. Arthur of Pasadena as the
chairman of the convention. All coun-
ties in the sixth and seventh congress
sional districts have declared for Arthur
Late tonight affairs We're straighten- !
ed out so that it looks as if Southern I
California were going to carry off all
the plums 1t is reported on good au-
thority that a combination has been ef-
,ected. whereby L. S. Grant jr. will re-
oeiVe at least 400 votes for delega te-at-
large. Sheldon of Los Angeles. it is
will also be nominated and the
men from the south are now concentrat-
ing their energies upon the chairman
ship. 1t was decided tonight by the
state central committee that all con-
.ests should be settled in the conven-
ton, and the men from below Tehach-
api figure that with their solid block of
,03 votes they can dictate the nonina-
ton of the chairman. 1t is reported that
The Spear delegation has made a deal
with Southern California to use all their
energies to help the south get the nonl-
nations of Sheldon and Grant as dele
te-atlarge and the election of Arthur
as chairman. In return Arthur is to
appoint a committee on credentials that
will seat the Spear men. If this program
5 carried out the Spreckels fac ton will
be utterly routed. The southern men.
however, seem to be a little afraid of
their own man. Arthur, and now that
here is q probability of his election
they are beginning to think they arc
asking too much of the convention
There is a possibility that the northern
and central delegates may get together |
before morning and unite upon Combs
IF Napa, or if the opposition to him is
100 strong upon some other man. Some
IF the delegates from below are afraid
hat. there is q scheme on foot to give
them all the empty honors at this con-
vention and that at the next convention, !
when the real officers and patronage viii
De distributed, they will be left out in
he cold. This feeling may serve to
elect Coombs chairman.
At the meeting of the state central
committee tonight, called ostensibly to
'ettle the fight in the San Francisco
delegation, there was a show of the
strength of the two factions. The anti
Spreckels men seemed to have the best