The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Opening Of the New Year
VIII Start a Hot
Campaign.
Democratic Factions Grindinu
Their TOmahawks for the
Warpath.
Some Discussions Among Republi-
cans Over the United States
SenatOrship.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.-It looks as
if the New Year and politics would
open up about the same time in Los
Angeles. In both parties here there are
factions, and all sides are sharpening
their hatchets and mixing their war
paint. The two factions in the Demo-
cratic party have been sleeping since
the great Patton-Rose Congressional
fight of last year. and il was believed
that these factions would come to-
gether and work in harmony during
the coming campaign. This hope, how
ever, has been we'll nigh destroyed by
a late action of a small section of the
County Central Committee. This COM
mittee contains statesmen who are not
content with mismanaging the affairs
of their party in this county, but must
perforce put a finger into the Demo-
cratic pie wherever it may be cooking
Last week nine of the committee met
and resolved that the Judases, the
character asSassins and the highbind-
ers of the Democratic party We're try
ing to get control of San Francisco
and called loudly upon the interior
cohorts to rush to the Succor of Sulli-
van and Phelan. These resolutions
have aroused a storm of indignation.
OF course, every Democrat is opposed
to bOssism unless his own boss is on
top, but they claim that the action of
the County Central Committee was i'm
pertinent, uncalled for and intended TO
stir up strife.
1t is recalled that the bitter fight of
last year was started by just such an
attempt to buldoze the Los Angeles
members of the State Central Commit
tee, and the rancor then engendered
grew until it eliminated in the defeat
of George S. Patton. His real friends
here are alarmed at the prospect Of the
old fight being reopened.
All is not smooth with the Republi-
cans and the storm is gathering around
the United States Senatorship. We
have two candidates here in Hon. r.
NJ. Bulla and Hon. Henry T. Gage
Clubs have been started in the inter-
ests of these two candidates. The Re-
publican League is behind Bulla, while
the Columbia Club shouts for Gage.
The former club seems to have been
the most successful and to have taken
the leading position. 1t IS claimed that
the membership of the Columbia Club
has of late been pouring into the
league and will on Thursday night,
when election of officers is held, try to
capture the works and turn the league
into a Gage Club. In consequence, the
next meeting of the league is expected
to be a warm function
G. F. Montgomery is down here boom
G. F. Montgomery is down here
booming Railroad Commissioner H NJ.
La Rue for the Democratic nomination
for Governor. His argument is that
the single tax is about to fasten it's
tentacles upon the State and the only
salvation is to elect Farmer La Rue
Governor.
Al Lindley of Sacramento, while
spending the holidays here, is not let
ting any chance to boom l.. H Brown
for Governor escape him. AS a result
of this work Brown will undoubtedly
receive a fair proportion of the Los
Angeles delegation in the Republican
State convention.