The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
Budding Am bitions That May Be Blighted by
 Convention Frost.
Few Places on the State Ticket But No Dearth of Men
 to Fill Them.
NOT UNKNOWN TO FAM E.
Possible Territorial Differences That May Ruin the Chances of Some
 Promising Aspirants.

The present war talk is suggestive Of the idea that if all politicians were pa +riots the saftey of the nation might very we'll be left in the keeping of Cali fornians. That is to say, there are enough gentlemen who are aspirants to places within the gift Of the people of the State at the coming election 10 make a most formidable showing 1T drawn up in body on the field of bat tie.
 Ideas suggested by the present condl- tion of international affairs have very little to do, however, with the coming campaign and the aspirations of the gentlemen who would not object to having their names appear on the state ticket. To consider the chances Of the numerous aspirants partakes somewhat of the element of chance involved Tn making a future book on the great American Derby. There are plenty or entries, but a scarcity of data for the form players. It is a question or pay your money and take your choice.
 The fact that the conditions are fa- vorable for a Republican walk-over de- IOlHlIlS cident to the scramble for place on the winning ticket. AS far as the head of the ticket is concerned there is no scarcity of available timber. That a strong man will be selected there Is no doubt, but there is a doubt, and very grave one, whether the man will come from the northern or southern half of the State Even at this early day there Is being made a strong effort to har- monize these territorial differences by some sort of compromise that will at once satisfy the meritorious claims of the Republican leaders on both sides of the Tehachapi line. It is urged not without truth, that among the leaders in the middle and northern counties, who have signified desire to head the ticket, there are some whose services to the party in the past give them claim to present recognition that Is too strong to be lightly ignored. On the part of southern Republicans 1t may be said that the same claim is being made, an argument that is further strengthened by the assertion made by politicians south of the line that the time has now arrived when it is their
 
 leaders. This, then, is the basis upon which all differences, if they can be dignifed by so strong a term, are to be adjusted. Although no actual adva ces have been made by interested parties on either side, it is generally under stood among those who are supposed to know that the southern half of the State will be accorded the right to name the Republican candidate for United States Senator and that the north will select the nominee for Gov ernor.
 This arrangement, while generally satisfactory, will not meet with the ap- proval of William Arthur, chairman of the last Republican State convention. The fact that his home is at Pasadena would place him at once. territorially speaking, on the list of ineligibles. While not an active and declared candidate for the place at the head of the ticket, Arthur Is still one of the southern gu- bernatorial possibilities. Should his as- pirations be made to suffer because of any agreement such as has been out lined he would have plenty of compan- ionship in his discontinue, as there are others on the other side of Tehachapi who would not object to the nomination for Governor on the Republican ticket. Among these Is Henry Gage, the Los Angeles attorney If present indications are to be taken into account there is every reason to believe that Gage will not push his claim for recognition as candidate for Governor, but will take advantage of the trend of events and take his chances on being selected as the man to be voted for when the next Legislature takes up the task of elect ing a United States Senator In this he is receiving the support of Colonel Otis through the medium of the Los Angeles Times. The same paper has given evil dence of a budding desire to father the gubernatorial aspirations of Attorney General Fitzgerald. State Senator An drous may be declared out of the run ming, he being entirely and wholly sat- isfled with the position of Postmaster at Pomona, political plum that is we'll within his reach.
 In the northern counties the crop of would-be gubernatorial candidates passes all belief. District Attorney Barnes will make bid for the nomina- tion, and his chances of receiving it are sufficiently strong, when judged by present standards, to make him an in-