The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
POLITICS. ON
 THE SIMMER Candidates Under Dis cuSsion at the State
 Capital.
Secretary of State Brown Has Strong Support for the
 Governorship.
Judge Walling of Nevada City Is Out for Congress From the Second
 District
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9.-The recent rain, with it's bountiful blessings, has not only revived and given new life to the seed soWn some weeks ago, but seems to have stimulated and awak- ened the patrons of political husbandry ana the crops of that character not already in are being planted to greater acreage and preparations for an early harvest are being actively made.
 w. R. Davis of Oakland spent couple of days here last week and scat tered few seed, which he hopes may multiply to his profit later on. He en- countered winds from other directions, however, and those who are looking after the interests of L. H. Brown and Attorney General Fitzgerald declare that what little sowing he did will not thrive, as the soil of Sacramento Coun- ty has been and is being cultivated for other crops than his
 The announcement in the Oakland Tribune to the effect that L. H. Brown had retired from the fight for Cover nor has resulted in quite an active movement in that direction on the part of his Sacramento friends and SUD- porters.
 Mrs. l.. H. Brown, in speaking of the report, made the following statement to The Call correspondent to-day: You may say positively that such a report has no foundation in truth. In fact, Mr. Brown is now actively engaged in mapping out and planning his cam paign. The attending physicians have advised me to the effect that should Mr. Brown now take their advice and refrain from excitement and bother of official cares for week or so more he will be stronger than he has been for six years, and it is their wish that he should be careful now in order that he may be fully prepared to enter into any kind of venture later on.
 MT. Brown put in an hour Of hard work yesterday, and it is now our in- tention to go to San Francisco the last of the week and later on we may take a trip south. I have received several letters making inquiries concerning the report in the Oakland paper, and you can say for MT. Brown that the thought of retiring from the fight has never entered his head, and in short time he will be able to take up matters pertaining to the contest with his old time vigor and energy"
 While nothing of positive nature could be gathered at the office of the Attorney -Generan Judge C. N. Post tatives of the Attorney General in Sac- ramento, are both sanguine of their principals ultimate victory.
 The Congressional contest in the Sec ond District has brought out Judge J. M. Walling of Nevada City, and his great strength is conceded by all. The Record Union says editorially:
 Judge J. M Walling of Nevada City will seek the Republican nomination for Congressman for the Second District. Judge Walling is a strong man, extreme ly popular in the mining counties and thoroughly acceptable to the agricultural portions of the district. He was depart ment commander of the Grand Army in California last year, is leading Odd Eel low and Mason. and is well known the judicial bench with great distinction. He is regarded by all other candidates in the district as formidable.
 The supporters of Judge Walling are further urging his nomination upon the claim of locality. Amador, Ell Do- rado, San Joaquin and Sacramento counties have all had the naming of a Congressman from the Second, and now Nevada, which has always stood up SOOu dIlu SlIOilS lOI lue OlHcl iiOiu- inees, claims the turn to put forward one of her favorite champions The good feeling now prevailing between the mining and agricultural counties, which go to make up the Second Con- gressional District, will certainly insure the election of Judge Walling.
 Hon. E. c. Voorheis. State Senator from Amador and Calaveras, has been urged by his friends to stand in, but he declines, and in speaking to the representative of The Call said: My mining interests are such as to abso- lutely preclude every possibility of my becoming candidate for any office. I could not under any circumstance or contingency be persuaded to accept any office of a public nature"
 Jacob H. Neff of Placer County is being urged by his many friends to ac- cept the nomination for Governor, but as yet they have not been able to se- cure his consent.
 His popularity throughout the State would certainly insure his election" said J. J; Crawford, ex-State mineral ogfst and prominent Republican lead CT of El Dorado County.
 The Republicans are not alone In preparing for the fray. which will be on us before we know it, provided the Supreme Court sustains the enactment Of the Stratton primary law.
 The Bryan Silver Republican, Dem- ocrat and Populist aggregation had meeting last night, and arranged for the firing of the first gun. Hon. c. A. ex-Congressman from Mime sota, Is going to touch 1t off on the 24th day of February, provided suffi- cient funds can be collected to buy the powder and hire hall.
 In the way of local matters things are moving along smoothly, with May or Land and. the trustees throwing bou- quets at one another, and at the same time giving Sacramento a promise. of the best administration the capital city has ever had.