The herald., 1898-06-06
S ANGELES HERALD. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE s, 49,

accomplished under the present circum-
stances.
Scrutator predicts that II the Demo-
cratic state committee maintains its pres
ent firm and sensible position, the Popu-
list leaders will soon develop change of
mind on early conventions and kindred
topics.
John W.. Mitchell returned from San
Francisco yesterday, where he had been
attending to politics.
There is nothing crystallized In Demo-
cratic politics in San Francisco" he said
last evening. 1.-THE atmosphere up there
is obscured. This is caused by the appoint
ment of that committee of 100. which Is
called by it's opponents the Ward McAllis-
ter committee by the number of guberna-
torial candidates, which includes Jeter,
Mcguire Larue, Sewall and many others,
not emitting perhaps the most prominent
at present of all-Phelan-and by the an
nouncement of Gov. Budd that he would
not be candidate for any office on ac-
count of his health. There is much guess
ing as to the purpose of this committee.
in whose interest it was appointed and
what it's intentions are and who, II any
one, is behind it.
1.-The man who now seems to command
the situation is Phelan, because of his
many successes in San Francisco. among
which is the credit for carrying the new
charter. 1t is believed that he will be the
favorite of both the Examiner and the
machine for the governorship or any NOM
nation he may desire. The committee of
100 which has In charge the San Francisco
end of the matter as it has the power TO
appoint the delegates from that city, is
thought to favor him, though Mcguire Is
credited with having some friends upon 1t.
It is a matter of gossip that Mcguire does
not approve of this committee, nor of its
method of appointment. nor of the rules
which govern its action, and that he does
not desire it's support But Mcguire may
have to take this position from the fact
that the committee is to appoint the dele
gates from that city. and If there are other
candidates from there there will likely
be divided delegation
1.-THE state committee at a meeting to be
held on Saturday is to appoint the time
and place for the state convention, which
will probably be at San Francisco, though
Sacramento and Santa Cruz are trying to
secure the selection. The feeling seems to
be general for Q late convention, and the
time will depend somewhat on the outcome
Of the efforts for fusion, and may be de-
termined by a committee which will be
guided by the action of the Republicans as
to the time and place of their convention and
the action of another conference commit
tee with the Populists and Silver Repub-
licans.
"rhere is very widespread desire for
fusion, if it can be brought about by the
Populists' yielding to the fact that the
Democrats will not be absolutely con-
trolled by any party and form the domi-
nant party of the three. There Is dis
position to give the Populists fair pro-
portion of the nominations after the gov
ernorshp has been conceded to us, and
there will be no quibblng if this Is done as
to what shall be given to the other two
parties concerned. That is, If the Populists
do not attempt to take any more snap
judgments as they did in fixing the time
and place of their convention after we
had taken the first step towards fusion
in arranging a conference committee.
"a practical plan for the union of the two
parties on the state ticket, and one we
hope will succeed, is, after the Democrats
fix the time and place of their convention,
for the Populists to send their proxies to
Sacramento at the time of their convention
and then adjourn to meet at the same time
and place as the Democrats. or else to
have them leave the power to arrange fu-
sion with a committee to be appointed at
their convention.
1.-THE Democrats will do all they can to
bring about joint action by the two par
ties and if we are not successful 1t will be
entirely due to unreasonable demands on
the part of the middle-ofthe-road element
of the Popuists, many of whom it is
known are bitterly opposed to any union
and who are probably affected in their
views by the Vaccinations of the Repub-
LEANS" SCRUTATOR.