The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-31
DEMOCRATIC CHANCES
mcguire WILL MEET NO OPPO-
SITION IN THE CONVENTION
AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH
What j. w. Mitchell Thinks of the Sit
uation-Budd for Senator-South-
ern Democrat for Congress

John w. Mitchell returned from San
Francisco last night, where he attended a
meeting of the committee of fourteen
which fixed the date of the state conven-
ton and issued the call. 1.-The political sit
uation is not at all complicated, he said,
NOR from Il Democratic standpoint is it
| discouraging. The state committe con-
cluded that the party In this state is In
position to make an active and aggressive
campaign; therefore, it decided to have
the convention before that of the Repub-
| icans. 10 show that we are not afraid to
take the initiative.
Mcguire will be nominated on the first
ballot. and l doubt if any other name will
be submitted to the convention. There Is
not a Republican who has been mentioned
as his opponent that can defeat him. OF
course, his nomination has been foregone
conclusion for months past, and there has
really never been any opposition to him
in the ranks of the party.
Governor Budd will be chairman Of the
convention, and the platform will be short,
sharp and decisive. 1t will reaffirm thu
Chicago platform, support the Spanish
American war and justify 1t, applaud our
heroes of the army and navy, declare for
the Nicaragua canal, an enlargement of
the navy, be against all legislation looking
to the refunding Of the Pacific railway
debts. disapprove of some features of the
revenue measure. and endorse and COM
mend the administration of Governor
Budd. This is. of course, but brief fore
cast and a consensus of the opinions of
leading Democrats who shape party affairs
in this state.
"Will Governor Budd be candidate for
the senate?" he was asked.
81 saw Governor Budd on several occa-
sions while / was north. and talked politics
with him. He did not state that he would
be a candidate for the senate but I will
say that he expressed considerable solic-
itude as to the candidates for the next
| legsla AZURE. who will elect a successor to
Senator White. 1t has been said time and
time again that the governor was a can
didate for the senate, and only yesterday
afternoon one of the San Francisco even
ing papers came out with that statement
1t was not authorized; still do not doubt
| if the legislature is Democratic that Gov
| ernor Budd will be among the candidates,
| in the event of Senator White adhering to
his determination, about which there
| seems 10 De little uOuDt.
LAS to the Democrats winning the leg
| islature, this is not altogether unreasona-
| BILE If the situation in San Francisco from
party standpoint, can be cleared. If all
| the factions in the party there can be gotten
| together a large majority of the candidates
| from that city can be elected, and with
| Mcguire at the head of the ticket. thus
giving enthusiasm and confidence to the
.k1A1
| have said. Democrats legislature is not
| an impossibility. There is mddle-of-the-
road element in the Democratic party,
which wishes to put up a Democratic can
didate for every office on the ticket and
| ignore the fusion agreement, but I am
opposed to this and our committee of four
| teen and the individuals thereof have been
| doing all we could to prevent these ques
| tons being raised In the state convention
| and to bring about harmonious fusion on
| the lines agreed upon.
"There is one thing that will perhaps
| create a difference, and that is the dis
| tribution of the congressional districts.
| The Democrats are entitled to this dis
trict; they should not consent to support
Barlow again. They should demand this
| district for Il Democrat, and force it to be
upon in the Seventh, as there is no opposi-
| ton to him, and the Populists should not
claim nor have both of the congressman
! from Southern California. Wardall secured
| Barlow's nomination in the first place at
Sacramento out OF the regular order by
representing that Barlow had been agreed
upon by the Democrats. but l know of
| no body of Democrats who did any such
hi 7 In n her
of the fusion committee was opposed to
| him upon the representations that We're
made to them. II we put up a strong Dem
| ocrat like George S. Patton or any good
man, and the Populists support him as we
| did Cannon and Barlow, he would unques-
| tionably be elected.
las to the election of delega ties to the
state convention, Los Angeles has eighty
| one and I do not see any reason why all
| good Democrats who want tosand can go
| to the convention may not be elected
| There will be little or no differences in the
| convention, and for my own part. while
recognize that there are some factions in
| the county, | am In favor of them all re-
| ceiving recognition.
81 see considerable in the papers about
| the push and the pull in the party. To
me a Democratic vote is Il Democratic vote
| and every man who gives his time and vote
| to the party deserves recognition. This
| cry of corruption in local Democracy is a
| libel upon the party. have never seen it
but once, and that was when parties now
claiming to be of the purity push and
who wanted to purify primaries. hired lot
of wagons and floating Spaniards and
| moved on the Cahuenga primaries They
NAV try the same thing again. but old man
| Sullivan and the rest Of the good Demo-
Gratis of the Cahuenga will try and make
these Spaniards think Schley and Shafter
are after them if they are again imported
there Governor Budd told me that some
| local Democrat who aspres to be a boss
has claimed that he was going to bring a
solid delegation from this county l do
not believe any man or set of men can do
this, but the Los Angeles delegation will
probably grow unanimous because there is
nothing to squabble about"
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