The herald., 1898-08-22

j. D. BROWN recOrQef, u. r. OdytouS tdA
collector, c. d. Fowler; district attorney,
J. w. Curtis; assessor. Capt Robert Bos-
worth; treasurer, w. A. Boren; super!n-
tendent of schools, Miss Lulu Bahr; aud
itor. C. M. Barnes: public administrator.
I. CT Girard; coroner. DR.. A. L. Shepard;
surveyor. R. E. Trask.
Silver Republicans will hold their state
convention in this city next Saturday.
They will unquestionably nominate and
indorse the union ticket. Congressman
Mcguire will be present. In the evening
1t is proposed to give him reception, at
which he will speak upon the issues Of the
campaign.
A great deal Of adverse criticism has
baen made upon the unit rule under which
tie Los Angeles delegation voted in the
state convention. This criticism has come,
as Megaphone has been told, from the push.
From all that can be learned, It Is no won
der the push have made complaints. This
Is the first convention, probably where
the votes of the push were ever given to
anti-railroad men or against railroad in
terests. The push were in a hopeless
minority, and the unit rule was adopted for
the very purpose Of preventing them from
misrepresenting the county Of Los Angeles.
It is further claimed that the unit rule Is
responsible for the defeat Of Mcbride for
state printer. This ID another mistake.
The eighty-one votes Of the Los Angeles
delegation, 50 the delegates say, were at
the absolute disposal Of Mr.. Mcbride. It
IL true that, by voting for Judge Coffey Of
San Francisco, the Los Angeles delegation
incurred the displeasure Of the country
delegates, and when the vote was taken
on state printer It was found that the
country delegation voted as a body for
Woodman. II Los Angeles had not voted
for Judge Coffey, San Francisco would not
have cut one-haK Of its vote for Mcbride
and he would have been defeated Just the
same.
The unit rule is bad on the push. but It
Is all right In every other respect.
The nomination Of Barlow brings disap-
pointment to many Democrats in Los An
geles county. They hoped that the Dem
ocratic party Of the Sixth district would
be given recognition for the support which
II had given the Populists In electing two
Of their men to congress. But 1t seems
that, from Populistic standpoint. reward
Is not measured by services rendered. To
begin with, Wordall, the private secretary
Of Barlow, called a hasty convention and
had his party nominate Barlow before the
Democrats had an opportunity to object.
Barlow, having thus been nominated,
played the old game of refusing to resign,
and some Of his friends scared the fusion
lists by threatening to thwart the fusion
program II he were not Endorsed.
In other words, for there IL no use to con-
ceal the fact Barlow had made up his
mind to run anyway-this being his idea
Of fusion, in which the astute Wordall
fully concurred.
In addition to this mulishness the fusion
committee was packed by some one in the
interests Of De Vries, who wanted the
Democratic and fusion nomination In the
Fourth district, and who feared that II
Los Angeles should be awarded any rights
at all It might interfere with his ambition
to succeed himself. Then again, every
body suspected that II Barlow and Word
all were not given their way in all things
they would throw the Populist vote In this
district from the state and legislative tick
cts. These considerations led some DEM
ocrats high in power to advise the en-
dorsement Of Barlow as the easiest and
Safest way to dispose Of him. Let 1t be
hoped that during the next two years both
Barlow and Wordall will have cultivated
sufficient sense Of fair play to concede this
district to the Democrats some time during
the next century.
The nomination Of e0-Assemblyman TO.
lund Of Ventura a. q member Of the board
Of equalization Of the Third district is one
Of the best nominations made in the con-
vention. There were three candidates In
the field-Burke, Merritt Of Patton-proxy
fame, and Tolund. Burke was very OBJ
jectionable to the railroad push and they
made him the mark for all Of their rail-
| road methods. Merritt was an out-and-
out railroad tool and as such received the
united support Of that element. During
the balloting Merritt developed consider
able strength and 1t was feared he might
get the nomination, whereupon Burke drew
out and threw all Of his votes to Tolund,
who was elected by handsome majority
Burke 10 entitled to great credit for his
manly stand against the railroad and for
the clever move which knocked out Mer-
rift and his push and nominal Tolund.
the news Of whose nomination caused tears
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