The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
Senator rSeaWellO OutOf the Race for GOV- *- . AEEEEkE
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Judge Mcguire Now Has a Clear Field for the Coveted
 Nomination.

concerning the fusion arrangement. It
 is certain that the ,fusionist agreement that was entered into between self-ap-
 pointed leaders of the Democratic party and the managers of that memorable
 gathering known as the Pinto-Populist i Convention will be ratified by the con
 vention when the matter is formally
 brought before 1t.
 This is the wish of James G. Mcguire, l who is now without a rival in his candi l dacy for the gubernatorial nomination. ! It being recognized that Mcguire is ! to be the standard-b bearer of the party l during the coming campaign, it Is only
 natural that his desires regarding such matters as he believes will have a
 material effect upon the success of the
 party's candidates at the polls should be listened to and respected. He, ! through his friends. having solicited
 and received the gubernatorial nomina-
 tion at the hands of the aforesaid ! Pinto Populist Convention, is of course ! anxious to see the fusion agreement ] ratified. It is his wish. and in this l matter at least his wish is to be the 1 law.
 So it is that those delegates who come to the convention with the idea l in view of opposing fusion on the broad i grounds of party pride find themselves in a hopeless minority-so hopeless, in fact, that they have ceased to murmur and will resign themselves to the in e1,itabIc. It may be that here and there
 their voices will be raised in protest,
 but the result will be the same. Ma guire without an opranefst --s-sli receive the nomination for Governor, and from this time on until the Sth day of next November he will be the guiding spirit
 As has already been fntiTnated, little interest will be manifested in the dis posal of the few remaining offices that the Populists have kindly allotted to the share of the Democrats. The prin- cipal event of the dav as far as the gubernatorial nomination is concerned was the withdrawal of ex-Senator J. H. Seawell from the contest. Since he made the announcement some time ago 1 that he was a candidate for the place
 at the head of the ticket, he has stead | fastly refused to entertain any proposi tion for his withdrawal, claiming that
 it was his desire to go before this con- vention as candidate for the nomina-
 tion for Governor, and that if he could i not secure the nomination he had no l desire to seek for any other office with 1 in the gift of the people of the State i This position he maintained until this
 morning. when he succumbed to the solicitation of Maguires friends and
 made public the announcement that he l would not allow his name to be pre-
 sented to the convention as an aspirant
 for the leading place on the ticket.
 It was urged that it must be patent
 to every one that the sentiment of the
 great majority of tbe Democratic
 voters of the State was in favor of the
 nomination of Mcguire, and in persist l ing in seeking the nomination for him.
 self he was doing something that was i utterly contrary to the wishes of the
 men of his own party. It was also sug- gested that his failure to withdraw
 from the fight might possibly alienate
 his friends and supporters from the i cause of the successful nominee, and | that by doing so he would be working
 an injury to the party. It was pointed l out to him that while his desire to re-
 ceive the gubernatorial nomination
 was apparently hopeless, he ~1ieht, if he so wished, secure the nomination for Attorney General or for Associate Jus
 tice of the Supreme Court.
 ! Seawell declared that he had no de-