The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
Present Outlook for the
 Coming Campaign.

e~iiAOhe lilS SlTOuS ones WHOSE LiueS will be on the list of those who will want to be at the head of the class at the next State convention. State Sen ator Tom Flint has a strong following, and IS openly using every means within his power to win the coveted place on the ticket
 Alameda County as usual is in the front rank as a candidate producer the names of Dr. Pardee and eX-Mayor Davis being already on the list of those who want to be Chief Executive during the four years beginning January 1, lS9S. AS for either of the gentlemen named there is at this time no better way or designating their chances than oy saying that they are standing on thelr records after declaration of in- tention. Lou H. Brown, Secretary of State, is Solano Countys prize candi- date. He is active and confident. and will, no doubt. so far augment his po- nucal capital as to make his nomina- t1on for and election to the position he now holds almost a certainty
 l.. r. Colgan, State Controller is also gubernatorial possibility, and, like Brown, having been a worthy and ef1clent officer of the State government, Will probably succeed himself in his present position. General Dickinson, State Senator from Marin County, has confessed a desire to lead the party to victory at the coming election, but mod estly hints at the possession of no more political power than the ability to de- liver the Marin County delegation at the convention. As the Sausalito states man and soldier is too great diplomat to show his hand so early in the game It IS safe to presume that he has some thing up his sleeve
 Poor health will probably relieve these and other prospective candidates of formidable opponent in the person or Jacob Neff. His great personal pop uiarlty and devotion to party princi- pies are known from one end of the State to the other and need no com ment.
 There remains on the list still an. other name, that of State Senator Morehouse, of Santa Clara County. His repeated announcement of his designs on the gubernatorial chair have met with such unvarying good humor on the part of others who have aspirations in the same direction that his many friends have been somewhat taken aback by the intimation that he is will Ing to give his opponents a chance by withdrawing from the race before it has begun. This is done, however, without prejudice to his soaring ambition which now directs it's flight to the nations fo. rum He thinks the Senatorial toga would not be unbecoming to him, and to gain it he will enter the lists with some score or more of candidates who. unlike himself, may be unfortunate in not having the prestige due to corpora ton affiliations
 On the other side of the political fence there Is no lack of public spirited gentlemen who desire to serve their fellow citizens in the capacity of Gov ernor of the State. Congressman James G. Mcguire is probably the most prom lnent Of these. His services to the State in the National Legislature are well known to all and need no repeti- tion. Among those who will undoubtedly oppose him in his desire to secure the nomination for Governor there are those who are equally well known in recent political history The contest will lose none of it's interest, not to say acrimony, because of this. Lieutenant Governor William T. Jeter will have a strong following, the manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of his pres- ent position having added much to his personal and public popularity.
 State Senator J. H. Seawell the Democratic warhorse of Mendocino County, is also out for the place at the head of the ticket. He is a power in the Democratic fold. and his chances of winning the prize are not worse than those or others. H. M. La Rue, Rail- road Commissioner from Sacramento county, Is would-be candidate. as is Frank H. Gould, late of Stockton. now of San Francisco. Gould is at present an officeholder by favor of Governor Budd, and it may be that he will eIect to so continue, the chances of his suo- cess in securing the nomination for Governor being at present extremely problematical Mayor Phelan is a pros pect1ve candidate, and is considered by his opponents to be a strong factor in the impending struggle for place on the ticket
 AiiS ihoi WiiO VIII dSk or receive the support of the southern Democrats is not yet sufficiently in evidence to make his Identity apparent at this distance from the scene. Even should such a man come forward, 1t is not thought he would have a following sufficiently strong, numerically, to seriously iean- ardize the chances of any one of the men from the bay counties Chairman Afford of the Democratic State Central Committee has intimated that it would be graceful act on the part of his party to secure him the Democratic nomination for Governor, in recognition of his long and arduous labors for the cause. So far as known, the hint has borne no fruit. Outside districts in Tulare County have not yet been heard from.
 Among those on the Republican side of the road who have by word of mouth or through the medium of their friends or enemies declared themselves as can didates for election to the United States Senate there appear the names of Henry Gage, Code Commissioner R. N RuIla F, F. Preston State Cono+o,,