The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11

editors of Republican newspapers in all
 parts of the State. as presented in The , Call Tuesday morning. It IS generally
 conceded that these opinions, coming ' from men who are in touch with the
 sentiment of the voters of the various
 districts in which they live, form the first and only trustworthy foundation upon ..whiCh 1t is possible to base true eSt-
 mate of the wishes and preferences of the great majority of the Republican voters of the State concerning the men who have . ':up. to this time been prominently men .:tioned in connection with the Repuohcah :nominatfon for Governor.
 The proportionate strength of the seV- '..eral prospective candidates, as sho"h Dy
 the general summary of opinions, was = revelation to the candidates them selves as well as to their po-
 Htical managers and others who are
 taking an active interest in the work of shaping events for the coming campaign. This was parucuIarIy
 true of the showing made by Henry T. Gage. the gubernatorial candidate from . Los Angeles Contrary to the assertions .:'Gf the Gage boomers, the result shows that the Los Angeles lawyer has no sup : poTters outside of a portion of the Sixth and Seventh Congressional districts, DOT :tfOnL of the State that gave Mckinley .. majority of only about 1000 over Bryan. .s. Knowledge of this fact has given Cages
 caTdidacy a decided setback, as the Re punican managers appreciate the fact that ' ~the name at the head of the ticket must
 be that of a man whose greatest strength
 Is in the northern part of the State, pehere' are to be found the bulk of the Re-
 publican voters
 The list of replies made to The Calls ?. queries also indicates that the Pardee bqon1 has not penetrated far beyond the
 limits of Alameda County-a circum- stance that is not particularly surprising to those who have watched the political . tactics employed in the fostering of his
 gubernatorial boomlet. W. R. Davis has a larger following than Pardee, and he
 shares' with Brown, Flint, Knight, ElIert
 a.Ird Felton the popularity of Republican
 voters in the northern and central DOT
 tiOns of the State. Many prominent Re-
 publicans believe that some man not yet named will be brought forward at the proper moment and secure the noInna- :. .T.: s: Grant of San Diego is in the city, looking after the interests of his Sena- ...tOriaL boom. He has little to say Tor publication regarding Cages candidacy, . but" has no heSitanCy in stating that the south cannot reasonably expect 10 De l given both the Governor and the Senator | :; in the same year. As he ana ms ms many
 sbouid be selected to succeed Senator White the inference is plain. In this con-
 ferTtion it may be interesting to note the presence in the city of Sidney Perklns' private secretary to United states Seha- tor Hanna. He declares that the object of his presence here Is desire 10 gam a knowledge of the general political sit .euation in the Pacific Coast States. While this. may be true those who profess to
 he 'acguainted with the facts say that the .prifnary object of his visit IS to promote the candidacy of L. s. Grant for the Sen
 atorial appointment. Some months ago : it was stated on what appeared to be .. excellent authority that the question of young Grants candidacy formed the principal topic of conversation at dln- .neT given by his mother to Senator
 Hanna Senator Elkins, Speaker Reed
 and a number of other gentlemen who
 Of
 during his lifetime and who have for
 many years occupied high places in the = affairs of the Government. It is said
 that Mrs. Grant expressed to these gen.
 tlenien her earnest desire that the name
 of Grant should not be permitted to cease to be associated with the conduct or :pUblic' affairs, and that it was her wish that one of her sons should become | UHiIed States Senator. The expression | . of sd laudable a desire met with the ap- |
 proVaL Of an present, and they agreed to | dO all within their power to assist | $. | =. Grant to secure the appointment from CalffQTnia. It is presumed that the pres :.eEn6 here of Senator Hanna private sec 1 Tetary is intimately connected with the ! execution of this agreement.
 '-eTefieral w. H. L. Barnes and George A. l . JfHrght have both recently expressed their i rwilfngHess to accept the Senatorial toga : :5Tovided their desires meet with the ap- : ;pr0Val of the members of the next Legis- 1 Ia t(Ire: The fact that both gentlemen are l 'I5erGoEial and political friends of NJ. IT. de l :.FOung, who is an aVoWed candidate for tlis' ';appointment, renders the situation som neWfat puZZing to those who are not fla tosich with the ins and outs or the po- .'hjfcal game. They are also brought face to face with another political problem pre- ..stntgd by the apparent indorsement by the Jos Angeles Times, the leading Re bObliCan newspaper of the south, or the SeEatQTtdl aspirations Of Judge Ersklne M: .RQss,' a Democrat.
 Amijng the recently announced candi- dates. for the nomination for the supreme tencb are General JO Hamilton, the old wah: Aross'' of Placer County, and Judge Lewis; D: Mcktstck Of thls clty. h. D .,An1rHMs is out with the announcement j. that=he is seeking the nomination for At ' torfey@ General
 =. A new: aspirant for political honors is Samuel Donau of Cayucos, San Luis O6:sp3 County who would like to receive the: Republican nomination for State "irea5uTtr.
 :: :TFg Friends of J. D. Lynch of Los An Dem6cratic nomination for Secretary of State MT Lynch Is well known through
 out. the: State and has wide circle Of The fact that whispering Gavin ;Ai ab; has control of the governing pQdE.. of the local Democracy and >}s usins his power to secure for 'hlnlsluf- the Congressional nomina- in the Fourth District has not pre- .Eentdd others besides Judge Lawler,
 Joseph. Kelly, Sammy Braunhart and :JafnGs H.-.Barry from entering in the race 4or Ihe:coYeted place. The latest asprant IS J." J. DWyer, whose friends are out :%l5h. Ehe announcement that he is can
 e3.i!at- and that they hope to win for him ~ne. votes that are supposed to be snugly -tG%ed away in the inside pocket of the ii'''9- J run present IluItd- tons 1t would appear that Judge Lawler lSdhe d if Ifost he P9pulsr 5 man in the district to ,cQnnect he will probably carry off the
 As being Illustrative of the sentiment or the better elements of the Democratic party regarding the manner in which the McNaD- -G0uld-Al combination is con ..ducting. the affairs of the local Democ- Eacy, the utterances of L. J. Maddox of .Modeste' will not be uninteresting. MT :MaddOX is lawyer and Democrat. and is besides delegate to the Democratic State Convention.
 ''I .cAnnot understand" he said vester- l day. "low any body of men can anpoint T: deiegates when the great mass of the .Yoters of the party demands that prim- 1t is impossible to hold a fair primary. It might be- that a fair primary could not be l held if the elective officers were appointed by a corrupt boss. but when the commit tee of one hundred has the entire control