The San Francisco call., 1898-05-27
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 Statesmen. CANDIDATES IN PROSPECT. FEW PLACES. BUT NO DEARTH
CANDIDATES IN PROSPECT.
FEW PLACES, BUT NO DEARTH
 OF RESTRAINTS.
The Sixth District Holds the Pen nant for the Greatest Number of Politicians Who Have
 Ambitions.

clination of prospective candidates to declare themselves Is being held in check In order that they may save themselves from the certainty of suf- fering from the combinations of politi- cal rivals. This condition of things Is particularly true as concerns the men who will seek the Congressional nomin- ations in the various districts of the State
 There are few among the present del egation of California Congressmen who will not ask to be returned to their seats, and in few instances 1t Is not | improbable that such expectations will ! find favor in the minds of the voting public. In the First Congressional Dis 1 trfct, for instance, John A. Barham will seek reelection, and as yet no one of prominence has come forward to op- pose his claims. The friends of T. H. Salvage of Humboldt have been trying to induce that gentleman to oppose Barham's aspirations for a second term, but as yet he has not signified his willingness to do so. State Senator Gillette has no desire for the place, and Frank l.. Coombs Of Napa, who could have the nomination If he so de- sired, prefers to hold his friends to their agreement to secure for him the appointment of United States District Attorney. Failing in that he would still retain his present position of State Librarian.
 In the Second Congressional District several candidates are already in the field. Marion de Vries proposes to make a bid for reelection on the strength of the record he has made in Congress during the past two years H a n ta in hnf he rrriI h ably be opposed by so prominent and popular Republican as r. A. Buell. of Stockton. The district is conceded to be Republican, and if MT. Buell. re- ceives the nomination, a fact concern ing which there is little doubt should he decide to make the run, he will be elected. Judge J. M. Walling of Ne vada City is also an aspirant for the nomination, as is Frank D. Ryan of Sacramento The candidacy of the lat ter Is not considered to be in any way formidable, as he lacks the support of his own county delegation
 Victor J. Metcalf, the Oakland at torney, has announced himself as being in the race for the Congressional nom fnation in the Third District He will contest with the incumbent, s. c. Hilborn, for the favor of the Re publican State Convention. Hifborn has made many enemies for himself by the manner in which he has handled the patronage of the district The Re publicans of Solano and Yolo counties are particularly incensed against him, and to judge from present indications he will not be able to go to the con- vention with sufficient strength to se- cure the nomination. In case of a close contest between Metcalfe and Hilborn Woodland will furnish a compromise candidate In the person of Reese Clark He has pH ia1 friends and his claims for recognition would meet with favor in the event of a deadlock in the district delegation Sheriff Calvin B. White Is said to be in the race on the Democratic side.
 The gubernatorial aspirations of Con- gressman Mcguire having caused him to burn his bridges behind him as far as the Fourth District is concerned, there Is every prospect of a warm scramble for the chance to become his successor. Conditions are favorable for Republican success in the district at the coming election. For this reason it Is expected that several Republicans will come forward with a bid for the nomination. On the Democratic side of the renee there are also several as- pirants for the place. w. P. Lawler, who had the leadership of the Demo cratic silver campaign in the district in 1896, is seeking the nomination. Joseph F. Kelly Is also seeking the place. He was formerly a resident of the Fifth District. where he sought the Congressional nomination without suc- cess.
 Congressman Loud will make an at tempt to secure his own reelection from the Fifth District. He is capa- ble man and has made an enviable rec ord during his term of office. Julius Kahn, the popular attorney, will seek the R0DuhliCQn nomination and his many friends are already at work pro- noting his Iolitical boom. County Clerk Curry Is also said to have pinned his hopes on securing the nomination and will use what political influence may be left to him to obtain it.
 In the Sixth District the woods are full of candidates. Announcements" of Republicans and Democrats who wish to succeed to the seat now held by Congressman Barlow are as numerous as the flowers in May. Barlow, who was waited to Washington on the wave CT fuSlon, is seeking reelection, but there is no immediate probability of his attaining his ambition. In the improb- able event of the fusion of the Demo- cratic, Populist and Silver Republican forces during the coming campaign, Judge E. H. Lamme, who has achieved some distinction as a Silver Republf- can, will make a bid for the union nom lndtlon On the Republican Slde or the fence there are several men more or less prominent in the affairs of the par ty who will make an attempt to secure the nomination. R. J. Waters of Los Angeles has been playing fast and loose with his desire for the place and is still urged as a possible candidate in spite Of recent announcement that he had retired from the race. In case he should persist in his declared intention to be only an interested spectator, Billy Dunn and J. R. Newberry, who have been posing as the promoters of his po- lftfcal boom, will find themselves out of job. Major J. A. Donnell, District Attorney of Los Angeles. is also pros pective candidate, as Is w. J. Hill, edi- tor of the Salinas Index, and James Mclaughlin, the incumbent. Among the Democrats who hope to secure the nomination are Mayor Snyder of Los Angeles, R. F. Del Valle, George S. Patton, T. O. Poland of Ventura and John F. Humphreys The list is a for midable one and there are still more to follow.
 Congressman Bowers has announced that he will not be candidate for re- election from the Seventh District. Among those who aspire to the honors