The herald., 1898-07-14

H. Heathman and H. C. Head are also can
didates for the Democratic nomination of
district attorney of Orange county. On the
Republican side there are 2. B. West, r. Y.
Williams and ]. N. Anderson.
Dan ]. Cooper Is making a canvass for the
Republican nomination of county recorder.
The Republican state committee will
meet on the 18th instant and decide upon
the date of their state convention and the
basis of representation.
Mayor Snyder wants to be re-nominated
by his party to his present position. John
F. Humphreys will probably seek the same
nomination.
The aspirants for county superintendent
Of schools are quite numerous. DR.. Plum
mer, principal of the Spring street school
of this city, ]. H. Strine Of Monrovia, John
E. Wright of Newhall and Spurgeon ".
Riley, incumbent. are seeking the Repub-
lican nomination, while w. B. French OF
Pasadena. c. L. Ennis, deputy superinten-
dent of city schools, want the Democratic
nomination and w. R. Sprague of Antelope
wants the fusion nomination for the same
office.
H. A. Barclay Of this city has announced
himself as q candidate for the Republican
nomination of district attorney. The Re-
publicans already in the field for this nomi-
nation are r. A. Ling, James Reeves, c. G.
McComas, George Holton and Bryon l..
Oliver. Ling is well known in political cir
cles. He has been before the people Of this
city and county in various political atti-
tudes for the last fifteen years. In the fall
of 1882, he was elected justice Of the peace
of this city and served with great notoriety
and distinction. At this time he was
Democrat and in 1890 he received the Demo-
cratic nomination for mayor of this city,
Mr.. Ling was defeated. He claimed the
Democratic party sold him out to the
enemy. To obtain revenge upon the enemy
he Joined the Republican party and since
that date has been spending his spare mo-
ments with the 6. o. p. Ling now wants the
enemy to nominate him for district at
torney.
C. c. McComas has straight party rec
ord so far as known and has always been
a faithful wanderer along the road which
leads to the court house. Soon after taking
up his residence here he was snugly located
as deputy in the district attorneys office
of this county which position he has sue
ceeded in holding down for eight years and
now wants to be the head Of that office.
George Holton was picked up by Donnell
in 1894. Up to that time he had been paying
office rent as an attorney in this city in the
expectation of some day being elected
Judge, or anything else George lent his
weight to the administration of Donnell and
has found no difficulty in continuing his
private practice and at the same time draw
ing his salary as deputy.
James Reeves comes from Downey. No
body seems to know whether he has ever
had any practice In the law. He has not
been in evidence very much, If at ALL at the
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however, but II he does 1t has been kept
very quiet. Reeves depends for his nominal
ton mainly on the fact that he is from the
country-that he is hay-seed. This sounds
innocent and may be good politics for coun-
try people but 1t will not work with the
city push.
Bryon Oliver is a young attorney Of this
city. Just what his claims are to the nomi-
nation are unknown. He Is credited with
having done good campaign work during
the last four years.
On the Democratic side Of the fence /. B.
Dockweiler would like to occupy the dis
trict attorneys office for the next four
years. Mr.. Dockweiler, however, up to this
time IL very much undecided whether to re-
main in the race or not. He may pull out.
At present he Is president of the board Of
trustees Of the city public library. He
cratic state convention and there has been
some talk Of his wanting the craftsmanship
of the county convention.
j. N. Phillips, silver Republican, is an out
and out candidate for the fusion nomination
for the same office and If this office be given
to his party in the union of forces, he I'M
doubtedly will receive the nomination.
Frank James of this city is also candi-
date for the Democratic nomination of dis
trict attorney.
The Populist state convention at Sacra-
mento has been a strong attraction to a
large number of local citizens. Dr. r. W.
Hill of this city, chairman of the county
executive committee, was called to Sacra-
mento on the 18th instant to attend meet
ing Of the state board of health of which he
is member. 1t is limited in political cicr-
Giles that the doctor, while having one eye
on the general public health also has the
other on the Populist convention and tries
to harmonic matters in the direction of
fusion on the state ticket. Earle Rogers
had business at Sacramento which appar-
emily made 1t necessary for him to be there
at the time of the convention meeting.
Maybe Earle wants to be the nominee for
acknowledgement, or for some other Of
fee, or again, that he has been keeping his
eye on Tom Gator who would like to be
United States senator to succeed Senator
White. Newspaper reports say Earle went
there to look after the interests of Abbot
Kinney, who is making an active campaign
for the same office that Gator would like
to have. From all reports Kinney did not
go himself and this part is difficult to un-
derstand as Kinney, whether a candidate
or not has always been active in Demo-
cratic circles and seems to work as hard
for the party at one time Is another. In this
part Of the state Mr.. Kinney has no oppo-
stion in his party and practically has by
common consent a monopoly of the situa-
ton.
Nate Cole of course has been at Sacra-
mento during the week. Mr.. Cole is always
on hand where there is politics in sight, He
has been one of the chief workers in arrang-
ing the fusion program. Mr.. Cole is not a
candidate himself but he is the right kind
of q man to look after party success and to
have as your friend If you are a candidate.
The Popullst state convention at Sacra-
mento has practically buried Tom Gator
and the railroad wing Of the Populist party
which he represents. Chairman Baker OF
| the silver Republican party has been forced
to resign for similar reasons.
| With these men retired and the other
members of the committees freed from the
| influences Of the railroad and the Repub-
| lican push, the prospects for representa-
| tive ticket are good. The three parties have
performed their first duty faithfully and
we'll In this campaign that party orthose
parties who permit themselves to be domi-
neered by the railroad push of this state
will be doomed to defeat as they ought to