The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
CLEVER PLAN TO
 DEFEAT MAGUIRE

been had the vote cast for Budd been taken as the basis of representation. All of these votes are accredited to counties outside of San Francisco where Mcguire has the least strength. In this city, where Mcguire has the strongest following, the convention del- egation, under the proposed apportion- ment, will number seven less than it would if the Budd vote had been taken as the basis of representation. A few illustrations will serve to show the workings of the scheme brought into existence by those Democrats who would like to see Mcguire out of the gubernatorial race.
 In Alameda County 67S6 votes were cast for Budd and S394 for Bryan. This being so, Alameda County will have 4S votes in the convention, where it would have had but 35 if the Budd vote had been taken as basis of representation. In Los Angeles County Budd received 7619 votes and Bryan 16.043. The coun- ty will now be entitled to eighty-one seats in the convention where it would have had but thirty-nine. San Diego will have twenty-one delegates instead of ten. Sacramento will have twenty five instead of seventeen. Fresno will have twenty instead of 13. Santa Clara will have twenty-seven instead of twenty three. San Francisco cast 32, ,069 votes for Budd and 30.649 for Bryan. The city will therefore be entitled to 154 delegates instead of 161.
 While the friends of Congressman Mcguire admit that they have permit ted themselves to be outgeneraled, they are entirely in the dark as to the identity of the lucky politician who is slated as the prospective recipient of the increased representation in the in- terior counties. They all agree that Gould is practically out of the running, and profess to believe that he was se- lected merely as the vehicle for the un- loading of the scheme on the unsuspect- ing State Committee. In a recent con- versatiOn with the writer Mir. Gould de- clared his intention to keep out of the fight for the nomination, giving as his reason the fact that he could not af- ford, in a financial sense to engage in a contest where the chances of success were extremely problematical. He added, however, that should such condition arise where a majority of the convention demanded that he accept the nomination at their hands, he would probably not refuse.
 Some of the political guessers profess to see in the situation an attempt to promote the candidacy of H. NJ. La Rue, the present Railroad Commission CT from Sacramento County. His gubernatorial aspirations are well oicrbf he hof 10 guire out of the way he would be able to hold his own with Lieutenant-Gov ernor Jeter, State Senator Seawell, Mayor Phelan or any of the others who are at present considered to be on the list of possibilities. The forecasters are also considering the possibility of Gov ernor Budd being a candidate for re- election, in spite of all assertions to the contrary. They point to the fact that Gould is at present an office-holder un- der the State by reason of r. favor of the Governor, a fact that might bt con- sidered as a reason wh.- Gould would not lend himself to any scheme that did not meet with the approval of his pa tron. On the other hand it is not for gotten that the reconciliation between the Governor and Gould is only con- paratively recent occurrence. Revenge is sweet, and after all is said and done politicians are but human.
 Following will be found a list of counties showing the number of dele gates that would have been accredited to each if the Budd vote had been taken as the basis of pportionment and also the number of delegates that will be accredited to each under the Bryan appOrtionment: