The herald., 1898-11-17
DOWN THE LINE
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Uncommon weeks ago when he
Comnlaint had the habit of GO
ing to the links and
scoffing at the devotees of the game. lie
would deride them in every way and make
fun of their sticks and stockings and play
generally. One day, however, he was
tempted to take driver IN his hand and to
strike at ball. The next day he played all
the afternoon and since then he has not
missed an hour of time that could be
spared from his buslnoss. AS result he
has now well defined case OF goliback-
ictis, one of the very few in the city.
1t looks as if the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe intended to cross swords III
grand contest for
Flagged political supremacy
bv Roth in the state. Cor they
have ranged up on
Uncle, Mr.. Herrin and H. f., together with
our own noted and shrewd manipulation
'MIain 3d." have arranged all the matter by
billing De Young-they didn't have to coo
and they have enough men corralled to
carry the caucus beyond any question, as
things stand now. But the Santa Fe is
making all the fight it knows 1or Grant,
and is right out in the open about 1t. That
sometimes bitter Almon, Maennis, has the
local fight in hand and is making some IN
roads on Bulla men on second ballot play.
He has got San Diego and Orange, with, 1t
is thought, scattering lot IN Riverside and
San Bernardino. What his list shows IN
the north only he knows, and he is not
telling just now. The only possibility OF
De Youngs failing to arrive is that of
combination between the Santa Fe and
Uncle, with Grant consentms to double
deal. The son of his father claims that
Uncle is fighting MIN and he is correct in
this. but it is much OF tweedledee and
tweedledum if Uncle is against him and
Ripley for him. Railway rule corrodes lust
the same, no matter which initials the irons
bear, S. P. or S. T.
Another curious complication about this
senatorial puzzle is that the Terminal is out
FOR Grant. Dick
Kerens for Eagan OF San Juan is
Grant said to have letter
from Dick Kerens,
the principal owner of the Terminal road,
in which the magnate and rational Repub-
gan's claims with vigor. This is supposed
to be and probably is based on the friend
ship that existed between General Grant
and Mr.. Kerens but it would seem to indi-
cate that the San Diegan has squared him
self with the San Pedro workers.
O O O
Nice-President Gibbon of the Terminal
said to me yesterday: 1--WE are not fight
ing Mr.. Bulla at all.
Pleasant but we are for q
for Bulla Southern California
man, and if Bulla
cannot get it we want Grant to be selected.
Yes, we are thoroughly satisfied with what
his position would be on San Pedro, and
also towards the Southern Pacific. Mr..
Huntington would not own him by great
deal. Ii Euila cannot get there we will do
what we can for Grant
And there you are. Does it not look like
very pretty scrap between Mr. Ripley and
Mr.. Huntington? +?
SACKS IN Ripley has gradually
Sight been squrming out
from the double Mel
son hook in which the Southern Pacific
held his road when he took the presidency.
and. step by step. has struggled till now
he is free from the clutch and stands on
equal terms with his opponent He has
got into San Francisco. he has started
a cut into the transpacifc commerce, he
did make a concession for his own interest
by helping in the effort to save George
Arnold, but that was for an easily under
stood purpose. Indeed, it now looks as
if he were about to enter on the field of
craftsmanship heretofore monopolized by
Uncle, and was about to force division of
the rule of the state At all of which the
push are joyous and have anticpatons of
loosened sack strings, and the clink of the
tempting twenties, for it does begin to look
as if there would be lively business done at
the Golden Eagle this winter.
Honorable Juanto Terrencio Gaffey
came to the city yesterday to pay some
election bets. He
"1se has accounts at all of
Juan the hatters, and if he
has overlooked any
one all they have to do is to get their hat
and have it charged to him. He likes it
now, but he does think that politics are
very deleterious, as he eloquently explained
to an admiring audience yesterday. He
has come to the conclusion that for man
to hold any political appointment is almost
rum; this from man who has always had
his pick of offices since he was old enough
to smoke cigarettes and quote the Rubaiyat
is good. lie is out just now, but it is safe
bet that inside Of six months he will be on
Uncle Sans or the states pay roll, for he
always gets what he wants and always de.
serves what he gets.
Captain J. j. Meyler has been put in
charge OF the harbor work at San Pedro on
the part of the gov
San Fedro's ernment, which is re-
Friend assuring to the
friends of that pro-
ject Captain Meyler is one of the warm
est advocates of the free harbor, and a. an
accomplished officer of engineers has done
good work for it and thus for Los Angeles
lie has been stationed at San Pedro before
and will find many who will be glad to vel
come him both at the embarcadero and in
this town.
That amiable and able theatrical manager
Mr.. Rosenthal of the Orpheum was wined
dined and diamond
hosey'' ringed on Tuesday
hinged evening by some of
his admirers at a Pc
tit souper at Levy's. Guy Barham was