The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

|
will show it.
Strictly Program
] How, abouVthe Republican convention?
There were four candidates, three of them
| absolutely without railroad backing, name
ly. L. H. Brown, Tom Flint and DR.. Pardee,
| two OF whom have been fighting the rail-
road for years, and there was one candi-
date, Henry Gage OF Los Angeles, who had
every boss In the Republican party at his
back. These men were told the situation.
Gage knew forty-eight hours before he was
| named that he would be nominated. Hunt
| ington took no chances this time. To
Spreckels, Burns, Kelly, Crimmins and
Curry 1t was told they must be on the
ground IN person and win II they wanted
to control San Francisco patronage. To
| Dan Burns, even, Huntington issued his
orders, and Michael Harry De Young was
told he should be the logical candidate for
senator only In case he was at the conven-
ton, while Herrin came UP and stayed on
the ground to see and report how the lieu
tenants did their duty. Suffice It to say
he had no reports of complaints. ~
Brown and Flint soon gave I'D the fight,
but Pardee and his followers grew more
and more angry as the chairman Of delega-
tion after delegation came to them and told
them Of the threats made on the one hand,
and the promises given on the other. Pros
| perity II they supported the slate; ruin,
politically and, in some cases, financially,
If they disobeyed.
1t was because Pardee wanted to save his
friends that he withdrew. He realized that
II he stayed In the fight, there were hun
dreds of honest, decent Republicans who
loved principle more than they feared boss
rule or railroad power, who would stay BY
him to the last and prevent Cages nomna-
ton by reclamation, and he also realized
that many Of these men would be punished
In many ways for standing by him.
The combination was too strong, and
Pardee saw 1t. He was willing TO sacrifice
himself In hopeless fight against the
combined monopoies Of the Southern Pa
cifc and the sugar trust-the senatorial
editor and the gang of political hoodlums
known as the "push"-but he was not will
ing to sacrifice his friends.
One warning he Uttered to close friend
the night before the nominations. 1.-THE
man who is nominated by the people who
have fixed UP this slate can never be elect
led in California. wouldn't accept the
nomination at the head of'such ticket al
they have fixed. II could get 1t. If Gage
wants to run with gang like that, let him
do It,"
Gage was nominated, and Los Angeles
and Alameda delegations cheered-but no
one else did. And Alameda cheered because
they had been tainted all day long with
being willing to SEQ the Republican party
defeated II Pardee couldn't win. But they
didn't cheer the other nominations.
Railroad Control
As the other nominations were made, San
Francisco and Northern California saw they
were to be left out in the cold Men like
George Knight. Robert Ferral, Judge Mat
lock and a score Of other wel-known poll
ticans made two attempts on the state
ticket 10 break the slate, and on the board
of equalization and railroad commissioners
another effort was made, especially in the
case of George Arnold. But the slate went
through, from Gage to Arnold, including
Curry, without change.
When the convention adjourned sine die, 1t
was not with cheers and wild enthusiasm
but with muttered curses against the domina-
ton of the Southern Pacific; against the dis
elimination shown geographically in dis
trcts where the railroad was afraid of the
men the localities wanted and against the
open and notorious work of the bosses.
All of Cages hypnotic power all Of the
allied push and pull of the bosses. and all
OF Huntingtons threats and promises are
not going to drive into line men who were
ignored for politicians like Curry and Ar
mold; men who have faithfully served their
party for years, who were in truth illogical
candidates" for the offices which they
sought, and who had the united and en-
thnsiastic support of the sections Of the
state whence they came. These men will
break the railroad slate at the polls. They
have said so. many of them openly.
One old fellow slapped Pardee on the back
after Cages nomination and said: "Never
mind, doc; I'm goln' home and I'll tell EN-
It's no use to wait; know what the ticket
will be- and I'm ID II support It,"
A veteran said: 1.-THE attempt to drag the
victories Of the war over the railroad tick
1t nominated today. TO give 1t glory. is like
laying down the American flag and walking
on It,"
What Mclaughlin Did
Chairman Frank Mclaughlin says these
men were disappointed office seekers. He
knows better. Why was 1t that he, Major
Mclaughlin, got Neff into the chair as
quickly as he could, and from that moment
on took no part nor parcel in the conven- |
ton? I'll tell you: Mclaughlin had de- |
nounced Jim Rea's San Jose delegation as
tools and Rea himself as railroad hireling, |
yet, in the face of the protest Of the |
chairman of the Republican state central
committee, in the face Of the protest of the |
best citizens of Santa Clara county in the |
Republican party. the committee on ere
dentials unanimously recommended the |
seating Of the Jim Rea delegation, and the |
convention ratified It's action. What the |
Santa Clara people will do at the polls will |
be another story. y
The Inevitable Result
Henry Gage has shouldered load which.
with all the help Huntington can give him, |
he can never carry home to tho state cap
ltol. The Republicans are Dissatisfied. and |
there 10 no use denying 1t. The decent ele- |
ment resents Huntington's interference |
upon the grounds of honesty and right and |
gainst railroad control. Those Of the par |
Nv M tad anna NJ vuoro aps,fst,aa pnv, |