The herald., 1898-08-08

ON THE STREET


Guy Barham came to town yesterday, ir
, company with the appropriate whit,
winged dove of peace that fitted all over
the country, announcing the end of-she
war. An appropriate combination, fol
the joyousness of the occasion was natur
ally added to by his advent, and the decor.
alive effect of the city heightened by his ap.
parel. Mr.. Barham chooses to take more
fun out of life than anything else, and is
perhaps given the credit for occasional
inattention to other things, but this is an
error Life is not all beer and skittles and
pocketless overcoats for him. He has a
serious point of view. not as obtrusive. r
Is true, as his good stories, his wit and his
endless amiability, but none the less acute
and trenchant His judgment of all things
is exact and well based and on no one thing
more than politics, though few know this.
He does not take nor desire an active part
in such matters. though it is true that his
friends are bringing all inducements to
bear. to get him to be a candidate for the
ass embly this fall, but an observer and
weigher of such events he has few equals.
A reason that his opinion is valuable IN
such matters is because of his not having
any personal interest in them as comes
from participation; he is a Democrat-of
course-but his partsanship does not blur
his judgment. He cannot, however, be il.
terviewed; that is the trouble about 1t all:
so the only thing to do is to induce him to
talk, and as in this case, surprise him when
he picks up the paper and sees himself In
print.
Politics." he said last evening, why up
in the north they seem to think that there
will be almost unanmity in both conven-
lions. Mcguire on our side and Henry
Gage on the other. Mcguire apparently
will have San Francisco, for he has lots of
friends on the committee of one hundred.
and-well there 10 no room for hesitanc,
Asout this nomination is a foregone
conclusion. And Gage the same way. Now
| Colonel Burns is close friend of mine
and 1 cannot say, and would not If could.
how he feels about Gage; all l can sac
about him is that he will pick a winner; but
. all of them up there admit that Henry will
have warm support all along the line. Who
will win? I don't like to say. They are
both friends Of mine. went to school With
Mcguire and Gage have known for years.
But on the whole do not see how anything
can defeat Mcguire. Some people think
he is crank. but he isn't. He is as honest
as the day is long, and.level headed. He is
good man, and a wise one as WELL rather
rare combination. Gage will get the full
Republican vote, there is no question about
that, but Mcguire will poll his entire partv
vote as well, and the undecided voters J
believe will center on him.
Barlow ? La-la-la. No one imagines
that he will be elected. He ought not to
be. Why I should not be bit astonished
to see George Denis take the stump against
him, and you can see what that would
mean. Any good Republican will beat
him. A third candidate? I have not heard
any such talk, but will say frankly, that
If should happen to be a delegate would
not support his nomination. 1 could not.
On the other side Waters appears to have
such lead that the others cannot overtake
him, and if we cannot offset Barlow some
way, he will be elected.
Davis and Pardee? Why, they are cut
| ting each others threats all the time. They
will do more to nominate Gage than any
thing else, for they have split the northern
fellows so far ppart that nothing can bring
them together again. Program? I don't
think there is any except that Budd is to
be chairman of the convention and will
probably be a candidate for senator.
|
the man. I was at the Budd convention
and voted for Mcguire then, for 1 knew
him and appreciated the fact that he is
| just the man for governor.
| But, say. this is dry work talking pol
itics. Let me tell you one of Martinettfs
stories. You see there was a Frenchman
who was the finest picoolo player in the
world, and-what, you must go? Oh, Just
walt till finish this" and he did-but that
story must keep.
Some one ought to publish prescription
| for the sting Of stngaree I saw fel-
low stung by one yesterday. I shall not
| tell at what beach, for 1t might affect my
annual pass. The poor fellow who re-
ceived the wound had his foot badly cut
and he bled a pint or more before it could
be stanched. friend Of mine has little
| boy who was stung a week ago at another
| beach, and the little one was thrown into
| commissions by the pain. There probably
is some simple remedy that could be easily
applied that would at least minimize the
agony that the thing seems able to inflict.
| ITO Premier Sagasta, Madrid, Spain:
II see that the combination was too
strong for you. Same here. I won
der at your lasting three months. 1t
| look only nve minutes to do me UP.
Us H-r-g."
o o O
| There is Joy at Terminal island The
| kittiwake goes. Ever since 10 Cook and
Foster left the island she skins the water
without stop. A piece of iron pipe and
Ed silent's mechanical genius did it.
The hot weather seems to have had
bad effect on some Of the police. There
have been more scraps in the station re-
Gently than for months past. The chief
should have a cold storage room erected
for the use Of hot tempered officers, and
feed them on cracked ice for time
| o o o
The people of San Pedro are much inter-
ested in story that the earth has fallen
away from portion Of Deadman's island
and has exposed the end of coffin. A
party is being organized to investigate and
give the poor relics decent nterment again.
Whose remains they are no one knows
but some appear to think 1t may be Jamie
$McLachlan's congressional boom.
BYSTANDER.
PERSONAL
r. H. Wheatherly of st. Louis Is in the
CITY,
| T, Mefcalf Of st louis &c ~ =,