The herald., 1898-08-10
SENATOR WHITE TALKS
MAY NOMINATE MAGUIRE AT
SACRAMENTO
Maguire's Enviable Record in Con-
gress-The Precedent of the
Hawaiian Annexation

United States Senator Stephen M. White
arrived in the city Sunday from his home
| in Los Angeles, says the San Francisco
Call.
| When asked to express his views on the
| political situation. Senator White declared
that he was not sufficiently familiar with
the condition of affairs in his party in this
state to justify him in giving an opinion a
| 70 what the outcome of the campaign will
| be.
II returned from Washington but
| short time ago. he said, land since my
arrival in the state my time and attention
has been so taken up with important legal
business that l have had no time to devote
10 political matters. Ny present visit TO
San Francisco is due solely to the necessity
for nv presence here In connection with
some legal business of Importance. i shall
return to Los Angeles tomorrow morning or
tomorrow afternoon at the latest. l wish
| TO have 1t understood that my visit has
nothing to do with politics in any way"
| Concerning the statement that he would
60 to the state convention as the chairman
Of the Los Angeles delegation and would
place Judge Mcguire In nomination for gov
| ernor, Senator had This to say:
| "I do not even know whether or not |
shall attend the convention, and there has
certainly been nothing said to me about my
being the chairman of the Los Angeles dele
| CATION 1t is my desire TO attend the con-
vention, and shall certainly do so If ca n
so arrange my private affairs as to make
nv presence in Sacramento possible.
"As to any understanding that I shall
| T,,Jo Ma nomination for
governor, there is none. If am present at
the convention l shall certainly give my
self the pleasure of saying something III
behalf of Mcguire Should be selected 10
make the nominating speech I would be
particularly grati1ied. as the judge and I
have been friends from childhood, and I
| have for him very high regard. No such
arrangements have been made, however,
and. as l said before, do not even know
whether l will be able to attend the con-
vention. / certainly think that Mcguire
will receive the nomination, as there seems
no opposition to him, and I also think that
| If he is nominated he will be elected. He
has made an enviable record in congress
and stands high in the estimation of the
people of California
Concerning the present position of the
Democratic party regarding fusion, must
| beg to be excused from making any state
ment, for the reason that am not familiar
with all of the facts. AS an abstract propo
sition, 1 still hold to the views publicly ex-
| pressed by myself and others many months
ago That is to say, am in favor of the
cooperate of all forces favoring free sill
yer. AS 10 the manner in which fusion was
brought about in this state, or the basis
upon which it was arranged, l have moth
ing to say, because l am not familiar with
| the facts Neither am I prepared to say
whether | think it advisable for the Demo-
cratic party to nominate straight Demo-
cratic ticket AS have said, the present
status of this matter is not familiar to me,
and l am. therefore, not qualified to ex-
press an opinion"
Concerning the annexation OF the Ha-
waiian islands and the effect of such action
upon the future of the country, Senator
White was almost as non-committal as he
was about Democratic politics.
1.-THE stand taken by me on the Hawai-
| ian question" he said, 'is we'll known TO
every one I am not prepared to say that
.hsre was not majority of the members
Of congress in favor of annexation, but I
do think that 1t would have been defeated
had 1t not been for the sentiment engen-