The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-17

Mark Jones is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for county treasurer,
and he has caught the campaign fever so
badly that 10 fellow asks him for cigar
cite or match ne hands out one OF his
cards announcing his desire. Mark is one
OF the young old-timers of the city, having
been born and brought up here. and in his
salad days he was one of the liveliest of the
lively men about town.
The worst monomaniac i'll the city just
now is Joe Cook. He has always had the
idea that he could play golf, and by an un-
fortunate combination Of circumstances he
recently made the round of the links In
thirty-seven, lowering the score of the local
club by two, giving him temporary cham
pionship honors. There is no getting along
with him at all now. for he can talk OF
nothing else but Of the day he lowered the
record, and as Sartori and Tufts and Condo
Jones are still from two to four behind him,
the painful suppositon is that he will be able
to maintain his supremacy. Sartori recently
went round to the last two holes in twenty
five. but then he became excited at the
prospect of bringing the record down to
thirty or whereabouts and went all to pieces,
finishing l believe, in thlty-eight or nine.
There is another story about the golf
players and the links. but this will sound
better when told by Cook.
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The curious fact that men often the least
calculated to make others follow their lead
are just the ones who succeed in grasping
it is shown in the case Of Colonel Dan
Burns, the Republican boss, who was re-
Gently in this city. The chief characteristics
Of his physiognomy are cunning and au-
dacity. There Is nothing about him to awake
admiration or respect and his career shows
that he has none of the higher character
istics which cause men sometimes to delva
In politics from an idea of duty or regard
for their country. l saw him at the Cali
fornia club one afternoon. surrounded by
a knot Of the very best Republicans in the
city, some Of them men Of lofty character,
with the purest of records, but they hung
on his lips as bees after honey, and were
almost servile in their suppressed but also
expressed adulation. That other character
In making and. unmaking men political,
the blind devil Buckley, looks like a
scholar and high-bred man as compared
to Burns, and, more than that. he can talk
like one. Buckley knows himself In books
and matters of culture. Burns.may also, but
his warmest admirer could not claim that
his appearance gives any indication Of such
He is credited with re-
markable keenness, and hiA face justiies
the assertion. but 1t is not inspriting to see
men who wish to be supreme court Judges
and senators or governors playing the para
rlt Uh 1aO oi1 m.
greatness than thathe can command votes
and knows how to stack UP convention DEL
egates like white chips. The saddest fact.
however, about the whole business is that
there have always been bosses and will al
ways be such as long as votes are to be
counted or not counted.
Henry Gage has jumped in the fight for
the Republican gubernatorial nomination
In earnest, for on Saturday he opened his
headquarters for the campaign at the Hol-
lenbeck, his office being found inadequate
to accommodate the many visitors who
called to tell him what he ought or ought
not to do. So far this fight of Bula against
Gage Is the only picturesque feature of the
Republican campaign, as it daily increases
In Ngor and bitterness. Mr. Gage has not
opened his batteries as vet, but when he
does look out for trouble. Mr. Bulla's ca
pacity in a scrap Is not so we'll known, but
unless he combines the courage of tho lion
with the wisdom of the serpent he will
surely rue the day he fell foul of Cages
weapon.
One Of the first visitors to the Gage
headquarters was the veteran Democratic
editor, McGonigle Of the Ventura Demo-
crat. Mr.. McGonigle was there as friend
of the man whom he will probably fight as
hard as anyone for the point of his am
bition, but he and Henry were as chummy
as they could be for the time.
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BY the way, speaking Of politics, 1t Is
noticeable that the drag and the swell
coachman formerly affected by Candidate
R. j. Waters have dropped out Of sight
since the campaign commenced, and that
excellent financier now is rarely seen in any
more aristocratic equipage than a trolley
car This Is reminiscent of two interviews
1 had with Ex-Governor Markham, one be-
fore the election and the second after. The
first time 1 went to the Arcade depot to meet