The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-22
An OFF YEAR FOR FUSION.
The soushern Part of the state VIII
Demand the Governowshfp. and
Will Also, Quitc Probably, Ask to
Name the Successor to White.

tASSet and tinted STATES senator and The
deAth-knel Of fusion Will be sol.e3 VITA the
counting of the votes or esseslass dAy. In
soma respects the Gaming campaign VIII
re enc Of the most remarkable tnat CALI
soFriia has ever known, and. outside ~ Tie
respective party lines siaefe VIII be i con-
test al large. 20 settle Iar political Gains
o. the northern ana southern ends of he
state in the distribution OF Offices.
Up 20 .hs time Of me eless.0n Of Stephen
ID White 20 the United States senate SIX
years ago, il tad come 20 De regarded as
the settled policy shat The northern end of
the state should have the senator's bat the
southern end was occasionally allowed the
goyernorstip- This year. however. the Re
puelscans of the southern half Of The state
VIII make bold hsh: for tbs gosernogshsp
and one United States senator. and they
appear 10 have good prospects az winning
cut on the Issue.
1t seeIns reasonably certain that Hen.
Henry i. Gage. OF Los Angeles w.g be .fae
Hepuoican nominee fer governor for he
Will 80 into the convention with practical
iy the solid delegation from this End Of the
state. and will have from the north a large
number az personal followers besides the
backing Of the friends of tie northern SEN
atorial candidates. who feel shat their
chances viii be greatly increased by hav-
Ing a governor from south OF the Tei2a-
chipi. Mr.. Gage Is one OF the foremost
lawyers OF Southern California, an orator
and politician. and a man Of strong per
sonalt,y and commanding presence. He
viii take front rank among the state exec
utives OF the country, IL nominated and
elected.
Congressman Mcguire. the fusion nons-
nee Tor governor. ia headed for certain de-
feat. He has made the political mistake
OF his life In accepting this nomination.
He could have gone 10 congress from his
single tax district in san Francisco intseIi-
nl;ely. and would have remained a thorn in
the side Of the Southern Pacific railroad
The Huntington forces have tried in vain
To defeat him for congress. but were not
able 10 do SO. BY playing on his vanity.
however. with the gubernatorial bee they
have accomplished the desired result and
will not have him TO deal With In congress
in the future. He VIII be defeated for gov
ernor. and viii be retired to private life.
but even II ne should be erected, he would
not he in position 10 DO the railroad the
harm that he hiss done IL IN congress.
The senatorial contest is already on. and
among the prominent candidates probably
the most prominent one from the southern
end ef the state-is Ulysses s. Grant, jr.,
the son of his father" Young Grant lives
In San Diego, and has political and social
standing and wealth. three desirable Gle
ments In senatorial candidates there In CAL
ifornia, as elsewhere. His wife is a sister
OF Mrs. Potter Palmer, and her relatives.
as well as his own throughout; the country.
are lending every possible assistance 20
mis- senatorial boom. Several Republican
legislative nominees have already been IN
structei for him. but the weakness OF his
candidacy Is the fact that Los Angeles the
s;rongss, political divisions In the southern
end OF the state Is suspicious OF all men
of prominence who hail from San Diego.
and are especially charging It against
young Gran, that he IL opponent OF the
San Pedro harbor project. IN favor OF
which the people OF Los Angeles are prac-
Ideally unit.
There are those VITO say II IL part OF the
Gage programme to work his way 10 the
United States senate through The execG-
tive office and this does not see m 10 he an
unworthy ambition. IL IL proves 10 he trae.
1t is a we,l-known fact that until recently
Gage was an avowed candidate for the
senatorSt1ip. When he announced himself
az a candidate for governor II stunned
many OF his former senatorial hackers.
who had been protesting that the south
ern end OF the state wanted the snnatorshlp
and would not accept the nomination FOR
governor under any circumstances. The
explanation OF the change OF front is given
in the assertion that Southern California
alternately the governorship and that this
Is Its turn for the latter. II IL limited that
x may not he surprising 20 see The Re-
publican convention nominate Gage for
governor and an especially strong north
ern man for lieutenant governor. and then
start Gage boom FOR the seaatorship.
Many leading Republicans in both ends os
the state believe that this programme
would prove 70 re winner. Nor ;s L I'M
ar.- sNo. rr5a re d. Will
take quiet hand In promoting The candi-
,lacy OF some southern candidate fer the
senaforship, which would tend TO remove
the eiernen: Of geograph from the contest
when Senator Perkins must seek ra-elec-
ton
There IL but one thing absolutely certain
In the California political situation, AMI
that IS that the Republicans VIII carry the
state ard elect senator TO succeei
White One thing IS noticeable ali along
fha lire. however. ard that fl that the
Republicans are pnttirg strong men for
ward everywhere in the state ard s. Is
quite apparnn. that mistakes OF the past
in this respect are beng remembered this
year
Senator white is ono ~ the best ard
earewdest men in the state ana MS pol!'!-
"a! honesty Is atieStsd bv the fact that
he Eel, - his dairy 80 boldly take stand
on the unpopular side Of two very irnpor
% congress The FIRST was on the annexa
ton 81 Hawaii. ard the other was on Tie
question os the war with Spain. ltS o.
passed. both measures with all his force al
though he mus have known faai the
fsaapse 81 California generally demanded
both ths annexation 90 Hawaii ard the
wsr with srsain. Hiz position 81 th@se irn-
p1~ianf questions will he strongly ass9liA'A
s,v the Republicans ssErjnE the coming
canFsalgu and Will rot even ~ defended
ay tne De-rrcrats or fIs3cDi*'ss but Whites
friends know fhat ne was fully c1zniEanf
81 the unpcpulag1ty ~ h3< position. sn1
ira in;aineE 81 only because he felt X his
considerations Gufy 81 90 80. ile has loss np
personal friends or admirers hy his srtipr,
b2!f s, has trsaAs him an isnFoss e,l'y in tss
f;lsnrn Democratic possibilities Is Thss
state
Here IN Lee Angeles. As "a rsa8y places
In shs state ~ " asssington ard o. Ger parts
~ the country. me iseifo--ats are EefssaTssl-
~ IN aghf sneonR faeenN~ives, ard the
less -ha nee there 4 for theus % ~sa. re
harter t.lev szst. gn tne Democrats cooe-