The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-07

OALJ aEAOlg OAtL1 ERS,. SAChA-
MENTO, Feb. 6.-To-night the Grant
forces are elated and defiant. They are
predicting that the contest viii end this
week with the success of Grant. The
utter defeat of The Burns forces on the
floor Of the joint convention today adds
somewhat TO the glee in the Grant
rooms tonight. The prime cause Of
their delight, however, is the combina-
ton effected in Alameda County. It
now seems clear that Pardee's friends
in that county have entered the field in
favor Of the San Diego candidate. The
first open show of Grant work in that
quarter was manifested in the dispatch
Of messages TO Senators Stratton and
Taylor and Assemblyman KnGwland
imploring them to break the deadlock
and elect a Senator. Many of the tele-
grams expressed a direct preference for
Grant.
The Alameda Assemblyman. Mr..
Knowland, was able this evening to
produce twenty-eight kilograms from
his county asking him to support Grant.
Some Of the messages added the injunc-
ton to never vote for Burns. Some of
the senders reside in Alameda, and it is
supposed that they are Republicans,
but others are unknown as residents Of
the district which Mr.. Knowland repre-
sents. and nothing is known as to their
political affiliations. The Assembly
man has no thought OF deserving the
standard of General Barnes. 1t is clear
10 his mind that the plan to send him
so many kilograms was preconcerted,
and represents some combine rather
IL
.. Senator Stratton estimates that he re-
ceived one hundred messages by wire
since this morning. As he was. very
busy in the Senate all day, he did not
get time 10 open and read all the re-
quests wired to him. The Senator is
supporting General Barnes, and is sat-
isfied that he is representing the desires
Of a majority Of the people of his dis
trict The Senator did not express sur
prise at the deluge Of requests. In fact,
the pressure was not unexpected, as
he knew last Saturday evening that a
move Of the kind displayed to-day was
in contemplation. The Call Sunday
morning signaled the junction of Par
dee and Grant forces in Alameda Coun-
ty.
In this movement DR.. Pardee is evil
IDENTIFY getting the support Of one Fed
eral office-holder. Tonight il is be-
leved that Z. A. Leach, the Superin-
tendent Of the San Francisco Mint, as
sisted in getting men to VIZ to Alamo
dams in the Legislature urging them
to break the deadlock. The Alameda
plan is to elect now Southern Califor-
MIA candidate and four years hence
- lie &c
now filed in the Senate by Perkins
The superintendent Of the Mint, who
was appointed on the recommendation
of Perkins, may take the position that
the present Senator will be able to
succeed himself four years hence, even
If DR.. Pardee should come to the front
as an aspirant. Possibly both the Su-
perintendent and the Senator would
q feel better If the present contest should
terminate in selection of a candidate
from the South.
Senator Taylor Of Alameda has had
his share of messages from the dis
trict which he has the honor of repre-
senting. The Senator is in the BuIla
camp and is not signifying any haste
TO leave his quarters and Join the
Grant forces.
Henry G. Dibble and Grove L. John
son, who vie with each other in devo-
ton 10 Dan Burns, We're chagrined and
Indignant at the spectacle of Charles
NJ. Shortridge, the Senatorial phono-
graph from Santa Clara County. speak
ing the sentiments of the Colonel on
the floor Of the joint convention. When
they were told by rank outsiders that
va
speaking according to the programme.
they resented the suggestion with the
remark IN chorus: %" If this had been the
programme, do you suppose that we
would have remained silent after Cut
ter spoke?"
Despite the denials from DibbIe and
Johnson, there are many members of
the Legislature who believe that short
ridge was inspired and that the inspira-
ton came from Burns. No one is closer
or deaTer to Dan than the ELOQUENT
Shortrldge. He knows the feeling in
the Burns corral, and moreover he en-
tertains deep sympathy for the touts
throughout the State who are clamoring
for a caucus. The voluble Senator If
the truth be known, Is probably much
nearer the Candelaria throne than
either Dibble or Grove Johnson. and
when he spoke in the Senate to-day he
ohNDA Nh LIZ ltcaa tLtiL sentiments OF the
Colonel. The cruel way in which the
convention turned down the Shortridge
suggestion indicated in striking man
ner the unpopularity of the Burns
cause. The applause that greeted the
sentiment against caucus in the in
terest of an unfit candidate was not all
refreshing TO the touts. The organ
ization" has received some hard knocks
since the opening of the Senatorial
campaign, but this one to-day in the
battle.
After the adjournment Of the Legis-
lature this afternoon, Judge Dibble and
Colonel Burns were together for an ex-
change of views, but the interview was
brief. Dibble does not enjoy the meas
ure Of confidence which the Colonel
daily bestows on Senator Shortridge
From this time onward it will be I'M