The San Francisco call., 1899-02-10

GALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 9.-The story comes from
the inside of the Burns corral that Ma
jor. Frank Mclaughlin, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee, is
the chief manager of the colonePs cam
.paign, and that all orders emanate from
him. The majors supremacy as man
.Gger is not rehshed by several of the
workers who have been here recently.
One worker who took his departure this
week. said before going away:
There is no sense in my staying
around. When 1 got here Frank opened
a bottle of wine and 1 have not been
asked to say two words to him since"
). Commenting on the departure of this
worker another friend of the colonel
who is here tonight remarked:
This man who went away feeling
that he could be of no use while Frank
was managing affairs is one of the best
workers in the State, and is so recog-
nized by the railroad. He knows how
a campaign of this kind should be con-
Quoted and he has had ample expert
ence, He could teach Frank, but he is
not even invited to make a sugges-
ton"
From other inside sources the infor-
nation comes that there Is dlScord IN
the camp of the colonel. The touts are
swarming around here, but there seems
to be an absence Of method and system
in the work laid out for them.
The story that Herrin has cold feet Is
. denied by the insiders of the corral.
. The latest information from the yellow
building comes in the form OF positive
assurance that Herrin will stand by the
Colonel" as long as the latter believes
hor ic hone of success and
will stay longer if Dan desires further
proof of loyalty.
1t is surprising to Old time politicians
that Burns has made such poor Show
ing in this fight. They consider that
he has had behind him the regularly
organized machine of the Republican
. party; that he has the powerful back
ing of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, the assistance of Phil Grim
minis and Martin Kelly, the backing Of
Nose Gunst and his gambling influence,
the prestige of the State patronage and
the friendship of the Governor, and
yet with all these elements of strength
he is not able to muster more than
. tWenty-siX votes.
: A. shrewd and successful campaigner,
a. veteran of several Senatorial con-
tests, remarked tonight: In times
past we would have considered the rail-
road support or the support of the
party organization as sufficient back
ing to win a fight, but Burns, with
these elements in his favor and many
more, makes no progress. 1t must be
bad management of his fight-a man
agement that excites antagonism."
Colonel ]. P. Jackson, Collector of the
Port of San Francisco, who arrived on
the scene last night, is telling mem
beTs and candidates for United States
Senator that he is here to break the
deadlock. He has not openly an
nounced his preference for any partic-
ular candidate, but it is an open secret
that he is here to help Grant out of
an ugly and ScandalouS situation by
an endeavor to elect him to the Office
of United States Senator. Colonel Jack
son has peculiar ideas concerning
caucus government. He has a notion
that forty-three members, which COM
prise majority of the eighty-five Re-
publicans of the Legislature, may get
together in caucus, and if twenty-five,
a majority of the forty-three, agree on
a. candidate for Senator, that the
: eighty-five Republicans will be bound
by the decree of the caucus to support
the nominee.
g." He argues that if a majority of the
Republicans of the Legislature goes
into caucus the minority is required by
party custom to abide by the will of
the majority. He asserts that the
question was submitted two years ago
TO high authority on party govern
ment, and the decision was that the
members belonging the the minority,
whether they participated in the caucus
or not, were bound by party usage to
accept the caucus decree.
There is not ehe slightest danger that
the Grant men, the Bulla men or the
supporters of General Barnes will give
serious consideration to Colonel Jack
sons notion of a caucus. This con-
hH crl1f IN fl1a lfcr1,E o.
day until Grant and Burns retire. When
they get out Of the way Senator can
be elected.
The monotony was not broken by
any change of voting strength in the
joint Assembly to-day. The ballot taken
was the forty-seventh. The number of
votes cast was 107, and the announce
ment was made that the number re-
Quired to elect was 81. Should the plan
be. carried out for large number of
legislators to leave the city for junket-
ing expeditions Immediately after the
balloting tomorrow, the voting
strength on Saturday will be greatly
diminished
Precautions will be taken by the Sen
atorial aspirants to arrange for pair
ing, so that no candidate can seize the
. advantage of slim attendance to ad-
vance his own chances.
Judging from the outlook this even
ing members are convinced that there
will be no marked change in the situa-
tion before Tuesday next. The belief
grows stronger every hour that neither
Burns nor Grant can win out. A few
of the touts still reiterate the declara-
ton that the fight will end in the cleo
ton of Burns or nobody. It is a settled
conviction in the minds of nine-tenths
of the members of the Legislature that
the deadlock cannot be broken until
both Burns and Grant are eliminated
from the contest.
Judge Dibble is still talking caucus
and asserting that there can be no solu-
ton of the question except through
caucus. AS to the number required for
a Republican caucus there is wide
difference in the estimates of Judge
nihh1a and CnlnnaI Jackson Collector