The San Francisco call., 1901-11-28

All the members Of the California Con-
gressional delegation will probably be in
Washington next Monday. Senator Per
kins left Oakland night before last for
the national capital and Senator Bard
left Hueneme day before yesterday. Rep
resentative s. d. Woods started for the
East Yesterday Representatives Loud,
Metcalf, Coombs, Kahn, Needham and
McLachlan may be in Washington before
the Senators arrive. A conference OF the
delegation on the subject of Chinese ex-
clusion will probably take place next
week.
I The death of J. NJ. Gleaves causes va
cancy in the important position OF United
States Surveyor General for the District
| of California and before the middle of
next week Senators Bard and Perkins Will
! have received by wire many applications
| for the office The Senators, In accord
| ance with a rule adopted last summer,
may insist on naming Gleaves successor
| without asking the advice or suggeSuon
/ of the other members of the delegation 1t
is said that Perkins desires to waive the
rule in the case Of John z. Lyncn sue
| cessor in order to keep h1mSeI poised on
| the fence. He wants Lynch ousted, but
! AT the same time he wants the little as
| sistance that Herrin and Lynch may be
| able to give to a candidate for the United
States Senate at the next session Of the
Herrin has so much work cut out for
him on the oil schedule before the Rail-
road Commission that he cannot get an
| find time to inspect the Gage fences.
Ralston as Fence Inspector.
Ex-Assernblyman w. G. Ralston was
some time ago appointed repa1rer OF the
Governors fences in the mining counues'
hut the reception which he received dur
ing a recent tour of inspection in Amador,
Calaveras and Nevada counties was any
thing Nbut encouraging Ralston mad a
for himself while taking care of Cages
Interests. His own desire is to represent
in the State Senate the mountain district
which is now ably represented by John
F. Davis, and which for many years prior
to Senator Davis incumbency was so
creditably represented by H. Z: Noorne1s
! ON his recent trip Ralston found that
Senator Davis was invincible. He found
also that his own chances OF going back
to the Legislature as the representative
of an Assembly district were slender.
Ralston at the last session lost the con-
fidence of the miners by his erorts TO OBJ
struct important legislation recommend
ed by the California Miners Association.
He lost prestige also by his betrayal OF
Alden Anderson, candidate for Speaker OF
| the Assembly. His constituents took note
! of his peculiarities as an Assemblyman
! and observed that he really accepted the
| orders of the Gage-Herrin machine. He
| saw enough on his recent trip to convince
him that his aspirations for the State
Senate might as well be put aside. He
will play politics in great luck If he sue
ceeds in getting back to the Assembly.
| Gage perceiving that San Francisco and
| Los Angeles are likely to send anti-ma-
chine delegates to the next Republican
State Convention of 1902. is making siren
nous efforts to rally the mining counties
to his support In sending out Ralston to
| round up the miners the Governor dis
plays more energy than judgment.
Herrin Is Not in Good Form.
Herrin at this time is not in form to
/ help any of his political chums. In fact
! he is making plaintive appeals on his own
| account for assistance. He realizes that
| the loss of the oil case before the Rail-
road Commission, following the municipal
| election reverses, and coming on the heels
/ of his slated retirement from the Market
| doing as a political manipulation for the
! Southern Pacific
There is something doing in the boss
| camp. Martin Kelly and his henchmen
had a function or housewarnlins Tuesdsv
night in the new and elaborate head
quarters Of the burly boss in the Ven