The San Francisco call., 1904-07-15
SENATOR BARD
IS CRATIFIED
Cordial Greeting by Leading
Men of the Metropolis
Is Noteworthy Incident
TALKS WITH PERKINS
Politicians Hold to Belief
That Senatorial Prize Be-
longs to the Southland

United States Senator Thomas r.
Bard and Dr. Chester Rowell left San
Francisco for Sacramento last evening
and will go south to-day. Many we'll
known citizens called at the Occidental
Hotel yesterday TO pay their respects
to the visiting statesmen. Senators
Perkins and Bard met in friendly con-
ference yesterday afternoon. The Sen
atorial situation was briefly reviewed
in a general way.
There are so many worthy aspirants
in the field that Senator Perkins is
constrained by the fullness of his gem
erosity TO give all of them his support
1t is common gossip in political circles
that the senior United States Senator
will not single out any aspirant for his
special favor and will surely do moth
ing to impair the political fortunes of
his colleague in the Senate, for whom
he entertains the highest regard.
Senator Bard expressed himself as
delighted over the cordiality of his re-
ception in San Francisco. Among the
callers at the Occidental Hotel yester-
day were former Lieutenant Governor
Jacob H. Neff of Placer County and
w. s. Hamilton, acting Collector of
Customs.
Politicians generally incline to the
opinion that the successful candidate
for the Senatorial prize will hail from
the south. A Republican leader yester-
day sized up the situation in this fash
ion:
THE Republicans of Southern Cali
fornia are entitled by precedent and
fairness to name one of the United
States Senators from this State. The
success of the Republican party in the
last gubernatorial election was due to
the loyalty and vigilance of the Repub-
lican hosts in the southland. California
was saved from Democratic administra-
ton by the zeal of Republicans in Los
Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San
Diego, San Bernardino, Orange and
Riverside. AS the Governor of the
State. a Cabinet Minister and one of
the United States Senators dwell in
the region north of the Tehachapi
range, the Republicans of the south
should name one of the Senators in
Congress. Strong influences in the
south the Senatorship in this cam
paign, as Governor Pardee. Victor H.
Metcalf and George c. Perkins are
looking ahead for the Senatorial prize
four years hence and will want a clear
field. George A. knights boom may
be kept fresh so he can enter the con-
test of 1908 on an equal footing with
such conspicuous statesmen as Per-
kns, Pardee and Metcalf'
Colonel Iaukea and 7. B. Lyons, dele
gates to the National Democratic con-
vention at st. Louis, arrived here yes
terday on their way home. Colonel
Iaukea will address the Iroquois Club
this evening on political conditions in
the Hawaiian Islands.
The Iroquois Club is a red hot Bryan
organization and perhaps the speak
ers may find it agreeable to say very
little about Judge Parker of Esopus
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee has established headquarters in
the California Hotel. Angel Tim Spell
lacy of Kern County will be here next
week. Party leaders are confident that
the Democratic organization will be
we'll supplied with the sinews of war.
They assert that the Democrats will