The San Francisco call., 1904-06-21
GOSSIP IN CAMP
OF POLITICIANS
Alignment of Republican
Candidates in the Third
Congressional District
LUKENS AND KNOWLAND
Contra Costa and SOlanO
Counties Will Not Block
the Fight in Alameda

Affairs in the Third Congressional
District continue to engage the atten-
ton Of politicians. The Calls announce
ment, published some weeks ago, that
Victor H. Metcalf would be rendered a
position in the Cabinet has been veri-
fed. 1t is regarded as certain that Mr..
Metcalf Wilt accept. There is a general
impression that his acceptance has al
ready been signified to the appointing
power There is common impression
also that Mr. Metcalf expects to be a
candidate to succeed George C. Perkins
in the United States Senate four years
hence Senator Perkins, however.
whose health seems to improve with
experience in public life, will probably
be found ready and willing to succeed
himself Governor Pardee also has an
inclination to serve the commonwealth
of California in the Senate of the Unit
ed States, and every one knows that if
he enters the contest four years hence
he Will go in to win.
LUKENS VERSUS KNOWLAND.
1t is the talk of the political camps of
the Third District that State Senator
G. r. Lukens, who is a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in that district, stands high in
the favor of the State administration.
It is said that Lukens would lend his
influence to advance the Senatorial as
pirations of the Governor.
The gossip goes that Congressman
Metcalf looks with special favor on
State Senator Joseph r. Knowland as
a Congressional candidate, and the in
ference is derived that Mr.. Knowland
would like to see Mr.. Metcalf in the
Senate as the successor of Senator
Perkins. This alignment therefore
presents Lukens as the Governors fa-
vorite and Knowland as Metcalfs S
friend and supporter.
Leading politicians in Contra Costa
County were informed yesterday that
State Senator Charles NJ Belshaw
would not under any circumstances
enter the Congressional fight this year.
He expects denomination and re-elec-
tion to the State Senate The Call is
informed that Lieutenant Governor
Alden Anderson of Solano has no in
clination at present to go to Congress.
and ne will not enter the contest for
the nomination.
RICHARD Is AMBITIOUS.
Thomas Rickard of Berkeley, an ac-
tive, able and popular Republican. en-
tertains some notion of going to Con-
greSs as the representative of the
Third District and from all accounts
he will not ask the Governor or the
prospective Cabinet Minister from this
coast for permission to submit his
claims to the convention.
The story that the Contra Costa
County Republican Committee intends
to appoint delegates to the Sena-
torial nominating convention is dis
credited. Information comes that
the delegates will be chosen by primary
election, in which all voters of the
party in that county will have a right
TO participate. Considerable resent
ment has been aroused in Republican
camps of Contra Costa County by the
report that George Hatton had quoted
Senator Perkins as saying that Bel
shaw ought not TO be nominated for
the State Senate.
There are many indications that NJ.
F. Cochrane of San Rafael will be
nominated by the Democrats as a can
didate for State Senator in the Marin
and Contra Costa District.