The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-02-10

now will Murphy succeed? Mcclellan
is young, at present member of con-
gress and admittedly a man of parts.
He is surrounded with the prestige OF
great family name, and barring his age
looks to be the most available man in
his party ranks.
But to return to our friend Willie
Hearst. Ever since the presidential
bee began buzzing in his bonnet he has
been making herculean efforts to get in
the good graces of his party here, know
ing that without the backing OF the
delegation from this state, in street
parlance, she would not receive call"
in the convention. For years he had
been at outs with the big men of his
party. They hated him with that same
degree of intensity as did the republic
cans Of Massachusetts, hate Ben Butler.
But he has accomplished wonders, they
tolerate him now, and he may have the
support Of the California delegation in
the National Democratic convention.
He is about to launch new paper in
Los Angeles to be known as the Los
Angeles Examiner" 1t is generally
understood that its object is to curry
favor with the trades union, as the latter
city is the only one know where the
unions have no foothold, they having
been defeated there in all their pro-
jects.
There is movement on foot now
throughout the country seeking to unite
the labor unions with the national
democratic party for the purpose of
carrying the presidential election next
year. How well it will succeed remains
to be seen. There is one fact, however
that is among the probabilities, and
that is that the democratic party in
this state may join forces with the labor
unions in the next state election.
Schmitz, the labor mayor of this city is
crafty fellow, and should he head
such a coalition, as in the event of a
combination he surely will, the repub-
licans will know that they have had a
battle.
The legislature to be elected next fall
will elect U. S. Senator to succeed
Senator Bard. The custom heretofore
has been to have one from the northern
part of the state and the other from the
south. Senator Perkins halls from the
north (Oakland), Bard from the south:
the latter quite naturally desires to
succeed himself. There is a growing
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that they should have man of brains
to represent them in the nations upper
house. and they are counting upon j.
C. Campbell of this city, who is acknow-
ledgedly the brainiest man in this
state, and who will carry his party's
united support. Campbell, by the way,
is the law partner of w. II. Metson.
If there is anything of which that
much abused ''native SON. element is
proud, and justly so, it is in their race
horses and prize fighters. Here we
have winter racing which runs cOntin-
uOusly from November to June |, and it
has so continued for ten years past. No
place in the world has anything like it
been possible. During part of that
time two opposition tracks have been
running, and some of the time they
have run without closing their gates
winter and summer, and strange to add
there has never been time that the
association have not made money.
The meeting here is in full blast, and
| am told there are more horses and
horsemen present than ever before.
Los Angeles has just completed track
which is the equal of any this side of
the Atlantic. and on January | they
open in blaze OF glory. Truly the hold
that racing has on the public is Won
derful. HIT.