The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

trict formed of the counties of Kern,
Tulare and Kings. Truxtun Beale has
declined to accept the Republican nom
ination. but General E. o. Miller, the
Democratic nominee, is promised as
sharp a contest as the district has ever
witnessed. General Miller won fame
and his title by being defeated for the
Democratic nomination for Surveyor
| General Ever ssince his friends have
endearingly dubbed him general and
the pleasantly has in no way jeopar-
died the splendid efficiency of our
State military organization. General
Miller enters the fight with one marked
advantage The district is normally
Democratic, but like all things Demo-
cratic it is disturbed. General Miller
had the bad taste to make an enemy
of A. NJ. -Lumley, afectionately known
by his friends as Lord Lumley.
WHAT BEALE MISSED.
This gentleman politically is sore.
He has vowed revenge upon the gen.
eral. and the chances of a Republican
have been thereby improved. A fur
ther fact, lending more than passing
notice to the contest, is that the dis
trict was recently and beautifully
misrepresented by Senator Emmons,
who was at pains to husband more than
his share of i'll fame.
Glowing reports come from the
southland of the progress of Gillett.
Wherever the Congressman appears he
is received with an enthusiasm that
seems to be spontaneous. His manag-
erS have organized a Latin-American
League to reach the large body of
Spanish-speakin voters who live In the
southern part of the State. These peo-
pie do not understand English. so
SPELL binders of their own nativity are
rousing them to the great public duty
of voting the Republican ticket
straight The experiment is meeting
with entire success.
The Republican State central COM
mittee is highly encouraged by reports
OF the collapse of the Pardee discon-
tent. Partisans of the Governor had
been sulking since the Santa Cruz con-
vention, and for a time it was feared
! their influence might have a dampen-
1 ing effect upon the campaign in some
/ of the districts. The fog has lifted,
however, and everywhere in the State
/ except perhaps a drizzle of doubt at
1 Dixon and Elmira everything is Sc
rene Politicians are practical; new
/ Governor has new power and new
places and there is no reason why old
friendships should create new enmities
DANGER SIGNALS IN SHASTA.
The row over the second Superior
Jud geship in Shasta County is no near
er solution than 1T was before Gillett
tried 10 smooth the troubled waters AZ
Redding. This complication is affect
/ ing the entire Republican ticket in the
northern part OF the State and is giving
serious concern to Gilletts managers.
Notwithstanding the fact that a major
! ity of the voters of the district are op-
posed to the burden of a second judge
ship it is understood that the Republf-
cans will stand by the action of the
/ last session of the Legislature and sup
I ala tn,
The Democrats have already taken
the opposite position, but Abner Weed.
Republican nominee for the Senate in
the district, will issue q statement that
1 is expected to calm the agitation of
the taxpayers and to swing the faithful
/ into line n. A. Cornish, the Repub
! lican nominee for the Assembly, Will
support Weed in his position.
AFTER RAKER'S SCALP.
Cornish Is from Modoc and has rea-
son to believe that his position is war
ranted by changed political conditions.
1t is expected that this year Modoc
will reverse a strong Democratic plu-
rality into a Republican triumph. e.
/ c. Bonner, District Attorney of the
county, was in town yesterday and is
authority for the statement. In this
connection the Republicans are nurs-
4 ing the hope that next year upon the
expiration Of the term Of Superior
Judge Raker they will be able to take
the scalp of that spectacular jurist,
whose professed ability to fight equally
well with his tongue or his gun con-
/ tributed a series of spicy digressions
I in the Modoc lynching trials.
In the local field the impression pre-
walls that Ruef has made a tactical
blunder in commencing his war against
Maestretti before election. There is
/ little question, however, that the Bush
street boss was forced to precipitate
action, Notwithstanding the danger
that a Democrat may be elected Sem
ator from the Twenty-second district.
If Maestretti could elect Atkinson in
defiance of Ruef the effect would have
been dangerous and Ruef probably fig
ured that the loss of one Senator was
a more comfortable prospect than the
success of a disgruntled lieutenant.
RUFF PUTS ON SCREWS.
The job-holders in Maestrettfs dis
trict have been rounded up and have
received their orders to desert him.
These orders will be obeyed to the let
| ter 1t is not within the range of
probability that the little boss of the
Thirty ninth will be able to hold his
own. The motley throng that daily
crowds the office of Ruef, waiting In
hungry eagerness for a smile from His
Highness. is breathing more freely
than 1t has in months.
The probability that Police Captain
Duke will be elevated to a higher
plane Of usefulness is balm to their
souls. Captain Duke cannot now haunt
the Offices on Bush street and it always
was uncomfortable for the push to
have a policeman at such close quar-
ters. Members of the gang never could
tell in what other capacity they might
have to face him. While he was one
of them, he never gave any generous
them.
FIGHT FOR THE MACHINES.