Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
BOSSES COMPLETE
THE c. .0.P. SLATE
ALL OVER EXCEPT SHOUTING
AT SANTA CRUZ
Herrln-Parker Forces VIII ne In Con-
troll Of the conventlon--cil-
lett's Nomination for Gov
ernor Certainty

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Word has come from the bosses in
the north that the slate for the Re-
publican convention at Santa Cruz this
week has been completed.
Everything has been mapped out to-
the satisfaction of the Southern Pa
ciflc, and all that will be required of
the machine delegates will be to vote
as the bosses dictate.
BY trades and combinations the Her
rin-Parker forces will be In absolute
control of the convention, so the local
machine delegates have been Informed,
and this means the complete overthrow
of the Pardee government.
GiIIett for Governor
James N. Gillett Of Humboldt county,
present congressman from the First
district, will be nominated for governor.
This outcome of the fight for the gov
ernorship is said by men close to Walter
Parker to be an absolute GER
tainty, and that it means that every
state official who has remained loyal
to Governor Pardee will be shelved by
the machine.
Some of the men stood by Pardee
until they saw that he was doomed,
and then they attempted to climb into
the Gillett bandwagon, but found there
was no room for them
One of the men who did this was
Attorney General Webb. He is said
to be still running after the Gillett
wagon, hoping to be taken on; but IL
is a question whether he will succeed.
His fate has been decided, but 1t cannot
be learned definitely what Herrin has
done. 1t is thought, however, that
Webb has been given shove, causing
him to fall under the wheels.
Smith for Attorney General
If this is the case, and indications
are that it is, it means that Sam f.
Smith of San Diego has been selected
for the nomination Of attorney general.
San Diego had a candidate for the ap-
pellate bench, but the local boss was
informed by Herrin week ago that
the slate for the appellate bench had
been fixed definitely and that it would
be useless to attempt a change.
Upon the receipt of this dictum the
San Diego Republicans sent in the
name of Smith for attorney general,
and as the bosses can rely upon Samuel
F. as a good machine man, the San
Diego attorneys name probably will
be found on the slate.
j. M. Wiley of Kern has his delega-
ton behind him and Franklyn Bull of
San Francisco has been mentioned for
the nomination of attorney general,
but it will be either Webb or Smith,
with the chances in favor OF Smith, be-
cause San Diego is one of the leading
counties of : the state and must not
be overlooked in the doing out of the
plums.
Machine Shows Ingratitude
Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson
has been relegated to the down-and-out
class, and therein the Organization"
oixrac Vivid ayapnple nf fha jnPrati-
tude of the Republican machine.
Anderson has served the bosses long
and we'll, but now that he has no votes
to throw to the machine his political
head is Topped off without the slight
est compunction. Anderson's present
home. Sacramento, is for Pardee, while
his old home, Solano county, sends to
the convention practically solid Par
dee delegation. Anderson thus is left
without a constituency. and the bosses
have no further use for him. ~
AS previously announced, Warren R.
Porter, the Watsonville banker, Is to
be given the nomination for lieutenant
governor Porter Is shrewd politician,
a strong machine man and bitter
enemy of Governor Pardee. The in
dications are that things are coming
Porter's way very fast, and local ma
chine men say they would not be sur
prised to see Porter succeed United
States Senator George c.. Perkins two
years hence.
Looks Like SummerIand
Theodore Summerland, president of
the Los Angeles city council, was wear
ing very happy smile yesterday, and it
is suspected that he has received word
that he has been slated for the nomi-
nation of railroad commissioner for the
southern district. Orrin S. Henderson
has failed to make good with the dele
cation. Besides, the south has not
had a railroad commissioner for many
years and the bosses have every con-
fidence in Summerland.
1t is given out that w. S. Kingsbury,
assistant city engineer of Los Angeles,
is on the program for the nomination
of surveyor general. Kingsbury is a
close personal friend of Walter Parker,
which means considerable and then
some.
The decapitation of Victor H. Woods,
the present surveyor general. was de-
creed by the Southern Pacific early in
game. Woods made a vigorous cam
paign in the interest of Pardee, and the
Southern Pacific and w. F. Herrn
came in for vigorous roasts on the part
of Woods, who realized that he must
sink or float with his chief.
Kirk Must Go
Evidently the machine desired the
retirement of State Superintendent of
Schools Kirk, as Kirk will not receive
the support of the delegation from his
home town, Fresno.
Instead, the delegation is for w R.
Williams of Fresno to succeed State
Treasurer Reeves, who some time ago
announced that he would not be a
candidate for renomination 1t is
thought the machine has accepted
Williams as its candidate, but who will
be awarded Kinks place has not de-
veloped.
Miss Kate Adams. county superin-
tendent of schools of Napa county, has
made a nenergetic campaign for the