Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-31
.GILLETT TO GET
SOLID DELEGATION
PARKER MEN RECEIVE ORDER
FROM BOSS
Los Angeles county's Vote Is to Go
to the Humboldt Man-Machine
After Scalp Of All Pardee
Adherents

Evidence is accommodating that the
machine has selected Congressman
James N. Gillett of Humboldt county
for governor at the convention in Santa
Cruz next week.
The orders from Southern Pacific
headquarters in the north have been
sent out by Walter Parker to his dep
uties i'm Los Angeles, and the work Of
making sure Of practically solid dele
cation from Los Angeles county Is In
progress
This will not be q difficult task, as
the majority of the delegates are ma
chine men and will cast their votes in
accordance with instructions from their
boss, and with a very few exceptions
the delegates will be brought into line.
1t is not the intention to nominate
Glllett on the first ballot although the
machine could do so II 1t desired.
Friends Of "favorite sons" will be given
an opportunity of giving them the usual
complimentary vote. After that the
whip will crack and the delegates will
fall into line for the machine candi-
date.
Suspicious of Hayes
Ruef still pretends to be favorable to
J. o. Hayes for governor, but wise ones
say that the San Jose man has never
been seriously considered as a guber-
material possibility.
Even the bosses, who, as a rule, do
do not inquire closely into a mans
private life IL they are certain he will
stick to the machine and obey orders,
are suspicious of any one who occupies
a pulpit on Sunday at the same hour
that a coursing club is contesting for
a cup given by the aforesaid preacher.
The one great aim in the life of War
rem Porter, the Watsonville banker
and machine man, is said to accomplish
the downfall of Governor Pardee.
Porter made an energetic fight to win
several of the coast counties, but now
he is willing to accept the second place
on the ticket.
Gage Not In 1t
Talk about the nomination of Former
Governor Henry T. Gage has ceased.
1t is said that at no time did the ma
chine have the slightest intention of
coming south for a nominee for COVER
nor. Governor Gage has never taken
seriously the gossip connecting his
name with the nomination, realizing
the impossibility of the situation. Gage
now is. more interested in his mining
interests in the San Bernardino
mountains than he is in politics.
Orrin s. Henderson is slated for re-
tirement as railroad commissioner for
the southern district, which takes in
the southern coast counties and the
San Joaquin valley, as we'll as some of
the Sierras.
The south has not had a railroad
commissioner since the days of Stone
man, and for this reason it is thought
that the ambitions of Theodore Sum-
merland, president of the Los Angeles
city council, may be realized.
kingsbury for Surveyor
Whether this will affect the arrange
ments to give to w. S. Kingsbury, as
SiStant city engineer of Los Angeles,
the nomination of state surveyor gen.
eral is question. If one or the other
should be compelled to step aside
Summerland will be the man, as it is
given out that Kingsbury is the ma
chimes first choice as the successor OF
Victor H. Woods, who has made a
vigorous campaign in the interest of
Governor Pardee and has said many
complimentary things about the South
ern Pacific in general and w. F. Her
rim in particular.
No one seems to be looking for the
office held by Charles Curry, and it is
thought that the secretary of state will
be renominated by acclamation.
Woman After HirIks Place
State Treasurer Truman has de-
clared that he Will not be candidate
for denomination. At the recent prim-
airy in Fresno the delegation was
elected in the interest of w. r. Will
Jams for treasurer. AS Williams is a
Fresno man this action means that
Fresno will not support State Super
| intendent of Schools Kirk for renomi-
nation, as Kirk also Is a resident of
Fresno, which cannot hope to secure
two places on the ticket
Miss Kate Adams, county superin-
tendent of schools of Napa county, is
making an energetic campaign for the
nomination as state superintendent.
Controller Ed. p. Colgan of Sonoma
is attempting to curry favor with the
machine and at the tame time remain
on friendly terms with Pardee, with the
chances that he will find that his name
is not on the machine slate, as the
bosses are said to be after the scalp of
every Pardee man now in office.