Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-04
FREDERICKS MAY
Be DARK HORSE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GR0oMED
FOR DEADLOCK
Aspirations Of sehmltz and cllIett for
Nomination Expected to Help
Local Man to the Cow
ernor's Chair

Special to The Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. S.--There Is
a general mix-up in the present cam
palgn that is confusing even to the
veterans in the political game. Abe
Ruef is doing a lively "two-step' in
an effort to keep in with the Herrin
organization, and at the same time re-
tain the friendship Of the Union Labor
men. Mayor Schmitz has guberna-
torial bee in his slouch hat that has
become so noisy that the mayor has
developed the belief that he can receive
the Republican, Democratic and Union
Labor nominations for chief executive
of the state.
w. #. Herrin, the big railroad boss,
Is shaking hands with country dele
gates as though he were candidate
for Justice of the peace. Those who
have experienced this new cordiality OF
the chief of the political railroad bureau
allege that his smile and handshake
are almost equal to those alluring
campaign attributes Of the Office seek
er.
Governor Pardee was not in town
yesterday, which fact is variously in
terpreted. His friends say that he re-
mains quietly in Sacramento because
he is confident that his fight is won
and he has no further need of taking
the pulse and temperature of the dele
gates. The opponents of the governor
construe his absence as meaning that
he knows he is out of 1t and there is
no further use for effort on his part.
Notwithstanding these diametrically
opposed constructions. there are those
in line to know who believe that Par
dee's position in the contest is improv-
ing each hour.
~ The south has suggested District At
torney Fredericks of Los Angeles as
deadlock candidate for governor.
]. o. Hayes expresses confidence in
the outcome. While Hayes does not
talk much, he is doing something all
the time, and has greater individual
knowledge of the conditions than any
other candidate. When Hayes comes
to the center of the ring as an avowed
candidate it will indicate that in his
Judgment the pins have been set to
his advantage and he believes that he
can win the fight.
GiIIett and Schmitz
The Gillett headquarters at the Little
ST. Francis are the rendezvous for his
supporters as they arrive. The three
rooms in the basement of the house
used as his headquarters are in charge
of George EIatton and w. F. Herrin.
who take turns ION watch" The fact
that Herrin should place his candi-
date for governor in the basement,
next to the barber shop, while he
occupies the finest apartments on the
main floor of the establishment, has
caused the question of his high regard
for the aspirant from Humboldt to be
raised by visitors.
AS indicative of the strained rela-
tions between the mayor and Ruef, the
formers Representatives are going
among the Ruef delegates and urging
them to sign pledges to vote for
Schmitz for governor. These agents
Of the mayor represent to the delegates
that Ruef wishes them to vote for
Schmitz, but cannot afford to come out
in the open for the mayor The story
runs that when Ruef expostulated with
the mayor about these things. the lat
ter simply declared that he did not
authorize, the attempts to take the
delegates away from Ruef. No effort
has been made by the mayor, however,
to stop the canvass of the delegation
by his agents.
That Ruef's political path is not
strewn with roses at the present time
is shown by the fact that Herrin's cabi-
net of bright young men is also en-
gagged in trying to coax his delegates
away from him. 1t is believed that
the only purpose of the Herrin cabinet
in putting Eddie Wolfe on their slate
for railroad commissioner, was that it
might secure the delegates that he is
supposed to control in the Thirty
eighth assembly district There are
twelve delegates from this district and
as they were supposed to be equally
divided between Ruef and the senator,
the machine organization expects Wolfe
to turn six of them over to the SHerrin
cabinet. That the machine is very
short of votes is indicated by even the
suggestion of a railroad commission
ership being traded for eight votes,
and that being contingent upon Herrin