The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

dict a brilliant political future for him
e. Q. Miller. Democrat. of visalia
who succeeds Z. j. Emmons in the dis
triet comprising Kern. Kings and Tu-
lare counties has been long prominent
in the councils Of Democracy and
| through the grace of President cleve-
land served in the United States Land
Office
LA. Wright of San Diego, who sue
ceeds M. L. Ward, has been chairman
OF the Republican county committee
and Is recognized party wheel horse.
r. o. Bell. Los Angeles partisan
| Senator, will have at least the distinc-
ton OF comprising one entire faction
unless, as is suspected, he decides to
flock with the Republicans. as he has
always been a Republican.
In nowise to be outdone by the Sen
ate in the matter of classy, Individual
legislators. the assembly forum and its
record will be graced by the presence
Of Grove L. Johnson, Congressman.
ex-State Senator. -AssembIyman-
with whom the good Republicans of
Sacramento have replaced Charles O..
Busick. Corrected returns show that
Frank ]. O'Brien's services have also
been retained by the Sacramento Re-
publicans.
OLD GUARD WELL REPRESENTED
Held OF Mendocino was a member of
the last Assembly. J. I. Mcconnell
Democrat. of Woodland. represented
the Yolo district in the Assembly. four
years ago. E. ]. Lynch of Sacramento
and Frank R. Devlin are returned by
the Republicans of the Nineteenth and
Twentieth districts respectively.
BY the reelection of Warren NJ John,
San Luis Obispo retains the services of
one of the veterans of the Assembly.
In the last Assembly he served on the
committees controlling the legislation
affecting diaries and dairy products.
immigration. ways and means. and oil
industries. n. w Thompson, reelected
in the Sixty ninth, rs another member
of the old guard. Several re-elections
have made p. A Stanton of Los An
geles chairman of the committee on
ways and means and now q candidate
for Speaker. Transue of Los Angeles
has also had several terms, and in the
last Assembly was one of the best
placed members with reference TO COM
mittee assignments.
Miguel Estudillo of Riverside. chair
man of the last irrigation committee,
encouraged by the confidence reposed
in him by his constituents, would in
sure against the Speakership being
wasted on the north by taking 1t him
self.
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E. NJ Pyle of Santa Barbara will be
third termer, and among those who
are either reelected or elected after
temporary retirement are: r. l.
Beardsley, stockton: Patrick J Boyle.
Republican and Union Labor: Samuel
H. Beckett, Republican and Union La
Dor; Nathan c, Coghlan. nominated by
both Republicans and Democrats. Mel
Vogel who got all the nominations
n Ia ~, h c trio os,I ,fr III
Republican and Union Labor, all of San
Francisco; Strobridge of Hayward P.
NJ. Walsh and j. j. Burke of Oakland;
Richard H Jury, San Mateo; w f.
Chandler, Fowler; A. M. rev, Fresno;
and Percy A Johnson. Fall Brook.
The Speakership candidates. stanton,
Drew, Coghlan, Estudillo and Frank
Devlin, have their several campaigns
under way, but the race is always
young until the real slatemakers get
in their fine work, and. while each of
the candidates has apparently q fol-
lowing. their efforts attract little in
terest.
With Hartman and Bell out of the
computation the Democrats have made
a gain of two in the Senate, making a
total minority of six Senators. Hart
man had both nominations and Bell,
elected as a non-partisan, has always
been Republican.
In the Assembly John Wessling, the
Independent Labor nominee, replaces
Eugene Praeflle, Republican, and the
complicated Endorsements and nominal
lions by the several parties in San
Francisco makes partisan classification,
which is, however. inconsequential. diff
ficult The corrected returns from sew
eraI districts have not been received
but. on the face of the returns now in
the straight Democratic minority in the
Assembly is reduced frsm four to three
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