The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1898, Page 7

THE FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898. ;MAGUIRE DID NOT DISCUSS - HIS GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRATIONS "'Spoke on Issues of the Day, but Not of His Candidacy. _Cri.tiéized the Position of T‘wo of His Fellow Con- gressmen. “Tney could riot have passed it (the refunding bill) if o ‘ Tepresentatives from Ca nained faith- ful ‘to their promises.— E from Congressman Maguire Congressman Maguire Discussed Everything but His Candidacy for the Govermorship. men who had gone to t W0 to 3000 miles away. of the measure were largely er of sale. | Western and Govern- | dist 4 West. Those favorable 1o | from the railroad , within a couple | f dred They were | called back the measure our_stalwart b debate upon able to ote upon ed was the plan = through that we were T to bring our men back, ad within their power by reason of stribution of their support- ity to bring them back and Even then they secured its | elght votes with all those ad- | their favor. | = passed it it our Repre- | ornia had rematned faith- | Representative Barham | for his fidelity son which he will dc d on the question e- | firoad debts, and as a ornfa, voted for the | st us the votes publicans for guidance in the enough of support from other States to make | < pessage of the measure possible. He must } ct further comment on his cours: excent hat In th to say Fifty-third, Fifty and Fifty-fitth Congresses the resolution: B’ resolutio he period of o»i upon the floor and urged | ‘the passage of refunding | rth Congress Mr. Barham e of his speech, produced ion of the Callfornia Leg!s- | passed, opposing and de- | ng or any extension of the | ese debts. He declared | that position and upon that | ac ? Legislature in the Fifty-fourth | 9p- | Congress. Let him answer why he did nat X in the Fifty-fitth. The measure, ce succeeded but for the ham's action and the Loud's action. Mr. Loud dld tor the megsure, but M. Loud paired, right to be paired, with a Demo- n his position and upon the bill. I h the matter facts, and 1 want to state | tation with Mr. Loud I | | have fo be a man of much higher | | character than a great many have been in- clined to attribute to him, but I regret that in this orisis he and Mr. Barham, by their weak- ness in standing for the people of Californi and the interests of their State, should have in- ted the sacrifice that is involved in the pas- sage of this measure. It is due to Mr. Hilborn, other Republican Representative of Cail- , to say that in this contest, as in all the contests heretofore, he De Vries. Mr. Castle and te sto0d at he stood u ing gt ;w he was pal ng further to do W for | other ‘refunding biil d_ wit Mr. to rec interest to the ises Tn the Fifty-fitth Congress the Democrats, er Republicans, with the sin’ . Bankhead of Alabama. nown a great many Again 1n an | he said: “I think | " The Sout * o morigaged to the amount of $40.000 It can be duplicated for $10,500 a mile. ink | a_mile. s Legislature.” | why should the interest on 0,000 & mile be ing his project in & | jaid agatnst the people Who'use that railroad We must have at | jngtead of $10,500 per mile for which the road could be duplicated? In my opinion public operation of rallroads is mot necessary, and under the Democratic idea is not proper uniees it is necessary to destroy the monopoly, but it must be done if he Government is to preserve fts Independence of corporate dominfon. It must be done if the people are to maintain the rights which alone Pan secure to them individual freedom. The Democratie dactrine—the Jeffersonian doctrine | equal rights to all, special privileges to none, be the watchword of the future cam- settlement.” e eighty-six | terest. But | George E. Douglas, thirty years as te his domin- | A Kinne ot T. Silvey, J. M. paigns of all partigs that have the popular nd, J. W. Reay, 1 fnterest at heart, and that stand for the rights ne else | of the people against the dominion of man. ————— assoclates should | g st | ANOTHER BATCH OF FAVORITES " Griswold, Burdet ry, Captain G. Krimp- muel Braunh: he Government of that by the accept- all the collateral rn- In no event, » accept nor_in case tral Pacific Railroad b , can the e benefited one ng bill, saying: y purpose to-night to deal gen- | is: s of the approaching cam. 1ssues, 1 trust, will be formu- and well by the Democratic State | h is to meet in a few days. ing our Democratic party in principles of the Chicago tssues for which we have the great allted forces mpaign, they will wisely ocratic principles Gubernatorial Situation as Viewed by the Editors of Interior Papers. M e The following telegrams were re- T, Morgan of Ala- | eived too late to include them in the oked at the | jigt published yesterday: ! BROWN THEIR FAVORITE. LOMPOC, Aug. 8—Editor Call: first choice; George H. A. AVERILL, The andpoint of an Ala- | L;Krewn(aéh‘ns, after | easure and a vote | E every Populist in | H. Brown, xception of Mr. | Knight, second. L. A ¢ questio 1 be settied. ken, that the aggregated and con- | 1o the House f the country, represented " e e | e tate, voted to | Editor Journal (Rep.). e | ey e ra T oTH T taking ntage of - | cratic and Popull; s D4 v TO LERT. , causing e | Nevada, for Frank G Covads i v = ¢ r country to fo | made & magnificent fig ~A'heln{:»"d:“ PLACERVILLE, Aug. 8—FEditor to make inroads upon ol e e measure, | call: I estimate L. R. Ellert as the Ao - ot | supyofllng and upl ration of that is to be | was evidently sought 10 be made o party | strongest candidate for Governor in assed in the closing | ¢ in the closing hours of e o e e L ond | Lure o the las: see-f fhie Jofality sl 11k the Binle, Brown refund the debts | wag well chosen for the action that was taken | Propably secoga.A 1 by Eidorado County Repubiican That Measure | pecause the sesslon of Congress was dragsing along long afer it wis expected that the ses: | Bditor inguished T oouch | (Rep.)- i our “fant | mem- | Pacific Ratlroad | pway from Washington in anticipation. 5¢ | ARE STILL DOUBTFUL. terview that | egrly adjournment had gone away. Those who | —_— e ently passed | jory were about the same proportion of West.| EUREKA, Aug. 8.—Editor Call: Re- t of the United States | orn, Southern, Eastern and Northern Repre- | ntiment here is not 4 e to the Pa- | centatives. When the crisis came over this| PUblican s s not suf- r occupled. | measure it was impossible to call back me!flciently centered on any candidate for or Morgan, In an hour, was ed to offer that very amendment to the :general deficiency Lill 1 was never more sur- rised in my life than when I found that Sena- a 00000LCC00000000000000C000000000000 wer o his constituents of the First Dis- | Morgan of was in the act of | o o £ that measure in the United States SSISM RE o dotended it there. upon sroumds| © B0, CEIVES A o that Indicated that he had been entirely de- fhitseied Shei e et PONEL B L D VERE SETBACK. § d it there upon the ground that it would | @ SE 0 fg about the same settlement of the Central Pacific Rallroad debts to the Government that| © o o i oo = in th Uni -8 G T e e FUS T B | @ STOCKTON, Aus. 9—Republican voters to-day sustained at the prim- @ At Wideh ] Bpeak was & messure pro-f. ' © sries the regular tickets selected at the ward micofings last evening by & Viding for the creation of a commission to do | ) overwhelming majorities. It was the heaviest vote ever polled at primar- Q but ome tkhing, namely, to provide for refund- the history of the o he GebtSof the Heptrl Pacinc Raliroed | © les 1 o lomiil and the best 2 T Caion Pacific Rallroad: debt to the Gov-| © e movement was directed against cliques and combines (<] amment s ot settled in that way. After| @ citizens In the party turned out and worked. The result was ths death of Q -every xfl«:fl::e‘;{fle rz:g( be:?u;nl::e rl)? securs | @ bossiém in the party. The county convention which meets on Saturday Q e T ey |, © Wil Do repriweniitiv one. Tha Histe SEEation Fill W onpledged and O ament of the Government having anything to| © uninstructed for Governor, but much preference is expressed for Davis. Q %r;"wul‘; the matter, L?:ldl;x: 'Y;l:l:.n Paciie| @ s iroad could not s del ¥ Ballrond coula ot iy Iy sebt to the GSNei%i| 90000000000000000000000000000000000 MAGUIRE DEFINES HIS POSITION. States His Views on a Few of the Many Perplex- ing Political Questions. The time limit placed on Hon. James G. Maguire by the Populists commenced to run Monday, notwithstanding the fact that his official arrival in California was noted late yesterday afternoon. Twenty-four hours of the fifteen-day limitation (wherein he must either accept of reject the Populist crown) have flown. Twelve of them passed on the summit of the Sferras, because it was at that point that the champion of single tax rested for a spell. and “girded up his loins™ bafore descending fnto the valley whera the votes are. In answer to the question whether or not he had tarried at Truckee for the purpose of smoothing out the ruffled feathers of Editor McGlashan, he replied: “No; my candidacy does not meet with Mr. McGlashan's approval, and I only stopped over at his village in order to give myself and my famlly an opportunity of visiting Lake Tahoe for an hour or two.” It was 5 a. m. when Congressman Maguire arrived at Sacramento, but not- withstanding the unreasonableness of the hour, he hastily dressed and, with an apparent relish, answered the qeustions of The Call representative without the slightest hesitancy. > Whatever may be sald concerning the possible complications attending Judge Maguire's personal political record he is by no means loth to discuss every phase of it, and his replies come in rapid succession and without restraint. There were only one or two questions he did not desire to discuss, among them was, “What, in your opinion, will be the paramount issue of the coming 7" He evaded this by saying: ‘‘Whatever might be my reply to campaign? that question, it would certainly be misunderstood. The diversified local in- terests which will naturally arise in & State campalgn would render a re- sponse to that question at this time necessarily incomplete; besides, I must leave such matters as that to the convention. The convention must declde Not L” what will be the paramount issue of the campaign. “Will you accept the Populist nomination before the meeting of the Demo- cratic convention?”’ he was asked. “I have as yvet recelved no official notification of my mnomination by the Populists. When I am so notified I shall then frame my reply. Iam, as I think everybody knows, a Democrat and not a Populist (speaking, of course, from the standpoint of those organizations in their entirety). While there are many issues which have separated the two parties in the past, there are many things in common, and upon which we can meet on common ground. The Popu- lists go farther than we do in many things. It is natural that they should. The Populists, as you know, are composed of discontented elements which have broken loose from other parties; fragments, as it were, which have be- come separated from other political crganizations for ‘various causes. They get their racruits from other parties, and their strength from other sources. Many joined them from the Democratic party by reason of their advanced be- lief In Jeffersonian principles. They want to go farther than any one else on certain lines. They took up certain doctrines of a socialistic character, but you will notice that in their present platform there is a complete absence of all matters leaning toward a soclalistic doctrine. I call the present platform of the Populists a very conservative one,and I do not hesitate to say that I can heartily indorse it.” “Do you believe in the initiatory and referendum?” “1 do. Direct legislation is one of the cardinal principles of a democratic form of government.” 'What is your idea of fusion' “I look upon my nomination by the Populist party as the means and not the result of fusion. My views on all public questions are well known and when the question of fusion arose, I, as a Democrat, seem to have ‘been acceptable to the Populists, at least to a portion of them.” “Did you make a personal solicitation for thelr indorsement?” *T did not.”” *Did your friends?” I presume my friends on that I thank them for it.”” “Is there anything inconsistent or irreconcilable between the platform declara- of the Populists and those of the Democracy?” think not. There is certainly a great similarity between them on many public questions. “What effect will your well known advocacy of the single upon your candidacy?” ust what my opponents will make out of it. My personal views are well known and I am pot changed in one fota. While my party is not committed to that theory, I am, and will always take my chances before the people upon my personal record on that question.” “How do you think it would be received ambng the agricultural district: would be just as willing to talk le tax among the farmers as I would among mechanics. I can show any man that It is the best system of taxation the world has ever known.” “Do you believe in income tax “I do, as being the next best thing to the ‘single tax.’ I argued against the income tax when in Congrese, but when the question finally came on as to my opposition to the Wilsgn bill by reason of the income tax rider, I withheld it and voted for the latter.” “What change, if any, has there bsen since 1887, when you sent your letter withdrawal from the Democratic party?” “The Democratic party of to-day is not the Democratic party of 1887." “Has it changed?” “It has.” “Have you changed?” “I have not; not In the least. Let my opponents publish my letter of 1887, and they will find it a weapon which will cut both ways. No, sir; the Dem- ocratic party of to-day is not the Democratic party of 1887.”" “Do you believe in primaries? +I belfeve in getting everything pertaining to a popular government just as close to the people as possible.” “Then you do not sanction the act of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee in appointing a committee of one hundred to take the place of primar- fes in the matter of selecting delegates?” “I have been out of the State and am not familiar with affairs locally, con- sequently I should not like to express an opinfon on a matter not entirely understood by myself.” “Will vou make a canvass of the State “T expect to visit every portion of California personally between this and the day of election.” *“Have you selected any o side interceded in my behalf, and if they did so to; tax proposition han 52 of P one to place you in nomination before the Demoecratic Tave you a cholce for a chairman of the convention?® have not.” *“Do you know who will be the chairman?”’ “No: all those matters will no doubt be left to those in whose hands the man- agement of the convention will be placed Speaking of the refunding proposition, as affected by the recent act of Con- gress in attaching it to the general deficiency bill, Mr. Maguire said: ““It 1s no doubt the design and intention of C. P. Huntington to dally along with the proposed commission until he has virtually accomplished all that could be accomplished under the original Powers bill. SAs matters now stand Mr. Huntington Is certainly trlumphant, temporarily. Whether or not his triumph will be permanent depends absolutely on the attitude and action of the people on the Paciflo Coast. “The election of Barham, for instance, will mean that the people of that aistrict approve of the Huntington scheme of refunding, for the simple reason that he changed front, deserted Hilborn and the rest of us, and voted with the Huntington end of it. “My election in California will be a vindication of my course in fighting the Southern Pacific and other corporations all these years. “My defeat will mean that the people of California favor refunding, and other Congressmen in the United States will so accept 1. When asked why he preferred to retire from Congress at so critical a moment and preferred a position which would remove him from the possibility of further continuing his fight, Mr. Maguire replied: 5 “] have done all that could be done in Congress. The rest lies with the people. They are to decide now whether or not they will accept refunding or resist it.” In the matter of acquiring the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, Mr. Ma- guire said that it was a question to which he had given some thought, and he did not think it justifiable to “accept the relations of an alllance and then make ene- mies of your allles.” ] “Whatever may be the determination of this matter, it should be final at the conclusion. of the signing of the articles of peace,” he conunued. “When this thing is over it should be over once and for all—finally, completely and conclu- sively settled for all time to come."” regarding relative strength in State of leading candidates. W. A. CHALFANT, Editor Inyo Register (Ind. R.). FOR BROWN AND DAVIS. MIDDLETOWN, Aug. 8.—Editor Call: In our opinion L. H. Brown will be the strongest candidate the Republicans could nominate for Governor.” Prob. ably W. R. Davis would be the second choice of this locality. READ & READ, Editors Middletown Independent. ESTEE IS MENTIONED. PETALUMA, Aug. 8.—Editor Call: On acecount of his handsome treatment of our Company C, W, S. Barnes would be first choice in this community, M. M. Estee second. Believe Estee strong- est in State. . H. SNOW, Editor Budget Governor to permit intelligent answer to your inquiry. County committee may develop something on Saturday. A. WILEY, Editor Arcata Union (Rep.). THE SOUTH FOR GAGE. COLTON, Aug. 8.—Editor Call: Ab- sence delayed answer to your telegram. Think Gage will poll more votes than any Republican in Southern California. EDITOR CHRONICLE (Ind.). VERY LITTLE FEELING. FALLBROOK, Aug. 8.—Editor Call: In answer would say that feellng here has hardly crystallized. but think Henry T. Gage is favored. g GEEOGRGE A. McDONALD, Manager Observer (Ind.). INYO IS FOR FLINT. BISHOP, Aug. §.—Bditor Call: Flint (R). has more propnounced support here than HAS ON. B any other. Ellert probably next, though LY ONE CHOICE: ONTARIO, Aug. 8—Editor Call: Gage choice of this section. No par- ticular choice. R. C. P. SMITH, Editor Record (R.). second choice divided among all except Davis, Pardee and Dickinson. No one of these three mentioned as being pre- ferred. Prefer hazarding no opinion 0000000C00000000000000000000000000 [4] L. R. ELLERT’'S RECORD e SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. § A. SBARBORO, banker and president of the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association, believes L. R. Ellert to be about the only man who can carry the State. He said: “The man who leads the Republican party to victory this year will have 20 be one in whom the people of the State, and especially of this city, have the fullest confidence. Mr. Ellert is such a man. His n: reer has been above reproach, and in business his word is as good as his bond, He is a native son, and it is only natural that his fellow-Califor- nlans by birth should rally to his support if he is placed at the head otmowmmme?mln:m" ©00000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000 00000 000000000 WHO IS TH E MAN TO BE SELECTED AS A LEADER? Well Known Local Republicans Express Individual Preferences. General Belief That a the T A number of prominent Republicans were interviewed yesterday concerning their views as to which of the several prospective candidates for Governor would prove most acceptable to the | voters of the State. These expressions | of personal opinion are submitted here- with for the benefit of such of The | Call's readers as have the welfare of | the State at heart R. J. TECHAU, formerly of the Good- fellow’s Grotto, favors Ellert because his record as a Supervisor and Mayor | was good and for the further reason that he is a San Franciscan. A. C. BAUER, a member of the pres- ent Grand Jury and proprietor of a restaurant on Market street, favors Ellert because his record is clean as a public man in this city. LEE PALMER, formerly of Sonoma | County, but now proprietor of thei Palmerlee Hotel, fevors Gage as being the coming man. GEORGE W. REID, merchsnt-gm-‘i cer, 152 Seventi: street, is in favor of | Lou Brown and_ considers that no| stronger man can be found in the State to-day. If nominated he will surely be elected. LOUIS SLOSS JR.—I have not given | the subject any consideration and have | no choice for Governor. The Repub- lican delegates ought to be able to select a strong man from the number | already named. There are several men | mentioned whom I should like to see | elected. | L. H. BONESTELL, paper dealer—I should like to see John H. Dickinson | nominated and elected. He is a good man and bas been unjustly vilified and | | maligned by the newspapers. I should | like an opportunity to vote for him. | | H. T. HOLES, brick and lime deal- } er, Sacramento street—I have not taken | | | an active part in politics for several years and am not very familiar with the present condition of affairs. Irving M. Scott would make an excellent Gov- ernor and so would a number of others who unave been mentioned. Personally I have no choice. The man selected by the State Conventlon will get my sup- port. T. L. GREGORY, business man and politician, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County—I think George A. Knight is favored for the Governor’s chair and wiil carry For: Bragg if nominated. Ex-Senator Frank McGowan is the choice for Lieutenant-Governor. GENERAL S. W. BACKUS—I belleve the candidate who develops the great- est strength at the convention should be the nominee of the Republican party. I expect to be a delegate, and, there- fore, do not wish to designate my per- sonal choiee, even if I had one. C. F. CURRY, County Clerk—I have no personal preference. The man who shows the most strength in the conven- tion should be nominated. The coming convention ought to be a nominating convention and not a slate ratification. R. B. MITCHELL, Attorney—I con- sider L. R. Ellert the logical candidate for the Republican nomination for Gov- | ernor. His strength in San Francisco is a strong feature in his favor. He would be able to reduce the vote for Maguire to a larger extent than any other man the Republicans could name. Mr. Ellert is also gaining strength dally in the country and this is indicated by The Call’s canvass of yesterday. After the local choice he was second in the majority of opinions expressed. The fact that he is the second choice every- where is indicative of his popularity. DANIEL MEYER, Capitalist and Banker—L. R. Ellert is my choice for Governor. I consider him the strong- est and best man named as a probable candidate. LOUIS P. BOARDMAN, Attorney—I think Gage is the strongest man for the position. He will go to Sacramento with a solid delegation from south of the Tehachapi, and I do not think that his claims can be ignored by the con- vention. JOHN A. RUSSELL, Chief Clerk Board of Supervisors—I have not given any consideration to the subject as yet, but I think the strongest man from San Francisco would be ex-Mayor L. R. El- lert. DR. J. NIGHTINGALE—I have just got out of a sick bed and have paid little attention to the political world, and, therefore, would not be justified in giving an opinion on the subject. I have always been a Republican and will abide by the decision of my party. JOSEPH C. CAMPBELL, Attorney— 1 really have not given the matter any thought. The choice of the convention will be my choice, and I will give their selection my most earnest support. TIREY L. FORD, Attorney—In £y judgment the choice of the convenffon Wwill be the people’s choice, and there is no picking & favorite at this time. It is an open race. They are all good men and worthy to fill the office. E. F. PRESTON, Attorney—I am not pledged to the support of any Individ- ual for the nomination of Governor. I hope to see a man nominated to head the ticket who will, by virtue of his mental attainments and life have established conclusively his fit- ness for such a high and responsible gosmon. He should be a natural leader ¥ virtue of his standing among men, and be a man to whom all can look with confidence and respect. There is Strong Northern Man Should Be Placed at the Head of icket. no lack of men in thé Republican party who possess these qualifications in an eminent degree, the name of any.one of whom will satisfy the people of the State that under a Republigan adminis- tration he will give a clean and honest government, with due regard for the rights of all and a just and fearless execution of the laws of this State. This is the interest of every citizen, and I trust will be the endeavor of ev- ery member of the convention. D. S. DORN, Attorney—George Par- dee of Oakland is the strongest political candidate for Governor, though they are all good men. I mean that I think he Is the strongest politically as he has a strong backing and friends who will make a fight for him. COLLECTOR OF THE PORT JACK- SON—Um, ah! No opinion. Federal m?\cer. Not allowed to talk politics. ‘Will express my private opinion at the polls when I go to vote. TEOMAS D. RIORDAN—I cannot say anything in relation to the subject because of my connection with the Re- publican County Committee. If I were not in politics—simply a private citi- zen—I could give you an opinion, but under the circumstances it would not be in good taste for me to do so. GEORGE W. DIXON, ex-Assembly- man from the Thirty-seventh District— ‘Was favorably disposed to either Gage | or Felton, both were good men, but he considered that if Gage would come into the convention with a solid home delegation he would come very near carrying away the plum, and in case he should go before the Republican party would be a very strong candl- date. Thought that Felton stood well with his party and with the people of the State and would be a very hard man to defeat if nominated. JULIEN SONNTAG, General Mana- ger of the Giant Powder Company— Favored Gage, or in the case of his not getting the nomination then Felton; as he considered both very strong men. Gage, who is a new man in politics, is not as well known as Felton, and some- | times this is an advantage in running for office. But Gage should, in order to go strong before the people, have his home delegation with him to a man. PHILIP L. ARCHIBALD, Grand Dic- tator of the Knights of Honor—Had just returned from an extensive trip through the San Joaquin Valley, and was free to express it as his opinion that while Davis, Gage and Brown were well spoken of, yet Davis was in the lqgd and would undoubtedly poll the stronger vote from the Republicans in that section. W. R. MORTON, President of the Morton Special Delivery Company, and at one time a Republican County Com- mitteeman—Had paid but little atten- tion to the list of candidates mentioned, but from what he had heard his men say he was under the impression that Lou Brown was far stronger than any other candidate that he had heard men- tioned. Brown had a good clean record to go before the people with, and that i{s what is required at this period. LOUIS POCKWITZ, member of the State Central Committee from the Thirty-ninth Assembly District, ex- pressed himself as being satisfied with either Flint or Brown as both are strong men befor- the people, yet tak- ing it all together he considered Brown to be the stronger of the two. This conclusion he reached in consequence of Brown being a* present in office and thereby being much better known by the people of the State. He would not have to pe introduced, a it were, to the Republican voters when the time arrived for them (o cast their votes for the Republican nominee. JUDGE F. W. VAN REYNEGOM was not well posted on the list of can- didates coming before the Republican convention and consequently had not thought much over the merits of any in particular, except as to Attorney- General W. F. Fitzgerald. “If,” sald he, “Judge Fitzgerald should enter the race and get the nomination I know of no man better fitted for the office of Governor of the State. He would be a very strong man before the people and one that the Democrats would have to trot out their very strongest leader to defeat. Judge Fitzgerald is well and favorably known throughout the entire State. Since he first made his ap- pearance in State politics some ten years ago in the southern portion of this State where he had resided for a number of:years he has been regarded with much esteem by all who came in contact with him. Since coming north he has held very responsible positions. He was a Supreme Court Commissioner and afterward a Justice of the Supreme Court, which place he left to take charge of the office of Attorney-Gen- eral of this State. He was elected by a very handsome plurality and the manner in - hich he has conducted the office reflects the highest credit on him. His handling of the railroad case before Judge McKenna has conclusively shown that he is for the people against cor- porate bodies when he believes that the people’s rights have been infringed upon. On the whole I firmly belleve that no better nomination can be made than that of Judge Fitzgerald. He has all of the qualifications befitting the high office of a Governor of a great State like California.” OSCAR LEWIS, Manager of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation, is of the opinion that Henry T. Gage would make & very strong man for a fight against the Democratic, Populist and pinto combination of thess two parties. He said: “There is but. one thing that the people will hold talking 1 also made this remark to i 0000VWO00000000000000000CO0C0000QD00 2 IRVING M. SCOTT NAMED AS THE COMING MAN. J. STAPLES—T said to a number of my friends the other day who of Charles N. Felton—who, by the way, is one of the ablest squarest of men—that I knewaman who hands down. They asked me to name the man, and I said, “Irving M. George | ‘was a candidate himself. I sald we was, like myself, too much of a “has been. 00000000000000000000000000000000C could be elected Governor Knight before I knew that yuldnotvuwtmnsm.un. 00000000 00000