The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1899, Page 2

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1899. MAKING OF A A VERY SE Politicians of All Grades and Conditions, Are Hard at Work for Their Frie The Lobby of the Golden Eagle a Field for the| Study of Human sented by Makers. BY HENR SACRAMENTO, Jan. l—Doubtless | the making of a Senator is a very seripus affair. least it is of sufficient import to 1 e some people forget that fo-day is Sunday, the first of 1899, and to ignore the pleasing fact that the rain by of the Golden If some of the po- there is also full, this is a delicate matter, and one not tp be discussed here. Of course the principal interest hinges on the Sena- | torial fight. There are several asg fants here and each has a following. | While they all prof dence, it is | noticeable that each s o ¥*-~w wh . others are doing. Grant is on the ground, having bLeen nreceded by | the ever-faithful Milton Green, who proclaims that the man from the south | cannot lose. Nevertheless, there can be | poticed in his demeanor an air that is nlot free from anxiety. He prc es an abiding faith, but the faith refuses to n General Barnes arrived he had hard work to handshake his way through the crowd. Nobody was slight- ed had a glad flipper for every- iven “Long John,” the colored 1 known about the racetracks was on the list. In shook hands with 3 e knew he greeted by name he did not know he | smiled at, vise, as though to | say, “My d we are such old acquaintance: at there is no use nf} going into de | . The: ans of Burns here. | I rybody who been mentioned to succeed Senator | White, but they 1 > dark | and groping for mation. They eagerly watch the tide of public opin- | jon and catch at the straws afloat on the surf: ured fact that - walkover upon | which he calculated. The oppo- | sition may scatt d, but it is op- | tion just the same. | > gather a definite idea from con- versation with the crowd is a useless effort. On minor matters there is no disagreement. ficulty in selecting the officlals of tt two houses, but as to the great que of the Senatorship there are as| 1y opinions as there are vests bein lished against the Golden Eagle bar. | Sig Bettman is here outspoken .for Burns. So is Leon Dennery. but the trouble with Dennery is that the other fellow got elected and he must depend on a majority to overturn the will of the people. There may be no good rea- gon why Ashe should have been elected | except that ran against Denner who is a Burns creature, and possibly the simple fact that Ashe was elected will not be nitted to stand in the cay N taking a seat. Hap- | ot get there in time to| Burns is not tic vote for master, in which circum- | stance there is a grain of comfort. | Dennery is circulating this evening., ting freely th he is to be Sena- | Ashe is also does not talk exhibits a dece his having r the circulating, and while he | so much nor so loudly. nt faith that the fact of than d. Of a decision in the matter is a| 1 for the future. | ased observer the crowd | s a puzzle. Of course | are Senators and represetative: on hand riow ther from all q they do not seem to know where they and. They are looking for light. Perhaps they re finding it. There are politicians who think light is of the best quality if it is | yellow- in-color and bears the image of | the Ame: gle. scrutiny of the | mob discovers that there are some poli- | ticians of this variety her All this| 1Yl 108 Ay} YA U0I10au ou sey | General Barne into the quarters 7 the fight the Burn; men and the Grant men and the Bu; men do not seem happy. Yet, as they i profess to believe that Barnes has not | a ghost of a show their discomfiture | eems hard to explain. For the nonce readers have the vrivilege of zuessine. | The revelations of the near future will | determine the issue. Some there are | who believe that a man as vet scarcely | mentioned will be the choice. Be this | as it ‘may, the coming of Burns did not | create a furore, If he has things all his own Wway ~there was nothing in the character of+his reception to proclaim it. Even ‘Grant, who does not - win friends readily, found more ready to greet him than awaited the colonel from San Francisco with all the glory of having escaped three jails tn!flrabh'l fresh upon him. GOSSIP OF LOBBIES AND THE MEMBERS Country Members Find Pleasure Dis- cussing Rain and Crops, While Others Talk Pelitics. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO. Jan. 1.—The hotel offices, lob- bes and bars have proven the most invit- ing places in town to-dag to the Senators, embl. . place-hunters and mem- of the third house. The lower floors of the big hotels have been congested all day, but little if anything has been ac- complished in the way of formulating leg- islation or straightening out the chaotic condition of the Senatorial contest. In fact, the San Francisco contingent appeared to be about the only ones who seemed to derive any real pleasure in dis- cubsing the political situation. The coun- try members, whether from the moun- tains or valleys, were much more deeply engrossed in the rain, which has fallen with scarcely a minute’s intermission all day. They seemed almost to strive to count the drops. Anxious inquiries went up all day as to whether the downpour extended to all parts of the State. Mines, wheat Lclds, orchards and vineyards were vastly more interesting topics of n- versation than the prospects of this or that candidate for Senator or the passage of some measure. Miners talked jubi- lantly of full ditches, speedy resumption of work In the mines and heavy snowfalls in the mountains insuring plenty of water for late summer operations. Residents of the lowlands discoursed on reviving crops There has been no dif- Twenty-fourth District. | 3 | popular men in the Le SENATOR RIOUS AFFAIR | | | | nds. Nature as Repre- Our Law- Y JAMES. ‘ e | and trees, heavy yields of fair prices for the they reached the market One of the most active politicians| atound the Golden Eagle was Rev, | Charles F. Oehler, who was chaplain of | the Assembly, and is anxious to draw | down the accompanying per diem | again for offering up prayers for the spir- | itual guidance of that bod. enator Thomas Flint Jr. will be re- | clected President pro tem. of the Senate, He is a candidate for the position, and nobody else seems to care to enter the| lists again: him. R. Q. Wickham, nd the prospects | products when | i who DUNLAP GF st e CRTON -g‘:;; PREPARED, For Y WEATNER, |MENTO, Jan. 1.—General'W. H. L. Barnes came up on to-night's train and went di- rect to his headquarters, parlors 3 and 4, gle Hotel, where he held an in- ption until a late hour. Men P \ has served as|who are avowed adherents of other candi- minute clerk of the Assembly for two |dates for the Senatorship attested to the general's popularity by crowding into his rooms, anxious to extend to him the com- pliments of the season, at least. But there were those who unhesitatingly pledged their support to General Barnes, promis- ing to stand by him to the last. General Barnes had a pleasant word-and a cordial | handshake for everybody, and apparently | was the least interested in the big fight of any man present. | “I am in this little affair to the last,” | the general said to The Call. *“Nailed, you | might say, but whether to a cross remains | to be seen. My name was first mentioned | in eonnection with the Senatorship in a peculiar manner, and I,paid no atten- tion to it until I began to receive letters from friends throughout the State con- | gratulating me on my candidacy and ex- | pressing their heartiest~wishes for my | success. I never before sought an office, | although I have devoted the best years | of my life and spent thousands of dollars | to promote the welfare of the Republican | party. “Now that I am in the fight I intend to | remain in it just as long as I have any show. 1 will not tire my friends out, but | as long as there is an honest fightiny chance for me I shall remain right here | on the field. When I am convinced that I | am not in it, I will return home. | ‘“‘And T want to say right here that I do | not believe any man_has this fight won | yet. I consider the field is still open to | all. In any event I hope the matter will | be decided soon, for I feel that a long- drawn-out contest would be detrimental | to the party. Whoever is elected it is my fervent wish that with his_election all strife shall end and perfect harmony be | restored in the party. | “I look for Mr. Burns, who came up on the train with me_ to-night, to-definitely announce. his candidacy to-morrow and | begin an open fight for the honor, but as | I sald before,"I believe the fight is still | an open one. . As’'to where 1 look for | support, or how strong my support is, I | cannot say. It is only natural that the | south should have her own candidates, but if either of them or any others should drop out, I think I would receive some of their sup‘mrt, at least. I have not figured up the situation as carefully, T suppose, as some of the other candidates have done, for strange as it may seem, I am only a novice at campaigning. By this 1 mean for myself and it is vastly different from handling a fight for some- body else. “In conclusion I can only say_that if 1 should be elected I would go to Washing- ton entirely untrammeled and prepared to | devote every energy to advancing the | welfare of the State, for I owe no alle- | %_ianre to any corporation or ‘individual. | here is one thing I would do were I| | was present almost callers, and they w Senator Bulla mits that on the f decidedly numer st ball from the following source ators Smith, Currier and Sir bobobodod the situation as follow: nly consider that Se $ _ There is a very friendly feeling existing between the Grant and the Bulla men from Southern California and no 3 | 4 Ditterness is vet upparent among any of them. One thing is certain and that is that when the Los Angeles members do 4 o lea a the greater portion of the vote will go to Grant, unless something arises to materially change the situation. ® + There is some doubt as to what Senator Currier and A emblyman entine will do and they refuse to give any in- +| @ formation at this juncturc that will tend to forecast their action. But as to the other Los Angeles members they virtu. $ | 4 ally admit a most friendly feeling for Grant in the event of thelr inability to make Bulla winner. bs B4+ 404040404040 40404049404 454040 4040400040404 040 4344040404040 40 4B fREENG Wi 0 SENATOR BULLA’S HEADQUARTERS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1.—At the Bulla headquarters during the day the Senator himself all the time. Assemblymen L. H. Valentine and N. P. Conrey of Los Angeles assisted in recelving rous. not at all discoura . in his judg The Bulla leaders' still insist that the over the trend Senatorial matters are taking, although he very frankly ad- . he will not have as many votes as either Mr. Grant or Dan Burns. have twenty-two votes, but now say that this maximum strength will come to them on the second ballot. On the first ballot they count on thirteen votes and assert that they will obtain them Assemblymen Mellick, Huber, Miller, Valentine, Conrey, Belshaw, McDonald of Alameda, Knight, 0os Angeles County, who is leading the Bulla contest, in an interview this tor Bulla has a bright prospect of winning this contest and we never intend to give up. We will continue to carry on the battle to the end of the struggle. Our judgment tells us that Bulla is the coming man, and the only thing that will convince us to the contrary is the election of some other man. Whe 3 i 50 : n th takes place then Bulla will be out of the fight.” 7 ST IN THE FIELD. | Dunlap, Sen- after- B s S R TR SRR sions, is seeking that po with every prospect of suc Assembiyman Walter Clark of Moun- tain View is one of the few northern members who has declared in favor of Grant. He will support the San Diegan | while he thinks he has any chance, Senator Frank Leavitt of Oakland has established cordial relations with every member of elther house who has arrived. Leavitt promises to be one of the most lature.. Leavitt comes to the capital armed with a bill asking for an_appropriation to be used in improving Oakland's’ harbor. The bill provides for the appointment of a com- mission {o supervise the important work. Alameda County's delegation is in sym- pathy Jith the Dill i o ‘here has been a hot battle between semblyman Dibble and , Assemblyman ve L. 'Johnson for''the Republican Ir.x(l(rd)lr .oh the.floor of the .Assembly, but Dibble’s: election as caucus chairman | to-night puts him in the position of prob- | able Teader of the Assembly. | W. Chynoweth, Orarge County's represent: i Asgsemb E ved Tepresen the. Assembly, arrived investiga- tions of the stuffing of the roll of, - rary attachés. Mr. Chynoweth p'u‘:‘rrm'r]wzgs to offer m bill during the session to re- {'strain trusts and monopolies. He intends | Lo, model the bil along the lines .of the New k statute, which has be - Rt has been declar. am McDonald, school, + | farmer and ‘one of Alameda ('Lun:ly"“hfr' semblymen, Wil probably the ""of the lower house, is a genial man and makes many frf “I shall devate my time and “énbi he said, “to-obtaining a new primary 1aw for the State and the establishment of good roads in my county. My constitus ents are greatly interested in both m. ters and I shall carry out their wishes. Assemblyman O. H. Huber will be again seen on the floor. His reappearance, after an absence of one term, will' be hailed with pleasure by many Legislators. Hu- ber stated to-day that he hoped the Sena- torial battle would be concluded in short order as it would be for the best interests of the State. He feared a prolonged struggle would retard legislation. i GEN. BARNES ACTIVELY IN THE SENATORIAL FIELD ‘The 0ld War Horse Opens His Head- quarters and Meets His Friends. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- i / /1'" i Uil m 297N\ ' BELSHAW S Soiscuss GHT 1 X . Yo THE “SPEAKERSHIP - . | ings | the legislation accomplished during eves | ple would know just what I had done for | man and Assemblyman Crowder of | llie?o 4 S ough '86-inch Bleached Fruit of the Loom Muslin Gc YarD. represented by bargains wh A, | JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE BEGINS TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. Our intention is to make this sale an unprecedented one-as to the quality of merchandise offered and as to the extraordinarily low prices quoted. will insure this year’s success. ADVERTISEMENTS. : ‘ 4 : 36-inch Bleached Lonsdale Muslin Gc YARrD. Each and every department will be ich have heretofore never been equaled. Our last year’s record Below we quote only a few of the many bargains offered. GREATEST OF SILK OFFERINGS. i 2000 yds of extra qual- Silk Dept. 7 deiee rafreca Stiks in the new shades of Turquoise Cerisse, Cardinal, Scarfet, Royal,Navy, Heliotrope, Purple, Emer- | ald, Greens and Browns, full 20 inches wide. Sale 9 5 .Yard price. Fancy Silks., 1% sds of rich Brocaded Silks in medium and dark colorings; all pure silk; good quality 5Uc Sale price Plaid Silks. Fie® %0 plaids, checks and stripes; extra good quality; regular value from $150 to $12. Sale price ‘Yard Waist Silk Waist “1.. 808 i Bxea Lengths lent Styles; plaids, stripes and checks and brocades; ranging from $2 fiu [ 4ydto 41 yd lengths; worth 3% and Y50, Sale price. %0 pleces of Navy Dress Goods %5 s Aaek Dept all-wool _Storm full Serge; 46 Inches wide; good quality. Sale price 7 Scotch 83¢ 200 pleces of all-wool Cheviots, full 40 inches Cheviots. fie% ™ aare colorings; excellent q uality. 25c Sale price. ...Yard 100 pieces of Plaid Dress Plaids. Goo in Armure and Granite Weaves: beautiful _bright colors and combinations; ex- § cellent for children’s drésses and ladies’ walsts. Sale | ST ) R .Yard Amazon 2 Pieces of fine quality | Amazon Cloth; extra fine | quality; high ' finish; in | Cloth: - dasity; Jisn anis i Navy, Greens, also Black: | 50 inches wide; extr: value at 0. Sal. ' Yard = 200 pieces of Flarnel- - Children’s 50 doz. Children’s Flan- H neists Cowner wotner | Domestie .pere ot teatisd W Hubbard style, double | checks; light and me- . Gowns, ~ Hurbd ste, gible) Dept, ghecks: N gl turndown collar, heavy flannel- good heavy quality for ladies ette, ages from 6 to 12, sale gowns and skirts. Regular price c price . 0c. Sale .Yard I tha? doz. Ladles' Ladies’ Gowns. ¥ ;{5 e et te Gowns, Mother Hubbard_styie, doubie | Flannelettes, 19, pleces, of yoke back and front, large nelettes in dark celorings, in Per- turndown collar, full 58 inches sian stripes and -small ' figures long, In neat stripes, plain |.cholce designs. Regular price 1 G shades, sale price.. |"Sale price Yard 25 doz. Ladies' Flannelette Gowns, Teg- i ular value §1 %, sale price Ssc. — 3 100 dozen Hemmed Pillow- SKirts, %, doz_Ladles' Flannelette Pillow, 10 dozeni Temmet i1 et S. Skirts, with a deep’ Spanish P mate oL B flounce, in heavy quality striped 1y Regular flannelette, in very pretty col- 0c Sale price . | Cases. 250 | value Iic. | ors, sale price % ) 6 doz . Children’s | e Children’s $cec Lined Ribbed Sheets, @ __dozen Ready - mads Underweapr. Shirts and Pants, good | SI@ETS, Hemmed Sheets of good nderwear. oy ality, | quality sheeting: torn by nicely finished, sizes 20 to 2, T A Tt e At | sale price . . - | 81x90. Regular value 2 28 to 30, 30¢; 3 to 34, e, Sale prige doz. Ladies' Ladies’ Vests. RooSixea Vests | Sheeting. s anime 5 and Pants, color natural, good welght, for winter wear, regular | | inches wide; good quality. Sale i price ... Yard price $1, sale price [5¢ $ai s Ladles' Oneita Combination {4in" sues, farly | — 3 65 per cent wool, = high nec i i 2 cases o eache il- Suits high neck | illow £ Bleached Pil and long sleeves, color natural, 850 | low (‘as!‘nz; 4? extra value at $1 % a sult, sale 3 inches wide; good price . = ‘CaS“lg- quall Sale c B it o | pelca s ’ hildren's ‘mported | Children’s {ii'Eheck rivben Cor. | — Hose ton Hose, high spliced | . heels and toes, 10 cases of large extra quality, full finish, sizes | Comforters, 13,4558 & meame 5i to §l5, reglar value d)c and | ers, silkoline covered in prefty de- 3¢, sale price -Pair.. J | signs, fil;fl_d with e!xul‘a 5[] Wool Hosiery. @ dos. Tadies| Hified ™ worth 5. Saie ' 00 SIEPY. Biack Cashmere | price see.eessoes —_— Wool Hose, high spliced heels regular 30 | Blankets, and value toes, all sizes, sale price 5 cases of large size White California All- i 30 pleces of All- |y, i e 5 Ribbon Dept. & Befta Simpor, | VL T T in Nos. 9 and 12, leading shades, | pretty ' bord 00 sale price (while 5[} value . at e rd.. [ Price ..ot | SEE WINDOW DISFLAY. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. elected that no Senator from the West| has ever done in the past, although some of the Eastern members have, that | is at the close of each session of Con- gress 1 would go to all the prinicipal points in the State, and in public meet- | give the people a short history of he | preceding session, and explain my vote on measure. By that means. the.peo- them and whether I was serving their best interests.” SOUTHERNERS LOOKING FOR PATRONAGE | Men From the Lower Part of the State Get Together to Divide the Spoils. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan., 1.—The Southern Calitornia members to the number of nine held an infopmal caucus yesterday afternoon in | the 'State Printer's office. There should have been fourteen Assemblymen present in order to have a full attendance, but there were five absentees. Assembis Valentine of Los Angeles acted as ¢ secretary. The session was in touch yith the weather, as was decidedly stormy. The main sub- ject debated was that of patronage. There are sixty-seven places at the disposal of the Assembly under the Belshaw law, and there are fifty-nine Republican Assembly- men to claim them. Southern California members are not at | all slow about claiming everything they can get, and the object of the caucus this afternoon was to form a Southern Cali- fornia combination by mutual agreement to get all possible representation on the atronage rolls for that section of the tate. But the Southern Californians had a hard time agreeing among themselves. Finally, though, after considerable bick- ering and debating it was decided that each Republican member from the south should have one appointment. Then the caucus adjourned, to meet subject to call. For the eight places over and above the fifty-nine needed to go around once there is going to be a grand scramble, and these eight places were the bone of contention in the caucus. GRANT MEN ARE VERY SANGUINE The San Diego Man Thinks the Out- look Very Gratify- ing. CALL HEADQUARTERS, MENTO, Jan. 4. — The Grant quarters at the Golden Eagle were the busiest of any rooms at the hotel to-day. Charles Hardy, Grant's Sah Diego manager, arrived during the day, bringing with him some of the con- tingent from the city of Bay’'n’climate. who came to shout for the San Diego man. Milton Green and Mr. Hardy were in frequent consuitation during the day and it is safe to say that Mr. Grant shook hands with more people on the first day of January, 1899, than'in any previous one day of his existence. He was more cor- dial in his demeanor and appeared to be ‘quité well pleased at the number of peo- le who called upon him and at the greet- ngs they brought. Late this evening he consented to talk to a representative of The Call, when he said: “The outlook is most gratfying to my friends and to me. We have received as- surances of support from quarters w least expected it. Of course, I fully a preciate the fact that the contest is go- ing to be-a very warm one, but of the out- come I feel confident.” A great deal has been said, Mr. Grant, about your residence in California. Briefly, what are the facts?" | “I have been visiting California each SACRA- head- | Los Angeles votes on the strength of the | year ever since 1876 and have resided here | resolutions passed by the Los Angeles tonstantly since 1590. I have had prop- | County Republican Convention,” which erty investments here for something like | directed the Republican members of the twelve or fifteen years. Now, if these | Legislature from that county to vote for facts convey any information, you are dt | a Southern California man for United liberty to use them.” | States Senator first, last and all the time, The Grant people count on thirty-five |and then, in a second resolution, compli- votes on: the first ballot. They exfiect to | mented Senator Bulla and instructed the have every vote from Southern California, | members to vote for him. ave the eight votes Bulla will have from | Some of the Los Angeles push is hers Los Angeles County, and these they |in the interest of Dan Burns and dispute claim will come to them after Bulla is|this proposition and claim that the out. | county convention never intended to in- The Grant people are claiming these | e Continued on Fourth Page. ALDEN ANDERSON OF SOLANO. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1.—Solano County will recefve recognition’ at the hands of the Lesislature in the selection of Alden i Anderson of ‘the Nine- teenth District a8 Speaker pro tem. of the Assembly. What. little oppgz- tion there was to Anderson vanished with the action of the Republican cam‘\fi] tn-n{gh;[lhn lndnr‘smg him for the position. Chenoweth of Orange was the only er aspirant for the honor, but at no time did he dev. enough strength to cause Anderson's supporters any uneasiness. f\n(:;:slg:: is exceedingly popular in his district and is credited with all the qualifi- cations necesfary to success: ; ¥4 i Rkechaly tully preside over the lower house when called 0O00000C000 000Co0000000 o o [+ [ o Q o o Q o o [ [ o o ] o [} © o o 4 o o o © © o © © o [ © Sd