The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1899 ~ CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS REPUDIATE BRAZEN CLAIMS OF DANIEL M. BURNS BURNS" VAUNTED STRENGTH GONE GLIMMERING IN WIND . The Boastful Boss Fell Far Short of the Number of Yotes Claimed. On*the Wall Is the Writing That the Candelaria Mine-Owner Has Been Weighed and Found Wanting and His Defeat Is Certain, While the Honor -of California Is Saved From Disgrace. HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 10—D. M. Burns will not next United Stat nator from So much was demonstrated iay t when the Legislature cast first ballot and of the 118 votes po ns received but twenty-four. The announcement of the result was a great shock to the army of political 1 and touts, W eelers, gamblers saloon ) have been engaged during the past few days in obeying s ng the report that that he e to elect such a course took their or- yed them bl ly ubt but that they told of Burns' gospel truth. crowd of heelers trooped this morning prepared to their boss when the vote had ed and the result announced 1 a sad-eyed and cres 0 dazed by the blow they ved to fully realize that their fallen and that his pretensions g the past few days were only a bluff. Burns polled his full strength to- day. The twenty-four votes given him on the first ballot are all that he has been able to secure by means of his - political infiuence, the influence of W. H. Herrin of the Southern Pa- cific Company, the offer of patron- age under the control of Governor Gage, and intimidation offered by a crowd of political highbinders whose reputations are as unsavory as that of their master. From thi time for- ward any accession of strength must be gained by bribery. To learn the names of the legislators who accept thé money of Burns and the railroad company in return for their votes the public has but to watch for the names of those who from this time forward enroll themselves under the Burns ht won hi was deen banner. Never in the history of the State has | a S al candidate been surrounded upported by as professional disreputable a grafters as Is de from a few—a very riends, the men among vho lay claim to a sem- respectability can be counted fingers of one hand. The hotels )bles swarm with this unsavory h every city and town of n the State has con- They swarm about a legisla- nee shar round a swimmer. [ | T presence contaminates and simulated friendship is a curse. i id the vote to-day pull the Bur boom and display it eag nakedness, but it also of day in on the preten- been made by that statesms U. 8. Grant f San Diego. The Grant men have ulged in much talk about a certain paper containing the signatures of legislators who had pledged selves to vote for the San Diegan the beginning to the end, and on the Grant followers have built s that fell far short of realization Of the thirty-six votes on which counted but twenty-six material- fzed.” Just what became of the missing n is a problem Mr. Grant's managers now trying to solve. They have small hopes of success in this direction and contentment does not sit at the Grant fireside to-night. Not even Mr. Grant’s managers can now figure out how it is possible for him to win. The men who voted for him to-day are, with but few excep- tiorts, men who follow his standard for pure :Ifish reasons and not because of social, political or party ties. Grant 1s practically unknown to Republican politics in California. He has resided here but a short time, and during that time he has done nothing to justify him in asking for the highest place in the gift of the Republicans of the State. He a stranger In a strange land, and | his position and personality are not such as will draw men to him in such a crisis as is approaching in the Sena- torial contest. Within the next few days he may gain a few vote: not more than half a dozen, but it is very. certain that he will be unable to hold the strength he now has for more than - three ballots. The legislators whose election expenses he has paid and who feel in honor bound—if it is possible for such men to have a feeling akin to honor—to cancel their obliga- tions by voting for their banker will, after the second or third ballot, con- sole themselves with the thought that their debt has been paid and that they Sinien re ¢ i | | % are at liberty to vote as hey please. | The prospect before Mr. Grant is cer- talnly not a cheerful one. 2 If Burne and Grant are in the dumps i on account of the result of to-day’s vote there are others who feel more cheerful. Bulla, Barnes and Knight | i probably | are not slow in confiding to their | friends that they consider their chances improved per cent. There is cer- tainly some ground for such a belief | and there are some shrewd politiclar in Sacramento to-night who are saying that the next United States Senator will be either Barnes, Bulla or Knight, their chances for success being graded in the order in which they are named. Grant’s managers evidently realize thi | for they are now at working trying to { induce the Barnes, Bulla and Knight forces to enter a caucus to oppose Burns. As the situation stands to-day the Grant forces outnumber those of either one of the candidates, and if a caucus be held for the ostensible pur- | pose of opposing Burns, who is no longer dangerous, the Grant men would swallow the others and might thus be enabled to carry off the Senatorial plum. Much speculation is being indulged in regarding the ultimate course that will be pursued by the Los Angeles dele- | gation in the event that its members should conclude that their candidate | has no chance to win. There are seven members in the delegation. Even in the improbable event that the entire delegation should desert Bulla and go to either Grant or Burns, the effect would not materially change the con- ditions of the contest as they are pre- | sented to-day. If Burns were to fall heir to all of the seven votes in the Los Angeles delegation, together with all | of the votes that were cast for Grant to-day. he would still lack four votes of the number necessary to elect. The same thing may be said of Grant. If all of Burns' votes and all of the Los Angeles delegation’s votes were to be cast for him he would still be short four votes. For men who have played their last card, and who in their personali- ties present conditions which will pre- | vent them falling heir to the votes of | others, the condition of Burns and | Grant is desperate. |BULLA MEN ELATED ‘ OVER THE OUTLOOK CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| | MENTO, Jan. 10.—The friends of Senator Robert N. Bulla feel that the result of the first ballot for United States Senator taken to-day makes their candidate not only a tive factor in the contest but they are elated at the prospect that opens up for their favorite to step in and carry | off the much sought for honor. | After the ballot taken in the Senate and | Assembly and both houses had adjourned Sen r Bulla came at once to the As- sembly chamber, and was there surround- ed by a happy company of his supporters, | including Assemblymen Belshaw, Mellick, | Valentine and Miller, and Councilman C. | | | | pos Toll, E. A. Meserve and George H. | rt of Los Angeles. All seemed | to be very happy over the result of the first round up, and after a brief consultation they all moved to Senator Bulla's headquarters at the Golden Eagle. Here, In the course of the next two hours, the Bulla men congre- gated and held consultation with the man whom they are seeking to elevate. | _The eleven votes Bulla received are all | the Senator himself expected to have on 1!he first ballot. It is true that his sup- | porters claimed more. They figured on | | sixteen or seventeen, but Bulla himself | had never placed the figure that high. | | _Assemblyman Cosper, who voted for | | Bulla, has all along been placed in the | Grant column. The managers for the San | | Diego man counted confidently on getllng! his vote, and were very much surprised | when they falled to obtaln it and it was | cast for the Los Angeles man. But it | seems, according to Assemblyman Cosper | himself, that the Grant people never had any reason to figure so confidently that | his vote would go to their candidate. He had never at any time made them any | pledge or promise, nor had he even inti- mated that he intended to vote for Grant. 8o, under these circumstances, Assembly- man Cosper states that the Grant man- agers had no reason to be surprised that | he _should have voted for Bulla. The Bulla leaders were gratified when | they received the vote of Speaker Wright. He had never pledged himself to vote for Bulla, but had at all times stated that he thought highly of the Los Angeles man. The substantial manifestation he gave of his esteem on the ballot to-d was most satisfactory to Senator Buli The Los Angeles delegation held a con- | ference with the Bulla leaders in the afternoon and it was decided to make a most aggressive campalgn along these lines. No attempt will be made to break | into the vote of either Burns or Grant, but an energetic canvass will be made to secure the promise of Senators and | Assemblymen to vote for Bulla as their | second choice. Senator Bulla, in speal ation this evening, said: “I feel deeply grateful to the eleven friends who honored me with their votes on the first ballot to-day. It was all the votes 1 expected. Some of my friends | have been making statements that I | would poll more votes, but I myself have never given out any figures at all. I | wish to say that the vote I have received | is proof of the truth of the assertion that | I have heretofore made that a man can | king of the situ- | | be a candidate for the Senate of the | | United States before the California Leg- islature simply for what he is, as an hon- orable citizen, and that his candida receive respectful consideration at the | hands of enough members of the Senais and Assembly to make him a substantial | factor in the fight without the expendi- | of a single dollar on his part. | ! am in this contest to the | fes, sir; | them. Therefore, when the break comes. SACRA- | are wearing broad smiles to-night and | end, and I believe that I have a most ex- cellent prospect. 1 have personal and Written assurances from a number of Senators and Assemblymen that I am their second choice. At this time I do not care to state exactly how many there | are, but enough when the break comes to put my name up in the candidates.” The feeling among some of the Grant front rank of the men, and more particularly the Grant leaders, against Bulla is Intense and bit- ter. The Bullaites held firm trong against all efforts Milton Green ames Brown, United States Marshal Shine and Walter Bacon, Grant's managers, to break in on the Bulla column. For forty- eight h i 0 the ballot a most de- ing effort was made leaders to draw Bulla out of the swing his_vote, or as much of it as could be moved over to Grant. But ly denied that they were for one moment considering any second choice. They put on a very bold front and an air of confi- dence. ““Why,” said Milton Green, “‘we are going to elect Mr. Grant and we want yeu and everybody else to understand that we are not thinking of anybody in this contest but U. S. Grant Jr.” Mr. Knight himself was seen and asked what he knew of the possibility of his se- curing a good portion of the Grant vote if it ever left the San Diego man and sought lodgment with some other can- didate. Mr. Knight said: *“If that vote should leave Grant and go elsewhere I see no reason why I should not secure a good share of it. I got to-day all I expected or asked for. That was the support of my old home, county of Humboldt. That por- tion of Grant’s strength which comes | from Northern California counties fs | made up of men who are my personal friends and who certainly are not other than kindly disposed toward me. T see no reason why these votes should not come to_me."” Mr. Knight is not making an aggressive fight. He is striving to keep on the friend- liest terms with all the other candidates and their supporters, so that {f there should ever a general break up he would be in a position to catch everything that might have a tendency to come his way. After the joint ballot to-morrow it might so happen that his name will be | dropped out for two or three ballots. The | object of this move would be to avoid any | impression that might go out that he the candidate of the supporters of s: case If he remained in the race for every ballot up to the time of the break and were to receive a few scattering votes from any of the candidates. GENERAL BARNES IS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS| CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, Jan. 10.—General W. H. L. Barnes is elated over the outcome of to- day's vote for Senator, a feeling, It may be said, parenthetically, that is far from being shared in by some of the other con- testants, even though they received more votes than he. To-night the general re- viewed the situation, analyzing the bal- | lot of to-day in this way: “I am entirely satisfied with my position in this contest as shown by tne | initlal vote. So far as the two leading | candidates are concerned, ore can only conjecture as to the loss or gain they will | show on the succeeding ballots. From my limited knowledge of Mr. Grant's direct ness, I should say he had approximated his full strength. Governor Gages at noon to-day for the forty State Sen- States Senator the Senate chamber was crowded. The scene was impressive rather than exciting. The hold-over decorations of the inaugural ball were in sight and the mirrors reflected the gestures of the statesmen who eulo- gized their respective favorites. The gallery was well filled with on-lookers. On the main floor of the lobby the aisles and the spaces about the presiding offi- cer’'s desk were occupied by interested spectators. Thomas Flint, president pro tem. of own | (W A { i .m—————‘fla MOREflOUE— NM[NTlNfi BARNES FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. the Bullaites were bullet proof against all | argument or alluring promises, and this | made the Grant leaders very mad. The feeling that Green, Brown and the | rest of them may have against Bulla, however, by no_means extends to the| members of the Senate and Assembly who to-day voted for Grant. ong those twenty-six men Bulla has a number of friends who, the a if Grant retires from race, could not be persuaded to vote for any man other than Bulla, if he was still a candidate when Grant dropped out. Senator Jones of Orange County, Cap. tain Milice, the Assemblyman from R erside; Senator Smith of Kern, and sev. eral others who voted for Grant to-day are known to be very kindly disposed to- ward Bulla when it comes to their sec- ond choice, if they are ever called upon to exerc it. The figures which the Bulla men count | on in the matter of the number of As semblymen and Senators who have either | verbaily or otherwise promised to consid- or Bulla as a second cholce is thirty six. They figure that nine of the eleven votes they received to-day will stay with if it does at all, they will have, so the: claim, on the first ballot thereafter for: five votes. They figure that the y come until after the third joint ballot. They look for it Thursday noon. They figure that on the joint baHot to-morrow Bulla will receive ‘the full eleven votes that he got to-day. An alarming rumor reached Bulla head- | uarters this evening to the effect that| the leaders of Grant's fight had fully de. termined to make George A. Knight the heir to all the Grant votes they could swing to him as soon as they ascertained | that they could not elect their man. The story was that the Grant leaders were as fully determined to use their influence to knock out any chance Bulla had as they were to defent Burns. This being the case, it was aileged that they had select- | ed George Knight as the most likely can- | didate with which to accomplish their | purpose. The Grant managers when seen prompt- | break will not | nominate Grant, and Senator Cutter of the Senate, presided. The perfunctory the effect of drawing closer to Mr. Grant reading of the law relating to the elec- his personal following, will also tend to keep from him those members of the Legislature who are still free to vote for whom they choose. 1, therefore, conclude avowed hostility to him, while it will have | | gress occupied but a short measure of that he has reached the zenith of nis| tme and then nominating speeches strength. s | were in order. “As to Mr. Burns' standpoint it is en- | Among the spectators there was quite tirely different. He is so astute and adrolt that I believe he purposely failed to expose his full strength to-day, though the Lord only knows where he has camp- ed his reser 1 think that none of them are within my small inclosure. But I feel satisfled that wherever they are to- | night, he will have a larger vote Wedne: day than he did to-day. How long he will | men 1 do not pretend to say. y own support will be materiaily in- creased on Wednesday's ballot, although for obvious reasons 1 do not care to state just how much or who my reinforcements are. It is sufficient that I am entirely satisfied with the situation. I will only | add that every vote I received to-day I| will hold to the end. There is not the | remotest possibility of a single defection from me at any stage of the contest.” Will Nominate Again To-Day. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan, 10.—The first joint baliot for Senator will be held in the Assembly | chamber at noon to-morrow and then | a number of well-known citizens of Alameda County. George C. Pardee sat on one side of Senator Stratton and Guy C. Earl on the other. William Friend, who headed the procession of Pardee rooters at the Republican State Convention last summer, was a looker- on in Sacramento. Other counties than Alameda had visiting statesmen. Jim Rea, all the way from San Jose, was there to listen to Shortridge oratory and admire the Shortridge pose. Shortridge in his speech exalting Dan Burns as a man of action sought to say a few pleasant words of the other candidates for Sen- atorfal favor. For a moment he found it difficult, If not embarrassing, to find | just the right phrase of compliment for the San Diego statesman. With eves fixed on the ceiling the orator pa for a moment and then as if ins ators to register their choice for,United | tion of United States Senators in Con- | Aspirants. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- |knows that in its descent {t will have to | MENTO, Jan. 10.—When the time came | Pass all the other aspirants to reach the | colonel. | Surveyor General J. M. Gleaves of the Federal brigade sat alongside of Senator Laird. The latter was elected | to represent in the Senate the same | constituency that was represented last | session by General Gleaves. The term | elected to represent is used advisedly in Laird’s case. He was chosen to repre- sent an intelligent and progressive con- stituency in Modoc, Shasta and Siskl- you counties, but had he in advance | declared his intention to support Dan | Burns for United States Senator he | would have been beaten out of sight. | enators Sims, La Rue, Boggs, Braun- | hart and Doty comprise a block of five | Democrass. The block voted for White for United States Senator. Ex-Railroad Commissioner La Rue kept company | with his fellow Democrats. Ex-Sena- tors E. C. Voorheis of Amador and S. N. Androus of Los Angeles listened to the nominating eloquence. Senator Simpson lost no time in get- ting to the floor with both feet to eulo- gize Mr. Bulla when President announced that nominations were in order. 1In his speech he spoke of the vast and growing greatness of this na- tion and said that the country was { bounded on the west by the day of judgment. In other speeches the day of judgment was significantly referred to. Senator Morehouse expressed the sentiment that this day was the day of judgment for the Republican party of California. Senator Stratton gave the Senate the surprise of the day. He had intimated that he intended to cast his vote for Judge Morrow, but as the evinced no desire to get into the race Senator Stratton did not put him in. | The Alameda: Senator - therefore cast his vote for General W. H. L. Barnes. Senator Leavitt's eulogy of Dan Burns did not elicit one hand of ap- | plause. He spoke in a clear, penetrat- | ing voice, using clear-cut sentences to express his meaning, but every one he was not g the sentiments of hi County. unite | ceit. to remove the conceit and enhance the | ability, but the young statesman has elected to dig his political grave. The people of Alameda County are indulg- ent, but forbearance ceases to be a virtue when one of their public servants espouses the cause of Dan Burns for United States Senator. Senator Morehouse's speech nominat- ing General Barnes had the merit of eloquence and impressive simplicity. In all respects it was the best production | of the day in the Senate. Senator Nutt of San Diego made the | nominating speech for U. S. Grant Jr., |and Senators Cutter and Boyce added | their testimony to the worth of the San Diego candidate. Senator Gillette of Humboldt sourfded the praises of to ng expression people me ability with a d of con- alongside of Senator Luchsinger, lis- tened to the pl nt words of eulogy. Senators Stratton and Luchsinger made brief speeches seconding the nomination of General Barnes. Amador made the simple ment: “I place in nomination Scott.” Senators Bettman and Wolfe of San Francisco seconded the nomination of Burns. announce- Irving M. speaking for the Demo- nominated Stephen M. ‘White, and Senator Doty took pleasure in paying a tribute to Mr. White's abil- ity and integrity. Senator Rowell of Fresno had the honor of placing the name of Thomas Bard of Ventura be- fore the Senate. S gt MOREHOUSE NAMES BARNES Probably the best speech of the day was that made by Senator Morehouse of Santa Clara in nominating General W. H. L. Barnes. He said: | In arising before this honorable body to present the name of one of the most dis- tinguished and eloguent men that ever lived within the State } of California for the | position of United { States Senator I do not wish to detract one single thing, or take one honor, or say one word that wifl affect the character and standing of the other gentlemen whose names have been pre- sented to this honor- able body. General Barnes. | only let me put it a_little differently—he safd, “We are bounded on the West by the day of judgment.” Let me say to you Senato and let me say to the Republi- can ty of California, that to-day Is the day of judgment of the Republican party of this great State. Tt 1s the most important election that ever has been known in the history of California_for a United States Senator; in fact, this is one of the most important crises in the history of the American re- public—nay, never since the days of re. construction has there presented itself to the American people so solemn, profound and great an_occasion, demanding judg- Flint | Judge | within the sound of his voice knew that | in Alameda | Leavitt is a young man who | Years of experience would tend | George A. Knight and George, sitting | Senator Davis of | | Truly, as my friend SimpSon has sald— | NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES MADE IN GLOWING SPEECHES. Words of Eulogy That Rang Well in the Ears of the Morehouse Carried Off the Palm in His Tribute to the Qualities of Gereral AL ot e Barnes, While Others Told of the Good Traits in Terms That Would Fit the Best of Their Favorites of Men. the Republican, all joined in one spectal plea to our representatives in the highest | halls of our National Congress to support this admini ation to,maintain and pro- tect our flag and extend our territory and to let the world know that the Ameri . eagle’s cry shall be heard and that the American eagle shall be carried to the | front the Roman eagle was carried until. the world shall know that the United States of America is the grandest, the best and the greatest people on God's green earth. Nor are we alone on that question. I beg you to remember that a Senator now is called upon to perform a duty that no Senator has been called upon to perform for more than a quarter of a century. We are to deal with our relations with for- eign territori and the man who stands where our Webster and the man | who stands where Blaine stood, and the man who stands where umner stood, he must be a be a man elo- must be n big enough- man broad enough, he must | quent enough to represent our nation in | its relation to all the nations of the earth. Nor is that all. Out over the isles of the sea must be established a new icy. There must our flag be upheld; there we will be brought into relations with these governments that will require a man in the United States Senate that knows international law. are to bring forth treaties; we are blish governments—some probably | civil, others probably political, and as a protectorate, and in all this we need a man as big_as the nation itself. is that all. Down in Cuba our arm: gone forth, our matchless armies | carried victory before them, our navy | astonished the world, until to-day all the eyves of civilization are looking up to the | the character, the grandeur, the dignity jotism of our land nobility and the p: and of our country. We need at this time a man of years; | we need a man of experience; we need a man whose past life is but an earnest of what his future will be. We need a | man who can stand in the shoes of Web- ster in wisdom, who can stand there, in the fiery, burning eloquence of Cla and startle the world and let them know that this empire here on the Pacific, this grand California, has within itg borders as | great an orator as has ever spoken at any time in the history of the world; a Repubiican who learned his lesson of Re- publicanism as it fell—golden truths of patriotism _and _right—from the lips of Abraham_Lincoln, the matchless patriot | and_prophet. | “When Lincoln made that memorable trip of his go Washington in di | guise that he' might not be as: inated when he arrived in the c of Washington, there was one, then only | a boy, however, who stood in the chamber | to receive him, one ¥ w the great patriot stand in his m: y and his~die- nity, and heard the words of patriotism and 'wisdom fall from his lips—and that | was General W. H. L. Barnes of Califor- | nfa. (Applause.) For more than a quarter of a century | niseloquent voice has held thousands and thousands of people thrilled with its beauty, with its patriotism, with its pathos, with its honesty and with fits ruth. y‘ For more than a quarter of a century he has led the Republican party of Cal fornia. There is not a hamlet, there is not a village, there is not a city—vyea, there is not a place in this State where cloquence could be heard, where match- less beauty of expr: might be ut- tered, where patriotism could be aroused, where the public mind could be thrilled with marvelous oratory and beauty of thought, where General Barmes has not | stood to represent the principles of the | Republican party; and for more than a | quarter of a century he has led our hosts | out in the front of battle. Like my friend, George A. Knight, whom I love and whose ability no man questions—so has General Barnes gone forth to battle. And, strange as it may seem—it is strange to | me, it is marvelously strange—that this old’ Republican party of California, when | it comes to the election of a United States | Senator, forgets who its leaders have been and who have stood the brunt of battle to carry aloft the banner of the Republican paTty of this State. My friend’ Bulla comes from Los An- ecles—clean, kind, gentle and able—and fr. Grant—we all love him—aye, we re- vere the memory of his father. We all know that, when he was dying on the banks of the Hudson and the doctor’s finger touched the parting pulse of that great statesman and great soldler, the whole world bowed its head in sorrow and in sympathy. We have no unkind words, ‘ therefore, for his son, whose name is pre- sented here. For Colonel Dan Burns, who has made many a fight in the Republican party and whose organizing capacity and whose executive ability and whose energy none of us deny—we have no unkind | words for him. But who, I pray, in all his matchless galaxy of good men can | better represent not only the Republican arty of California but represent the tate than General Barnes? | 1 arise, then, to present to this Senate, _yea, to present to my many Democratic friends In the | Senate as well for their considera- tion, because if Barnes is elected we know that the moment the ballot has been cast he ceases to be a Republican—he stands as the representative of every man, of every woman, of every child in this great State; and he will go to Washington, and when he stands upon the floor of the Sen- ate, only a short period of time will have elapsed before the world will know that a Henry Clay is there, that a Daniel Web-r ster in wisdom is there, and that a patriot like Lincoln and a patriot like Grant and a patriot like Sumner represents the great State of California in the United States Senate. Now, I appeal to you in the name of peace, T appeal to you in the name of pa- | triotism, I appeal to you in the name of | eloquence, I appeal to you in the name of | the history of the Republican party—let | us not forget to send a man, if we cannot | send General Barnes, to send a man like General Barnes. But I ask you to send him to take the place of that honored statesman and capable man who for the last six years has given honor and glory to California, the Hon. Stephen M. White, there will be another d v of oratory, for the candidates will be again placed in nomination. Senator Wolfe of San Francisco will nominate Burns and As- mblyman Pierce of Yolo will make the conding speech. Senator Smith of Kern County will ment. demanding education, demanding patriotism, demanding personal honor, de- manding all that goes to make & great | people and a great nation. We are now adopting a new policy. Far out over the sea the grand old flag of our country begins to float, and_beneath its folds the simplest cry of the humblest citizen of this republic—aye, the bitterest | agony, or the prayers that seemingly are unheard save by God, shall be recognized, upheld, maintained and protected, I thank God, under the flag of my country, and and I ask, in his stead, and in the name of the Republican party, let us elect Gen- eral W. H. Barnes of San Francisco. Senator Luchsinger—Mr. President, I desire to second the nomination of W. H. L. Barnes. g STRATTON SECONDS BARNES Mr. President; Something over twenty vears ago I entered the law office of Hon. with the patriotism of our people. | W. W. Morrow and have known him inti- Nor is this alone to us as Republicans. | mately ever since. I should have esteem- Only a few days ago, in this Senate cham- | ed it a duty and a privilege on my part o ber, with one grand united volce, the | have nominated that gentleman for the North and the South, the Democrat and ' office of United States Senator and te exclaimed “Beautiful Grant.” Jim Rea drew a long sigh of relief. He knew | then that the cherished Senator was on | earth again. | Martin Kelly lent his presence to the | audience in the Senate chamber. When the vote was progressing in the Senate he had not heard of the falling down of Merrill in the Assembly and was con- sequently in a placid frame of mind. For political reasons Kelly is lined up for Dan Burns, but bitter tears he will | not be shedding if Stephen White's | mantle In its descending flight should | fall on other than Dan's shoulders. He | Yuba will follow with a seconding speech. Bulla will be nominated by Senator Simp- son of Los Angeles, and Assemblyman Belshaw of Contra Costa and Assembly- man Valentine of Los Angeles will second. Senator Davis of Amador will nominate Irving M. Scott. Senator Morehouse of Santa Clara will present the name of General Barnes and Assemblyman Lard- ner will make the seconding speech. |