The morning call., 1892-09-17
MIKE and HIS LITTLE MEN.
Their Descent on Alameda
County To-Day.
Terrible Visitation for Poor Old Oakland.
Win the Gang Capture the
Primariesi

The question as to whether the Republi-
can party of Alameda County is to be per-
mitted to select its own county ticket or
whether the nominees are TO be selected By
the proprietor of the tall chimney on Mar
ket and Kearny streets will be settled at
the primary to-day.
The insOlent arrogance displayed by Mike
de Young, who. in the fnrtberance OF his
Unsuitable desire TO misrepresent California
in the Senate of the United States, has had
the etfrontery to set up the role of dictator.
has reused the masses in The county to a
realization of what will happen if they per-
NIT the election TO 90 by default through
apathy.
The contest to-day, while nomnally fol-
county officials. is so interviewer with the
legislative primary On Saturday next that
| the result to-day virtually settles that oil
next week.
No one realizes this better than Mike.
His FIdus Achates, Frank Stone, is leav-
| ing 10 stone uDtuTped to accomplish the
defeat of his masters political enemies al
| t0-day's primary.
sack has been opened by Mike and carte
blanche given Stone TO carry tile election at
| all hazards.
| In furtherance of the scheme it is said
that several hundred FOUNDERS from this
| city have been selected and Will be exported
| 10 Oakland early this morning in order TO
| help carry out the scheme.
But Mixes opponents have not been idle
nor will they be caught mapping.
Detectives and others who are familiar
with the San Francisco heelers and rock
rollers will be on the wharf here, on the
boats and trains, at the polls when opened.
and the nISt one of the gang who offers an
Illegal vote will be summarly jailed, prose-
cuted vigorously and lodged in San Quen-
tin.
The vote cast to-day will no doubt be the
largest ever cast at all Alameda County
primary.
This result will be brought about by the
conditions attending the contest.
Hitherto the residents OF the county have
been permitted To manage their own pollt-
cal affairs. with the result that the business
class in the past has usually paid little at
tentlon TO the preliminary work OF selecting
q ticket
De Young's mpertinent interference has.
however, caused such burst of indigna-
tion among the respectable element OF the
party, who look upon his candidacy with
loathing that they will attend the polls,
and by their ballots express their dssatis-
faction with his pretensl0ns.
It is current rumOr that il Frank Stone
loses the fight to-day Dargie will draw out
of the contest for State Senator.
This will settle De Young in Alameda.
for Darge is by long odds the strongest
man he could inveigle into the support of
his candidacy.
Moffitt, who can always be found where
the sheckels are the thckest. is doing his
level best 70 aid Mike, and uses his smut
machine, the Times, 10 Willy the opposi-
ton.
But then everybody knows Moffitt.
What little Ioitical influence he ever had
has long since vanished.
The best posted politicians of both parties
predict an overwhelming defeat for the De
Young Darge- Campbell Kinds ticket Not
so much on account Of the candidates them
selves as the influences which control and
the circumstances Of their environment.
they being looked upon as bobs ON De
YOung's kitetail.