The morning call., 1892-09-18
The Republican Primary in
Alameda County.
KEDEYOUNG'S HENCRMEN.
William Barrstt's Victim HAY Rtoover-The
Free Letter Delivery to Be Cut Down.
Notes From Berkeley.

the aid of their lieutenants.
There were two tickets in all the wards
except the Seventh, where the chief object
was to elect delegation for Chase for
County Treasurer.
The ticket was unpledged otherwise. and
will be much sought after by those wishing
to make trades.
The real fight was in the First, Second
and Fourth wards. The railway employees
live in the First Ward, and they were given
a half holiday to vote. The railroad was
for the Campbell Kinds combination, and
upon the success of this the De Young
Dargie- Moffitt element builded their hopes.
John c. Gohrman. well-known ward
politician and member of the County Com
mitteP. who worked hard but vainly to
consolidate the primaries, was leader OF
the above faction. A full vote was cast,
the opposition working as earnestly as the
others to carry the day The latter, al
though supported by Tom CaroIhers, were
against De Young's candidate.
Hussey and Campbell both labored per-
sonaliY in the Second Ward Abraham
Lincoln Frick, who was for Campbell at
the primaries two years ago. worked val
iently this time for Hussey, and Deputy
Sheriff Captain Adney gave him all the aid
possible.
The Fourth Ward is the home of both
Church and Kinds. After looking out for
bis opponent Hussey in the Second, Hinds
devoted the most of his attention TO the
4 Ourth and big vote was polled.
In the Third, Fifth and Sixth matters
were queter. though a heavy vote was
polled. Sch0Ol-Direclor Smith made hard
fight in the Third for delegation to sup
port him as Public Administrator. good
deal Of challenging was done in all the pre-
cincts and several times rows were immi-
nent Officers attended to their duty very
strictly, however, and forced as much hon.
esty and Quletude as possible.
1t was apparent that there was sack
open, but it was most stealthily managed.
De YOung's henchmen were particularly
busy, and the result will determine the next
move to be made by them.
In the outside districts the primaries were
quieter, though they also were looked after
by the persons working In aid OF the De
Young movement.
George S. Langen, a member Of the coun-
ty committee, tried to carry things for this
element in Eden Township. Langen was
one OF the single primary supporters. and is
said to have asserted that he carried the
Eden vote in his vest pocket.
Al Berkeley the contest was between
Spear for Tax Collector and Gottshall for
Public Administrator. Spear Is one OF the
men condemned for fighting De Young's
scheme of consolidated primary movement,
and there was an organized effort to beat
him.
The fight in Alameda was between James
B. Barber for Tax Collector and Super
visor Martin for Sheriff. The delegates
were unpledged otherwise.
The first returns to come in were from
Piedmont. There was no contest and the
three delegates elected were P. j. Kelly.
q. b. Daniels and NJ. O'Conner.
When the returns began 10 come in the
indications pointed at once to the defeat of
the Campbell Kinds combination.
That meant the breaking of De YOungs
political backbone in Oakland.
The total number oi votes cast in the city
| was 4010.
Hussev and Church carried the Second
| Ward by a majority of 22S out OF a total of
! Al. This was where Campbell worked so
hard and was the doubtful ward for the op
| position.
The complete figures of the Fourth Ward
were: For the Hussey and Church ticket
| ass and for Campbell and Kinds 263
The delegates for Smith for Public Ad-
min nlstrator were elected in the Third by
vote of 260 against 2l3
In the Fifth the Church ticket was elected
! with the exception of George de Cola. The
! vote was very close.
! The Schaffer faction elected their dele
| gates in the Sixth by $50 against 151 for the
! Hyde faction.
The total vote in the First Ward was
SIS. With 500 votes counted the G0hrman
| ticket was 120 ahead.
The returns from most of the outside dis
| tricts were light, there being comparatively
| no opposition.
Spear corried Berkeley by majority of
| I99 votes out of 4S7. At the Fruityale
polling place the regular ticket got 131
votes and the ant-cOm binatiOn 20. At the
| other precinct the anti.combinati9n ticket
| was elected by Is o6.
In Alameda the Barber ticket was ahead
| at 10 o'clock, the counting not having yet
| been finished
| This was also knockout for the Dargie
! faction.
| There is now strong probability that r.
| T. Dubernett will recover from the injuries
received in a fight with Bill Barrett last
! Sunday. He has recovered consciousness
and is continually improving Barrett is
| still in Jail.
| The Haywards electric road has CON-
| peted q branch line on Twenty-third
| avenue. The extension to Eighth street
and Broadway Is rapidly nearing CON-
| pletion.
The office of the County Clerk was left
open till 7:30 last evening to allow voters to
register and secure certificates in time for
the primaries. 1t was the busiest day of all
| the year for the employees. There are
| 1880 registrations up to date.
| While the returns from the hotly con-
| tested Republican primaries were coming
| in last night the Democratic primaries
were in progress. Delegates were elected
from each ward by the ward clubs.
and the county and legislative con-
| yention will be held next Saturday
at Germania Hall. But few candidates
| have been mentioned, and it will. in fact,
| be hard TO find men to take some of the
| places on the ticket, as it is acknowledged
! that the Republicans will undoubtedly elect
| all the county officers. The only approach
| to a contest among the Democrats is be-
| tween E. j. Rodgers and j. w. Ward for
! District Attorney 1t is stated that r. nj.
Fitzgerald will be a candidate for Senator.
| and in case of Dargie's nomination the opin-
i ion is expressed that Fitzgerald will have
| strong chance of election.
| ia later message from Alameda gave Mar
| Tin the small majority of II. The total
| figures in the First Ward were: Gohrman
| ticket 472, Carothers ticket $40.
| Acting ON orders from Washington the
| PostOffice will discontinue the free delivery
] service outside the city limits after October
| /. To meet the demand satisfactorily an
| increased service would be required. agd
| owing to the cutting down of appropriations
by Congress there are no funds for this
| purpose.
| Berkeley.
| Students have been prohibited from smok-
| ing about the university building.
The petition for university extension
| course in pedagogy in San Francisco has
| been granted.
| The work of building the new electrical
| engineers structure has fairly commenced.
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