The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-07
THE DAWN OF A
UNITED PARTY
Passing of the Old Machine
in Alameda
County.
HOPE FOR REPUBLICANS
Relief From Those Who for Two
Years Trailed the Party
in the Dust.
oAKLANDERs ABHoR PENNIES
The Army and Navy Republican
League Set an Example That
Is Worth Following
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
Qfl8 Rrnaduov Sa,,t q

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
9Oo Broadway, Sept. 6.
The Republican County Central Com
mittee framed its death warrant yesterday
when it decided upon a call for the county
convention. 1t is hardly likely that any
OF the members will be reelected, and the
Republican party in Alameda County is
Justly rejoicing. To the maladministra-
ton OF the present county committee is
directly traceable all the dissension that
has soiled the party's escutcheon during
the past two years and which all Repub-
Hcans, who are such for principle only,
unite In deploring. The present commit
tee, although not elected till the close of
the last county convention, naturally
dominated that convention, and their at
tempts to force upon the Republican
voters candidates who were merely clay
In the hands OF the potter brought about
the disruption of the party in what was
for many years the banner Republican
county IN this State.
Nothing could be done till the opening
Of the present campaign and the Repub-
Ican party proper asserted itself. Its first
step was to prevent the County Commit
tee from resolving itself into a campaign
committee in the interest of a congress
sional candidate. The State Central Com
mittee ordered that all delegates should
be elected at primaries, and as proof OF its
Judgment being right and in the best in
terests of the party it only remains to be
said that not one of the delegates elected
by the County Committee was elected at
the primaries.
The history of the present County Com
mittee has been a history of scandals.
For long while it could not meet for
lack of quorum. County CommItteem en-
who should have been attending to the
trust reposed in them would look out of
the windows OF surrounding offices and
make fun at the efforts OF the minority to
obtain quorum.
This spirit actuated the majority of the
men who, for time, were the fgureheads
of the party. That they were never in con-
troll is best proved by the fact that when
ever an issue went before the party at
large 1t has invariably been defeated. ANY
man who goes before the people this No
vember wearing the political livery of
1.-THE machine" had better Withdraw from
the contest
It is far better that the present crisis
should have occurred in a Presidential
year, because it will be much easier to re-
store decency and unity to the party I'M
der banner inscribed with Mckinley and
Hobart than any other. To perpetuate
family or clique in Office is not Republi-
canism, although it is all the party fealty
ever shown by the fast-dying committee
In the History of Alameda County
(1S76), referring to the first county election
in 1853 Is this paragraph:
affairs in the new county at the start were
Henry c. Smith, Judge A. NJ. Crane, A. NJ.
Church and Horace W. Carpenter. The
southerly end possessed the controlling infiu-
ence, ii carried OF the county seat and
nearly, if not all, the Offices.
Thus was the Church Carpenter alliance
launched upon this county at its very
birth and the same, under slightly differ
ent environments, continues TO this day.
And this is the reason the lobby laughed
yesterday afternoon when County Com
mitteeman Rod Church declared dramat-
ieally that he had no other interest at
heart than the good of the Republican
party. AS proved at the last primary Mr..
Church is wrong, for the machine and the
railroad are not the Republican party in
Alameda County.
William r. Davis, George G. Pardee.
Guy C. Earl, w. H. Friend, C. G. Dodge,
w. W. Knickerbocker and many others
associated with them have undertaken to
regain for this county the Republican
banner that was carried south about two
years ago, and it is believed they will do
it. They have proved their ability to
carry the county, and there is no doubt
that the next primary will be repetition
Of tho Ia sf-a couonIete renrdiafiop os fba
County Committee.