The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
H|LBORN-FR!CK
FACTIONS MEET.
The Battle in the Third Dis
trict to Be Decided
To-Day.
BOTH ARE CONFIDENT.
Each Claims the Victory if Clean
Primaries Be Con-
Quoted.
WORK OF THE RAILROAD.
It Is Less Apparent in This Fight
Than in Any Contest for
Years Past
WORK OF THE RAILROAD
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, |


908 Broadway, Aug. IA.
Alameda County in general and Oak
land in particular is entirely given up to.
night to politics. Tomorrow night the
great battle between the Hilborn and
Frick factions for the Republican Con-
gressional nomination from tie Third
District will have been decided.
That neither man will have walk.
over is certain. More combinations have
been made than in any other political
fight for five years. People who, few
months ago, were bitter political enemies,
are now in the same rank, and this ap-
plies to both camps.
The Frick fight is certainly the most in
evidence but the trained observer of poll
tics in this county knows that this is not
always sign of strength. More success
full cam paigns have been made in whis-
pers in this county than the average voter
is aware of. On the other hand, Hill
born's campaign is being made beneath
the surface, and has, in fact, been so quiet
that it is difficult to estimate its strength.
1t would indeed be hazardous to guess
who will carry the county.
A good deal of personality has been in
jected into the campaign, and even on the
platform the rival candidates have ex-
pressed their personal opinions of each
others tactics. Rilborn of course is the
candidate of the "Friend" Congressional
Committee, while Frick has the almost
unanimous support of the County Com
mittee.
Although Frick is supported by all the
men who have long been classed as ''raiI-
road" politicians, he has declared over his
signature that he is opposed to the fund
ing bill, while Hilborn takes the. same
stand. The fight is supposed to be most
bitter in Alameda, Eden Township and
the Seventh Ward. These districts rep
resents 16 votes out of At in the entire
County. 1t is generally believe that the
other districts will be about evenly di-
vided. There are "a votes in the conven-
ton, and as Alameda County has more
than enough to nominate the fight il
necessarily centered here.
There is every reason to believe that a
clean primary will be held. A new great
register will be used, the election officers
are divided, and there will be plenty OF
watchers on either side to guard against
repeating.
81 am certain of winning this fight,
said Judge Frick this afternoon, "ii
Adolph Sutro does not send sack over
here to help Hilborn tomorrow. With
clean work can win."
''All ask is clean primary" said Mr..
Hilborn, land l am satisfied that shall
have large majority OF the delegates"
The present contest is certainly less of q
railroad fight" than any that has been
waged for years. 1t is nothing in Mr.. Frick'
favor that SO many machine politicians
aIe working for him, but they have got to
work for somebody on general principles
and as Mr.. HiIborn has mot sought thei1
support there was no alternative.
There is no doubt but that Hilborn will
carry majority of the delegates in the
remaining counties in the Third District
so that Saturdays primary in Alameda
will really decide the fate of the candi-
dates