The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-18
IN BERKEL Ely.
Followers of Foote and Lay
nance Are Out With the
Machine.
The Unprecedented Vote Causes Re-
bellion Among College Town
Democrats.

BERKELEY, CAL, June 17.-War is
brewing in the ranks of the local Democ-
racy. The discord among the local leaders
is over the primaries recently held in
Berkeley.
The primaries were surprise to many
people outside the political swim. Old
residents looked at the poling-plaees and
the crowds around them and at the large
number of wagons that carried voters to
the headquarters, and asked one another
where all the Democrats had come from"
The primaries were held on June and
by nightfaIl many an old-timer who had
thought that he knew the college town
quite well had begun to think that Berke-
ley was a town of much larger popu-
lation of followers of the modernized
Jefferson than it had been previously cred
tied with.
There were go votes cast in East Berke-
ley on that eventful day." said a promi-
when the polls closed 1 heard a bet of
500 offered that not over thirty of the
voters were really Democrats.
Berkeley is admittedly a Republican
town, but the Democratic vote at the pri-
maries of 1896 outnumbered the Republl-
can by about two to one, which is GER
tainly clear indication OF crooked work.
"Such political methods do not meet
the approval of the best element of the
party, and their success leads us to wish
for the Australian or some secret ballot
system IL primary elections by means
of which the heelers might be deprived
OF their power"
At this late day no results can be accom-
plished by the kickers who are not DIS
posed to fight in the open, but there are
those who carry knife for the primary
managers of 1896, who managed to scrape
up 40 votes.
The Democratic vote of the town is esti-
mated at less than $50.
Another Big School.
BERKELEY, CAL, June 17.-Another
large private school is to be added to
Berkeley's already large number of educa-
tional institutions.
The new school will be known as the
Peralta University Academy, and will oc-
cupy the big hotel building at Peralta
Park which has remained unoecupied for
some years. The building IS one of the
largest and most beautiful in Berkeley,
and will be one of the largest private
school buildings in. California
The Peralta University Academy will be
under James BlackJedge, A.M., and J. ].
Moran, the former being principal and the
latter manager. During the past year
Professor Blackledge has been assisted by
Professor Bates in the management of the
Berkeley Gymnasium, and is instructor in
science.
]. J. Moran'will be teacher of the classics
and modern languages. j. II. White,
BIZ, graduate OF the University of Cal
fornia, will be military commandant and
instructor in mathematics and English.
Colonel Shakespeare will be assistant
commandant IN the new school. He will
also be instructor in drawing and in the
preparatory department, being assisted in
the latter by Mrs. Moran, who will be
matron. The teacher OF German will be
Mrs. Harvey, and E. s. Bonelh will be in
structor in music. The Peralta Academy
will open for its first term August s. clos
ing December 10. Its second term will be-
gin January and end ON May q, 1897.
Wedding in West Berkeley.
BERKELEY, CAL, June 1.-THE we'd
ding of Miss Carrie Woodley and William
Chase took place this evening in the
Church of the Good Shepherd at West
Berkeley. The Rev. George E. Swan of
st. Marks Church officated.
New Literary Society.
LORIN, CAL, June IA new society
named the Lorin Literary Society has
been organized in Lorin and has been
granted permission by the Board of Edu-
cation to use the Lorin School for its
meetings.