The San Francisco call., 1898-08-12

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 1 Alameda-F " voogt. John O'Brlen. s. s. ! CrandaI, T. C. Stoddard. John Halton.
 These are the delegates to the Demo i cratic State Convention, elected at the ] club primaries held in Alameda County i this afternoon and evening. There were no contests except in the Third and Sixth
 wards in Oakland and these were purely local in their nature.
 4 majority are claimed for Mcguire first and last, although there are some who be-
 Iieve with w w Foote, that it would be
 better for the party to suffer temporary
 defeat than to submit to the dictation of the Populists in the matter of the guber-
 natorial nomination. But if these dele gates-or a majority of them-will support
 the "Littlee Spotted Giant" it is equally certain that every one of them will also support any plan that may be inaugurated by the interior delegations for the unseat- ing of the McNab gang from San Francis co. It is doubtful if there is a Democrat
 in Alameda County who does not de-
 nounce the work of the political outlaws
 across the bay, and if there is any possi- ble chance to overthrow them, Alameda County partisans may be safely counted on to assist in. the purifcation of the par
 ty. Most of the delegation will go to Sac
 ramento Sunday night, ready to enter into
 the thick of the fray.
 In all the scheming and jobbing essen tial to a ward politician conducting his
 own campaign for Governor, Dr. Pardee, as he stops to spit on his hands, pre- paratory to taking a fresh holt" finds one thing to exuit over, and naturally, i he has to tell the world all about 1t. Like i a child with a stick of candy, all his sor-
 rows of yesterday are forgotten in his
 newer joy, and Dr. Pardee may now 1 justly claim that his fight is progressing l beyond his most ardent expectations. l Tonight with all the eclat of bold
 faced type and flaming headlines, Dr.
 Pardee announces to his admiring con- l stituents that at last he has been able
 to draw crowd without the aid of either
 a brass band or bonfire.
 l This is gratifying, indeed for hereto | fore it has been generally regarded as
 essential that he have both accessories i in order to get anybody to listen to him. l Now that he has tried the experiment, | and found that freaks will call the cu- | rious, even without fiaring brass and blaz-
 ing tar barrels, Dr. Pardee will probably
 dismiss the half dozen musicians who 1 have nightly escorted him on his weary l rounds, while the Alameda small boy 1 will find a steady source of revenue from 1 ''hooking' fence boards and other com
 bustible material cut off.
 Let all rejoice with the doctor, for.
 poor man, his enemies have got him | headed down a mighty thorny trail just
 at present, and are goading him on to
 such a pace that he finds little enough to 1 joy over.
 l Yes, there is one more source of com 1 fort to the doctor. In the same issue of 1 his organ that tells of his capabilities as l a museum attraction, Dr. Pardee finds | time and space to chortle mildly over his l fine work in the Encinal City in stock | i,,er he pd nrp6 dpleO1tDE | But this glee Is destined to end in woe, l for the Pardee tactics have thoroughly aroused every Republican in the town. l and an opposition ticket will be in the l field and not a name on it will be a Par | dee admirer.
 The case of Alameda is an illustration | of the reVulsion of sentiment that has ! taken place in the past few weeks. When 1 Pardee first announced himself a candi- l date he had many warm friends over | there who would have remained loyal l through thick and thin had it not been l for his arbitrary methods. But Dr. Par 1 dee seemed to regard Alameda as his by 1 right of conquest and would not brook the 1 mention of Davis or any other aspirant | for the office. His friends grew restive | and the revolt came when Pardee fmpu- dentlY told them and his friends else l where that he would not trust them to | name delegates, but would make up the | lists himself. The Alamedans declared | they would throw off the Pardee yoke and | name delegates, through their clubs, un- | pledged to any man, but who would go 1 to Sacramento entirely free to work for l the best interests of the county. By some | hook or crook, Pardee managed to sneak l in six of his friends on this club list, giy- l ing three to Brown, thereby shutting Da- | wis out entirely, besides throwing three votes in the county to an outsider. Da-
 vis' friends were furious, while the great
 majority of Pardee's former admirers l openly denounced the job They deter l mined to put up another ticket, and need l less to say. no man who is under the | slightest suspicion of being friendly to l Pardee will find his name on it.. This 1 ticket will be elected beyond a doubt and l Pardee will find to his cost that Ala medals me delegates will be for Davis, i whereas had he kept his hands off he l IL. cEr 4bka citn