The San Francisco call., 1898-08-13
Oakland Democrats Are Up in Arms.
IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
DELEGATES ACROSS THE BAY
 ALL OF ONE MIND.
They Declare Their Intention to oP- pose the Whispering Boss
 at the State Con- Vention.

-; GARLAND, Aug 12.-Alameda County
 : Ileinocrats are practically unit III sup
 ;: port of. the plan under way througHout i,'lu .; the. State to purify the party by rluuils =. it. fJjr- ali time of the leeches they De- <. >Iteye; are sucking its life blood. The re- :. volt. against. the Alford-Gould-McNa :. tactics .:reaches to every section oL tIo ~~ :couaty; and so far not delegate mas :. ..be6n discovered who declines to a1o III :'.: the overthrow of these Worthles'
 ,.' Alameda Democrats do not regard these tactics as in any way bearing on IIIe Oe'14
 = didacy of Judge Mcguire who mas 0 = strong following throughout the county. :. ;. I.he; do not believe Mcguire would lena :. his: ;o1111tenance to such a scheme they F: simply look upon 1t as plea or unpIlh- ..pIed, politicians to tasten tAer grasp :" upon the party for all uIle, even lHous u
 .':4b6g- drag. it down to helpless defeat
 Ii ,siiHing. at 1t in this light the Mcguire man are as warmly in favor of the over ,. throw of the San Francisco machine as = 2: hose who might have some other guber- .'%nat0rial preference, and consequently : ,il:ey arc working hand in hand to res clls. the Democracy from the political pi- : EaJas who are attempting to hoist the : 6la.ck flag al the peak
 = Even the old factional fight is forgotten :. In the present crisis, and without an ex- . .ceptfoE the delegates, so far as they have .. been poIIed on the subject, have declared .. tAernselEes in line with the sentiments ex- pressed by W. w. Foote and M. F. Tar ~ -pey.. two. of the delegates at large, few : days. ago in The Call.
 With the purpose in view Of deciding
 .-lIpOI.. some plan of action, meeting Of . .1Ee delegates has been called for to-mor- TOW: W:.nignt. The action Of the committee .~ of :10J will be thoroughly ventilated, and it
 is the purpose to adopt some measure dalpvaTQS from outside of
 San* *Eran cisco can unite for the welfare of the party and the overthrow Of the
 :AtcNab combination. Of course the plan will be to fight against the seating or the = San. Francisco delegation. and 1t is cer-
 tain.that the Alameda contingent will go
 % to: :SacTamento, with very few II any eX-
 cePu6ns, determined to tght to the last
 e: against tha recognition Of the men rom
 acr6ss the bay.
 2. ." Having published the sentiments of W. <. W:fToore and M. F. Tarpey, two of the .-4t hree. delegates at large from this county, :: '0Er' the. subject, number Of other dele :: gates were seen to-day and asked to give /: *fhei r'-opiuion; as will be seen, they are all :: in faEor Of the unseating of the San iran
 :: NJ J: I4 y-rnance; for years the chairman .:-of the County Committee, one Of the fore '. est Democrats in the County and one . WhQ has alwdys fought for the best inter : est s:.0T- the party, said tonight that the .seEtiInent throughout the county IS in-
 %ensely. bitter against the work Of the McNab gang in San Francisco.
 =: Such methods, said he, could only re-
 .sult iii the crushing defeat of the party, % for: Very honest Democrat would take
 the sJyfLy means in his power to express ;. iiis Resentment against such disgraceful =. boss: rule which was to vote against the :: ca nGi ates- put up by the bosses. For =. hs:par3 he believed that whatever ticket was nominated by the State convention
 'V95t1Id be benefited were the Afford :: iiQulll- McNab delegation from San Fran : cisco, refused recognition, for were those :. Hien> allowed to participate in the naming : of. ~the ticket 1t would drive many votes .'. '.aWa.y.'s The fusion Popultsts would re- * fuSe:IQ support Mcguire under such con : ditfons; preferring rather to stay with :. .:erS.' :thaI to be mixed up in any way with . such .unciean politics Democrats, too, =. would stay at home in preference.
 . .:-,Afr, 'Laynance said he appreciated the -,.dffic1i1ty in the way of overthrowing the
 big. delegation from San Francisco, which
 will be so1fdly combined against the many small delegations, but he felt that the eff .. fort should. be made and he was confident fhe:: Alameda delegation would be pTac- . {icaIfv solid for the movement He had talked with many of the delegates and
 fOund, them all in favor of the unseating :: ''fioW can any honest Democrat be oth- ... erwise,,' concluded Mir Laymance, flor If
 that crowd is allowed to get away with
 its steal this time, then good-by to the
 principles of the party for all time. If the 2. people are to be prevented from choosing
 the delegates to their conventions what is = to~ become of the Democracy? Where is the Democratic party if 1t permit such ..- thihg?'. If bossism is to previal, then let :: without going to the trouble of holding = .conventions.'
 -: H. e. McPike, one of the delegates from tffe Fifth Ward when questioned In re- gard to the McNab tactics and the Mo
 Nab delegation, said:
 - T am going to a meeting of delegates to3TrorroW night. called for the very pur pose: of discussing this matter. l do not =: kIioW. how the others feel on the ques- -'- tion, but so far as l am personally con-
 -cerned l feel that the action of the Gould :e~ ~Alford-McNab clique is as far from true
 T1.1E,N eFa r-fV Trf AI fr- -; ined<1* Nothing more undemocratic was = eVer heaEd of and if there is any possible :. chance to unseat the McNab outfit ] will dc: everything in my power to aid in its
 :.acconTplishment. l will also exert all my k influence with the other delegates to Se- v cure their cooperation in the pur1hcatlon '::.:. P: 5. Dalton, one of the Sixth Ward
 :.delegates and leading spirit in Dem .s ocratfc politics of Oakland, said tonight: % :''Of course l am opposed to the Gould
 :. .Alfofd-McNab tactics. What honest .l)emocrat is not? They have usurPed one of; the fundamental principles of Democ- ra4Hy: ]: am certainly opposed to the seat D. Ing of the delegation named by that cfEque, and will heartily support any
 pn9Yerfient having for it's object their .. unseating. The Democratic party can bet :: tfr;agprd to suffer temporary defeat than
 Ter nase> such gang shackled to it.
 ": Y; Prlce, commission merchant
 ~ooing: business In San Francisco. is >6Ioagly opposed to the recognition of an = aRpolrted delegation at Sacramento. T = QQ not believe that San Francisco or any ': >other county should appoint delegation. :: Let the: people" said he last night, have an opportunity of showing their choice at >$he polls in a fair and honest pri- mary. The greatest, strongest and most . convincing argument that can be ad- :. .vanced against the appointing of dele
 gates to either State or county con
 Yention is that if Is undemocratic.
 . c. D. Ogara, who Is prominent in Derno- cratic affairs in the Sixth Ward is : most pronounced opponent of the McNab
 tactics. 'I don't believe" said he yes
 arHa ~-. power. have had little experience in
 that line. It is wrong to appoint dele
 gates The people should always be given an opportunity to express their
 echoice at the polls. So far as I am con
 cerped; would vote ,1+ to G,s;, unseat any dele
 gatien that came into into political existence =. P: Godcheaux of San Leandro declares
 himself. in favor of taking any steps nee ;: essary for the qualification of politics and b. the good of the Democratic party up :: .to. the present.n said MT. Godeheanx .tI