The San Francisco call., 1898-08-04
Ignores His Friends and Deter mines to Run His Own Po-
 litical Campaign.
Metcalf Watching With Anxiety the Crow ing Signs of an Alliance Between the
 Doctor and Hilborn.

OAKLAND, Aug. S.-Dr. George c. Pardee, aspirant for the Republican nomination for Governor, in his desper- ation has overreached himself. In his blindness he founders on in the path he has elected to follow and in conse- Quence there threatens to he a meeting among the rank and file of the Re publicans of Alameda County.
 Pardee's frank aYOwal that he tn- tends to take the selection of candi- dates for delegates to the State Con- 'vention entirely out of the hands of the .. clubs aad make up a list favorable to
 himself in each Assembly District is
 an affront to the men who have loy-
 ally supported him that they are not
 slow 10 resent But Pardee is one of the kind who, having decided upon course to pursue, will not be turned aside even though that course leads to
 disaster, and instead of needing the protests of his friends who became ap- -prised of his intended action through :The Call this morning, the doctor at -.tempts to justify his course in his pa
 per, tonight, and boldly declares his - determination to follow 1t out, advising his opponent MT. Davis. to do likewise .. in these words:
 The obviously proper course is for /: Mir. Davis to arrange a list of candi- dates for delegates which will be satis- factory to him, and for Dr. Pardee to arrange another list satisfactory to himself After that is done let the voters decide between the two.
 There is Dr. Pardee's own statement published In his own paper-a plain declaration that he will not trust his friends in the clubs to select men who will remain faithful to him. And the aforesaid club members are exceedingly . Wreth thereat. All their laborS have :. been in vain. They have spent their time and money, have buttonholed their friends aRd lifted up their voices in gladsome shouts for the doctor, and in return are told that their work is not appreciated, that their voices have not the true ring. They are denied even the poor privilege of naming the men they would have represent them in their :party'S council
 The sentiment in favor of an unin- structed delegation has grown rapidly to-day and it will continue to grow among those who have been classed as .Pardee supporters if the doctor persists s in his determination to stoop to the small politics of the ward boss and per sonally dictate who his representatives shall be, and seek to conduct the prt- maries according to his own ideas. . Alameda is leading the revolt against . IaTQe6 ana ISleTe seems 10 De uODOQY who is able to devise any plan to check the inclination of the Aiamedans to break away from the dictation of the ward boss with gubernatorial aspira- tfOnS Even the action of the Pardee men in the county committee last Mon day in regard to Robinson's resigna- tion was not at all calculated to con- cilfate the Republicans on the south side of the estuary. In this matter the situation is somewhat complicated and altogether too delicate for man of Pardee'S caiber to handle with fneSSe. 1. Alameda has two candidates for county OfficerS-O. L. Rogers for Sher- If and Joe Barber for Tax Collector the latter to succeed himself Robin Son is also a candidate for Tax Collec- tor and it Is because of this ambition .: that he was obliged to resign from the County Committee. But Robinson did :: not resign until Pardee had assured himself that his stanch supporter Clar- ence Crowell, was safe for election, vice .~ Robinson. Now the return for this fealty on the part of the ex-committee- man was the assurance of the support of pr. Pardee's paper in his fight for the Domination for the Tax Collector ship; and naturally the Alamedans do not. take kindly to the turning down of their own man, Barber, by the doctor s personal organ. It is not surprising : that they find their enthusiasm for Par dee waning and the sentiment in favor Of an unlnStructeQ QeIeSatlOn to Sac ranento growing in proportion in their : town.
 The past week has brought another :. turn in the situation that promises fresh trouble, and plenty of it, for Par dee When Victor Metcalf entered the lists for the Third Congressional nomi- nation he devoted all his energies to keeping that fight entirely separate from all other entanglements. It was through Metcalf's efforts that the county committee voted to hold sepa- rate primaries to elect delegates to the two conventions, and he has steadfast- ly refused to enter into any alliance. Therefore 1t is with great disfavor that Metcalf as1d his supporters watch the growing signs of a rapprochement be- ' tween Hilborn and Pardee. The Third Congressional District Republican con- ventfon will contain 112 delegates, of which Alameda County will contribute sixty-nine, or eleven more than ma terity of the whole. There is no dis guising the fact that Metcalf has this county splendidly organized in every precinct, with an executive committee of foremost Republicans In the county : who are devoting their entire time and, energies to furthering NIT. Met calfs interests These men have stead .. "fastly refused to mix up with any other political aspirant, but have worked out