The San Francisco call., 1898-07-29
PARDEE KEPT
 HIS HAT ON But His Wishes Were :. Politely Ignored. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST 13 FOR THE CoNvEN- TON PRIA4ARY. :; Another Primary on August IT for the Third Congressional .: District Convention. Appointments.
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING
AUGUST 13 FOR THE CoNVEN-
 TON PRIAAARY.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,


 sos Broadway, July 2S.
 It was hardly upright in the other mem- bers of the Alameda County Republican Committee, at their meeting this after noon. to take advantage of the fact that Chairman .Fletter had just returned from the East and had not got on his working toga yet, to tangle him up with motions. amendments and substitutes until he didn't know whether he was doing poli- tics or running a quartz mill. It may have afforded some heartless amusement for his assOciates-to be more explicit 1t did-but all the talk about primaries un- til Mir. Fletter imagined a whole constel- lation of primaries was about to be cut loose on Alameda County was painfully confusing. and it is not to be wondered at that the chairman could not tell wheth- CT they were talking about ''guberna- tionaI or Congressional primaries. = There was q large attendance at the meeting, including Dr. Pardee, who. in view of his hoped-for greatness, did not see fit to pay the committeeman the cour- tesy of removing his hat during the pro- ceedings, but sat with covered head and tried to dictate his wishes in respect to the primary election offlcers-which wishes were politely ignored.
 RoNCaN brought responses from the fol- lowing committeemen; J; II. Fletter, Ala meda,- chairman; J; H; w; Riley, Brook lyn. secretary; w. w. Morrison, First Ward, Oakland; A. H. Breed. Second Ward; R. W. Church, Fourth Ward; T. talen, Sixth Ward: J. ". Evans, Seventh Ward, F. C. Hawes. Eden Township; A. c. Archibald, Washington; T. v. liar J. l. Palmer, Third Ward, was the only After the call of the State Central Com mittee had been read several communica- tons, including an invitation from the Alameda Republican Club to hold the county convention in that place, and the tender of Germania Hall, Oakland, free of charge, for the same purpose, were IL was voted to fix date for the pri- mary to elect delegates to the State con- venttOn and Mautalen moved that Sat- urday, August 13, be selected as the time. Then came the first of Chairman Flet- ters troubles. The motion was amended to keep the polls open from a. m. to p. m., closely followed by a second amendment to make the hours from to :. Finally the matter was strengthened out to his satisfaction, the second amend ment withdrawn, and the original mo- ton. with the amendment, was carried. Harris then moved that the committee issue call for second primary for the election of delegates from Alameda Coun- ty to the Third Congressional convention, ard fixing the date for Wednesday, Au- gust IT, This was carried without oppo- siton and the executive committee was instructed to issue calls for the two pri- marfes and also to select headquarters for the county committee.
 A recess was then taken to arrange for the apportiOnment of delegates under the terms of the State call, and on reas- sembling Church presented the following apportionment, which was adopted with the addition of one delegate at large from each Assembly District
 Forty-siXth Assembly District-l73S Re- publican votes cast at the Presidential election, entitling the district to nine del ITor+v-seven+h District-29l4 votes. four teen delegates.
 Forty-eighth District-15S3 votes, eight delegates.
 :. Fi7tieth District-2O54 votes, ten dele gates.
 A total of sixty-seven delegates, aside from the six at large.
 Riley moved that the matter of ap- pointing election officers and selecting polling places be left to the respective county committeeman, to report at the next meeting. This was carried after many amendments and substitutes had been offered, to the distress of the chair man.
 Then Pardee dipped his finger into the poi. Riley moved that the primary cleo ton officers consist of two judges, two inspectors and two clerks. Others thought six were too many for each precinct, as their services would be gratuitous, and an amendment was offered that they be reduced to one each. This did not suit Pardee, and at his solicitation a substi. tute was offered providing for two judges and clerks and one inspector. The matter was compromised by allowing two clerks. and after voting to have the for mer political lines remain intact until the county convention meets in order tc give Striker jurisdiction over that terri tory recently annexed to Oakland the committee adjourned till next Monday afternoon.