The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-01
State Ticket Will Be
Well Supported.
BENEFITS OF DISSENSIoN
TICKET rs PER
FECTLY SAFE.
Some of the County Officers Have a
Hard Fight, but Their
Prospects Are Very
Bright.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
908 broadway. Oct. 81.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
908 Broadway, Oct. 81.
The last week OF the campaign in Ala
media County opens most auspiciously for
the Republican ticket. There are so many
evidences of factionalism among all the
parties or ex-parties that it now looks as
though the Republican nominees will reap
the full benefit of such disSension.
The Democrats are hopelessly rent
asunder. The Fitzgerald wing, which was
proved at the convention to be in the mi
nority, will vote the fusion ticket, while
the opposition, which is much larger in
number and which includes many of the
most prominent of Democrats, will vote
as it pleases, which practically means
that they will not make their fingers ache
placing red crosses opposite fusion pomi-
nees.
A comparison of the ordinary vote in
years other than Presidential shows tat
a fair Republican majority for this county
next week would be about 2750 votes, and
this number, it is believed-and possibly
more, will be returned. This is not a Ma
guire Democratic county, and never was.
The Populist party has disappeared. 1t
is true that certain section interested in
fusion held the convention and were
patted on the back by the Democrats and
prevent them putting up a ticket of their
own. Since this little farce was enacted
there has been SO much reputation OF the
actions of the fusionists that Out very
little of the Populist-fusloniSts are IN evil
dence. The middle-of-the road men will
almost to man vote the Repupncain ll
State ticket. Many of them have openly
announced their intention OF voting Tor
Gage, and the sanctum of Editor Brett
is full of communications from all parts
of the State showing that this sentiment
The Silver Republicans have headquar-
tiers in the Blake & Moftitt building. There
ie.o oie he door bllt is In
charge, and the name has no slgnlncance
whatever in politics In this county: IL
true that at the fusion convention they
were accorded the privilege of making one
nomination, and, to the surprise OF their
alleged political confederates, they SIM
ply Endorsed the popular and safe candi-
date. Henry P. Dalton, who is pro-
nounced Republican.
posed almost exclusively OF Republicans,
will vote the State ticket nearly stralght,
and If the usual vote be cast IN TINS
county there should be no difficulty about
giving Mr.. Gage his expected majority
The Republican county ucket VIII OF ne
cessity reap large snare OF the pen stIS
that will accrue to the State ticket from
the discussions already mentioned. The
Democratic vote being divided and the
ssket R @h arSae 9s from
the same elements OF the voters as tne
fusion ticket makes the chances Tor the
Republican ticket much greater a. N. n,
Grim and A. T. Macdonough will split the
onposition against Charles Spear for Re
corder. Louis Schaffer and L. 9. Landre-
gan viii R grsay for mgB heT the J3dge Alien
will have no difficulty in being, elected
District Attorney. T. c. Stoddard has not
gained any strength since his nomination,
and Frank Jordan should not have much
difficulty in being reelected County
Clerk Eyeryb6dy knows nf Tno Is she looked 1eei
upon as a sure winner for Auditor, ana
there is nothing that can prevent honest
pervisor John R. Glascock Is making
a lively campaign against Supervisor
Church. but the Republicans In the lat
viii win. The balance of the Republican
ticket may be considered as safe.
The legislative candidates In this Re-
publican county will not have much TO
cert cent the he Forty-nlnth, the Republican
nominee will win. In the Forty-ninth w.
]. Schmidt, Berkeley contractor and a
politician of original ideas, is making an
Independent Republican campaign against
Schmidt will get a bunch of votes, but they
will be drawn as much from one party as
another, and as this district is always
less of sure thing than any other AS
sembly nominee:
occupy ex-senator DenisonS seat in the
next Legislature. He has made winning
campaign from the. start, and with him
IL is only a question of the size of his
majority City Attorney e. K. Taylor of
Alameda, also Republican candidate for
opponent, Colonel ]. Tobin of Alameda,
thought so little of the nomination when
first offered him that he declined it, 1t
was left open for some time, no Democrat
apparently being willing to be slaugh-
tered, and finally Colonel Tobin was In
duced to go on the ticket.