The San Francisco call., 1898-06-18
WORKING ON X. <. 4 NEW PLAN Y KY kC IA IN e;
 ,.:
 State Delegates From
 Assembly Districts.
UPSETS ALL CALCULATIONS
NO SUMMER VACATIONS FOR AN ARMY OF OFFICE SEEKERS.
Candidates for Governor Cannot Now Hope for Solid Delega- tion by the Unit
 System.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call
 sos Broadway, June r.
 Somehow or other Alameda County poli ticians have become impressed with the idea that the Republican State Central Committee will call for the election of delegates to the State Convention from Assembly districts. This has somewhat upset local plans, and whether or not the information be true, 1t is being acted upon. Coming at this time it will help to make interesting the period that must elapse between the primaries, because candidates and managers will have to build their fences, lay their wires and perfect their plans for the new conditions For several months 1t has been thought that it would be left to the discretion of the county central committee whether or not to authorize a county convention to elect State delegates. As the county com delegates from wards and townships, plans were laid to that end. Now that the Assembly district plan is considered as certain to be used, II has spit up all the wards and townships and presented new problem upon which to calculate.
 Dr. Pardee says, T want q solid delega- of the delegates l want them all. If MT Davis gets a majority he should have them all and 1 Will work for his nomina- ton. That is how l feel"
 MT. Davis says, No matter what the State committee authorizes, We shall be pleased to accept and obey. It has long been our habit to follow the instructions Of recognized Republican authority, and We shall not depart from our. precedent. Whether the deIegates come rom wards or townships or from Assembly districts We are satisfied.
 Although the warm weather is making official routine life less pleasant than when il is cool, and although every inducement is being offered to camp away from the scenes of political craze, still it is not likely that many politicians will take a vacation this summer.
 They cannot afford to. because there is a fight for every office and the man who IS not on the scene considers he Is out of the fight. The breaking up of the ward and township plan has largely complicat- ed the campaigns of county candidates. wards and townships that opposing inter- ests are found in every one of them, and every candidate for county office is anX- ioUs to be certain that his support of a candidate for Governor from his own dis trict will be such that in the county fight which succeeds the State nomination he will be able to command in return the support of the successful gubernatorial candidates.
 For every office there are several candi- dates, and although it is a recognized fact that one or more places on the ticket must go away from the bay, tbere seems to be no provision being made for the in- terror of the county. Oakland has some 999Say Tor every oitiee. Alameda has can didates for sheriff and tax collector. Berkeley has two candidates for recorder, while every township has a choice for public administrator. Arthur Feidier of Livermore wants to be treasurer and Miss Bessie Wood will get into the fight for Coroner. Dr. Baldwin. the incumbent does not want to succeed himself. and Dr. Mehrmann, Dr. Taylor and pr. Bradley would each like to be his successor
 There are no judges to be elected this year, but for district attorney there are five candidates so far, and probably more 10 follow. AS MT. Shook retires the field is open.
 J. P. Garlick, superintendent of schools, has no desire to succeed himself and P M. Fisher, H. ". Lynch of Washington, and George Prick of Lorin would like to succeed him. At present the offices of sheriff and treasurer are filled by Popu- lists. and as there is not the least chance of their succeeding themselves, RepubIi- cans are appearing from all directions
 Occasionally mention is made ur Demo- crats, Populists and Fusionists, but so many of the last-named have come into the Republican camp. while the old De mOcracy is fighting within itself. that the prospect is more than ever encouraging for Republicans.