The San Francisco call., 1898-07-21
DIRE CALAMITY AS PREDICTED BY
 AN OAkLANDER
A Spectacle That Republicans in California
 Will Be Spared.

be interesting for some independent as- pirant for the nomination for Governor to indulge Alameda County with new definitions of 'friendliest feelings" gentleman" and highest opinions" meaningless and retroactive jargon and dlssimulation because the fact was printed that factionalism in Alameda County has frequently defeated an hon. est Republican candidate. This fact, as pr. Pardee and all Republicans know, IS lamentably true. and 1t has been caused almost entirely by the bit terness engendered and the example set by Dr. Pardee and others of his own selfish pattern.
 Ten years ago the local Republican party was split by bolters at the muni- cipaI convention through the personal eitorts or Dr. Pardee. as testified to by Ine II uoetor Tn his tabernacle speech of teDruary 15, 1893. Five years ago, Dr. Pardee, knowing he could not obtain the Republican nomination, was no1ni- mated independently, and prevented the election or another Republican Mayor Ihree years ago. in his Thomas Hall speech on March 5. he predicted dire calamities if the Republican party sue ceeded.
 These are the actions which Dr. Par dee now condemns, but for which he alone Is responsible
 Now, when the doctor heads a state ment, The Mask Off," one is inclined to ask, which mask? Is it the mask of
 the creature of the railroad, the water company and the gang" which Dr. Pardee declared are the constituent ele ments or the Republican party? Is it the mask Of Independent politics" or or the 'bolter" or the mask of any other or the many disguises assumed by the doctor during the past few years! These questions he alone can answer.
 A week ago the doctor stated that the publication of some of his own speeches was done for the purpose of opposing nm politically and for the further pur- pose or falling into the hands of his opponent and the railroad company at the proper time. Since the doctor gave vent to this expression he has taken another turn on his political wheel, and In his notorious '"The Mask Of'' article he says the aim was to kill off the strongest candidate, or else to equalize the forces of the two that they might kill one another" This twist of the Pardee thinking machine inspires hope that the doctor may yet become rational enough to be at least logical, and those who have the interests of Republicanism at heart are now conf another tor will undergo another revolution and finally discover that there are not two Republican candidates in this county. and consequently one cannot kill off the other, however much this may be desired.
 But the independent candidacy of Dr. Pardee is no longer taken seriously in this county. Apparently it is not taken any more seriously in the rest of the To a crn he h. lished nine extracts from neWspa pers showing the trend of thought" in Cal ifornia-toward Pardee of course. One was from the Herald of Trade, pub lished in San Francisco; another from the Eureka Californian: another from the Elmhurst Review; another from the Eureka Standard, whil the remain irS TOUT are from papers published in the city of Alameda Dr. Pardee in this instance, unhappily for himself un- doubtedly told the truth. Had he been able to refer with pride to the opinions of the great papers of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland (ex- cepting his own), Stockton, San Diego. Santa Cruz, San Jose and other towns in the State little larger than Elm hurst and Eureka, he would have ac- complished something in his own be- half. AS it is, his self-effert to infate his own political balloon has most beautifully demonstrated the weakness of a farce. And to offset this and make the farce more complete, If such a thing be possible. the friends of the Re publican candidate are busily circulat- | ing extracts highly cornmendatory of W. R. Davis, published in Frank Leach's paper before it was controlled ! by Dr. Pardee.
 One who has closely followed politi- l cal history in this county for the past F.rr H1- Id statement of pr. Pardee's claims to the | Governorship of this State, and. also, | of the facts tending to show why the | doctor, if he has any idea of propriety, | should go to Castle Graz and stay there until after the inauguration of the next l Republican Governor of California. The 1 statement is as follows:
 THE RECORD OF A DR- PARDEEs CLAIM
 pnrTvp ON TIE REPUBLI-