The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
FREELY ..:.::C|vE THE {. GLAD HAND. "Pardee and Cage
 Busy Welcoming
 Supporters. .JostIG Each Other in
 Efforts to Entertain Delegates :.:
 LOCATED AT THE PALACE The Man From the South ~ Apparently in the
 Lead.
LOCATED AT THE PALACE

under the Republican political pot. The. blowpipe is being used to hasten the boiling and ultimate refining which will result in separating the dross from the metal at Sacramento next week. + Yesterday afternoon pr. Pardee of Oakland and Henry T. Gage of Los An -geLes, aspirants for the Republican nomination for Governor opened head quarters at the Palace. The first floor of the hotel surrounding the State Central Committee headquarters Is a perfect maze of glad hands and cheer .ful. "Howdy dos" The only perturbed person present Is the usually urbane major, who manages the affairs of the committee.
 .: On. his return from luncheon yester- day afternoon Chairman Mclaughlin found he had neighbors, and the peace ful quiet which had pervaded his work room no longer existed.
 The suite of rooms adjoining the State Central headquarters on the right had been taken by Gage for his head quarters. Beds and other furniture had been removed and tables and chairs substituted.
 ;: The major did not think 1t a great in vasion of his preserves. however, as he 
 candidate from the sunland. It is even whispered by the wiseacres that low down the major would be more than pleased to see Gage capture the plum. Although the major wears glasses, his eyes are still sharp enough for him to see a thing or two which might be overlooked by a less experienced cam .paigner, and he Is not in need of the services of an OculiSt But, to his dis .comfiture, pr. c. H. Pardee, aurist, oculist and specialist in Alameda poll tics, opened an office in the room next to him on the left: Now the doctor had originally engaged quarters at the %. other end of the hall, but on learning that his opponent from the orange belt had located next door to the Central Committee, he immediately decided to get on the other side.
 ;. 3: The major saw his new neighbOr, and with a pained expression murmured: Now am up against it. have en- .deavored to keep off the grass and evade all the candidates, and now here are Pardee and Gage on either side of me and the newspaper men in the mid dler- This Is too much. l suppose the . other candidates for Governor will soon than the Harney- -McNab scrap at Sac ranento. After this l expect Jim Req will take possession of the entire lower floor of the Palace.
 The major said he had had enough for one day and he disappeared for the afternoon.
 The country delegates to the State con- .vention may not be assured of a hearty and shospitable welcome at the Palace and to make them feel natural the gu . 'bernatorial aspirants will probably pu up numerous sign posts and placards MT. Cages friends suggested the fol lowing as good signs for the en trance to his headquarters: Delegates : Wanted Inside" Transportation Fur nished on Easy Terms" "Wool-grow CTS Welcome" 'Alamedans Not De sired
 :. "A. peddler of signs called upon thu doctor soon after he moved and dis played a fine line of artistic designs fo door plates and window cards, anf these were among them: ConsultatloI Free Votes Wanted Without Pay ing" Delegates Don't Have to Wait, This Is Not a R. K. Station, an(
 many others which the sign mar :. thought appropriate. The doctor dit not decide whether he would nail III signs to entice the country delegate o
 employ his primary push, which ac companies him everywhere by Sendtnt them to the ferry and hotels with hi: -: unstuffed ballot-boxes to capture tht unsophisticated and bring them in bod fly.
 . So far there has been no attempt tC arrange programme for the Repub- lican State Convention and as the ex. isting conditions-eight or ten candi. dates in the field with strong local sup. port-are not likely to change in si, days a slate is cut of the question. A majority of the counties have elected delegates without pledge or instruction
 and the honor of heading the ticket
 will surely go to the candidate who
 develops the greatest strength on the floor of the convention.
 At present Henry T. Gage seems tC
 have the lead, with Pardee a close sec
 ond. Neither candidate will discuss hi. plan. of campaign or say where he ex
 poets to get the necessary votes to SC
 cure the coveted nomination. MT. Gag,
 said to a Call reporter:
 My opinion of this campaign? Ina
 reminds me of a story Back in Penn
 sylvania there was once an old Dutch