The San Francisco call., 1898-08-25
ALAMEDA
 MANFRED It Weakened Pardee'S s Fight by Not Stand
 ing Firm. A Reckoning Awaited in SeV- eral Camps Before Har-
 mony Is Restored.

6 CALL HEADQUARTERS, OAK 6
 C LAND, Aug 24.-Resolved, That q e George c. Pardee be constituted e e committee of one to trade the " c 6S votes of the Alameda County e e Convention as he sees fit, provid- 6
 e ing that he does not infringe on c e any special privileges granted the c q delegates from Alameda City. e @
 The foregoing resolution, passed at the caucus held in Sacramento Monday night by the Alameda delegation, Is said to need some explanation, and there IS no doubt that 1t will be demanded before the county convention which meets Sep tember 19.
 Some of the returning delegates declare that Alameda County was disparaged in the eyes of the rest of the delegates by the claim that her own delegation was not unanimous, and that Lou Brown could count on nearly a dozen votes from this county. The report sent out to all the newspapers of the State that the nine delegates from the city of Alameda were not for Pardee and did not wear his badges is calculated to have done as much harm to the Alameda mans cause as though they had bolted the Alameda delegation in the convention. To this alleged position of Alameda City dele> gates is largely attributed the defeat or Dr. Pardee.
 Ten days ago a letter was received Brown, R 'ir1 H Mir. Brown 1i' referred to his chances of winning the nomination and informed his correspondent that any ticket on which the name of J. B. Lank- tree appeared or in which Lanktree was especially interested might be SUD- ported by his (Brown' s) friends with con- fdence. This letter was shown to many responsible people and created much comment Since the manner in which the Alameda City delegation. of which Joe Ianktree is a member acted at Sacra mento has become known, the subject has been revived with considerable in. terest, and when Joe comes back he will no doubt tell all he knows about 1t. There was some suspicion that the letter was forgery, but 1t has been vouched for to-day as being, genuine.
 Dr. Pardees stanchest friends declare that it was thoroughly understood before the primaries that the ''unpledged" ticket in Alameda City was solid for him, and on that account. and relying upon that assur- ance, his regular ticket was withdrawn. It appears that there was some misunder- standing, for which also an explanation will no doubt be demanded.
 All sorts Of stories have been circulated in Oakland during the past twenty-four hours regarding the purposes. and plans of the Alameda City delegation. It is more than probable that many of them were started by Oakland candidates for county offices who are interested in in- turing the chances of Alamedas two an nounced candidates-Jim Barber for Tax Collector and Oscar Rogers for Sheriff. be a reckoning between certain camps if harmony is to prevail. There are many ready to defend Joe Lanktree and E. K: Taylor, who were supposed to have led their delegation, and the point is made that Taylor. who is candidate for State Senator, would hardly be likely to take a stand opposed to the. unanimous wish of Alameda County, which if taken must have jeopardized his political future. These are some of the matters that will be threshed out before the end of the week.
 Some of Lanktrees friends declare that the Alameda City delegation was a unit with the county all the time and that the stories of injarmony were circulated by interested parties, who thought that in the Alameda in cident they saw a straw to grasp at which might be used to injure the entire county This element of speculation will also enter into the general reckoning.