The San Francisco call., 1898-07-11
NOT LOOKING
 FOR MARTYRS No Republican Wish for pr. Pardee's Sacrifice. OBSERVERS NOT IN FAVOR HAS THE MOUNTAIN OR HAS
 MoHAMMED MOVEDP Historical Facts of the Past Four Years Lead to Some Very Re
 markable Conclusions in
 Alameda County.
OBSERVERS NOT IN FAVOR
HAS THE MOUNTAIN OR HAS
 MoHAMMED MOVEDP
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

sos Broadway, July 10.
 The Republicans of Alameda County are not looking for a martyr to represent them in the State convention. They do not consider 1t necessary for a man to sacrifice his reputation in order to obtain an honor from the party. They fully be- lieve that if Alameda desires to place man in nomination for any office in the gift of the people there are plenty whose integrity, honor and RepubIcanism can not be questioned. Of the 16.000 Republi cans in this county there are probably 100 all of them office seekers-who believe that their party is in such dire condi- ton that it is necessary to put forward as an independent candidate for Governor a man who during the past five years has never lost an opportunity to decry Repub- ncanism and to express his pride and thank God that he has shaken off its shackels. This hungry little band of men are trying to persuade the remaining 15,900 that it will be an act of supreme condescension on the part of a man who lamented only three years ago that he had ever been Seduced by the Republican party to accept the highest honor In the party.
 Alameda County does not share these opinions, and no amount of cheap notor- iety attained through d personal organ can create in the party in this county such a SJulured opinion Of itself.
 boOmed in this county by his little band for the Republican nomination for Gov ernOr. It is necessary to recall this fact because. judging from the press of the State, little Is known of this unique farce outside of Alameda County. pr. Pardee is a good fellow socially and gentleman. Politically he is q good thing'-and any thing but a Republican. This is the alpha and omega of the doctor with the party at large. One would judge from his ut terances in his organ that he is great power, and if such deluslon gives any satisfaction they are welcome to Ii, but it has not deceived the party. To have political ambition with not enough of Intellect to carry it beyond the ridiculous stage is a misfortune, but there IS no reason why any such misfortune should be inflicted on an entire party. If Ala meda County wants anything from the State convention it has intellect enough to know that It must put before the Re- publicans of the State a strong party man. not a political contoruomSt. No amount of sophistry can blind the eyes of the party of this fact, nor IS 1t blind ing them.
 Had any one made any reference to pr. PaTdeo's private life he would have for no citizen has any right whatever to deal with a public man other than as con cerns his public acts. pr. Pardee, now ever has transgressed this rule. for dur ing the past week he has charged false hood and insanity and vindicuveness to some one who published some of the doc tors own unCOntradictcd speeches. No one knows better than pr. Pardee that his public utterances when seeking per sGnal glory three and five years ago, Wehe all directed to traducing the Republican party.
 II am proud to say I was one of those who bolted the Republican convention of four years ago." said Dr. Pardee.
 T regret to say that two years later l was seduced into voting the Republican ticket" said Dr. Pardee.
 The Republican party is owned by cor porations" said pr. Pardee.
 Dire calamites will result if the Re publican party succeeds" said pr. Par dee And up till this hour neither orally or through his organ, has he given the slightest intimation that he has been again 'seduced' by this contempIl- ble degrading, corporation-ow Repub- lican party.
 If pr. Pardee's recent utterances be true, he is in the peculiar condition of a man. half of him going one way and half going the other. Four years ago he was loud in his declarations that he was not Republican and a strong anti-rsilroad man. For the purpose of argument, We will admit that the doctor then told the truth It will also be admitted, for the same purpose. that he then told the truth when he said that the Republican party represented the railroad and everything that Is indecent and corrupt" If at the present time. although he has nor so stat ed he be a Republican, he has constituted himself the leader of everything that a few short years ago-when he wanted sOmething-he was denouncing. Conse- quently, he is now as much a self-con- fessed railroad man as a Republican. It but anybody but lunatics would naturally presume that he wished to create such an impression by seeking Republican nom- fnation No doubt this kind of logic will