The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11

| OAKLAND, Aug. 10.-"Any thing to cap-
 ture the delegation" is Dr. George C. Par dee's motto just at present, and he is fol-
 lowing 1t out to the letter. Trust not
 your closest friends" is another, conse- 1 quently the doctor has cast dignity to 1 the winds and, refusing to rely on his | iieutenants, oversees every detail Of his campaign.
 The methods pursued by Dr. Pardee
 would be highly creditable to Chris Buck
 ley, Sam Rainey or "Whispering" Nc Nab, but when adopted by an aspirant for
 the Republican nomination for Governor 1 they stamp him as man utterly un- worthy of the confidence of the people
 and unfitted for any position above that l of ward boss
 Pardee's latest plot was exposed to-day It was a daring attempt to capture the
 nine delegates from Alameda City, the Republicans of that place being in open revolt against Pardee, due primarily 10 his insOlent declaration that he would 1 not trust the Republicans to name tneIT ] own delegates, but would perform that duty himself. The Alamedans rebelled l and asserted that they would select dele
 gates uppledged to any candidate to rep resent them at Sacramento. Last night representatives from the various Repub- l l1can clubs met at Harmony Hall and
 nominated an unpledged ticket, as fol 1 lows; F. $. Teller, A. R. Hamlin, J. C. Bates Jr., pr. c. L. Tisdale, Henry Sever Tank and George Britt. The clubs par ticipating in this election were the Vet eran Republican Club, Independent Re publican Club, Young Mems Republican Club and the Associated Precinct clubs. 1 Although instructed to name an un-
 pledged delegation it is plain that Pardee got in his fine work, and 1t also gives | the best proof yet obtainable of the cret deal between Pardee and Lou Brown,
 for of the nine men selected six are | avowedly for Pardee, and the remaining ! three have openly expressed a prefer ence for Brown Not daring to take
 them all himself, owing to the -predom- | inant Davis sentiment in Alameda, Par dee has bartered away three delegates | from Alameda County to outsider, be- | sides proving to all the world that his Davis, coupled with the promise to give | that gentleman his support should he ] fail to secure majority of the county delegation for himself, were as insincere as most of his declarations.
 When The Call first exposed Pardee's alliance with Brown the doctor attempt 1 ed to bunko the people of this county into the impression that he denied the charge by devoting some space in his
 newspaper to tirade against man he well knew was not responsible for the eX l pose His bluff being promptly called, i Pardee has since maintained discreet si-
 lence on the subject; Last Sunday Par l Haywards that If he would go to Sac
 ramento for him Pardee would throw his
 votes to Brown at the proper time, l though less than an hour before the doc- | tor had promised Daniel Chisholm of the
 same place, who is a Davis supporter
 that Pardee's votes would be given to l Davis in case Pardee could not win out. | The Encinal City Republicans are fu-
 rious to-day over the deceit that has been practiced upon them, and 1t Is certain | that another ticket In opposition to the Pardee-Brown ''unpledged'' delegates will be in the field at Saturdays primaries. With all his scheming to defeat Davis, Dr. Pardee continues to fill the columns of his organ with frantic appeals for solid delegation, pleading with Davis in
 one column to consent to such plan,
 and scolding at him in the next for not doing so. MT. Davis would admit him. self to be a veritable infant at the game were he to agree to any such proposi- tion. Aside from Pardee's underhanded attacks on Davis, there are many reasons why the latter gentleman should not con-
 sent to any such arrangement. In the first place, in view of the promised as- sistance of the Buckley Mcguire high binder tong at the primary Saturday, it
 Is reasonably certain that Pardee will control fully half of the delegation, If he does not capture substantial ma jority.
 His men from Alameda County will rep
 resent the sum total of his strength in
 the convention, for The Calls canvass of editorial opinions throughout the State has convinced even Pardee himself that
 he will not go into the convention with any supporters outside of his own coun. ty. But were Davis to consent to the
 unit rule, Pardee, having a majority,
 would be enabled to go to Sacramento
 
 this would give him prestige that
 might be of great value. for by trading on other offices it would be possible for him to gain enough outside support to give him the nomination now, or at least tie it up for him four years hence.
 On the other hand, Davis will have considerable following from the outside at the very start, and every delegate he takes from this county and elsewhere will stand by him to the last. But were he to go to Sacramento without a single ! a O ha 1t any figure in the proceedings. As 1t is, after Pardee's friends have performed
 their duty by giving him the vote on vinced that he is only joke, they will be free to vote as they choose for it Is highly improbable that they will allow themselves to be sold out to Brown by l Pardee, with Davis in the running. So, although the doctor may fret and plead to his hearts content, he will not have the solid delegation, and he will not get the nomination. His friends admit that The election of delegates to the Demo- cratic State Convention will be held to- morrow afternoon and evening. and the pastoral picture Is promised for eXhibi- tion of fusion Populists participating in Democratic primaries.
 How beautiful! How touching! How SWeeti
 In the old days of Buckley and Higgins
 San Francisco was frequently treated to the spectacle of the "Rockrollers" dipping into the Lambs pie, and vice versa:
 but who could imagine anything so ex-
 
 sweeping down on a Democratic feast?
 Yet this is what is promised, and it is likely the same thing would have oc-
 cured in San Francisco had not "the McNab" swallowed the whole apple himself. The boast was made in the fusion convention at Sacramento that they would have a perfect right to do so, and 1t seems as though their claim is valid. About all that is neces- sary to entitle one to sign the Democratic roll here is to pledge that the signer voted
 for Bryan two years ago1lif Ii he had vote this fall. As the Populists-or the fusion branch-are qualified to take that pledge, there is no good reason why they should not help out.
 There Is no likelihood of there being any serious contest. Mcguire is looked upon here as the only possibility under the cir cumstances, but there is a firm determi- nation to protest against the McNab- Gould-Alford steal of San Francisco. and the delegation from this county may be safely counted on to stand in with the move to oust the delegation from across the bay.
 PLANNED BY PARDEE.