The San Francisco call., 1898-04-15
NO PROSPECT
 OF HARMONY Young Mems Leagues Are Far From Being
 United.
s'No Refreshments" to Be the War Cry of the Davis
 Faction.
A Good Time Promised All Who Attend the Pardee
 Club.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

oVo oioduWdyt Aprll 14.
 Young Mems Republican Leagues are inst now attracting more attention than snv other branch of local politics. Will D Powers, secretary of the particular 1aacua which has indirectly hung out a psr5ee banner, has sent out invitations +o a meeting tomorrow night at which .brsiuess of importance will be tran sarre5" It is evident that there will be g large and enthusiastic attendance, for there is not any of the mysterious about -he gentle hint that refreshments will bs served"
 A couple of weeks ago the cabalistic letters "P. D. C." appeared on some so- ciety invitations as indicating the speed with which replies were solicited. All the young ladies receiving them pro- fessed ignorance of the mysterious let ters, but there is no such false modesty with the Young Mems Republican League of which MT. Powers is secretary, and all know the meaning of the suggestion regarding refreshments.
 It is not likely that one of the other leagues headed by Harry Pulcifer will put in an appearance at tomorrow nights meeting, for it's members do not approve of refreshments" at political meetings; in fact, the other league. which perhaps might not be inaptly designated inc Davis League believes that 1t has
 
 Republican League ethics by the invita- ton of Mr. Powers. The Davis League Is to have a meeting next week, and if invitations are sent out 1t IS almost cer- Iaiu they will contain the words mo refreshmentS,n and MT. Pulcifer and his followers declare that such a hint will be the most effective barrier in keeping their opponents away and preventing having t5 send for the police and the breaking Ut any more chandeliers.
 u is now rumored that Murray. Laidlaw. who was partly responsible for the break ing up of the Pulcifer League meeting last week, has buried his little hatchet and will henceforth be a meek and lOWly follower of President Pulcifer. It is, however plain that there can be no such thing as harmony among all the members of the rival leagues. President Bilger' $ league is ayowedly a Pardee organiZa- tiOn. Mir. Pulcifer, who says he has not Of necessity head anything but a Davis organization, consequently it has been proposed that the two factions carry on their separate organizations and call themselves by the names of their re- Spective choices for Governor. This is suggested as being the only possible way to prevent repetition of the scene that occurred last week and for which each faction is holding the other responsible.
 There is also a smaller matter than the nomination of Governor which is having some influence on the present disagree ment between the leagues. Harry Pull cifer and J. W. Stetson are anxious to secure nomination from their party for Justice of the Peace. It is hardly likely that the league will take up two candi- dates for Justices, and therefore it would De likely to give its support to one or the other. Should there be a Davis and a Pardee league one would work for Stet- son. the other for Pulcifer, and the har- mony that they all profess to so greatly desire would be brought about.
 The Davis men are chiding the Pardet men with training with the "Courthouse gang Two months ago this seriou. charge might have been sustained, but the Courthouse gang is just at presen in a very demoralized condition, and i is difficult to say which of the factions il the county buildings is really 'the gang Evidences are daily cropping up that tht only original gang is becoming disin tegrated, and there is no knowing how far this will go so that before many weeks, and long before the convention IL is quite possible that there may bt both Davis and Pardee gangs" at tn, Courthouse. The main factor in break ing up the Courthouse combination is the quiet but insidious and powerful element that has no love for either of the pro. posed gubernatorial candidates. Its great est hope of success is in splitting theil opponents into two camps and setting one faction against the other, thereby pro. ducing distrust and i'll feeling which when accomplished, makes the rest of its work easy.