The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23

, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug 22-An effort is bein~ made to stop the contest in the Santa Clara . County deleoatiOn. It is argued by some that a review of the alleged frauds al the
 primary two weeks ago will only result
 in increasing the bitter feeling now exist
 ing between the Good Government League and the followers of Jim" Req. The Rea delegates have been recognized by the State Central Committee and their names will be printed on the temporary roIIcaIl :: of the convention, and under the clrcum- stances it is very unlihel'- that the ere
 dentials committee will report in favor Of . unseating them.
 in all probability the fight will termi-
 mate as did the Harney faction fight in the. Democratic State Convention. The
 plea is made that any attempt to unseat the Rea delegation will work more harm than good to the party. The feeling III
 Santa Clara County is very intense, ana : the Rea followers affirm that If the hght 70 is continued it will mean loss or several
 hundred votes to the State ticket. Ine seating of the Req delegates VIII not SeIl!e : the battle in Santa Clara county ntod ana II
 the Good Government League IS de1eateu
 here the members will return nome Iuily
 determined to fight against the local slate
 candidates named by Rea.
 There is no intention nor desire on the
 part of the contending delegations to III . any way strike at the State ticket; There a
 Boss Req and the Good Government peo-
 pie say that they would much rather see
 the local ticket defeated from ton to bot
 tom than have the municipal government in the hands of the officers named by Rea
 Jim Req and his delegation arrived here on the afternoon train and went direct to : the. State House, where they opened headquarters. Req said that he was en- tirely satisfied that the delegation would
 be seated despite the opposition or the :lTO6d Government League
 -'.IVhat is the use of carrying on a hope, less battle?" said he. NO good will come out of it for the State ticket. l have hopes that the matter will be satis- factoriIy disposed of, and that when the publican here will return to Santa Clara tQ work and to fight for the ticket named. The Good Government League people may go before the credentials committee, put .I hope not They were beaten at a fair primary, and they will be unable to prove any of the charges made of repeating and. ballOt-boX stufhng. They only car ried three or four precincts, and the com bined majorities they received in these precincts will not amount to over sixty live votes
 It is generally understood that If the fight is carried into the convention the San Francisco delegation will give be- .tWen 125 and 130 votes to seat their dele gation. Boss Req is mistaken when he says that the Good Government League has no evidence or proof to offer showing that the Santa Clara primary was carried by frauds.
 Secretary Samuel G. Tompkins has a satchel filled with affidavits made by some of the most prominent people in the. county, showing that Req and Mac kenzie carried the day by means of bal lot-box stufing. repeating and general The Good Government League is in the fight to stay, and no one appre- ciates the fact better than does Jim Rea. He is hard at work tonight trying to make a combination with some of the interior delegations, so that in the event of the Good Government League dele gates being recognized by the credentials committee he will be able to defeat the report on the convention floor. He is willing to make terms on almost any condition. He first suggested to the Good Government League that they take 6ne-baIf the seats and that his delegates be given the other half. This proposition was made on the plea that, for the sake of. peace and harmony, some such com