The San Francisco call., 1898-07-08
FUSION TICKET WINS
 IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
NO INTEREST TAKEN IN THE
 PRIMARIES.
Two Hours of Quarreling at the Place Where the Forty-Eighth
 District Vote Was Taken.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 90S Broadway. July [.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 90S Broadway, July 2.
 The Populists of this county held a primary this evening for the election of delegates to county convention to be held in this city next Saturday. The busi- ness of the convention will be to elect tw enty delegates to the State convention, which meets in Sacramento July B. Three delegates are to be sent from each of the six Assembly districts and two at large.
 Never has such a dull primary been known in Alameda County. The remnant of the party that existed two years ago is so divided that practically no party exists. There is a small wing of fusion ists and a small wing of middle-in-the- road men, but the majority of the party leaders have disappeared. Some of the leading spirits are in the klondfke, oth- CTS have renounced Populfsm and re- entered the Republican ranks. and the remnant is so disheartened that they fear they will not be able to raise twenty dele gates to go to Sacramento.
 The county committee met last night and to the surprise Of the few who at- tended nobody was willing to make a sreecn, Even ex-Assemblyman Bretz, a most rabid anti-fusionist, would say noth- ing The men who were the backbone Of the rarty are not at present in evidence. Ex-Mayor Davie has not professed any connection with the party for three years. Ex-Judge Gibson has some intelligent ideas about the recent issue of war bonds, with which most of his old party dis agree. Charles Gardiner has published a long letter claiming that he Is now good Republican and regretting that he was ever deserter. Adna A. Dennison. a leader of "the short-hairs" three years ago. and a man with some ideas, while he is still presumably a Populist, takes good care not to have his name identified With the party.
 So far as can be learned tonight the fuSionists will have majority or the del- egates in the convention. The proceed ings at the Forty-eighth Assembly DIS solutely no interest in the party. In this large district embracing the most pop ulous part of Oakland, only twenty-one votes were cast.
 There was about a dozen people present in Judge Gifts courtroom. where the primary was held, and for two hours there was a continual quarrel. There were but eighteen names on the club roll and four of these demanded that thelr names be taken off, as the whole busi- ness was a farce.
 Mr. Broadwater was very indignant and declared that the fusionists had stuffed the ballot box. This led to lively de- bate and some warm exchange Of opln- ions. Members challenged each others in- tegrity and many bitter things were said. The call for the primary was declared by the judge b. Hougham to be illegal and Boss Oglesby, who talked all the while despite the forceful invitations to be quiet, aSpired to run the entire performance.
 Mir Silver declared that the affair was run by the Democrats and spoke so freely of the propensities of "Robber Mcguire that much oil was necessary to smooth the waters.
 were elected and four middle of the road or