The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05

| are strong Pardee towns and in both 1 places Harris has provided every facility | for voters to cast their ballots. Polling places have been located at frequent ln- | terVals, thus enabling the Pardee con stituency to get in their votes with little 1 inconvenience or loss of time.
 on the other hand, Sunol and Altamont ana the adjacent country are overwhe1In- l 1nglY for Davis, and at both of these Har- I ris s1gnally failed to consider the convent l ence or the voters Polling places are dis l tresSingly few and far between and their 1 location would seem to indicate that they 1 were selected for no other purpose than to discourage voters from hunting them | out In one. instance the nearest polling place was located at a point that would l require a considerable number of voters living in one neighborhood (and all Davis
 mem to make a round trip of several miles in order to vote.
 At Tesla, the new coal mining camp, the situation is even worse, and so far Harris has manifested no disposition to
 correct it. In order to vote, the miners. who. are almost to a man for Davis, would have to lose days work and 1 travel to Iivermore, nearly ten miles dis | tant, The superintendent positively re- fuses to grant the miners leave of ab- sence, as 1t would necessitate the closing down of the mine.
 Consequently there are a large number of Davis votes in Tesla that will not be cast unless Harris can be prevailed upon to provide polling place in that town. The protests in some localities have be- come so pronounced that Committeeman Harris has been forced to take some steps toward pacifying the compliments
 by providing more polling places and changing others to more central loca-
 tions, but even the present arrangement is far from satisfactory in those places.
 It. Is. by such frauds and with the aid
 of the Buckley-Maguire Democratic out
 laws that Dr. Pardee expects to carry
 the county. That his case is desperate is amply demonstrated by his resorting
 to such underhand methods.
 Metcalf's friends are positive that some
 sort Of secret alliance exists between Hilborn and Pardee, and they are busily engaged in putting a razor edge on their scalping knives preparatory to a raid out side the confines of their reservation They argue that when they succeeded in keeping the State and Congressional pr1- maries separate 1t was tantamount to an
 understanding that there was to be no
 combining of forces. Metcalf and Davis have strictly adhered to this understand
 ing, and now if Pardee has allied him
 self to Metcalfs opponent Metcalfs s
 friends and they are legion, believe the
 time is prcpitious to call Pardee to ac-
 A new turn was given to the guberna- tortal fight to-day by the formal entrance of Secretary of State Lou Brown into the arena. Alameda Republicans have heard in a roundabout way that Brown was candidate, but they have been so absorbed in the fight between their own aspfrantS that they have paid no attention to the troubles of outsiders. Consequently 1t was a surprise when Alexander Sinclair
 
 the interests of the Secretary. Sinclair is an old resident of Oakland and at present holds a position in the Capitol building. Sinclair says he has formed no definite plans yet but he will look the ground over carefully and ascertain what quar- ters offer the most inducement to begin his missionary labors. It Is probable that he will seek to secure the delegates for Brown as their second choice, but of course his best efforts will be put forth on the Alameda and other unpledged dele gates. Sinclair says that Brown is gain ing strength daily throughout the north ern counties and thinks that neither Par dee nor Davis will be heard of outside their own little coterie from home.
 The straight Populist County Commit tee met tonight and adopted resolution denouncing the action of the fusion dele gates. to the late State convention in nom- mating Mcguire for Governor, declaring such action contrary to the intent and spirit of the State Central Committee In calling the convention and commenting those delegates who held separate con- vention and nominated consistent Pop ulist State ticket, calling upon all Ala meda County Populists to support such ticket.
 Resolutions adopted by the Lorin and the Forty-ninth Assembly District Popu- list Clubs indorsing the course of the county committee In withdrawing from the fusion wing were presented. The members discussed plans for carrying on the campaign for the ticket headed by Shanahan. and decided to make an active canvass of Alameda County