The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
ATTORNEY SHOOK WITHDREW
THE CONTEST FOR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
Harry Melvin Said to Have Enough
Votes to Defeat Judge Allen
for the Nominal
ton.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
90S Broadway. Sept. Is.


Republicans are now being daily treated
to sensations. After making an active
canvass for several months to secure the
nomination for State Senator, District At
torney Shook withdrew to-day from the
contest. He gave no reason for his with
drawal merely saying, II am out of the
fight, and l think this is all that is re-
CURED to be said
This action Of Mr.. Shook dfsposes Of an
other complication in the local field. His
only competitor was Assemblyman Frank
NJ. Leavitt, and for several weeks 1t
looked as though Mr.. Leavitt had the in
side track Mr.. Shook in addition to his
duties as District Attorney, has quite an
extensive law practice, and finds that he
cannot break in upon it to do the work
necessary to successful campaign for
Senator. 1t is not likely that any one else
will come into the fight, and Assemblyman
Leavitt can confidently consider himself
as a Senator-elect of the next Legisla-
ture.
The withdrawal yesterday of Justice
Cliff from the contest for District Attor-
ney led to many rumors that Harry Mel
vim had also withdrawn, thus leaving the
field open for Judge Allen. This rumor
was positively denied by Harry Melvin
to-day.
Frank Jordan and I are working for a
purpose III the SeFcilu w dIO,
said Mr.. Melvin, land all stories that my
position has changed during the past three
months are absolutely false"
1t was said to-day that Mr.. Melvin can
depend on over 100 votes in the convention,
and has assurance that he will get many
more.
There is no doubt that Judge Allen and
Henry Dalton are pooling interests IN the
Third Ward. Constable Cronin is also
bvrC q k
land Township and the Third and First
Wards are allied.
Owing to an effort being made in some
directions to prevent Alameda from NOM ION,
that the delegation. from across the es-
tuary will oppose the plans of the OAK
landers. Tax Collector Barber OF Ala
media seems to be assured of the dele
CATION from his town, and as there is a
disposition to take up VIII Harlow for
Sheriff, Barber will probably be his own
successor.
A good government club has been FORM
ed in the Forty-eighth Assembly Dis
trict, and 1t is understood that 1t will In
dorse J. Harris for the Assembly. The
officers are: President, M; Bernheim;
first vice president, s. Ringoldsky; second
vice president, Louis Asher; secretary
Ben Litzenstein; treasurer, l. Lerner;
sergeant at arms, M. Cohen. The Fifth
Ward Republican Club has taken de-
cided step in regard to boilers. rms IS
due to the fact that A. K. Grim, George
c. Hunt, Louis Schaffer and others are
claiming to be Independent Republican
candidates for office, but do not care to
go before the convention. The club has
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Fifth Ward Re
publican Club Of Oakland strictly dis
approves of the course of certain Repub-
ncans of this county in boiling the party
and running Independently for office, on
the ground that such radical action has
a certain tendency to disrupt the party.
The following executive committee has
been chosen: John Laughland, H: R: Ha-
vens, w. H. Dickerson, H. D. Cushing,
F. NJ PARCELS, F. B. Goodwin, Byron
Rutley, D. C. Borland, William Nat
Friend, Charles Roeth, FELTON, Taylor, J..
L. Champlin, George Bush. Clarence
Clinton G. Dodge has decided that he
will not be a candidate for the Assembly.
This leaves the Fifty-frst District to As
semblyman Howard Wright and VIII
B. Pringle, with Wright strongly In the
lead