The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08
.DR. PARDEE :. RESORTS
 TO ABUSE ~Cornered in Trickery, * He Used Epithets. INTENDED TO DECEIVE :. INCENsED AT THE EXPOSURE OF HIS COMPACT.
 
 : Trying to Disfranchise the Voters of ;: the Sunol and Altamont Dis tricts in the Coming Pri- : maries.
INTENDED TO DECEIVE
:INCENSED AT THE EXPOSURE OF HIS COMPACT.

" OAKLAND, Aug. 7-Overwhelmed by the exposure of his many political trick cries; pr. George C. Pardee has resorted to: the last extremity of his kind, and has : rushed into print with clumsily prepared statements, consisting largely of vulgar abuse with which he intended to deceive the public into believing were denials of the charges none better than Pardee knows to be true.
 :: The Call this morning called attention to:the doctors rawlings over its exposure of his secret compact with Lou Brown, :wheraby he had agreed, in direct contra Vention of all his expressions of good will te MT. Davis, to turn his strength to the Secretary of State, thus effectually de- stroying all chance of the nomination = coming to Alameda County. After doing some shrieking on his own account against an attache of The Call, whom both he and his master knew had no con- nectjon whatever with the exposure, the young man who, in addition to his regular employment, finds time to boom Pardee, quotes the doctor as saying in effect that he had no time to reply to all the accu- sations made against him.
 Republicans of Alameda County and of the entire State would be glad If Dr. Par dee could find time to answer these accu- sations, instead of becoming hysterical oyer them.
  :cognizance of another episode of his fantastic campaign. and in doing so he is even less happy than his allu- sion. to the expose of his deal with Brown. Several days ago The Call drew .tather forcefuI attention to the juggling .. with the polling places in Murray Town ship by County Committeeman Harris in the interest of his friend, the doctor. In Sunol <amont and Tesla all strong Da- Wis precincts, Harris failed to provide for any polling places, but compelling the voters to travel a considerable distance, and at great personal inconvenience, to exercise their privilege at the primaries. In. the case of Tesla, Harris ignored the express instructions of the call issued by the County Committee, which provided that a polling place should be located there.
 : Dr. Pardee and his organ remained dis 'creetly silent on this subject for some days. presumably to give Harris chance to cover up his coarse work in part by providing Tesla with polling place as . ordered by the County, Committee. gan to show signs of another spasm, which has increased to such an extent against The Call for stating that Tesla was. to have no polling place. Not word does he say about Sunol and Alta mont, which are still out in the cold, and ii would have been far better for him had he restrained himself from saying anything at all. Tesla will have a poll
 
 :Pardee's man Harris was forced to carry out the will of the county committee by The Calls expose, but Altamont and Sun6l will not, unless the doctor comes to. hts senses and issues new orders to Harris.
 ThJS Is what the Livermore Herald of yesterday has to say on the subject: The Republican voters of Sunol and Altamont are justly indignant over the action of Com nittevman Harris. representing the County Central. Committee. in the location of polling places throughout Murray Township for the State primaries next Saturday. Sunol and Al, tamont have been left out in the cold, and MT Harris had his own sweet way in the mat . Whether Harris desire to disfranchise the voters Sf these precincts was prompted by another desire to aid Pardee is a question to which Is attached considerable significance. Both gentlemen are fully aware that Murray Township with half chance would elect every one of the nine delegates for Davis. It was n0t until considerable pressure was brought to bear upon Murray's committeeman that he con feutrd to include Tesla as precinct and aoso- lutely refused to recognize Sunoi and Altamont The extenuation he offers for his dereliction : Is fimsy and reminds one of the way in which for not recognizing the rights of the Republi- | :cass of the towns mentioned was that the cost l :: in conducting the primaries was too much. MT Harris knows better than to make such a state | ment and Is fully aware that there Is no ex- pense attached to the offices of primaries. lis .. secoHd excuse was that he could not get men 1 10 eerve as primary officials. The insincerity of this statement was made clear on Harris re- | f1sal to accept the services of competent man l to procure the proper primary officials. thus re- .heving the committeeman of overwork.
 The whole scheme strikes the Herald as be. | ing political trick perpetrated by political Ehyster
 . Two towns are practically disfranchised | tn the interest of Dr. Pardee's candidacy, one. of which, Altamont, is of sufficient | importance to have decided the election | of Congressman in the Third District four | years ago. After these two attempts at | "explatning' it is likely that pr. Pardee's friends will keep close watch on him here- after and limit his incursions into jour- nalisn to printing his own speeches