The San Francisco call., 1898-08-03
Declares He Will Name His Own Delegates to the Convention.
An Affront to the Republican Clubs That |.## =%:They Will Not Be Slow to ;. .*=":*= :.s. :: :~>:~= Resent.

# GARLAND, Aug. 2-Dr. Pardee has taken the :1ratter of selecting his dele gates to the Republican State conven- ton into his own hands, and he will not allow even his friends whose suf- frage he seeks. the men who bear the -"brunt: of Keeping the party organiza- . tfon Intact; who carry the torches and do the. shouting, the common courtesy Of selecting the men they are to vote for: Instead, the doctor boldly asserts that he will select. the delegates him. self:
 In other words Dr. Pardee refuses to trust even his friends. He will ig- @.nore the rights of the clubs but will peddle.out:a list for each Assembly dis trtct, and order his followers to vote for: them. Nothing could be palmer than. Pardees intentions in the prem .ises.' Here is his declaration:
 @I will do my own selecting. The clubs are all right, of course, but I think. I am the best judge of the dele gates. who would be most desirable in the interests of my candidacy. Suggestions would be proper enough, but club elections do not believe would obtain the best results"
 How his. humble followers in the ranks:Wtll accept this aspersion upon their intelligence, and honesty remains to be seen. but. that large numbers of the more Independent men will resent the affroht in no undecided manner is certain. Dr* Pardee will condescend to permit them to make suggestions, but :thatIs .all::.. After they have made their suggestions he will go right ahead and act for himself without the slightest re- gard for his friends wishes.
 s."..>Ifis. assertion that club elections would not obtain the best results in his opinion, is: a. simple declaration that he places: no confidence in those he asks and. expects to: support him. Surely Pardee. cannot expect to carry out this high handed proceeding without a revolt, and the unholy alliance be- tween Pardee' and the Buckley Aaguires whereby that tong's hatchet- mem are to. be used at the primaries in the doctors interest, becomes all the more apparent.
 2. Men about town. thoroughly versed in the situation and of every political shade: eoncede that Pardee's state 1 .nIert is an. admission of what every body else has recognized for some time -=z-thet~ :is..: that he is not as strong now as he was six. weeks or two months ago This is true, and Pardee is grow ing desperate as Is further evidenced RuCh1S-y %-sid5 QlIG-GAdI1lueE dl- ,Hance- :,:: ..4
 ::Pardee's declaration has had the effect of alarming Davis, and while he has not yet been able to figure out the full Significance of his opponents latest move, he, too; is. inclined to personally supervise. the selection of his own can .dsdates- for the convention. This is what Davis. says!
 $ "Fhe selection of delegates for the primary ticket is matter which will not concern me until my execu- tive committee concludes it's work. The mem bers of this committee from various sections will decide upon the names. best suited to my candi- :dacy, and when the lists are complet- ed, Of course, they will be submitted .to nae for final approval. The idea of club elections will not prevail, though whatever my executive committee does is agreeable to me-"
 The action of these two gubernatorial candidates: completely ignoring the par .ty organization and descending to the .pttifuI .expedtent of personally handing out the. hames:o of those they want to go to :Sacrarnento will have the effect of greatly extending the already rapidly growing sentiment in favor O. electing an uninstructed and unpIedged delega- tion from Alameda County. Within the past week this sentiment has found considerable favor among the more in dependent Republicans and is becoming more popular each day. Tn Alameda, particularly, this plan has met with such favor that it will undoubtedly be carried out, and 1t is not at all improb- able that with Pardee and Davis both assuming the functions of ward boss, solid uninstructed delegation will be selected.
 Those who favor the plan argue on this line: With two gubernatorial can dtdates from the county, neither of whom has any outside support worth mentioning, and with divided delega- tion, Alameda. the banner Republican county Of the State, will find herself at the close of the convention completely out in the cold. She will lose the head of the ticket and in pickering among themselves the delegates will neglect to garner any of the other nominations
 This is sound reasoning, and many of the supporters of both candidates are. beginning to recognize it's force. On the other hand, 1t is urged, if the delegation is uninstructed it will stand much better chance Of forming an effective combination in favor of one or the other of the two candidates, or if not. it will be in a position to ask and receive almost anything else 1t may want
 Tn this connection it Is worthy of note that low down in their innermost thoughts there are lamentably few friends of either Pardee or Davis who have any expectation of their man get ting the nomination. They talk big, but sift the shouting and the talIlng down and it is found that the whole fuss is merely over the capture of the county delegation. Some of the en- thusiasts seem to think that the Ala :meda delegation will constitute the con- yention, and when apprised of their misapprehension they stop and ask themselves what they are making so much fuss for if that is the case. 9th CTS seem to work merely for the small honor their candidate will accrue from going before the convention backed by a majority of his county delegation, and have no expectation of any greater favor falling to their champion. Yes, it is becoming more and more evident that Alamedans realize that the ,.a,,,i iria II for Csouarr,nr