The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05
Fourteen Delegates Will Go to ."""| the Sacramento Convention Unfettered.
Oakland StronghoIds Will Follow Suit if the <= Dictator Persists in His Present <*.* Course.

:. =. OAKLAND, Aug. 4.-The revolt of Re-
 puBlicans against Dictator George C. ~Pardee is assuming proportions decidedly
 alarming to that aspirant for guberna- x t0rial honoTs, but that rule or ruin spirit ,'yyl,i6h has ever been his strongest char
 acteristic holds in check a strong inch- .+ nation to trim his sails, and, in conse-
 q4ence. the Pardee political bark is rap=
 idly nearing the shoals Of destruction. : The movement in Alameda has spread .. beyond. all control, and the fourteen votes >-@of that district are hopelessly lost to Par
 dee. Not only that. but the Republicans : of Alameda will work with all their might
 to: defeat Pardee's men elsewhere, for
 they feel that they have been most shab-
 billy treated by the doctor.
 It Just leaked out to-day that two. days ago a committee of representative Re
 publicaus came over from. Alameda to
 ascertain from Pardee direct if The Call $
 exposure of his plan to take the naming
 of candidates for delegates entirely out . of their hands and to set himself up. as a
 dictator were correct. The committed found Pardee in close. conference with a. Guy c, Earl. and without unnecessary 5. ceremony the Alamedans stated the ob-
 ject of their visit. When they. had
 finished Dr. PaTdee attempted to explain
 that he thought 1t was only right that
 he should name the men he wanted to ~ represent him at Sacramento. He had
 every confidence in his Alameda friends E The Aiamedans did net want any buts. They were warm clear through. and they . had no heStancy whatever in telling the
 doctor just what they thought of his [ methods. They declared then and there
 that they would not permit him to foist upon them lot of men who, although acceptable 10 Pardee, might be most. ob- i jectiOnable to them in more ways than
 one. '+--.
 Alter making this declaration the Ala
 meda insurgents recrosSed the trocha and Reported the result Of their interview 10 their comrades. Pardee had told them
 plainly that they would not be allowed to . select their own delegates, but must :: meekly accept the men he ordered them
 War was declared on Pardee then and there. Every mothers son of them start ed in to work, nor have they ceased their labors. yet. Yesterday, last night and to- QaX they nave contlnued thelr ConSuIta- tions;; which they have practically com pleted: nr. Pardee may name his can didates from Alameda, but they will not be elected It is safe to say they, will hardly receive votes enough to make it. worth while to count them. Fourteen
 will be absolutely free to vote for any body they may see fit. These fourteen will be elected beyond 9 shadow of doubt. and in. consideration of the snub to tic committee, in addition to the further af- front to every Republican in the Encinal . City,. together with all others in the county zn presumtng to dictate to them, 1t is. not to- be supposed they will wear :: themselves out at Sacramento in wirepull-' ing for the doctor. more particularly as Alameda County has, another candidate in the person of W. R. Davis.
 But the Alamedans are not the only Pardee. Signs of revolt are rapidly in creasing here in Oakland, while in the country those who are not tied hand and foot to the Pardee circus wagon are openly avOwing their intention of voting for whom they please, whether it suits the doctor not.
 A ar cf power in the Fourth Ward, one of the .. doctors strOnghOlds, said to-day that if tine dictator persisted in his present course he would find the Fourth follow Ing in Alameda's footsteps and electing an. uninstructed delegation The Fourth .:NEarders are particularly annoyed at sanitary Inspector, on his slate. Ott is anything but in favor of that ward and the Republicans almost to a man have declared against him. even at the sacri- ice of Pardee's am mbition. And the Fourth :~Warders do not pledge themselves. to ac- cept the PaFdee list. even if he consents to .shelve his Ott: They are an independ- ent crowd and they feel keenly the dic- tatortal attitude of Pardee They de- clare. they will critically scan the list of names the doctor sends to them, and if they are not entirely satisfactory they will vote for whom they please for dele gates. Should Pardee attempt to crowd his meTs down their throats they will not hesitate to let him slide and send a del egatiQn to Sacramento entirely untram-
 neled
 Tn the Sixth Ward practically the same condition exists as in the Fourth accord Ing to another Pardee man, who Is him. self an aspirant for office, although so far the doctor has not signified his in- tention of naming anybody particularly distasteful to them. Nevertheless they will not accept anybody who is distaste- ;fil to them because Pardee wants him. but should any distasteful men be named they will have to come down or the doc tor. will see an uninstructed delegation go to Sacramento from that ward.
 =. And as. it is in the Fourth and Sixth wards SC 1t will be in the others pr. Pardee's determination not to allow his supporters even the poor privilege of vot- ing for their friends who may be ambi- tious to represent the party in State con- 7Vention has already cost him many votes and the end is not yet.
 An. instance may be given of the des- .perate. methods to which Pardee is re- sorting to carry the country districts. The county committee left the arrange ments for the primaries entirely in the hands. of the individual members who were to provide polling places election officers, etc, for their respective localities. ! his plan has been carried out and now from Murray Township comes a decided '1y audible protest against the very crude ~oTk of Committeeman Harris in the in- 1erest' of Pardee, whose staunch support : Murray Township is situated in the . eastern part of the county in a sparsely settlea:'region, and. therefore, covers a 1 siesiter area than any other political sub 1 qiNlslon Of the county. The supporters of 1 [ e.1S See ana OaVls are grouped in neigh | Dorhooqs which made Harris plan easy | S6 carry. out.
 For Instance. Livermore and Pleasanton |