The San Francisco call., 1898-07-30
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

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 90S Broadway, July 29.
 With one or more avowed candidates from one of the three political parties for almost every place on the State ticket and others awaiting a favorable oportun- ity to offer themselves up on the political altar, in addition to the Congressional Legislative and county fights opening up, more politics are being "done" in Ala meda County just now than in all the oth- CTS combined. Broadway is studded with headquarters, proprietors of cornjuice emporiums note with keen satisfaction that the fall trade has already begun, with every promise of being unusually heavy, while the ward clubs are filling up their torches and furbishing tinsel and cotton uniforms. In all the smaller towns and hamlets the evening gatherings at the postoffice are increasing and the war situation has been dropped as the main subject of debate, the approaching cleo ton being substituted, to the evident sat 1stactton of all the participants.
 % With the meetings of the Republican and PopuliSt county committees yester day the campaign was practically opened, and from now until November the voice ot the politician will ring throughout this section of the State, to the exclusion of less strident and more melodious sounds. Naturally the main feature of the tu- mutt just now Is the scramble between . Davis and Pardee for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination. Davis friends
 
 paign, while Pardee has resorted to the brass band-hurrah method, which is gen. eraliy regarded as an indication of wan ing strength.
 The turning down cf Pardee by the County Committee yesterday by refusing to allow him to dictate as to the number or primary election officers to serve, and again in preventing his friend Breed from controlling the district recently annexed :. during the primary has caused wide spread surprise and no little chagrin to the doctor, WnO was deeply interest ed in the matter that he cast dignity to the winds and attended the meeting in per son. sitting alongside Breed and actively conducting his end of the contests. The action of the committee is all the more surprising because heretofore it had been supposed that majority of the members were decidedly friendly to Pardee.
 And right here 1t Is proper to call atten- tion to the fact that T. NJ Robinson, the member from the Fifth Ward, did not re sign from the committee. nor was his con- templated resignation referred to in any manner although it was thought certain his open candidacy for Tax Collector At the last county Republican convention a resolution was; adopted expressly urohfb- iting any candidate for office serving on the County Committee. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Robinson has his card in ali the local papers announcing himself a candidate for Tax Collector, subject to the action of the next County Convention. The failure of MT. Robinson to meet ex- pectatiOns and withdraw from the com mlJtee can only be accounted for by the Pardee men suddenly finding themselves in the minority, where they had all along figured on holding a good working ma 1ority. The committee is composed of thirteen members, Robinson being classed as one of Pardees supporters Prior to yesterdays meeting the most of the Par dee men would concede was six votes to their opponents, With Robinson off the committee this would leave a tie vote and no possible chance of electing his successor. But yesterdays proceedings dom zsrr ~.s1 not as numerous in the committee as had been counted on and so Robinson re- tained his seat.
 Robinson is understood to justify his