The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07
The Ex- Mayor Is Seriously Chasing an Elusive POlit-
 iCal Job.
Backed by Facilitating Cohorts, Who Make Much Anti-Railroad Noise, but the Re- suits Never Disturb Hunting-
 tons Interests.

OAKLAND. July 6.-As was to be ex- pected. pr. Pardee's Oakland organ, the EnQuirer. rushes madly to that candi dates defense, who is smarting under the exposures made of his method of doing politics by The Call. Why Dr. Pardee should take his candidacy seriously is much more than the substantial Republi- cans of Oakland and Alameda County can surmise. The man never has been anything other than a job-chaser and peanut politician, and cares no more for the principles of the Republican party than he does for the various members of the "Courthouse gang" of Oakland, with whom he has lately formed an alli- ance. A few years ago when this same Pardee was voting the Republican tick ct and running for Mayor of Oakland with the Non-Partisan nomination in his pocket, he was nightly making speeches denouncing the Fred Campbells, the Miles Doodys, the Mike Haliihans, the Billy Dargies, and styling them the gang To-day he is cheek by jowl' with these same gentlemen with the sup plementary forces of Leslie Blackburn. Jim Mcclellan, Frank Barnett, Will Church and the rest. to say nothing of for the railroad monopoly on the Oakland side of the bay.
 When Steve Gage picked out Earl to represent the old Vrooman district he in-
  lines, The Christian element was his oyster. Through Earl new channels in politics were to be opened. One of them was Supervisor Mitchell. who will be re- membered as throwing down the people last year in the Alameda Board of Equal iZauOn. This culprit was the creature of Earl, the creature of Gage Earl now is the General Blanco of Pardee'S cohorts. When in the Legislature Earl could safe ly be depended on by the railroad and his slick work at Sacramento on behalf of the monopoly is matter of common talk to-day.
 Then there is Assessor Dalton. who always strikes so hard at the railroad that in falling short he breaks his own arm. Dalton was one of Pardee's candi- dates for the Council some years ago. He went to tke railroad and demanded it's ssug2oFt m I1e FlrsI N2rq, Whlch IS IS poIlt- p ically owned by the railroad. He was elected, and at once began an onslaught on the monopoly. He caused the gates to be put on the Oakland local trains to the immense profit of the railroad ever since He caused litigation to be commenced against the company for the Oakland water front, the result of which was that the city of Oakland lost every point by it, and to-day a s Assessor of Alameda Coun- ty he is compelled to acknowledge the railroads ownership by assessing to it city. As Assessor his levy has been so muddled that by playing into the hands of Supervisors Mitchell, Church and other Pardee men his figures have always been cut down, until to-day the railroad has less to fear in Alameda County in shirking its legal responsibilities than in any other county in the State.
 These feliows-these Pardee boomers are slick workers. They make more anti railroad clap-trap than all the honest men in the county, and yet the results of their work never hurt Huntington's interests here.
 Their organ, the Enquirer, was acquired for bulldoZing the county candidates and local corporations into supporting the Pardee programme. All who fail to en- list under the banner of Swashbuckler Pardee are to come under the Enquirer's ban when the county fight comes along.
 The streetcar lines of the city, the wa ter companies, the banks, the rival news papers and all potent factors are 10 be fined up for Pardee or to be roasted so that their influence is insignificant The departments of the city government, so far as can be handled, are to be lined up, the Health Board the policemen, the firemen and all enjoying public patronage will be whipped into submission. This is Doc Pardee's style of campaigning. Even the School Department has been drawn on by this buccaneer candidate to aid his unholy aspiration. In fact, Pardee will stop at nothing to win the delegation, not excepting a rowdy canvass of the bar rooms of Pleasanton to a combination with the railroad porters of the First and