The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
DAVIS MEN
 ARE FULLY
 lV VAKENED Working Hard to. Beat pr. Pardee. NEW CANDIDATE APPEARS NO COUNTY OFFICIAL. HAS ANY
 TOO MUCR CONFIDENCE. Supervisor Church Pursues His Own
 System of Politics, but Is
 Not Therefore Less :. :. Active. :.
NEW CANDIDATE APPEARS
| NO COUNTY OFFICIAL, HAS ANY | TOO MUcR CONFIDENCE.


 Over in Oakland the supporters of MT. Davis have prepared for active fighting and are putting new life into the struggle between the two Athenians who want 10 succeed Governor Budd.:
 . For many months the Pardee cohorts have been in evidence, They have never lost an opportunity to show themselves, and if ever they have missed chance to shout 1t Is not on record. Now the con- servative element in the Republican party in this county Is awake. In nearly every campaign this. element Is slow to act and the result of it's actions Is always subject for speculation Sometimes the shouters have won, and sometimes they have found their tallies on election night so. far be- hind those of the conservatives that they were at loss to explain how 1t happened; What will be the result this year cannot, of course. be predicted at this time, but the two men will undoubtedly divide the delegation for neither has the remotest intention of quitting.
 Within the past few days Davis demon strations have been held at Elmhurst, Alameda. Second and Fourth wards, and at each gathering reports are made of the gains shown by the club rolls. Since the Republican League convention in San Francisco month ago, the Pardee boom CTS have not been so much in evidence, and now that the Davis managers are systematically going ahead, 1t is mislead- ing and untrue to convey any other i'm preSsion than that each man seems to have an equal hold on the county.
 All the scramblers for county offices tumbled over each other to get aboard the Pardee band wagon. and this selfish effort on their part did not help the doc tor in the eyes of the conservative ele- ment that is now tuning up the Davis mu- sic. 4 few days ago both gentlemen openly declared that they. were not in any other. candidate and this has caused some of the county politicians to do a great deal of thinking, because the loy aIy alty or or the majority Of them to Dr.; Par port they would derive in return
 There Is. a disposition in certain quar- ters to break up the self-nominated ticket that emanated from the county buildings some time ago. Thomas Robinson. who is at present a deputy in the office of Assessor Dalton, Is gradually increasing in strength for the nomination of Tax Collector which office is now filled by election. A. K. Grimm of Berkeley Is making a very careful campaign against Recorder Spear of Berkeley for that nomination, and little by little some of those who were formerly supposed to support the incumbent are gradually let ting 1t be known that MT. Grimm s chances are not to be sighted. In this manner many other canL- dates are being put up and thrown down, and in order to prevent the Oaklanders from doing too much scheming, it is reported that Barber and Oscar Rogers, who wants to be Sheriff, have combined in Alameda. As that city sends the largest single dele gation to the convention, it can afford to do little talking, though 1t Is gen. orally conceded to be impossible for 1t to nominate Oscar Rogers and Barber in the same convention.
 AS an example of the truth of the say ing that there are politicians and poli- ticians' the case of Supervisor Church may aptly be mentioned at this time Mir. Chrrch's term expires this year and he is candidate for reelection. So far however, he has not caused his name to be given the slightest publicity. When the Fourth Ward Republicans organized a week ago MT. Church was one of the leading factors, but no Davis" or Par dee" club was created, but simply the Fourth Ward Republican Club. Church is making as keen campaign as he knows how, but he Is not doing 1t on the surface, in which practice he contrasts very strongly with the rest of his breth- ren generally dominated as the county rnachine:f