The San Francisco call., 1898-07-11
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

be in due time condemned in Dr. Pardee's organ as false and the rawlings of luna tic, but the argument it must be remem- bered, is that of Dr. Pardee.
 Or, if this conclusion be not true, that pr. Pardee has gone to the railroad com pany, the reductio ad absurdum of the sit uation naturally follows, that the noun tain has come to Mohammed. It would be very interesting to be able to adduce proof that the corporations, especially the railroad con/pany, with all the brains that 1t employs and the immense possloli- itieS 1t possesses for promulgating politl- cal corruption, had come over to Dr. Par dees way of thinking. Should the pre- yious conclusion be denied. no other sug- gestion is left, except one, and that IS, lectually the superior of Abraham Lin coin and presumes that he can fool all the people all the time.
 If Alameda County has any claim on the Republican party of this State at this time-and it undoubtedly has-it Is due to the heroic party work carried out during the Mckinley campaign. If the reward for such work be narrowed down to individuals, 1t naturally follows that such rewards are the rights of those who took a leading part in that campaign. W files have been searched but so far no one has been able to discover that Mir. Mckinley is indebted even In small de- gree ,or in any other degree to the inde- pendent pr. Pardee. If he made a speech during that campaign, if he contributed in any oral. literary or financial way to the great Republican success of '96, it Is time his little band heralded such infor- nation to a waiting county.
 If the doctor were even private sup porter of the great Mckinley, let the heavens tell it, for the earth cannot
 Another of the evidences of puerility in pr. Pardees independent campaign is his repeated assertion, through his organ, that about four men, including Steve T. Gage and Charles Mautelan, are about all who are opposed to pr. Pardee. Appar ently the doctor has not heard of John E. Farnum, who was the choice of the party of this county to preside over its last county conventions; of w. V. Witcher, eX-president of the Merchants Exchange; of George w. Arper, president Of the same body; of H. A. Powell, whom Dr. Pardee selected as one of the leading counsel in the water front cases; of John A. Britton; of Fred E. Whitney, leading Republican of the Second Ward; Of w. k. Davis, in whom Dr. Pardee, at the time he was not a Republican, placed so much confidence that he entrusted him with the management of the water front cases; Of w. w. Knickerbocker, member or the Re- publican State committee; Of excJudge Charles N. Fox, of L. G. Burpee, George F. Neece, John Yule and the rest or the leading Republicans of this county.
 There have been so many able political managers evolved in Alameda County during the past twenty years whose man ner Of manipulating politics has been so well exploited that 1t is at this time im- possible to throw dust in the eyes or the veriest tyro in the county. Mtsrepresen- tation has little effect where the truth Is known. Evasion of facts by substituting personality and weak attempts to be funny no longer inspire respect. Sel1 adulation at so much per page carries no weight, but somehow or other theSe facts, which are apparent to a schooiboy seem to be entirely beyond the ken of the astute political managers of Dr. Pardee.
 Since Dr. Pardee is so pronouncedly in- dependent in politics and anything, If he may be believed, but Republican, it be- comes of interest to inquire into the mo- tives of those who are so earnestly sup porting him. It is true that many of them are earnest members of so-caled "Pardee" Republican clubs-the latest brand of personal politics in this county. On this showing they might be excused. but they have caused it to be understood that they intend to go before Repuo- lican convention and seek nominations. It is known that the ties which bind this little band to Dr. Pardee are of a very
 
 and influence in various forms all cut a figure, and not so very long ago 1t was only by a very strong effort that there was not a schism in their ranks. How soon another such danger may threaten the little band is not known, but there are already evidences that fealty to each other Is an unknown quantity otherwise where pure selfishness is the controlling virtue. Facts are not wanting to prove what will be the results of such disloyal work. Just through the agency of such work four years ago this county so strongly Re- publican, was delivered largely into the hands of Independence and Populism. IT pr. Pardees methods of doing politics prevail, the same calamity will follow this year. All California has laughed at the fact that although Alameda is the ban ner Republican county, half our county officers, and that the most important, are not filled by Republicans. In tn. Oakland city government three and five years ago the same condition prevailed. and was due entirely and unreservedly to the mad, personal ambitions of pr. Par dee, who now is being blindly led to be- lieve that California will honor him as its foremost Republican.
 But why refer to Dr. Pardee in con- nection with the Republican party Out side that party volumes might be writ ten of his doings, but among Republi- cans he has no place. And of his great "anti-railroad' record what remains Let West Oakland answer. The discontinu- ance of free trains, great depreciation of property values, according to Assessor Daltons figures last week, and the mem- ory of much public money used for legal services, and-also according to MT. Dai- ton-the permanent loss of the water front.