The San Francisco call., 1898-01-24
Beaten Years Ago They Always Return to
 the Fray.
One of the Peculiar Things in Politics Across the
 Bay.
Time for the Council to Put Its Foot Down on Some Park
 Hunbugs-
Oakland Office San Francisco Gall

Call.
 sos Broadway, Jan. g.
 There are some brave men in Ala meda County. They never know when they are beaten, and they never seem able to realize that they are not in de- mand and that the public is not tunb- ling over itself in frantic efforts to do them homage. Of course, these indi- viduals are politicians, or they so esti- mate themselves, and it Is hard to con- vince them that, as a matter of fact, they were on the shelves when they were born so far as politics is con- cerned, and will be till the end of their days.
 Just at this time this band of the afflicted is very numerous. They have figured out that there Is a prospect" for them this year much nearer home than the Klondike. They live by the methods known to leeches for many months prior to an election, and how they keep from starving at other times the world knoweth not. As convention time approaches they are able to beg or control enough credit to get a few hundred cards printed with their faces on them, and they duly appear as can CidateS for any old thing, or course subject to the Republican Cor some other) county convention In some instances they are enabled to get their cards printed in the county press, but as this branch of advertising is gener ally paid for in advance, these brave fellows depend mostly for publicity on electric light masts and country fences.
 This kind of thing goes on every where, but in other counties they seem eventually to learn that they are not in demand. In Alameda County these warriors never learn, and the fact that some of the old-time itchers for office are not now in the field is due to the fact that death has intervened since the last election. It would be impos- sible in one edition to print the muster roll of these political braves in this county, and to individualize would be unjust. They are not strangers, unfor- tunately, and are known from Corral Hollow to the bay.
 No one can help admiring their pluck as they return to the inevitable defaat with unfailing promptness. They are sincere too, with that sincerity that is the child of desperation. They are be ing mentiOned' now at the rate of about four day, though it would be a hard task to find out who is doing the mentioning. They are also to be pitied. They have to live and as a rule they would never have commenced to chase fOrlorn hope but for the fact that they have failed in all business they ever engaged in. Yet they are never aware of the fact that their big gest and most continuous failure has been in politics. They are amusing while they are with us, but they should not be looked upon too harshly. Sooner or later, like good many successful politicians, they find a shelter in a State hospital or the county infirmary.
 Next Monday night if the City Coun- ell can read the trend of public opinion 1t will entertain and pass a resolution to lay the whole park matter on the table. There is no desire for a park and never was. The people have not asked for one and do not seem to aD- pTeciate the fact that the controversy arose when real estate man offered to sell a large tract to the city for generous price. Then every other real estate dealer who had any kind of an old section to dispose of called it a tract, gave free picnic to the grounds and generously offered it for sale at any number of prices. The proceeding has been a farce from beginning to end and has now become so ridiculous that its further discussion is beneath the dignity Of the city government Any body that thinks the people of this city will vote bonds for half-a-mlAion dol lars worth of schemes and jobs is pitt fully ignorant of the truth
 Oakland is ready for the next bubble
 If New York is bad politically and morally because of the principles of Crokerism, for the same reason Oak land is immediately pure. Croker be- heves in doing everything possible to keep his party intact and not a street. sweeper can live in the great metropo- lis who does not bow to the crouched tiger. In Oakland we go to the other extreme. There is neither party pat ronage, CIVIL service nor any other sys-
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