The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
One Set of Delegates Is Wanted by Some
 Politicians.
Others Desire That the County Fight Be Kept Apart From
 That of the State.
w. w. Knickerbocker Says He Has Not Expressed Anything
 Official.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

sos Broadway, March 10.
 Alameda County politicians having discovered that the only hope of send ing a solid delegation to the State Con- vention consists in holding but one pri- mary are now waiting for the Supreme Court to pass upon the Stratton pri- mary law. By this decision 1t will be known whether the county central con- mittee or the Board of Supervisors shall call the primaries.
 Anticipating the defeat of the new primary law, and in order to be pre- pared for any emergency, those who would like but one primary are already at work on the county committee. It is apparent that if there be only one primary and the delegates to the State Convention be elected at the county convention, that if either of the guber- material candidates can secure ma jority, even of one. in the county con- VentiOn, he would be able to secure solid delegation to the State Conven- tion. It is clearly the desire of some of the county office seekers who are lin- ing up behind Pardee to try and se- cure but one primary, but there IS great opposition to that scheme.
 In this connection the following letter was received here to-day from mem Der of the Republican State Central Committee for this county:
 Modesto, Cal. March 8, 1898;
 In the Examiner of March l find the W. w. Knickerbocker, who is one of the executive committee of William R. Davis, issued a statement in the Tribune in which he advocated one primary election for the selection of the county ticket and suggested that the county convention which selected the county officers should select the delegates to the State conven- ton and the Congressional convention. This plan would give the candidate who controlled the county convention the privilege of naming all his own delegates to the State convention as well as nam ing the county nominees.
 desire to say that 1 have never made any such statement in the Tribune or elsewhere. On the contrary, 1 am per sonally in favor of two separate conven- tions and that the, contest for Governor and Congressman should be kept entirely separate from that for county officers By so doing l believe that we will get better county officers. the people will be- better satisfied, and that the Republican party in Alameda County will be greatly Strengthened I wish it distinctly under stood that l am not speaking for MT. Da- wis. nor for the executive committee. Re
 w w. KNICKERBOCKER.
 The managers of MT. Davis declare that they are not attempting to capture the machinery of the party, and will be quite willing to abide by the decision in A the matter of primaries. of either the county committee or the Board of Su- pervisors. They disavow any desire to combine with any candidates on the county ticket, and declare that their issue is clear-cut and as solely to try and nominate the Governor A meet ing of the executive committee of the Co aII Co dow trrIaf and the members declare they are well pleased with the outlook.
 Candidates fer county offices are springing up daily from all over the county, and combinations are being at tempted in every direction. Almost as much politics is being done as though the election were only a week ahead.