The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
ALL WANT TO
 RUN SINCLY Davis and Pardee Shy of Combinations. MANY SCHEMES PROPOSED SOME FAVOR A COUNTY CON- MENTION AT ONCE. The Multiplicity of Plans Shows How Thoroughly All the Office
 Seekers Are in the
 Dark.
MANY SCHEMES PROPOSED
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

90S Broadway, June 27.
 There is a movement on foot to try to induce the Republican County Central Committee to call the county convention and get it out of the way before the State Central Committee meets, and issue its call for the State convention. Should this be done it will keep all the fights apart and will result in two or more primaries.
 It Is now dawning upon this county that there is a possibility of its wanting too much. It is one of the seven counties in the Congressional District and one of eight times as many more in the State and yet it wants the Congressman from this county as well as the Governor, not withstanding the fact that it already has the United States Senator.
 This idea is causing all the candidates for high offices to be very wary. Should any gubernatorial and Congressional can didates unite it is realized that the com binatiOn might be beaten on the ground that Oakland wants too much. For this reason Davis, Pardee, Hilborn and Met calf are all stating that they would like to have separate primaries for State, Congressional and county conventions. and at the same time they are all trying to find out whether it would be more ad- visable to combine or not. This condi- tiOn is likely to continue until it is con- sidered too late for other candidates to put up the cry that Alameda is selfish, after which time all kinds of combina- tons may be expected.
 Among the machine politicians a new proposition is put forward about once a week. Not long ago 1t was solemnly de- Clared that the only way to secure a united delegation was by electing dele gates to the State convention at coun- ty convention specially called for that purpose. A little later it was announced that delegates to the State convention would be elected from Assembly districts and this also was said to insure a solid delegation from Alameda. Now another scheme is being bruited which is to hold three primaries and three conventions and keep the different issues widely apart Still another idea is to have an early county convention called before the State convention, so that there can be no combinations between county and State offices.
 All these plans convey the idea that there is an element at work on the rule or-ruin policy, and who clutch at every imaginary expression of public opinion to hold its own. As a matter of fact, this planning and Scheming and rumoring of how these questions of combinations or separate primaries shall be settled are all without foundation and merely the Whims of the individuals who start them going tbe rounds. Until the State committee meets nothing definite can possibly be
 This morning Dr. Pardee said that he Is in favor of any plan which will give the nomination to an Alameda County
 If Alameda County sends two cand,- dates to the State convention she will as usual get left and come home with hel political tail between her political legs, said the doctor.
 W R. Davis. when asked for his opin- ion, said:
 I've wish it to be distinctly under stood that we have no choice of our own in the matter of primaries. We are work ing for one end and one end only-the nomination for Governor. We have al ways been in the habit of obeying the mandates of the properly constituted au- thorities of the Republican party in this State and county, and we shall continue to do so. If one primary is ordered. we shall prepare for one primary. If half dozen are ordered we shall accept the situation with equal good grace. We are Republicans and have no desire to sway or dictate to those who are at the head of the party organiza- ton.
 Ut has been stated in print that we have made a combination with MT. Hfl- born. Such statement is absolutely un- true. We have never sought, nor are we seeking any combination with anybody, We are following the policy laid down in the beginning of our campaign and shall not depart from it."