The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
PROPHETS ARE WITHOUT HONOR
 IN ALAMEDA PecuIiarities of the
 Election. OPPOSITION MADE VOTES LEAVITT, TALCoTT, CHURCH
 AND JORDAN. The Republican Quartet That Kept Their Enemies Awake O Nights Planning Schemes That
 Failed.
OPPOSITION MADE VOTES
LEAVITT, TALcoTT, CHURCH
 AND JORDAN.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 QNS Broadway. Nov. 13.

sos Broadway, Nov. 13.
 There are many prophets who are not without honor save in their own country and many of them live in Alameda County. AS well as being prophets they are poli- ticians, and under the fire of last Tues day some melted and others came out Daniel-like. Now that the seriousness or the election is past, an analysis or some of the conditions attending it Is full or surprises Many of the successful candl- dates were repudiated in their own homes, while others who were thought to be weak proved to be remarkably strong, and yet others who prophesied great strength were incased in ice when the votes were counted.
 Supervisor Church. although securing handsome majority in his district. did not win any of that majority in his home ward. County Clerk Jordan, who made the hardest fight of the campaign, did not get any of his majority in the Seventh Ward; Supervisor Talcott, whose majority was very generous in his district, re- ceived a minority in his home precinct; Recorder Spear of Berkeley, one Of the most active in the Republican county campaign, was beaten in his home dis trict and everywhere else. s. D. Water man, also of Berkeley. did not carry hls own district, and was beaten.
 Oscar Rogers, who obtained more votes for Sheriff than all the other candidates was considered to be one Of the weakest Republican candidates. On the other hand, John Hackett, an independent dence in some quarters. in his campaign, that a member of the City Council found dred dollars on election of Henry Dal- ton. Dr. Mehrmann was beaten in the city where he resides, but saved himself in tbe county. This is remarkable in view of the fact that Republican candi- dates in the past have always depended Democratic majority with which Demo crats always threaten to come over San
 Of late years 1t may be noted that this Democratic majority has been only imag1- nary.
 Another feature of the election is the fact that the candidates who were most bitterly and generously opposed were elected. Not for years has this county seen such a bitter spirit shown in Su- pervisoriaI fight as that evinced toward John Talcott and Will Church. Not only part of the local press. but San Fran cisco's fusion organ, brought all their batteries to bear against these Republican candidates, but without effect. Never was made against County Clerk Jordan, and every opportunity that his political op- ponents could invent to unfairly criticize his administration was eagerly embraced anG prom9eRPt 9ePtoiiR Repubifcans went into the Seventh Ward on the day of election and worked hard to defeat Jordan and now he has the laugh on his opponents.
 There are some sores left from Tues days battle which will not easily heal. Weeks ago 1t was known that there was not unity among the Republican candi- dates. All were not working for the com mon good of the ticket, and it is a lasting denunciation of such tactics that the men against whom opposition was hurled from their own ranks came out Vlctorlou6 While others were buried beneath the maJorities of their opponents. It is surprising In view of the individual selfishness that pre- vailed in the party that the Republican banner still stays with us. There Is at present a quiet investigation going on to find out just who is primarily responsible for this treachery, and those who won in spite of it would not be human did they not take every means to retaliate during the next four years.
 Another lucky man was Assemblyman, now Senator-elect, Frank W. Leavitt. As soon as he announced his desire to be a member of the next State Senate Mir Leavitt was considered a legitimate tar get for abuse by the fusionist press. With it's usual and expected disregard for truth and decency MT. Leavitt was honored by the opposition. The effect was most bene- ficial to him, for each week if became more evident that his probable majority was steadily increasing, and last Tuesday night his fusion opponent was left so far behind that he must be considered polit- ically dead. Leavitt always was child of luck
 Recorder Spear deserves great credit for the magnanimity with which he can lose a political fight. No one did better work during the county campaign than Spear. lie fought loyalty for the whole ticket, asking no particular favors for any spe- cal candidate, not even for himself. His was a peculiar struggle. He was never criticized nor opposed, either personally or for the conduct of his office, yet his op- ponent- an elderly man, captured the plum with thousands of votes to spare. Spear, but they wanted Grim more. When the result was known Spear was one of little dinner party early last Wednesday morning and he was as sincere In his con gratuations of his more favored brother candidates, as in his expression that his beaten temporarily. Spear is a long way from beii''' vanquished politically.
 The sttj,et railway employees proved themselvss to be a powerful factor in county T5litics Three months ago they expresset a desire to see A. K. Grim elected Recorder. There are about seven huEdred Sstreet-car men and some one Automatically suggested that they or ga-Ze on: behalf of MT. Grim. Their cam paign was personal one more than po- litical effort. They knew nothing in pol itiEs but yGrim; they talked nothing but Cl}m ard the amount of campaigning that seven hundred men can do on street caSs in < couple of months was shown eohciusively last Tuesday Each man Is credited with making dozen votes for Grim, While pulling the bell or turning the lever. and this estimate with the votes of the faction of Republicans which was dissatisfied with the San Leandro convention gave Mir Grim his great vote Hereafter the street-ear men will be in demand at elections, although the pro- priety of hundreds of men employed by one corporation entering so decidedly Into politics may be questioned Tn this tbs abnstanee ees+ howeyeS seenn there was carmen's action. They organifzed openly, fearlessly, as individuals, and were neither encouraged nor discouraged by their employers. They felt a debt of gratitude to MT. Grim and even went so far as to issue thousands of addresses to the voters, signed by a corps of carmen
 There Is an interesting side to this at- titude of the carmen. They made their fight for Grim because two years ago Grim relinquished voluntarily his position as superintendent of the Syndicate Rail- way because he refused 10 obey the orders of the directors to reduce the sala- ries of the men h ndd Aecopedddg +4 10 MT: sh. Ma