The San Francisco call., 1903-01-28
.PARDEE MEN
WIN IN OAKLAND
Meet With Success in
! the Primaries Held
Yesterday.
Municipal League May Have
to Compromise as to a
Candidate.

OAKLAND. Jan. Ex-Governor George
C. Pardee and his friends have secured
control Of the Republican party and the
Republican convention that will be held
next Friday viii be in their hands The
new deal that was sprung suddenly yes
terday carried, and the opposition tickets
that were put in the First. Second and
Fourth Wards were all elected. The only
ticket that made its appearance in the
Fifth Ward represented the same element
sx the opposition tickets in the three
cOntesting wards, so that the new ele-
ment controls four wards out Of the
seven, with enough delegates in the other
three ward delegations TO make control
absolutely sure.
This makes the approaching Republican
convention akin 10 the Municipal League
convention, and the programme now is
10 have the Republican convention meet
and organize on Friday evening next and
then appoint a conference committee TO
meet with the Municipal League conven-
-t.4n which gathers on Saturday evening.
IN effort VIII then be made TO harmonic
sac TWO tickets as much az possible. AS
. hose who represent the faction now n
control OF the Republican convention and
rle Municipal Leaguers have the same
s.mpathies this viii not be difficult, and
81 far as the Council nominees are con-
i.--red the TWO tickets wiz be almost
:. euriCal.
:: oLNEY OR MOTT.
An embarrassing situation Is encoun-
: --G in the case OF The nomination for
5asor. 1t is a practical certainty that
The Municipal League viii nominate
Warren Olney for that Office. but as Mr..
lney is a Democrat the Republicans VIII
15ll & impossible to indorse MIN. It now
becomes a question as 10 whether the
Muu.cipal League viii offer any cones
SONS TO the Republicans upon this office
- number OF those who to-day secured
control If the Republican convention call
ed upon Fran * Mott last night and
offered. II he would take the Republican
- uarnina1iou for Mayor. 10 do all in their
power 10 secure for him the Municipal
: League Endorsement. Mr. Mott could have
lad the Municipal League nomination II
le had said at any time prior 10 two
weeks ago that he would take it. Wherh-
er il is now TOO late To bring the league
back 10 Mott or whether be Will permit
the effort TO be mace IS uncertain
There viii be plenty Of negotiation dur
ing the few days that intervene before
the conventions, and many things may
ne accom- DllSLtu III lLL-F snort Ille. LLe
success OF the auti-pusL Republican forces
las been so sudden that there has been no
time t. discuss much less decide what
shall be done. The opposition Republican
- tickets were only put out yesterday, and
+-le suldeuness of the move is shown by
what one Of the managers Of the move
said last night:
'-MLar VIII we do with the convention
81 we set iL2
CONFERENCES TO BE HELD.
There will be conferences enough to-
. morrow 10 practically settle that point
~1Ieanwhile candidates are hurrying to see
Just what they can do, and those who
have been banking their all upon the old
. time Republican support are feeling un-
= comfortable
The day was the worst Of the season.
and was remarkable mostly for The small
amount of votes cast and the large
amount OF rain that fell. There was a
total Of about 1900 votes cast for all par
lies in a city that casts 1900 votes at a
general election. The vote cast for the
Union Labor. Democratic. Socialist and
Prohibition tickets was ridicul0usiv small.
lu many precincts there was not a single
vote cast for either the Democratic. So
ciallst or Prohibition tickets, while the
Union Labor vote did not average ten 10
"a precinct. The Municipal League cast
a larger vote than The Republicans. Only
g. the wards where there was fight did
the vote assume any proportions, and
then the proportions were not Of sufficient
size 10 be called respectable.
In the First Ward the fight was between
p ticket put up by Captain j. IT. Nc
MenOmy fsvOrng George de TrOOst for
Tie Council and generally known as the
'old line" ticket. The opposition ticket
was put up By Alexander McAdam and
city Engineer j. q. Turner. the delegs-
tion 10 be for McAdam for the Council
and Turner for City Engineer The total
vote Of the ward was 322 for the McAdam
ticket and ia for the McMenomy ticket.
Captain McMonOmy carried his home
precinct at Golden Gate by vote Of 80
10 q while McAdam carried his home
precinct OF Alden by a vote Of 10 to "a.
Piedmont went heavily for McAdam. Civ
ing vote OF p To 3 for his ticket while
The two other precincts In the First Ward