The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
Bricks and Opposition Tick
cts Are Flying in
the Alameda Districts
SUPERVISORS CONTEST
Only One Serious Difference
On in the Ranks of
the Republican Party
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,


one of the good, old-fashioned fights
that have split a hopeless Democratic
minority in Alameda County so many
times has again developed. In at least
three of the seven Assembly districts
Of Alameda County there will be tick
cts in opposition to those advanced by
the faction in control Of the Democratic
County Central Committee.
Up to to-day there was not the
slightest hint of any fight among the
Democrats. The old r. NJ. Fitzgerald
wing of the party was in absolute con-
troll of the county committee, even
though J. J. Mcdonald resigned as
chairman when he went East to at
tend the Democratic National Con-
vention.
When it came to naming delegates to
be voted for at the primary election
on Tuesday next the committeeman
from the various districts prepared the
lists. There was no indication of a
fight against these delegates until op-
position lists appeared suddenly in the
Forty eighth Assembly District, which
is along the southern water front; the
Forty ninth Assembly District, which
includes West Oakland, and the Fifty
second Assembly District, which is the
town of Berlekye. An effort to get an
opposition ticket in Alameda failed,
but fights are expected in all of the
districts except the Forty-sixth, which
is the rural part of Alameda County,
and the Forty-seventh, which is Ala
media City.
These opposition tickets are backed
by S. Bachrach, secretary OF the coun-
~ committee, and NJ. j. Laymance, the
wealthy oil magnate, who has always
opposed the Fitzgerald wing of the
party.
TO CONTROL PARTY.
The fight is only for the control of
the party machinery, with an eye to
the election tWo-years from now. 1t
is the same old fight that has existed
for the last fifteen years in this county.
The people back of the regular OF
county committee ticket say that the
opposition tickets were put in the field
at the last moment in the hope that
the votes at the Democratic primary
would be so few that they could win
with a small vote on their side. In
Berkeley there is some bitterness
against the new move, and the sup
porters of the regular" ticket assert
that the new movement is in the in
terests Of the Contra Costa Water
Company, so that it may control the
municipal fight next spring.
The opposition tickets are an entire
surprise" said ]. ]. Mcdonald to-day.
There has been no fight against the
regular tickets until Bachrach and
Laymance got up these new tickets.
] have no idea what the object can be,
and am quite sure that the San Fran
cisco fight is not behind the move on
this side OF the bay"
Actual fights in the Republican ranks
are few and growing, fewer. The big
contest is between John Mitchell and
George Randolph for the Republican
nomination for Supervisor in the Fifth
District. This fight has become very
bitter, but instead of being upon old
factional lines men are fighting side
by side who have been formerly polit-
ical enemies. Behind Mitchell are
Charles L. Shook, Charles H. Spear,
chairman of the San Francisco Harbol
Commissioners; George w. Reed, Guy
c. Earl, City Auditor A. H Breed and
others. Behind Randolph are State
Senator G. r. Lukens, j. Cal Ewing,
secretary of the State Bank CommIs
sion; ]. p. Cook County Clerk; George
Pearce, chief deputy County Clerk.
This fight will center in the Second
Ward, and whoever carries that dis
trict will probably win the nomination.
The only other fight is that between
]. J. Burke and Morris Flynn for the
Assembly nomination in the Forty
ninth District, and this is largely the
outgrowth of the Supervisorial contest
between Mitchell and Randolph.
Troubles over the Congressional nom
ination and over the nomination for
State Senator to succeed G. r. Lukens
are settled. 1t was announced to-day
that there would be no opposition to
Knowland taking the nomination for
Congress and that there would be no
opposition to Lukens succeeding him
self as State Senator.
ALAMEDA'S ONLY FIGHT.
ALAMEDA, Aug. 6.-Edward K. Tay-
lor, candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for State Senator from this
district against CitY Attorney NJ. W.