The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-03
SOME POLITICS
FROM ALAMEDA
Campaign Begins With a
Very Few Fights in the
Ranks of Republicans
CONTESTS ARE LOCAL
Meetings Are Being Held
and Candidates Are De-
claring Their Ambitions
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

1016 Broadway, Aug.
The campaign in Alameda County is
moving apace as the time for the pri
maries approaches. Local political
clubs are being organized and old ones
revived; candidates are announcing
themselves, and there are many indi-
cations of approaching political strug-
giles.
Not many officers will be balloted for
this year in Alameda County. The leg
isIatiVe ticket and three Supervisors
constitute the county ticket this year.
While there is great interest in the
State at large in the United States Sen
atorial question this subject is the least
referred to In Alameda County affairs.
The Senatorial question apparently
has little to do with the very few con-
tests for Republican legislative nomi-
nations, in every case the contests be-
ing of purely local character.
Three Senators will be nominated,
one for the unexpired term of J.. r.
KnoWland, who will be the nominee for
Congress to succeed Victor H. Metcalf.
In the Thirteenth District j. G. Mat
tos Jr., at present an Assemblyman, has
no opposition In the Fourteenth Dis
trict w. M. Simpson is pitted against
former Senator e. K. Taylor for sue
cessor to Mr.. Knowland. This contest
is local one between two factions of
the party. In the Fifteenth District G.
r. Lukens will undoubtedly succeed
himself. though there has been some
talk of an opposition candidate who has
not yet materialiZed.
There are contests in only three of
the, four Assembly districts. In the
Fofty-sixth District E. K. Strowbridge
of Haywards has no opposition. OppO-
sition to z. NJ Walsh, incumbent in the
oSr s.N,~ ID
and he has the field to himself. j. A.
Bliss will probably succeed himself in
the Fiftieth, though a local Super
visOrial fight cuts in at this point. w.
H Waste will go back in the Fifty
second District. In the Forty-seventh
District in Alameda, r. b. Tappan is
making fight against j. Glenn Bates,
the present Representative. The pre-
diction in that city is generally of
Simpson for Senator and Bates for the
Assembly, as against Taylor for Sena-
tor and Tappan for the Assembly. In
the Forty-ninth District there is a de-
cided fight on between ]. J. Burke and
Morris Flynn. 1t is understood that ].
w. Mott, present Representative, will
not again be a candidate. In the Fifty
first District r. II. E. Espey and c. c..
Dodge are candidates.
There is only one fight in the Super
Visorial field. c. f. Homer will be re-
nominated from the Fifth District and
II. D. Rowe from the Fourth District.
In the Fifth District there is a fight
between John Mitchell, George E. Ran
dolph and George Fitzgerald. Mitchell
has most of the leaders of his district
behind him and the indications are that
if Fitzgerald runs it will be with the
Union Labor nomination, which he can
have for the asking, leaving the fight
for the Republican nomination between
Randolph and Mitchell.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Sec
ond Ward Republican Club was held
at Milton Hall tonight to indorse the
denomination of Supervisor John
Mitchell. The club, 200 strong. received
his name with cheers and voted unan-
imously to work and vote for his nom
ination and reelection to office His
candidacy was given hearty support
by Attorney G. E. Shook, Councilman
Elliott, Police Judge Mortimer Smith
and others and upon primary day every
member of the club will use all his in
fiuence with friends to gain their sup
port of MitchelPs candidacy.
BERKELEY, Aug. 1.-The South
Berkeley Republican Club held a meet
ing last night in Lorin Hall and list
ened to impromptu speeches. Dr. W.
M Rowley acted as chairman. A COM
mittee consisting of r. c. Stats. r. A.
Nickel and Thomas Stevenson was APP
pointed to arrange with the Berkeley
Republican Club for delegates to the
County Convention. A special meeting
of the club will be held next Monday
evening