The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
Senator G. r. Lukens and
Frank c. Jordan Make
Sudden Return to Oakland
TWO LEADING FIGURES
Alameda Candidates Get
Ont Circulars Regard
inc Others and Themselves
Oakland Office San francisco Call,
1915 Broadway, Aug. I.


TWO men who are of much impor-
tsnoe TO the local political situation
arrived in Oakland to-day on the eve
Of the primary election. Both deny
that the primary had anything TO do
with bringing them back TO Oakland
D. and both are sure that they don
know anything about local politics
one was State Senator q. r. Lukens
and the other was Frank c. Jordan
clerk II the Supreme Court.
Both are IN the storm center OF the
one big fight OF the Republicans, which
j. for the Republican nomination for
Supervisor in the Fifth District SEN
stOr Lukens, power and q leader IN
The county, is credited with having
dropped inuO the fight Of George Ran
dolph. even though Randolph's super
1isOrial district and Lukens' Senator
ial district touch IN only q few places
Frank C. Jordan is credited with being
a-ainst John Mitchell because Mitchell.
as Supervisor. voted 70 give a contract
Tor voting machines TO the Columbia
Voting Machine Company as against
The United States Standard Voting
Machine Company, which Jordan rep
resents.
Il have only just stepped off the
overland train" said Senator Lukens,
who looked travel-w0rn. I am dense
j. ignorant as 10 recent political de-
NelOpments. but YOU never knew me
o. sidestep trouble just because II was
trouble"
I am not mixing up in eleventh hour
fights" said Frank c. Jordan, and I
am nOt in town TO take any hand,
more than that Of a citizen, in any
primary. ] am selling voting machines
and not doing politics"
So a waiting public viii have to con-
r. homes for n
lightenment from these two men.
The superVisorial fight in the Fifth
District viii be the only excitement OF
the Republican primary, with the eX-
ceptiOn Of a little contest in Alameda
The fight win center in the Second
Ward with twenty-siX delegates, and
whoever carries that section on Tues
day viii probably be the nominee Of
the marty.
The contest between r. Il. Z. Espee
and Clinton G. Dodge. both OF the Sew
enth Ward. for the Assembly nomina-
tion in the Fifty-hrst District is unset
tied. There viii be one ticket in that
district which viii support Lukens for
Senator and Rowe for Supervisor. Espee
has agreed 10 take his chances with this
ticket Dodge said tonight that his
decision would be given tomorrow.
In Alameda the contest between J.
Glen Bates. the present Assemblyman,
and former Senator +. K. Taylor for
control Of the delegation is assuming a
peculiar condition. Bates takes the
ground that the list Of delegates an
nOunced by him viii be for him for the
Assembly AS there is no vacancy in
the state Senatorship, Senator Know
land not yet having been nominated for
Congress and not yet having resigned
his State Office, delegates TO fill a va
cancy that don't exist cannot be elect
ed. In a circular issued to-day Bates
gives a list Of names Of those who were
given places upon the Taylor ticket who
viii support his ticket as against Taylor
and who refuse 70 recognize their place
on the Taylor ticket. They are Peter
Christensen. William Hammond Jr.
George LOvegrOve, John Lubben
George Mcconnell and Charles 7. Rose
BERKELEY, Aug THE execu-
tive committee Of the Berkeley Repub-
lican Club named last night the follow
ing Republicans as delegates TO the
county convention: DR.. j. Edison Kel-
sey, Charles H. Blohm, W. K Weir. f
". Richardson, Cleon Kilburn, S. @
Masters. ". +. Knowles, A. Z. Shaw
A s. Blake, Z. z. Mini, r. c. Baird
George Leonard, Walter A. GOmpertz
George c. Pape, Charles Z. Thomas
Robert Greig. D. y. Fraser E. O. Tur.
ner, Joseph s. Mills, Hugh Forgie
Thomas Winter, Lewis A. Hicks, Franz
Powder, Redmond c. Stats. Thomas
Stevenson, Leo s. Rodgers, II. D. IT
win. J. T. Renas, f. L. Loring, Thomas
Dowd. y. L. Nielsen, Arthur O'Keef'
and c. d. MalOney.