The San Francisco call., 1905-01-31
B0MBARDMENT
OF CIRCULARS
Oakland's Political Battle
Ends With a Contest of the
Types and Printers Ink
FIGHTS IN MANY WARDS
All Kinds of Documents Are
Issued by the Partisans of
the Republican Factions
FIGHTS IN MANY WARDS
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway, Jan. 80.

AVAV IA AO~N"AsS ooL' ov-
On the eve of the general municipal
primaries for the city Of Oakland the
mails are overladen and messenger
boys are borne down with loads of cir
culars and literature from all sides.
The campaign just closing has been
one of letters and documents rather
than of newspaper work, and there has
been no end of both letters and docu-
ments.
The last assault made to-day was
upon the stand Of George E. Randolph
on the water question. Some days ago
Mr.. Randolph issued a statement in
which he said: II believe the Council
of the city was justified in submitting
to the voters their proposition to bond
the city for the acquisition of the Bay
Cities Water Company" Tonight there
was issued copy of the referendum
card that was sent by Mr.. Randolph
to the general water committee when
that committee submitted the Bay Cit
les proposition and the Niles cone prop
osition to the people. Mr.. Randolph's S
card declared that he was in favor Of
neither proposition. and Photographic
copy of his signed card has been is
sued.
Another deal of circulars was made
by City Auditor A. H. Breed, who is a
candidate for reelection. He issued a
circular letter to-day to his friends in
the Fifth Ward asking them to sup
port the Mot ticket. This letter is very
strong and declares positively for Mr..
Mott for Mayor. This letter has brought
a reply from FELTON, Taylor, present
City Treasurer, who seeks a renom-
ination, in which Mr.. Taylor resents
Mr.. Breeds efforts in his ward, and
says that his delegation has always
been pledged to Mr.. Breed and he sees
no reason for Breeds trying to dictate
the affairs of the Fifth Ward.
While there is bombardment of cir
culars in the Fifth Ward, there is also
another bombardment of the same kind
going on in the Seventh Ward. When
Councilman j. T. Wallace was ignored
on the regular Republican ticket of
that ward he turned into the camp of
r. II. Chamberlain, who seeks the Re-
publican nomination for Mayor. A COM
mittee of Seventh Ward citizens, COM
posed of John Yule, Clinton G. Dodge,
Charles E. Cornell and George H. Ma
son, issued circular. in which they
said: ssiYet because Mr., Wallace would
not submit to being dictated to by a
few politicians who claim to rule the
Seventh Ward, and who had nothing
but their own selfish interests to pro-
mote, they have combined toe defeat
him for reelection"
This circular was answered tonight
by Supervisor H. D. Rowe in a state
ment declaring that J. T. Wallace is a
Democrat, and not a Republican, and
takes to task every man who signed
the Wallace circular with the exception
of John Yule, and says that they all
have some ak to grind and some po-
litical place to seek.
Aside from these newly issued politi-
cal circulars there has been no particu-
lar change in the political situation as
announced in The Call this morning.
The fights are confined exclusively to
the Republican party. There are no
contests in the Municipal League or
among the Democrats or Socialists, and
there will be hardly handful of votes
cast by these parties. The issues are
all joined, and only the casting of the
ballots tomorrow remains.