Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-24
Pardee Gains.

! OlDC6 Iue puDllCdClOu III Inc bee
last Wednesday of the figures showing
Governor Pardee's strength in the
coming republican state convention,
his friends In this city have revised
them, to the advancement of the
governors prospects.
/ Governor Pardee is in Oakland, pre-
sumably comforting with his advisers
over his candidacy for denomination.
His local friends are keeping i'll close
touch with the situation, and claim
fourteen votes more than they count
ed upon last Wednesday.
This has been brought about by the
result of county conventions in Ven
tura and San Bernardino. In the
former county not one of the eight
delegates was claimed by Pardee, but
it develops that six CT them are for
him.
In San Bernardino, Paldee claimed
half of the delegates, and it turns out
since the convention last Saturday
the entire delegation of sixteen is for
him. Pardee's friends are not at all
disconnected over the result in Placer
county. There Pardee Pardee claim
ed to break even with Gillett on the
eight delegates, and returns from the
remote precincts may show he has "a
majority of them. For some reason,
Gillett's supporters are claiming
Harold I. Power as one of their dele
gates. lie is said to be an avowed
champion of governor Pardee. By
the revision of the figures, Pardee's
friends claim 373 votes, instead Of
1853, which leaves them but forty
votes short of enough to nominate
their candidate, and they figure on
making heavy inroads on the doubt
full column.
A peculiar feature OF the situation
is and has been that the opposition to
Pardee has invariably resorted to
appointing delegates, instead of per-
uniting them to be elected at pri-
maries. This is true of both the
Gillett and Porter factions.
In Santa Cruz. Monterey, Santa
Barbara and San Benlto counties,
where the Porter strength lies, all
the delegates were appointed by the
county central committees. The
same program was attempted in
PorteI's interests in San Luis Obispo
county, but such a vigorous protest
was made by the voters that it was
decided to hold primaries. The same
tactics we're pursued by GilIett' Is
hackers. In Trinity, Amador, Gala
veras, Tuolumne and Modoc, all the
delegates we're appointed.
Shasta county republicans rebelIed
at this high handed proceeding, and
the party managers there gave way to
the popular demaud for primaries.
Primaries have been ueId in the
counties which have returned dele
gates for Pardee.
In Solano county the GiIlett forces
put primary ticket in the field, but
it was defeated. The same result at.
tended their efforts in Napa county.
In Marin county a contest was
made, but it is said that both fac
tions were favorable to Pardee, and
that the fight was for control of the
county offices only.
Pardee's friends point to these facts
as showing that where it comes to an
open fight the governor can win.
A pretty row in the republican
camp is on in Nevada county, where
the Gillett people are trying to force
delegation pledged to the northern
congressman upon the people. The
county central committee was to have
appointed delegates, which meant
nine more votes in the convention
for the northerner, but paused when
a protest from many quarters was
made. In Grass Valley, governor
Pardee has many warm supporters,
and they do not propose that the
Nevada county delegation shall be
turned ov,r to Gillett by the "ma-
chine" without a tight.
The central committee will meet
next Wednesday night, and Its action
is awaited with unusual interest.
Pardee's friends claim that if the
question is left TO the people be will
get fair share of the votes III the
Nevada delegation.
In Amador there is said to be great
dissatisfaction among the republicans
ever the action of the central com
mittee in appointing delegates for
Gillett. Once before the party
managers in Amador appointed dele
gates, and the breach caused thereby
was years in healing. -Sacramento
Bee.
Pardee may be defeated for the
nomination, but it will be by dis
honest methods, and the united forces
of the gang of spollsmen who live
at the public crib. If the republicans
are more anxious of success than to
crafty the spite of a few, they will
nominate Pardee. He can WIN hands
down. 1t is true he carried Amador
county four years ago by the small
majority of &c. But he carried it
all the same, and would carry it this
year by three or four times that
majority. Whereas. two years ago his
candidate Gillett lost ANA
dor by the crushing vote of SAG, and