The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
KnoWland Enters
Fight Over Cor
onership.

- AKLAND, Aug. 16.-Congress-
man J. R. Knowland has
~ thrown his full strength into
the fight to nominate DR.. C. L.
Tfsdale of Alameda for Coroner. In
this contest between the Alamedan and
the incumbent. DR.. H. B. Mehrmann,
some interesting political developments
have come to light They bear in
large measure upon the oft-repeated
story that there was double dealing in
the reappointment of George Schmidt
as postmaster at Berkeley. There was
no double dealing. It was straight
out political proposition, in which
knowland figured as stanch friend
OF Tisdale and arranged at that time
with Schmidt to programme for the
Alameda physician for Coroner when
the primaries should be at hand.
That is in great part the inside story
of how Schmidt won over Fred w.
Richardson at Berkeley Knowland,
who does not hesitate to declare his
firm friendship for 1isdale, saw way
to make a political combination which
should help the doctor along in his
ambition to hold the position Of Cor
oner.
SPEAR FOR MEHRMANN.
Schmidt occupies a strong place in
Berkeley politics and desired to be
postmaster again for four years. It
was not a difficult matter for the Con-
gresham to suggest that delegation
from Berkeley for Tisdale would be ac-
ceptable, and Schmidt was clever
enough to take the hint.
That is all there is to the Berkeley
situation so far as Coroner Is con-
cerned, except one point, and that Is the
fact that Charlie Spear named some OF
| he II al %-r-
convention from that district, and Spear
is supposed to be friendly to DR.. Mehr-
| mann, in that the Coroner is friendly
with Governor Pardee.
| Now, DR.. Mehrmann enjoys justly a
reputation for being big, whole-souIed
| man, approachable and of magnetic per-
| sonality. Those qualifications he will
exert to break down what the surface
! indications show is combination
against him. Mehrmann says openly
that he will smash into the Berkeley
delegation and will take votes out of II
for himself. He points to the fact that
convention day is some weeks away
and that as a campaigner he can trot
a fast heat or two. Mehrmann is
working on those lines, and such of his
friends as are interested in the CUB
ernatorial situation say, wait until the
State convention is over"
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FIGHT.
Tie Crowell- Brown contest for the
nomination. for District Attorney has
| reached the waiting stage. Crowell
stands pat. he says, with the Fiftieth
Assembly District delegation behind
him. Brown looks for support along
the same lines as the Thomas fight to
beat Henry Dalton for the Assessorship
nomination, namely. q combination of
the Forty-seventh. Fifty-f1rst and Fiji
ty-second districts, with enough from
| the Forty-sixth to carry the day.
The legislative lineup for Republican
nominations is practically settled ex-
cept in the Forty-eignth Assembly Dis
trict, unless the whole arrangement
should be upset before the convention
meets. This is as follows: State Sen
ators-Fourteenth District, J.. Glenn
Bates; Sixteenth, Frank Leavitt AS
enblymen-Forty-si District, E. K
Strowbridge; Forty seventh District
Frank Otis; Forty eighth, -; For
ty-ninth, ]. j. Burke; Fiftieth, John w
Stetson; Fifty-frst, r. H E. Espey;
Fifty-second, John H. Eshelman.