The San Francisco call., 1907-01-01
AK AND BLACKLIST
FOR PARDEEITES
If Retiring Governor Makes
Trouble Vengeance Will
Be Wreaked on Relative
BOLTERS ARE Tabled

Trembling between an ak and a
blacklist, members Of the old guard
OF the Pardee administration are hay
ing anything but a happy new year.
f Close friends Of GovernOr-elect Gillett
say that the Office holding followers
OF the retiring Governor must go, and
Chairman George Stone of the Repub-
lican State committee is collecting a
list OF Pardee men who bOlted the
ticket. but even this is not all Gov
ernor-elect Gillett has grasped club
almost as long and thick as a Hum
bOldt redwood tree and threatens to
swing il around in a head-high circle
il Pardee should try 10 reward faith
ful retainers before ne retires from
Office.
The GHlett blacklist is the latest
thing in politics. Chairman Stone is
credited with getting il up. For weeks
he has been receiving lists OF the
faithless from all parts Of the State.
and the total is said TO be something
surprising. From Amador County alone
come 100 names of Pardee men who
worked against Gillett. Amador is only
a small county and IL its report is an
index of what happened in more pOpu-
: lous communities the Alameda County
list Of excOmmunicates must be as fat
as hotel register.
According 10 a story told in political
q circles, the Gillett men sent a spy into
I Berkeley laJe in the State campaign
. representing himself as Democrat
lie entered. the Pardee camp, was
heartily welcomed and was told many
things calculated to gladden. the heart
. or Theodore A. Bell and disturb the
peace Of mind OF Gillett just what
lie learned is being kept secret but
organization gOssips say that the in
formation gained is part Of the secret
r1.If
mittee.
THOUSANDS ON THE LIST
It is safe to-. assume that many
Berkeley names are on the blacklist.
AS for the taboo list OF the whole State
il viii run into the thousands. Every
county committee in touch with the
state organization viii be given a peek
into the book OF fate, and no insurgent
will stand a chance of getting the local
Z Endorsement necessary TO insure ap-
pOintment TO Office by Governor Gillett.
= some Pardee men have been figuring
lhat their chieftain would be able to
reward few Of the TennysOnian poll
ticians whose faith unfaithful kept
them falsely true" This is only a
dream. Word has come from Eureka
that il Governor Pardee dares to make
a dying grab for patronage as he goes
out. Governor Gillett viii retaliate by
removing all those personal friends Of
Pardee who hold Office at the pleasure
of the States chief executive. Under
ordinary circumstances such a threat
might fail OF it's object, but, coming at
= time when the official life of rela-
tive OF the retiring Governor is at
stake, it means Hands up"
c. L. Pardee, a cousin Of the outgoing
executive, is secretary Of the lunacy
commission. II Governor Pardee should
interfere with the plans OF Gillett in
any way by making eIeventh-hour ap-
pointments, c. L. Pardee's head would
drop into the basket soon after the In
a0guratiOn ceremonies, and the heaus
OF ether personal appointees would fol-
low rapidly. IT, on the other hand,
al goes smoothly. several Bardee men
would be permitted TO retain office:
Governor Pardee can appoint at
least one Superior Judge without fear
Of reprisal Judge Z. c. Hart of Sac
ramento. who has been elected to the
Appellate Court, resigned early. because
IL was TO his interest 70 do SO. He
received loyal support from the Pardee
men in Sacramento, and no objection
viii be made 10 Pardee naming his sue
cessor. it is different with the three
other Superior Judges who We're ele-
waited to the Appellate. bench. j.. II.
Barnett OF Santa Rosa, Frank N Ker-
Tgan Of San Francisco and j. W. Tag
gart of Santa Barbara owe nothing
10 Pardee and all three are expected
10 hold on until at least an hour or
two after Gillett has taken Office.
WANT PATRONAGE
The Organization counts on having
something TO say with the naming of
their successors, and even if ohe or
more OF them should resign before Par
dee retires, immediate filling Of va
cancies would be looked upon as an
overt act that could only be punished
by dropping the ak that now hangs
suspended over the head Of Cousin Par
dee and other personal appointees
Meanwhile, Office holding friends Of
Governor Pardee are busy trying TO
prove alibis. To hear some of them
talk, they worked for Gillett twenty
four hours a day from. the time the
State campaign opened until il closed.
Others are resigned to their fate and
are already removing their collars for
the official guillotine. One Of the latter.
who holds a minor position on the
water front, said recently: I'm not
asking 20 be held. ] stood with Pardee
That put the jinx on me- Ny head is
going to drop with the rest and I'm
not going to make any fuss about il
: The Indian sign is upon. me- did nv
little stunt II didn't succeed, so I'm