Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
CURIOUS ELECTION FIGURES.

The total vote cast for Markham, the
head of the Republican ticket, was 126, 432.
The aggregate total vote cast for Republic
can Assemblymen was 49,, 1868. The diff
ference between the aggregate vote cast
for Republican Assemblymen and the
total vote cast for Republican Governor
was 1896. On the other hand, the total
vote cast for Pond, the head of the Demo-
cratic ticket, was 1901, while the aggre-
gate total vote cast for the Democratic
candidates for the Assembly was 107, 1903,
a difference of II, 298 But the difference
between the vote cast for the Republican
| candidates for the Assembly and the
Democratic candidates for the same office,
! is as follows: The total vote cast for the
Republican candidates for the Assembly
was 13l. 1868; the aggregate vote cast for
the Democratic candidates for the Assem-
bly, was 107,303; an aggregate majority
for the Republican candidates for the
Assembly of "a 065.
This is a curious condition of affairs 1t
will be observed that the Republicans cast
1000 more votes for the candidates for the
Assembly, while the Democrats cast IL 600
I fewer votes for the candidates for the
Assembly than for Governor, making a
, difference of $1,000, and yet the straight
single balance of the aggregate of both
votes, when the vote for Assemblymen
, alone is considered, is 24,065. A very
large percentage of this difference belongs
to San Francisco. Pond carried San
Francisco by 2l1 majority. The total
vote for the Republican candidates
for the Assembly was 80, 273, and for the
Democratic candidates for the Assembly,
2S,S1l. Thus the Republicans on the
legislative ticket carried the city of San
Francisco by 6,462, difference in favor of
the Republicans of 6,673, as against the
vote cast for the head of the Democratic
State ticket. These figures are complete
measurement of the political activity in
the field of legislative candidates, and
the most effective work done anywhere
was in the city of San Francisco. The
manager of the legislative campaign
took a normal Republican majority of
about FIVE or six thousand in the State,
aad produces an aggregate Republican
majority for members of the Assembly of
over $4,000. Taking the vote cast for
Pond as the basis of Democratic strength,
and we have lis, sol Democrats who voted
for the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Of these, 107, 1903 voted for the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Assembly, loss
of II, 29S. But these did not vote for the
Republican candidates for the Legislature,
because Markham receives 126, 432, and if
we add the 1925, it would have given
Republican candidates for the Assembly
137, 73O, whereas, they received but 49,
36S. 1t must, therefore, be assumed that
about 5000 Democrats who voted for Pond
conteBted themselves by scratching a
Democratic candidate for the Assembly
without substituting any name for that
erasure. Upon the whole, the fight for
the legislative ticket left the State ticket
far in the rear. 1t is an excellent illustra-
ton as to what organized effort will ac-
complisb, if it is concentrated in any
direction. 1t also discloses the high order
of political ability which was in charge
of the legislative campaign.