The morning call., 1894-11-07
SUFFERS WERE SCARCE.
A Quiet But Determined Struggle
in Alameda County,

in Alameda County.
OAKLAND, Nov 6.-The election in
Oakland passed off quietly. The day was
perfect one. and every voter was brought
out Dy reason of the great number of can
didates in the field. The indications are
that the vote ia Alameda County is the
largest ever polled. Considering the man
ner in which registration has been in
creased, there were but few arrests for
illegal voting. Seven men were marched
to the City Prison during the day. and six
of these were for attempting to vote in the
Sixth Ward.
In the Sixth Precinct of the Sixth Ward
under Galud0 Hotel and just opposite
kelley's Industrial tent four men wera ar
rested. They were: William Cosgrove,
Jesus Lorenzana, c. H. Wilson and Harry
West At the Fourth Precinct of the Sixth
II. F. Edwards and Clarence F. Sprague
were arrested. The former was released
on $500 bonds AMI the latter put up $3.50
cash bail At Sixteenth street and San
Pablo avenue A. N. Dennan was arrested
for attempted Illegal voting, but was re-
leased on a bond OF $500. Thera were no
arrests for drunkenness, during the day
and last night the police were congratulate
Ing themselves on having passed the quiet
est election day ever seen in Oakland.
In Alameda, Berkeley. Haywards, San
Leandro, and indeed throughout the en-
tire county. the election was quiet but
the voting was rapid and heavy. All in
terest in tine election was conferred on local
affairs. The fact that Judge Henshaw is
on the Republican State ticket for the
Supreme bench was all that drew atten-
ton from local affairs, aud it was early
predicted that Henshaw would run far
ahead of his ticket.
or the local tickets there were Republ.-
can. Democrat, POpulist aud Prohibition,
and besides there were twenty-five indie
pendent candidates in the held for the
various local Offices. Considerable interest
has Centared 10 the iZht in the Twenty
sixth Senatorial District. There Eli Deni-
son, the Republican Incumbent, has in OPP
position c. W. Pierce, an Independent
Republican; Robert Stuart, Populist;
and j. c. Bullock, Democrat La the
Forty-ninth Assembly District there was
also a fight, in which the Republicans
were likely to get the worst of it. Elk
Couu Gilman Collins, the regular Republi-
can nominee, was opposed by r. Guy MIC
Clellan. an independent Republican j.
3. Mcdonald 3D., P, McCargar (P.) and
Ed Mcclure PopD.
The vote of the county of Alameda will
be compared with that of the election of
1892. when Harrison received S772, Cleve-
land 7109. Bidweil 442 and Weaver 2110
Ia the same election the vote on Congress
man was: Hilborn 1927, English 6129,
Ryan (Pop) 23l8 and Scranton P.) 800.
Up to 80 O'Clock the returns in Ala
media County were yet very meager, but
were of such nature as TO slightly indi-
cate the general drift of the votes. They
showed that Budd had developed unex-
pected strength 10 Alameda County and
that he was beating Estee and running
ahead of .Ieter at the rate of two to one.
Att o'clock San Leandro reported that
Budd and English were running far ahead
of The ticket, and that Rnsborough 3D.,
for County Clerk. and HaEiin 3D., for
Tex Collector, were leading their princi-
pal opponents. Jordan and Barber (R.).
The total vote at Haywards was All, and
from the very first it was evident that
Rosborough, Hani6n and McKilican
ID. for Sheriff, had been esI eei,lly
favored by the voters Of the little town.
The Republican County Committee at
$50 O'Clock from the partial returns in
the city of Oakland gave Budd 43, Es'ee
% and Webster %, and it was then geDer-
ally conceded that Budd would carry the
county by an appreciable plurality.
For the Supreme Court Henshaw was
running far ahead of his ticket, but was
being closely followed BY Jackson Temple.
and Murphy was doing next best; and for
the short term Bridgeford was in the race.
The fight for Railroad Commissioner
seems to be between Clark Of Stockton
and Phillips of Fresno. They are run
ming very evenly, but the former is
slightly in the lead. The returns of the
seven precincts of the First Wand showed
Budd in advance of Estee, while Hilborn
R) for Congress ran far ahead of his
ticket. English, on the other hand, while
notrunning half as well as Budd in the city,
was doing so well in the country as to
make an intelligent forecast Of the ulti.
mate result impossible. 1t was so in the
fight for County Clerk. Jordan R)
seemed to be doing we'll in the city. but t
was apparent that RosborOugh 3D. was
doing better In the country. II was just
so in the contest for Sheriff. In the city
Shaffer secured considerable LEAD over
McKflIcan. but in the country the returns
favored the latter.
The fight in the Forty-seyenth Assembly