The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-10

to him they said that it would show that
there had been fraud.
The fact that SO many precincts had
been kept back looked very suspicious to
the uneasy politicians, and for two days
they have been saying that Dan Burns
would ring in joker on them if he cnuld.
Chairman Gould declared that Budd would
win by 1000 He did not believe that the
figures given by the Ass ociated Press were
correct
The committee has received returns
from a large number of the chairmen of
The county committees throughout the
State, and these figures do not tally with
the returns given by the dispatches sent to
the telegraph company. Therefore the
Democrats assumed that the published re-
turns WIRE wrong and that the returns at
headquarters were correct. They were
positive that the telegraph had erred in
certain cases. Then why not in others in
which there are discrepancies?
1t was commended the returns from the
city had not been correctly given and that
Budd's plurality in San Fran cisco is really
II, 1885, instead Of II. 226. Here, they say, is
gain for Budd of 500 clear. This mis-
take. it is said, has been allowed to run
through all the estimates. 1t was made
when the San Francisco vote was tabulated
the first time and ever since then the returns
from the interior have been added TO a
wrong amount brought forward" a. the
bookkeepers say. AT all events the DEM
ccratS decided 10 cling to their 1000 plural
ity until the official account shall be an
nounced. They want no small plurality,
because they say that if Budd should win
By a small margin the Republicans would
contest, and in that event Estee would
certainly be the next Governor.
The delay in getting the returns is due
10 the fact that the missing precincts are
located far from the railroad and tee-
graph lines. Some of them are in Mari
posa County. The county has fifteen pre-
cincts and only two OF them have been
heard from. The total vote of these two
was less than fifty. The only communi-
cation between the precincts and the tele-
graph Offices is by stage, and as the trips
are irregular and the travelling slow
no certainty exists as TO when the returns
Will be all in. In Mono County only two
Of the five precincts are in, it being lm-
possible to reach the others. Ten more
precincts in MADEIRA are to be heard from.
The county seats in these counties have
wired the superintendent that they have
sent all the returns they have received, and
there seems to be nothing to do but wait
until he county seats hear more news.
Del Norte County has sent no returns at
all. The people up there have only a tri-
weekly mail service. At Woodfords Post
Office, for instance. the nearest telegraph
office is thirty-two miles away. at Carson
City. which has to be reached by stage.
Many other places are equally badly of
for outside communication. The county
gave Cleveland a majority two years ago,
and the Democrats expect a small BOOST
for Budd if the returns ever get in.
John P Dunning, who has charge of
the Associated Press service in this city,
states that there has been no error in the
figures given to the newspapers for publ
cation, the Democrats to the contrary not
withstanding. The returns in this city
were gathered by q bureau carefully or
gained for the purpose, which Mr.. Dunn
ing thinks is much more reliable than the
desultory information gathered by poll
ticians, who are likely to be biased by
their own hopes and ambitions.
A correction TO the returns from Sonoma
raised Budd's plurality somewhat, and
with it the spirits of the Democrats, but it
was not of an important nature. The gen.
eral trend OF the dispatches was favorable
10 Estee, as might have been expected
from the fact that the interior is generally
Republican. After all the dispatches had
been received the total vote for Governor
showed Budd 103,604, Estee 102, S26
Webster 1926. Budd's plurality is IT'S,
with 277 precincts to be heard from.
In a total of 433 precincts In the First
Congressional District 268 precincts give
Barbam 10901, Geary 1913, Grigsby
5237. Barham'S plurality 74S.
In the Second Congressional District
tie vote sands: johnson 1904. CANT
netti u, $50, Cornell 1858. In a total of
457 precincts in this district SO are yet to
be heard from.
Hilborn's vote in the Third Congress
sonal District is 13. 800, while the vote for
English stands 10.5SS. OF the 242 precincts
in the district foriy-eight have not been
heard from.
In the Fifth Congressional District Nc
Lschlan leads Patton by plurality of
6831. with twenty-one precincts to be
beard from.
The vote in the Fifth District stands:
Loud 1922 Kelly 1851, Rogers 1856, Den
man 6O75. Twelve precincts have sent in