The San Francisco call., 1896-04-16
At the Regular Republican Fec
tion Yesterday Voters Had
Their Way.
CoNTEsTING TICKETS FAILED
For Once the Best Elements of the
Party FIocked Forth to Vote
at a Primary.

Nearly 1900 Republican votes were
polled yesterday at what was unmistak-
ably the cleanest primary ever held in San
Francisco.
The election of yesterday marks a new
era in San Francisco Republican politics,
in that no preceding one has ever been so
free from the domination of corrupt bosses
or has so fairly, freely and honestly ex-
pressed the wishes of the voters.
There was another distinctive feature to
the primary OF yesterday. 1t was the I'M
usual number of men belonging to the
solid business and professional elements
of society who came to the polls to vote.
Primaries of the past have often re-
PEELED these elements by the character of
the men who controlled them and the GER
tainty that vote against the "inside"
was thrown away.
Yesterday in every district and especially
in the Western Addition men who never
touch practical politics except on general
election day formed long lines at the poll
ing-places and waited for the privilege OF
exercising at the fountain of political
power and destiny the most important
privilege of citizenship.
These results followed naturally the en-
forcement of the broad, wise and honor
aole policy which has been eclared by
John d. Spreckels, and in support of
which the county committeeman and all
the strong party influences have COM
bined.
The primary of yesterday illustrates the
difference in results between the leader
ship OF a man of strong character. moral
worth and executive ability, who has no
petty selfish ends to serve, and the leader
ship of scheming bosses, who manipulate
only that their selfish and corrupt ends
may be served.
The election passed peacefully, bringing
no disgrace 10 party or party powers.
The interest was intense, but the ballots
rapidly dropped from 1 to P. NJ. at the
thirty-six polling-places, unchecked by
rows or high-handed proceedings. When
night fell there were no LOUD protestants
crying "frand."
There were contests in three or four dis
tricts, and in these districts the interest
was naturally much intensified, but in no
case did the contesting tickets develop
anywhere near the strength they were ex-
pected to show. This result evinced how
fairly the various clubs and factions had
been recognized in the naming of delegates
on the regular tickets.
The tickets elected in all cases bore the
names of loyal supporters of the leader
snip of John D. Spreckels.
The delegates chosen yesterday number
122, the number to which San Francisco is
entitled. OF these 81 are from the Fourth
Congressional District and 55 from that
portion of San Francisco lying within the
Fifth District
The delegation chosen Yesterday is one
OF exceptionally high character, and it
will tittlngly represent the Republicans o:
this city in the work of naming delegates
to the National Convention.
This delegation is the first one to go from
this City to a State Convention in many
years not as the creation of a boss and
created in back room, but one named in
fact by the people of the districts
Home rule in district politics is a new
thing, but John D. Spreckels has this wear
succeeded in bestowing it. The deIega-
ton elected yesterday proceeds directly
and wholly from the people, and back OF
1t Is massed more than ninety-nine one
hundredths of the local party.
The provision of two polling-places in
each district was found to have been q
necessary one to accommodate the vote
that became so heavy, not through
stufhng the ballot-boxes, but through the
provision of a machinery which gave
every voter confidence that his vote would
be honestly counted.
The votes cast aggregate II, ,927. The last
returns were received at Republican head
quarters at IL O'Clock last night.
The returns from the .polling-places of
the Assembly districts IN the Fourth Con-
gressional District were canvassed by
County Committeeman John NJ. Chretien.
Forty-second Assembly District, chair
man; 2. J. Walsh, Forty thi rd, secretary
Albert Houston, Twenty-eighth; j. n.
Browning, Twenty ninth; Charles Ber-
liner, Thirtieth; Charles C. Clear, Thirty.
first; R. w. Heilman, Thirty second: ::
James Gateiy, Thirty third; A. A. Louder
back, Thirty-ninth; S. G. Bacgalupi, For
ty-fourth, and T. NJ. Chandler, Forty-iifth
Assembly districts.
The returns from the polling-places OF