The San Francisco call., 1897-04-13
ELECTORS IN CALIFORNIA CITIES.
High License Faction Carries tie Day in
PomoHu-R Results in Santa Ana
and Chico.

POMONA, CAL, April 12.-Election of
city ofneers for the next two years took
place here to-day after the 6ercest and
most earnest campaign ever known here.
The high-license party has elected the
whole city ticket. with the possible excep.
lion OF Marshal and City Attorney, for
which offices the vote is so close that it
will not be decided before morning. The
campaign was fought until the close of the
polls. Every vote that could be had was
gone for. To-day the whole city has been
absorbed In the election. Prayer meetings
were held hourly in the churches until
sunset Tor the success of the prohibition
cause, while the high-license party moved
every possible agency in behalf of its sue
cess.
SANTA ANA, CAL, April 12.-The city
election here to-day was non partisan in
character. No party tickets were in the
neId, all OF the candidates running inde-
pendently and being placed on tickets by
petition. Ont OF ten officials elected eight
were Democrats. The vote was as follows /:
Board of Education TO eject two)-C.
u. Ball 633. W. f. Luth 319 Z. d. Waffle
4S1. Marshal-W. N Corwin 81 A. c.
Curtice 279 R. A. Graham 43l, A. Nigg lis.
Treasurer-R. +. Chiffon 595. NJ. ID. HalIa-
day 3S5- Recorder-G. E. Freeman 351, J.
49, &c. ". CpQIScOH 1ots WY
C.erk-Ed Ledford's vote was unanimous,
o24, tnere being no other candidate. At
torney-S. A. Bowes 81, w. 4. Heatham
400, ID. I. Matthews $50. Trustees-first
Ward, John Avas 13S, Henry Carpenter
n; Tnird Ward, c. b. Lewis 65, G. A. E l.
gar 1G6; Fourth Ward, George E. Robin
son 81, q. d. Parsons 92.
CHICO. CAL. April 12-One of the most
hotly contested elections ever held in
Chico was that OF to-day. Candidates for
the vacancies in the city Offices and for
School Directors had been very active for
the past month in canvassing the different
wards. The hight was bitter throughout
the whole campaign, and the vote
was the largest ever cast here. Those
elected were: Marshal, 81. 9. Mansfield;
City Clerk, Charles Woods; City Treas
urer, Joseph Sawtell; Recorder, Julien
Burroughs; Trustee First Ward. o. L.
Clark; Trustee Second Ward. z. z. Can
field; Trustee Fifth Ward. E. Warren:
School Directors-Joe d. Sproul, A. J.
Lands. III. c. Sanbourn; Tax Collector,
c. A. Tripp.
FRESNO, CAL, April 12-The result OF
the municipal election held in this city to-
day was great victory for the Repub-
Hcans. IL means the Endorsement by the
people OF the excellent administration of
the ciiy's affairs for the past four years by
tat party. The voters elected the Re-
pubiisan candidates, excepting NJ. '. Ash
brook for City Recorder and c. l.. Waller
for School Trustee. The following were
elected: Trustees, C. j. Craycroft and
Joseph Spinney; Clerk. J. w. Shanklin;
Marshal, NJ. L. Woy; Treasurer, Charles
Ii. SWEET; Assessor, J. NJ. Collins; Attor-
ney, Lewis III. Smith; Recorder, A. NJ.
Clark; School Trustees-S. L. Hogue,
George B. Noble and L. o. Stephens. Mr..
Smith made phenomenal run for Attor.
ney, receiving three votes to on for n. c.
Caldwell. his opponent. Mr.. Smith is
young lawyer, graduating from Stanford
University in 1894.