The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-09
MiIliOnaireS Go to
Work in Real
Earnest.
Obey the SUM
mons Of EleC=
ton Board.

Those men Of wealth that had beer
summoned by the Election Commits
sioners TO serve as election officers went
unconcernedly to their various post,
yesterday morning and sat Throughout
a slow day in the election booths
Bankers. professional men and bust.
ness men toiled hour after hour fol
The per diem allotted by the city They
went about their task uncomplainingly,
in fact seemed glad of an opportunity
TO show that they were willing 10 make
good During the busy hours OF the
day they worked. industriOusly writing
down names, tearing OF blanks and
taking surreptitious glances at their
watches. When the sunset gun doomed
at the Preside there were deep signs
Of relief by the prominent citizens who
had finished their first experience as
election officers. All were game and
their faces were wreathed in smiles
during the performance of their duties.
Hundreds of curious persons were at
tracted to the booths to catch
glimpse Of representatives OF the
wealth and business industry of San
Francisco uoiling. Jokes made at their
expense by facetious voters were taken
in good part and replied TO in the spirit
in which they were spoken.
on Valencia street, near Seventeenth,
in a stuffy little booth, with the sun
beating down on the roof and through
windows sat ez-Mayor James D. Phe-
Ian. busily engaged, while the persplra-
ton rolled down over a whiting collar
Mr.. Phelan admitted that this was MS
first experience as an election ofncer'
and the silence that followed the state
rnent implied that he hoped II was MS
last. Not that / object 10 serving,
he hastily added, but don't ike 10
deprive another man Of a chance 10
earn the SO
Merchants Association. sat in the close
quarters of a tailor shop in the Tenth
Precinct of the Twenty eighth on FOL
som street near Third. Mr.. Symmes
seemed to be thoroughly enjoying MN
self although he said that the Gay IN
his precinct had been uneVentful-
At the booth of the First PreclhSl'
F7ortfeth District, the first election ON
Ger 10 arrive was NJ. H. de Young. MI:
de- Young was closely followed by Al
castle of the weIl-known firm of Castle
Brothers. When the usual formanues
had been gone through with MI ue
Young stepped inside the curtains
screening the machine and cast the
first vote in the precinct.
In the Fifteenth Precinct Of the For
tv-frst two men well known IN the
world OF finance sat behind desks ana
welded mems They were i. w. He'll
man Jr. well known in banking circles,
and Wakefield Baker Of the nrm OF
Baker & Hamilton. They seemed
pleased with the prospects OF earning
$40 working for the city.
T. Cary Friedlander. secretary OF the
Merchants Exchange, busted himseI
, in the booth at Suffer and Franklin IN
the Second Precinct Of the Foruetn.
Mr.. Friedlander is accustomed TO
swinging his pen over lists ana ngures
and made an admirable election ofncer-
Throughout the western Adoltlon
the day was very quiet. No challenges
we're reported except for change Of res
ieence after the expiration Of the time
limit. Machines were used IN the ma
iority OF the booths and few of the
voters experienced any difficulty IN
managing them. The heaviest voting
was early in the morning and by noon
almost the entire vote had been cast IN
the district.
l. M. King, secretary of the Mer-
chants Association, did his share OF
work in Precinct IA of the Forty-third
District and apparently was well
pleased with his job. At Post and
I.eavenworth streets, in the Tenth
Precinct of the Forty-third, Lippmann
Sachs showed what an efficient clerk
he could be, and ]. D. Grant in the
welded his pen over the tally sheets.
The election in the Forty-first Dis
trict passed of quietly. The voting
was done early in the day. In the
Seventeenth Precinct the voting was
practically all over before noon. This
precinct is near the gates of the Pre-
sidio.
In the Thirteenth Precinct OF the
> Forty-first District 1873 votes were
polled out Of a registration of 2o2-
The voting in the Mission and Sunset
districts was conducted in an unusually
quiet and orderly manner. The police
men on duty at the polling places de-
clared that il was the quietest cleo
ffon they had ever known. The vote
from Tenth street TO Ocean View was
the heaviest ever known Where ma
chimes were in use almost all the men
registered turned out TO show their
politfcal preferences. Some one is sup
posed 10 have attempted TO thwart
those who wished to vote for the Labor
candidates in precinct 5, district 81, by
shutting a part Of the face of a ma
chine from view. The heavy screen
which hangs below the names of
parties and candidates was raised so as
10 cover the Union Labor ticket The
seal was then broken and affixed to
The machine again to correspond with
the change in the position of the
screen.
James Kenney entered the booth
about noon prepared TO vote the Union
Labor ticket and when he could not
find IL notified the election officers that
something was wrong. Investigation
showed the cause of the difficulty and
the necessary repairs were made i'm
nedisfely. Kenney was the one hun
dred and fifth man to cast his vote in
the precinct, but as the machine was
In proper shape in the morning ii is
probable that few if any intended
Union Labor votes were lost The at
tempts TO influence voters near the
DOLLS were few and far between.