The San Francisco call., 1904-08-12
LIVELY FIGHT
FOR THE TOCA
San Bernardino County Re-
publicans Adopt Resolu-
tions Commencing Bard
McNAB A SURE WINNER
Leaders of Local Democrat
ic Organization Will Pros
ecute Fraudulent Voters

Messages were received by wire last
evening to the effect that the San Ber-
nardino Republican County Convention
yesterday adopted resolutions strongly
commencing Senator Bard's course in
the Senate. After referring to his rec
ord in general the resolutions specified
his position as chairman Of the IrrfEa-
ton Committee, which it is declared
furnishes additional reason why he
should be continued as one of the rep
resentatives of California in the Senate
at Washington We therefore believe. -
the memorial continues, he is the
choice of the Republicans of this coun-
ty as his own successor.
Further than this the legislative nom
inees were not instructed, but the reso-
long as Bard is in the contest with a
show of winning.
General Frank c. Prescott was re-
nominated for the Assembly. It is wired
that the delegation to the Senatorial
district convention will elect w. T.
Leake OF Ontario, a Bard man.
In the Bard camp it is claimed that
this Endorsement by San Bernardino
places the Senator ahead OF all his COM
petitors in Southern California. without
counting San Luis Obispo and Kern as
belonging TO the south.
The official count Of the votes cast
at the primaries has been completed
uD TO the Ninety-fourth Precinct of
the Forty-second District Up TO date
no changes have resulted, but in the
tally books Of the Forty-seventh Pre-
cinct, Thirty-fifth District, a condi-
ton was discovered that is hard to
attribute to honest error. One hundred
and five votes that should have been
rn frrx
John Partridge. which was put up in
opposition 70 the Republican organi-
Zation, were not Tailed. This whole
sale burial Of votes did not change re-
suits, however, for even this formid-
able number of ballots was not suf-
ficient TO overcome the lead Of the op-
position ticket The votes for dele
gates TO the State convention contained
OF these ballots were all counted How
the election officers came to overlook
the local ticket in the matter of thes-
ballots is a question they alone can an
SWer, especially in view of the signifi-
cant fact that on such lapse was dis
covered in regard to the ballots cast
for the local organization ticket.
Nothing has been disclosed in the
official review Of the returns to justify
the expectation that the Horses and
Carts will get anything more than q
4OOh III NAAClL LlE OEIIlQCIdIlC con-
vention assemblies Gavin McNab will
have a sufficient number of delegates
TO elect the chairman and nominate
the entire ticket. The leaders of the
Democratic organization assert thai
proper measures have been taken tc
arrest and convict several Of the mer
who committed fraud and perjury or
the day of election.
The time for holding the Demo
cratic local convention was not fixed
by the county committee when the Of
fetal call was adopted. but the local
nominations will not be made until
the latter part Of September. It is
common gossip that the "organiza-
ton" viii not oppose the denomination
of E. J. Livernash for Congress in the
Fourth District.
Nearly If not quite all OF the Demo
cratic nominations for Congress will
be made at Santa Cruz, Tuesday, Au-
gust %.
1t is probable that the Republican