The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10

Los ANGELES, Aug. 9.-In a pri-
mary in which. on the Republican side,
there was as strenuous a fight as was
ever waged between the great parties,
Los Angeles city declared overwhelm-
! ingly in favor of Frank P. Flint for
| United States Senator. The country
! precincts gave Senator Bard their sup
| port. The result will be that the mem
bers of the Legislature from the dis
( tricts wholly outside of the cities will
/ cast Bard votes, and the other mem
bers of the Los Angeles County dele
cation will support Flint This means
that Flint will have a decided majority
in the Los Angeles delegation, the pres
ent indications being that it will ten
for Flint to four for Bard. 1t is pos
sible that the figures may be nine to
five.
That is what the Flint men are claim
ing, but the Bard men do not admit
that Flint will have more than five of
the fourteen Los Angeles County votes,
and they assert that they can more
than overcome the advantage held by
Flint in this county, by what they ex-
peet to get in the other counties Of this
end of the State.
Certain it is that Flint will control
the coming county convention by ma
1ority which may exceed 200 and may
go even higher. From the opening of
the polls until they closed there was a
scramble for votes, and in this strug-
gle the magnificent organization Of the
Flint forces counted.
MANAGERS MAKE MISTAKE.
The Bard managers made the mis-
take of failing to put up tickets in
number of the precincts, and at such
places the Flint supporters cast their
ballots and then went into doubtful
districts and helped the other Flint
men where they were most needed. A
tremendous vote was poIled, considering
the fact that this was only a primary
election, but then it really settled all
the contests for offices, because Los An
geles County is hopelessly lost to the
Democrats, and they know it,
In the Pasadena district, the Sixty
seventh, Assemblyman A Goodrich
will be renominated. He is for Bard
In the ixty-eighth district Assembly
man w. A. Johnstone of San Dimas,
another Bard man. had no opposition.
Long Beach, who favors Bard, appears
to be in the lead, but as his opponent
is also Bard man the result will be
the same so far as the Senatorial vote
is concerned.
In the Seventeen District assembly
man w. H, Kelso of Inglewoo-, a Bard
supporter, is leading. but the result
will be close.
TWO STATE SENATORS.
In the city districts, from Seventy
one to Seventy-fve, inclusive, the AS
semblymen are practically certain to
be as follows, in the order named: p.
A Stanton, H. G. S. Mccartney, J. P.
Transue, Fred HOuser Gall members of
the last Assembly,, and j. H. Krim-
minger, a new member, all Of whom
are Flint supporters, or are so slated.
Two Los Angeles districts elect State
Senators this year.
In the Thirty-seventh Assemblyman
E. W. Camp Of Sierra Madre appears
to have the advantage over former As
semblyman H. A. Broughton Of Po-
mona, but both have declared for Bard.
Henry f. Carter, Speaker pro TEN. of
the last Assembly, has won out over
Senator Fred NJ. Smith and A. w. Gra-
ham. Carter will vote for Flint. All
the holdover Senators, Hahn, Savage
and Pendleton, have declared for Flint
There was no contest over delegates
to the Republican State Convention,
and the delegates from this district
will vote for former Senator Robert N.
Bulla for Presidential elector. No con-
| test occurred in the Congressional race,
and Congressman McLachlan is certain
to be returned, possibly without oppo-
sition, for the Democrats are practi-
cally unorganized. In many precincts
to-day not a Democratic ticket was
voted, and in others known Democratic
leaders were openly assisting the Flint
forces. Los Angeles County elects no
county officers this year except two
members of the Board OF Supervisors,
and in both districts the incumbents
will be returned.
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