Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-03
Election Results in 8
Big Victory for the
Conservatives
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the votes as soon as the polls opened
at 8 o'clock in the morning. Both sides
claimed a victory early in the day, but
their assertions Of success were no
hlndrance to active efforts to get voters
to the polls UP until o'clock, the time
Of closing.
In spite of the great interest mani
tested and the spirit of enmity which
has marked the campaign on both
sides, there was no instance where the
aid of the police was required and no
disorder Of any kind was reported dur
ing the entire day.
Alacrity and quiet determination was
the keynote of those favoring the pro-
posed ordinance A highly developed
system, in which the management
knew at every moment of the day ex-
actly how the vote was being polled
and the seeing to 1t that every voter
favoring the present regime had regis
tered his ballot, characterized the op-
ponents of the measure.
Women Politicians
Women as politicians were most ac-
tive in the Seventh ward. In precinct
II fifteen women, with two carriages,
were early on the scene and continued
their efforts without cessation until the
polls closed. In spite of their efforts
the precinct went against the proposed
ordinance by vote of III to 141. In
precinct SO Of the same ward women
were again in evidence.
In precinct "a, where the voting
place was situated in Temple audi
torium, women who had turned their
hands to politics were much in evil
dence and, as near the booths as the
law permitted, buttonholed and argued
with voters with all the ability of the
most practiced politician. In other por-
tions of the city the male contingent
was left to itself, and no women ap
peared on the scene.
The ti-prohibitionists, better or
ganized, had most of the carriages and
cabs of the city rented for the day,
and with these and numerous automo-
biles they rushed their adherents to
the polls early. The anti-saloonists
did likewise, with few public con-
veyances, many private rigs and a
number of automobiles.
Only one minor accident occurred
during the day. Two carriages, being
driven at a high rate of speed to get
their occupants to the voting booths
before the polls closed collided near
Third and San Pedro streets. The We
hicles were slightly damaged, but the
occupants escaped injury.
Normal Conditions Again
With the question decided with such
finality as it was yesterday Los An
geles, in the belief of prominent busi-
ness men, will once more resume it's
natural condition.
The campaign just closed is recog-
nized as the greatest fight which pro-
hibition has ever waged on the Pacific
coast. In reality the plans of the cam
paign and the organization of forces
began nearly year ago. Never for a
moment latent in advancing their
cause, the prohibitionists, by huge
petition under the initiative, demanded
a special election to decide the question
of saloon or no saloon. Following the
calling of the election by the city coun-
Gil the campaign was pushed with re-
newed vigor. Hundreds of meetings
have been held and bands have paraded
the streets in an effort to advance the
no-saloon cause, and this, too, despite
the fact that nearly every leading busi-
ypSc man pIp,aro,Ic oroo,,
izations and business enterprises looked
upon the movement as one which would
be detrimental to the best interests of
the city.
Luther Brown Talks
Luther Brown, who has directed the
movements of the Business Mems club
in a stand of conservatism and the
present progressiveness of Los Angeles,
in an interview said last night:
"The ordinance was defeated by a
more decisive vote than I expected.
The total vote comes within few hun
dred of that cast in the last city cleo
tion. do not believe that at any
special election held in any city of this
size in the country has so large a pro-
portionate vote been cast as at the
special election today.
The ordinance was defeated in every
ward. This result should be compared
with the claims of the prohibitionists
that they would carry the entire city
with the exception of the Seventh and
Eighth wards.
1.-THE advocates of the defeated pro-
thibition ordinance have claimed
throughout the campaign that if their
ordinance was defeated it would be by
fraud. I am wondering if they will
claim that nearly 5000 illegal votes
were cast that way against them.
speaking in behalf of the business
men and the prosperity of this city, it
is to be hoped that the prohibitionists
will seek some other field for their
further efforts and will be content to
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