Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
Indications Are That
the Napa Man Is
Elected
Polls a Large Plurality
in Republican
Counties
Ben Ward Is Chosen by Safe Ma
jority-The Vote Is Heavy and
Returns Come In Very
Slowly

At 4 o'clock this morning 38o
out of 2471 precincts in California
gave Gillett 22,o21, Bell 1888,
Langdon 12.762.
These returns include 126 pre-
cincts in San Francisco and fifty
in Alameda counties, which are
Republican strongholds, but do
not include any from Sacramento
and several other counties which,
are known to have gone heavily
for Bell.
This still indicates Bells elecs
tion by good plurality.
With only scattering returns from
the state at large and from LOS Angeles
city and county the indications are az
o'clock Wednesday morning that
Theodore A. Bell has been elected gov
ernor by plurality of about 10000.
Counties which the Republicans have
claimed surely would go for Gillett have
been carried by Bell, and other counties
which the Republicans conceded tc
Bell by pluralities of from 100 to 300
have been carried by Bell by much
larger pluralities.
Napa county, the home of Bell, which
the Republicans conceded Bell by 600,
gives the Democratic nominee at least
1000.
Kern county, given Bell to the extent
of 300, will give him 800 to 1000.
Sacramento county, which Republi
cans conceded to Bell by 200, gives him
from 600 to 1000.
Fresno county, claimed for Gillett by
300, goes for Bell by not less than 500,
or a difference of over 800 in favor of
the Democratic nominee.
Republicans awarded Bell Stanislaus
county by 80, whereas Bell carried the
county by from 200 to 450.
Santa Clara county, which was placed
by the Republicans in their column for
1900, has gone f,r Bell by perhaps 500.
(, Sutter county also goes Democratic
instead of Republican. as predicted
would be the case by Gillett managers.
Republicans have claimed Santa Cruz
county, the hc:ne of Warren r. Porter,
Republican nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor, by 100, but latest reports indi-
cate that Bell has carried the county
by 200 to 300.
Nevada county, conceded to Bell by
$50, has been carried by him by over
CoIo nd y i'm
by 450, has given him over 700 plurality.
Los Angeles Is Close
Republicans claims of from $4,000 to
200 plurality for Gillett in Los Ange-
les county have proved to be wide of
the mark, and from scattering returns
II is believed that Gilletts plurality in
this county will not exceed 5000 and 1t
may fall to 1000.
Los Angeles city is very close, and
the vote either way will be within the
hundreds.
Meager returns from other counties
in Southern California indicate that no
county outside of Los Angeles will go
either way by over 100 or 200 votes.
All the estimates given are conserva-
tive, and 1t is considered certainty
that II Bell comes to the Tehachapi
with even as low as 1000 plurality he
will be elected
Non-Partisans Elected
The same scattering returns from Los
Angeles county indicate the election Of
practically all the nominees of the non
partisan county ticket.
Ben Wards election as assessor is
conceded, and II is believed that DR.,
w. A. Lamb has defeated S. II. Cid
ridge for supervisor in the Third dis
trict.
The surprise of the day was the very
light vote compared with the registra-
tion. In no precinct, so far as known,
was the vote TO exceed so per cent OF
the registration, while as a whole 1t
may not go above 80 per cent.
The principal cause for this is the
sact that many Republicans neither de-