The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
SIGNS OF A LIGHT
VOTE IN CITY.
Julius Kahn Losesa a Host
of Sturdy Supporters
in the Fourth District
FIGHTS IMPENDING
BY HUGH NJ. BURKE.

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BY HUGH Nj. BURKE.
George P. Adams, Registrar of Vot-
ers San Francisco, has at length OBJ
tanned the full complement Of election
| omcers for the primary next month. In
the performance of this work the Reg
lstrar, who is stationed in the gymna-
SUM of the Mission High School at
Dolores and Eighteenth streets, had
only three Commissioners to advise
hlm Two vacancies on the board still
exist, James A. Devote, Democrat, and
+ Z. Lefingwen, Socialist. having re-
Gently resigned, and the Mayors mind
as to their successors not being fully
made up. Meanwhile T. " Gator, A.
". Voorsanger and Thomas Mcclure
are doing the work Of five men on the
Board of Election Commissioners.
The vote at the primary election on
August Ii is bound to be light, as the
registration is far below the normal,
the total enrolment being 22,045. The
work of tabulation by Assembly dis
tricts is not yet finished. Up to July
"a the day before registration closed,
the enrolment in twelve of the dis
tricts was thus reported: Twenty eighth
Assembly District. 346; Twenty NINTH
21S; Thirtieth. 326; Thirty-fir $40;
Thirtysixth, 700: Thirty-sev 700;
Thirty eighth, $500; Thirty ninth, $500;
Fcrtieth, 1900: Forty-first 400; Forty
fourth, 32S; Fortyffth. 5o7. On July
2C. the last day of registration, 5000
voters were registered
The Registrar would not be surprised
If the-total registration for the general
election in November should fall below
the $4,000 mark. Politicians figure that
10000 votes will be polled in this city
The Registrar holds that the place
where the Department of Elections is
established, Dolores and Eighteenth
streets, is not inaccessible, but the fact
exists. nevertheless, that very many of
the electors will not go there to reg
lister. Men who are deeply engrossed
in daily affairs pertaining to the res
toration of business prefer to let pol
itics go rather than take the time re-
quired for an expedition to the Regis
trars Office.
FIGHT FOR CONGRESSMAN.
In the Fourth Congressional District.
represented by Julius Kahn, the voting
population is scanty. The fire swept
over the Twenty eighth. Twenty ninth.
Thirtieth, Thirty-frst, Forty-third,
Fcrty-fourth and Forty-ffth Assembly
districts. Many of the voters who were
compelled to move have settled in the
Fifth Congressional District 1 am in
formed that Mr.. Kahn will not lose his
individuality by reason of the disaster,
and that his eloquence will assist Dun
can McKinlay in the Second District,
and his glad hand go out to the multi
tude In E. A. Hayes Fifth District.
Hayes is making study of the political
tendency of the new population in the
Fifth. He is sure of denomination and
wants to be sure of reelection.
]. o. Hayes has. not yet said for pub
lication that he is candidate for the first
place on the Republican State ticket
this year, but his supporters are enter
tanning the hope that the fight between
the Pardee and Gillett men will dead
lock the convention and render the
nomination of either impossible. In
that event j. o. Hayes might be brought
to the front as an available leader.
Comrade Edison of Siskiyou is expecting
this sort Of a mixup at Santa Cruz, and
viii be ready. to grasp the standard
wherever he can reach it,. Walter
Parker does not glow with enthusiasm
F. Herrin has nothing whatever to say
on the subject. Edison was once
Railroad Commissioner.
SUPREME JUDGESHIPs.
I am inclined TO believe that Hen
shaw, Burnett and Sloss will be nom
mated by the Republicans for the Su-
preme Court. The lawyers remark that
Henshaw's service on the bench and his
acknowledged ability as a lawyer es-
pecially commend him. Sloss also has
won the confidence of his associates on
the bench. Chief Justice Beatty and
Associate Justices Shaw and Angellotti
were gratified when Governor Pardee
appointed Sloss to fill the Van Dyke
vacancy. Superior Judge Burnett of
Scnoma is a lawyer of recognized
merit and man of high character. His
supporters are very confident that he
will be nominated.
There will be scrapping in the con-
vention over the nomination for Super
intendent of instruction, Surveyor Gen
eral and Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Caughey and Cory, aspirants to succeed
Frank Jordan as Clerk of the Court,
may find George p. Adams, Registrar of
Voters. in the field with a strong fol-
lowing. Alden Anderson is to have a
walkover for the Lieutenant Governor
ship. Last winter there was some talk
in Southern California in favor of Sem
ator Hahn for the place, but the latter
Legislature that he would be a candi-
date to succeed himself in the State
Senate.
The gossip goes along the political
line that Charles T. Curry can read
his title clear to the office of Secretary
of State.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
An oldtime fight is impending In the
Twenty second Senatorial District. The
aspirants to succeed Hamilton A. Bauer
are numerous Jesse Marks of the
Fortieth is back again in A Ruef's
camp. The seekers for the Senatorship
are Thomas E. Atkinson, John Nc
Glynn, Daniel A. Ryan and Gus Hart
man. Atkinson, Speaker of the AS
sembly, is the Maestretu candidate.
Senator Perkins should take note
of the gossip that Ruef expects to en-
ter the race for the United States Sen
ate two years hence.
In the Twentieth Senatorial District
the Republican aspirants for nomina-
tion are Fred Severance. E. M. Ritter,
William Adams and Fred Meincke.
Assemblyman Eugene e. Pfaffie is
Fred Eggers' candidate for the State
Senate in the Eighteenth District.
In the Thirty-fifth Assembly District
Ed Lynch is organizing forces to
fight John D. Daily. Lynch was for