The San Francisco call., 1908-05-06

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the 1ght without funds and in many
districts its campaign was conducted
without the assistance Of either watch
ers or ticke1 passers-
SILENT VOTE DOES IT
II was orEanizatfou against outraged
public sentiment, and sentiment Won
Il uas rhe big silent vote that swept
The league tickets 10 victory That the
vote would reach record proportions
was apparent long before noon and the
machine heelers At the polls frankly
confessed rhat they were unable 70 get
anything Ike an accurate line on how
The hundreds OF electors who marched
into the polls with pastors in their
rockets were voting.
The most notable victories for the
league forces were those won in the
tLirrv-seventh, thlrty-uinth and for
rietL districts and the partial victory
81 the rhtr-T-eighrh district
The thirty-sevenrh Is che stronghold
q arthur Fisk and Senator Eddie
Wolfe. They fought together for their
political ltves-and lost The machines
fight IN the thirty-seventh was the
most stubborn OF the many ugly fights
which have characterized the big dis
Vrict and which. until last year. re-
suited uniformly in victory for Fisk.
of Wolfe IS complete The league
elected the nine delegates II the thirty
seventh and apparently i've OF the
seven IN the Lhirty-eighth, where Wolfe
was supported by al the forces Sammy
Beckett and Jesse Mayer could round
-.
zIAESTRETTI BEATEN
The Naestretti combination was
beaten by the Lincoln Roosevelt fnde-
pendent republican club ticket in the
thirty ninth hy q vote OF nearly 10
l. The Maestretti ticket polled only
soc out OF a total o1 nearly $500 re-
publican ballots cast
The fortieth district was saved 70
the auti-nschine forces By q narrow
margin, despite the strenuous efforts
o. rhe Herrin strikers. led BY Hamilton
Bauer. EartO1's notary and Senator
Gus Hartman The machine expected
20 carry the fortieth BY q vote OF 10
!. For the first tine in several years.
al the old machine leaders were work
Ing IN harmony The leagues ticket
was not presented until Saturday. and
Il had 10 win Oh It's merits The
1eEEuers IN the fortfeth had 10 can
peign fund They had 10 orgzniza-
ZION The machine strikers had plenty
ot money and e horde OF workers at
every precinct
They had all the election officers ap-
pointed from the republican party. and
some Of them did yeomen's service for
the push IN one OF the polling places
IN the fortieth the election officers put
machine pastors inside the voting
boo--s and elected Al elector who com
piained of their Illegal practices The
machine workers were permitted 10
crowd into the booths. and that there
was G deliberate attempt 10 count out
an investigation OF the methods OF some
q the election officers with z view 70
criminal prosecution IS contemplated
CLOSE N THE FoRTETH
On the face OF the returns the league
delegates IN the fortieth were elected
bv margins ranging from 10 10 p
votes.
Henry George. Washington DfnkeI-
spell. Jordan. Lester Burnett and Nat
CoEllsn were subjected 70 q singing
defeat IN Uhe fortv-first The election
OF the league tickets II the fortieth.
foEtv-frsl ard twenty-elgnth districts
gives the league "A out OF % votes in
rbe fourth Congressional district con-
ventlon. which Julius Kahn figured he
could control and thereby rehzbilitste
himself IN the eyes Of the push"
which strongly resented his failure 70
participate in its fight for Mccarthy
last fsIL
The defeat OF Fisk and Wolfe serves
not alone 20 clinch their reputation by
the voters Of the district last fall, but
gives the LincoIn-R0oseveIt league
s=irtusIIv an exclusive majority in the
nth congressional district convention
SMALL HERRIS VICTORIES
Thanks 70 the Instructions given the
e delegates from Santa Clara county
and the leagues victories n the
thfrty-second thirty-ffth. thirty
fourth. thIrry-seveuth. thirty ghth
and thirty-uinth districts. the machine
v-fII have only the four delegates from
the thlrtv-third. one from the thirty
sixth and probably the san Msteo dete-
gates IN the fifth district convention.
With the exception OF the twenty
eighth the machine was uniformly
successful IN the burned districts.
Johnny Nelson carried the forty fifth
By vote OF nearly 70 I. IN the
forlv-second and forty-third- the ma
chine margins were small. and IN the
fortT-fourth the machine delegate was
elected by a vote OF nearly 3 10 l.