Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-08
CANVASS is
SLOW WORK
IRREGULAR RETURNS CAUSING
MUCH DELAY
DEMOCRATS ELECT LAST DELE
GATES TOMORROW
Both Parties in Suspense Until the
Last Precincts Are included In
Totals-Seventlet Dis
trlct Lesson

Fifteen per cent of the returns made
by the officials OF the primary election
last Tuesday contain Irregularities
This Is the discovery Of the supervis-
ors in the work of the canvass of the
vote In Los Angeles and Pasadena and
as result nearly 200 subpoenas were
issued yesterday for election officers
to authenticate corrections In the re-
turns. The district attorney advised
that such corrections could be made.
The number of precincts involved IN
the irregularities which were omissions
wholly was so large that not one as
sembly district has been completely
entered on the recapitulation sheets.
Leonard r. Paxton. who has charge
of the canvassing clerical work, Is
learning rapidly that there are more
ways to do a thing wrong than right
Every conceivable error has been
found, except the absolute omission
of the votes cast. Mr.. Paxton thinks
the footing may be made today If the
delinquent officials are all served with
subpoenas and respond. AS 1t was
yesterday about seventy of those
subpoenaed came to the supervisors
office and made corrections.
OF course the parties are waiting the
result with interest. The semi-official
returns, where the vote was Close may
have been incorrect, due to transposi-
tion, mistakes in computing the talhes
and the like, and there Is possibility of
apparent results being changed. Both
parties are watching the Seventeen
and Seventy fifth districts, where the
voting was close and where each is
claiming delegates.
Lesson of SEVENTEEN
The Seventieth is to be a standing
illustration to all politicians hence
forth not to ignore the slightest detail.
Because the regular Republicans
shipped tickets to Catalina island they
got enough votes there-twenty-hve-
to carry the country portion of the
district, gain eleven delegates, control
the county delegation and perhaps the
same eleven delegates may be the ones
to control the state convention If the
''show down. should be close. The
Lincoh,-R Roosevelt organization seems
to have forgotten Catalina or to have
remembered 1t along with Hawaii and
the Philippines. At any rate they sent
none of their tickets to the precinct
and consequently got no votes.
The convention of country Demo-
cratic delegates which will meet at
ELS hall in this city tomorrow at 2
o'clock will be composed OF 3S7 dele
gates. 1t will nominate twenty-one
additional delegates to the state con-
vention. No other convention will be
held, as all the districts will meet to-
gether. The division of delegates will
be as follows:
Sixty-seventh. 40; Sixty-eighth, s6;
Sixty-ninth, III; Seventieth, 98; Seven
,ty-fourth. 81.
County Chairman Schwamm will call
the convention to order, after which
each district will segreg lte and select
its delegates.
Form Bryan Club
I After the conventions the delegates
will form the .neucleus of the new
Bryan club that the county organiza-
tion is fathering, on the advice issued
by the state committee. This club is
intended to become a potent campaign
organization and will be open to every
Democrat in the county. There will
be no admission fee and no dues. Men,
bership will cost nothing. 1t is the
purpose of the organizers to raise
fund by private subscription that will
empty finance the club. Voluntary
, subscriptions will be welcomed. The
organization is now in the hands of
Alfred Moore, who was named by the
county central committee at its last
meeting.
Chairman Schwamm announced the
following additional returns of dele
gates, chosen in the country precincts,
to Saturdays conventions:
Long Beach Precinct No. Pm. Pike,
Fred Schinun. l.. A. Paine.
Long Beach Precinct No. S-W. b.
Julian, DIR. H. r. Smith, J. C. Blidsoe.
Alamitos Precinct No. 1-Charles
Tolle.
Long Beach Precinct No. civilian
Saint, j. w. Boyd.
Long Beach Precinct No. DIR. T.
G. Hartman, H. H. Stevins, r. M.
Newkirk.
Long Beach Precinct No. 6-Jesse
Duskill, ]. C. Wilhoit, C. E. Counts.
Long Beach Precinct No. 7-E. l..
Wingard, A. G. Lawson.
Long Beach Precinct No. 2-B. F.
Davis, e. F. Davis.
Long Beach Precinct No. oh. w.
Jackson, A. B. Anslim, C. c. Stansifer.
Long Beach Precinct No. Sd. M.
Cate, ]. w. Meeks, G. w. Miller.
Soldiers Home Precinct No. e--J. M.
Frank, John Costello. F. A. Mcclure.
Rowland Precinct-Sam Robinson,
G. d. McCoige.
Lankershim Precinct-C. A. Cart
right, L. w. Gregg.
Claremont Precinct-C. r. Chandler,
w. S. Clevenger, c., T. Loop.
Los Angeles Precinct No. dan
Baker Will c. Evans, c.. ]. Marvin.
Azusa Precinct-H. r. Seat, o. f.
Trelut.
Calabasas Precinct-w. L. Carberry,
Frank Goodall.
Moneta Precinct--M. G. Rogers, S.
M. Smith, NJ w. Chambers.
Duarte Precinct-Joseph Fowler, c.