The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
VOTERS INTEND TO
WIPE OUT MACHINE
Alameda County Electors En-
gage in Fight to Secure
Clean Administration

OAKLAND, April 17.-EXtraordinary
interest In the primaries which will be
held May for election of delegates to
district and state conventions which
Will choose delegates to the national
conventions has been manifested by the
electorate of Alameda county. That this
interest is due to the battle which has
been inaugurated by the Lincoln
Roosevelt league and allied forces for
good government. which are banded to-
gether to destroy the Southern Pacific
political machine in California, is evil
dent from an analysis of the registra-
ton figures.
Political districts which have been
more or less under the domination of
the republican machine as an ally of
the Herrin political bureau show a
MICH less proportfonate registration
for May than the wards and districts
which have not been thus controlled.
There are strong indications that a
heavy registration has been induced to
enroll through the persistent efforts or
the good government republicans 10
prepare themselves to go to the polls
and vote against further control of the
party by the gang which was in the
saddle at the last republican state con-
vention at Santa Cruz. The utter re-
pudiation of that element and all that
belongs with it in Alameda county is
sought not only at the forthcoming
primaries in May but in the later pri-
maries when the Legislative and local
tickets will be named.
Every organization in Alameda coun-
ty which has done effective work in
clearing the way in the past for the
tremendous work ahead has been ac-
lively engaged in perfecting stronger
organization for the coming campaign.
In the movement are hundreds of men
who have enlisted for the first time in
active political work TO carry forward
the battle for decency in political af-
fairs for clean administration and for
the final destruction of the railroad
machine
In the city of Oakland more than
5000 electors have registered in time
to vote at the May primaries. This
figure is so unusual that the gang
politicians are aghast. They do not
understand its purport. Those who
have been watching the current
of events insist that it means the
revolt of the people. BY wards the
registration is as follows:
City of Oakland-First ward, 1920;
second ward, 1,414; third ward LAO;
fourth ward, 1.120; fifth ward, 1910;
sixth ward, 1920; seventh ward, 100.
Berkeley shows a total to date of
nearly 3,40O. The figures by wards
follow:
Berkeley-First ward, SIS: second
ward, 1874: third ward. 1872; fourth
ward. 627; fifth ward, 343; sixth ward,
AL; seventh ward, 524.
Other totals are:
Alameda, 2194; Emeryville. 1,15o
Brooklyn township. 425; Pleasanton
township, zoo; Washington township,
ESQ; Murray township, $50; Eden town
ship, 425.
The total county registration for the
May primaries is 19,40S. The total
vote OF Alameda county at the state
election in November, 1906, for gov
ernor was 27,S0S. Making due allow
ance for increase In population, this
preliminary registration this year
looms up as tremendous evidence that
the people are aroused. Political his
tory records no exception to the re-
suits when once the people are aroused