The San Francisco call., 1908-05-06
LEAGUE ELECTS II
TO MACHINES 5
Lincoln-Roosevelt Republicans
Garry Two of Three
Districts
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SACRAMENTO. May 5.-The leaders
of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league in this
city are congratulating themselves to-
night upon their victory over the re-
publican organization in the eighteenth
and nineteenth assembly districts. Of
the three assembly districts in the
county the league won out in two and
the regular organization captured but
one. This will give the league IL Of
the delegates in the state convention,
and the organization but five.
The fight was one of the most bit
ter ever waged at a primary election
in this city. The vote polled was the
heaviest ever known here at any but
general election. The organization
backed by the Southern Pacific political
bureau put up its usual stubborn bat
tie and got in its most effective work
in the downtown wards, some of which
went three to one for the regular
ticket.
In the residence district, where the
better classes of citizens reside. the
conditions were reversed and the
league ticket rolled up maoritise that
league ticket rolled up majorities that
offset the downtown element Many
attempts at crooked work were made
by the organization. In the down
town wards early this morning when
the voting was brisk election Of
ficers were handing all voters slips con-
tanning the names of the organization
delegates and instructing them to vote
the organization ticket
STOPS ILLEGAL PRACTICE
The police were notified and patrol
men were stationed at the various poll
ing places to prevent illegal practices
Tn, Of 70 w I'd
sheriffs deputies captured two kegs of
beer that were being used by the or
ganiZation to try to catch votes In
order to help out the fight the South
ern Pacific shops this afternoon de-
clared holiday to the men in order TO
allow them to go to the polls. The en-
forced vacation was taken to mean that
they were expected to vote the railroad
ticket.
The regulars won in the seventeenth
assembly district, which is composed of
all of that part of the city north Of
K street. The vote in this district was
Lincoln Roosevelt league 629, regulars
ISL. In the eighteenth district the
league nosed out a victory by a narrow
margin of II votes; Lincoln Roosevelt,
S45; regulars. $685.
In the nineteenth assembly district
the regulars put up no fight against
the Lincoln Roosevelt ticket, but will
try to seat the delegates appointed by
the county central committee at the
convention. The league, 1t will be re-
called. petitioned for a primary In the
nineteenth district, but the machine,
foreseeing defeat, turned a deaf ear.
The league went ahead and held pri-
mary of it's own and elected five dele
gates from that district.
WILL CONTEST SEATS
1t will contest the seats of the ma
chine appointed delegates at the state
convention. The league expects that
these delegates will be seated, as the
vote for them was large. Although all
the county precincts were not heard
from up to late hour tonight, 1t was
reported that the total vote In the
county would amount to several hun
dred, all for the Lincoln Roosevelt
ticket In Oak Park alone 1S5 votes
were cast for the good government
ticket
Mayor Clinton l.. White, one of the
local leaders of the Lincoln Roosevelt
movement. was much elated OF the vic
! tory today and although the league lost
one assembly district he. declares the
vote shows the strength of the league
John c. Ing, chairman of the repub-
lican county central committee. and To-
| cal manager for the Southern Pacific
! company filed tonight with the board
of supervisors a protest of the vote ir
the eighteenth district. Ing declares
that some votes for the regular ticket
were thrown out in one of the down
town wards.
ING,S SHARP PRACTICE
League leaders believe that Ing's pro-
test is simply the groundwork of ar
attempt to prevent the Lincoln-Roose-
Welt delegates from being seated in the
convention
| There was no opposition to the reg