Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
VICTORY IN
DOUBT; BOTH
MAKE CLAIMS
LINC0LN-R00SEVELT LEADER
IS HOPEFUL
MARSHALL sTIMsoN DEFEATED
BY HuRD
Democratic Leaguers Do Great Work.
Mcdonald Sees Victory In
Four Assembly
Districts



With both sides claiming victory at
midnight last night the day closed on a
primary similar to none ever held In
Los Angeles before.
1t was a. hard-fought battle, raging
all day between the machine Repub-
licans and Democrats on one side and
the reform or league element on the
other.
The Lincoln-Roosevelt Ieaguers de-
clared that they had won by a slight
majority in Los Angeles and by con-
siderable majority in the county.
though conceding the defeat Of Mar
shall Stimson for state senator.
The regular Republicans, on the
other hand, claimed to have carried the
day by generous margin.
Anti-Machlne Forces Busy
The Democrats stirred things up at
the polls by bringing out much of the
usual stay-at-home vote. with the re-
suit that the contest was spirited.
The Democratic leaguers claimed
the Ninth ward and the Sixty-ninth.
Seventieth. Seventy-second and Sew
enty-third assembly districts and
seemed well satisfied by their days
work.
Former Senator A. T. Currier of the
| Spadra district is positively elected in
the Thirty-fifth senatorial district,
where he is the Lincoln-Roosevelt in
/ dorsee for senator. and H. G. Cattell
of Pasadena. the league (Lincoin-
Roosevelt) candidate, is elected in the
Sixty-seventh assembly district, de-
clares Meyer Lissner. But Stimson is
defeated 2 to 1.
Never in a campaign had so many
automobiles and vehicles been used.
The success of the automobiles at the
recent good roads bond election de-
monstrated that this at least was one
way OF insuring the presence of indif-
ferent voters at the polls, and the re-
suit doubtless turned the tide in sew
eral precincts where the race was
close.
Blame New Primary Law
At the various politieal clubs eager
partisans scanned the bulletins until
| late last night as they came from the
party watchers and got some satisfac-
ton out of these, though the figures
lacked confirmation and no one seemed
quite positive what the situation really
| was.
! Much of the uncertainty of the result
was due to the workings Of the primary
| law.
AS the tally sheets reached the county
| clerks office there was but little real
not classified except as Republican
and Democratic" and there were no
| totals.
Veteran attaches of the city clerks
office remarked sadly as they saw the
pile Of sheets grow:
ut will be a week before we know
what is what"
Meyer Lissner, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Lincolns
Roosevelt league of Los Angeles county,
said at midnight:
Llssner Encouraged
"The results are encouraging for us.
| While returns are incomplete we can
concede the Soldiers home and some
other county precincts still indefinite
and still estimate pretty clearly that
we are ahead.
"On the organization Of the county
convention we ought to control near
| ly 500 votes, perhaps more. out of SSS
| delegates. OF the $50 precincts in the
county our reports show 33S delegates
for us, as against S04 for the ma
chine.
'The returns still to come are mainly
from precincts which will be in our
favor.
"We claim the election of Currier
| in the Thirty-flfth senatorial district
and concede the defeat of Stimson in
the Thirty-seventh.
1--WE shall have four Of the nine as
sembly districts. We concede to the
/ obi hn
second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth
and Seventy-fifth districts.
"The nomination of Cattell in the
Sixty-eighth assembly district and
Currier in the Thirty-fifth senatorial
are decisive victories for the Lincoln
Roosevelt league.
"In the Second supervisorial district
it is up to the machine to elect George
Alexander with the votes they have
pledged for him. The Fourth supervi-
sorial district, so far as we have heard,
is about neck and neck with fifteen
precincts still to come"
Chairman Butler Departs
Sidney A. Butler, chairman of the
Lincoln Roosevelt county central COM
mittee, left last evening to spend his
vacation in Alaska He will get the re-
turns in San Francisco today Before
leaving Mr.. Butler said he was greatly
pleased with the workers of the Lin
coln-R Roosevelt organization.
"There is every reason to believe"
he said, "that the opportunity-the
first in twenty-five years-for the peo-
pie OF California to wrest themselves
free from corporate dictation viii be
taken advantage of decisive1y.
"In any event the members of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league throughout
the state have reason to be confident.
They are Just firing the first gun.
"The victory against machine domi-
nation is certain and no one can mis-
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