The San Francisco call., 1909-08-18
'PORTOLA VOTING
CONTEST LIVELY
Pretty Girls Prove Clever at
Getting Votes and Make Old
Politicians Envious
Heavy Balloting Indicates Close
Finish in Race to Cap
ture Prize

That women will be formidable work
ers at the polls if they ever secure
the ballot was amply Illustrated yes
terday by the efforts OF the 80 odd girls
who are contestants for the trip to
Seattle and cash prizes offered by the
Working Girls outing association un-
der the auspices Of the Portola festival
committee, when eontrasted with the
endeayors of scores of men who la
bored at polling places throughout the
city yesterday in the interest of vari-
Gus candidates for municipal offices.
There was more enthusiasm and hard
work done around any one of the Por-
tola ballot boxes yesterday than in
a score of primary election booths.
All who strayed within range of the
bewitchng candidates or any of their
fair friends paid a visit to the ballot
box. They came. they saw and they
voted
Many of the Portola ballot boxes
were close to the primary booths and
the candidates levied tribute on the
voters.
"All elections would be cinch.'' re-
marked a veteran wheel horse of one
of the old parties, as he watched the
activity of one candidate and her bevy
i
like her. When women get the ballot
if they go after office with the ginger
that these girls display it will be for
the likes of me to take to the brush
The girls yesterday were hampered
with no nice distinctions about repeat
ing. In fact. repeaters were in high
favor and won many dazzling smiles
Age nationality and previous condition
of servitude of the voter did not in
terest the girls.
MISS COLL0NAN IN LEAD
A canvass conducted Monday and yes
terday of the votes cast in the contest
for the trip TO Seattle disclosed that
Miss Estelle Collonan was in the lead
The count was not complete and does
not show with certainty the standing
of the candidates, but merely indicates
the trend of the voting.
The ballots of several of the candi-
dates. Miss Lottie Bonila Miss Clara
l.. Harrigan and others were not
counted, as they were among the last
to enter the contest and had just COM
menced to receive votes. AS the ballot
boxes were scattered all over the city
several hours elapsed between the
counts of the votes of the different
candidates.
Miss Collonan is but a few thousand
votes ahead Of Miss Mabel Carroll.
while Miss Anna Hupp. Miss Ada Mac
donald and Miss Sarah Miller are well
up in the race. Each of the four lead
ers has host of friends who are de-
terminedq that their candidate will not
only go TO Seattle but will receive the
800 in gold for the girl having the
most votes.
Miss Sarah Thorold. whose candidacy
was Endorsed by milk wagon drivers
union No. &c. is well up in the race
She received many votes yesterday and
her friends say that when another
count is made her name will be at the
head of the list. Miss Rae Greenbaum.
Miss Gussie Cain and Miss Lulu O'Dea
are popular candidates and have strong
corps working for them
III. H. Canhanl. who is managing the
campaign for Miss Florence Davis. said
last night that she had received be-
tween $4,000 and 1000 votes sat the
time the count was made Miss Davis
had 5000 votes, and her showing was
considered remarkable, considering that
she was one of the last to enter the
race.
MAKES STRONG SHOWING
1t is claimed that one of the sur
prises of the race will be the strong
showing of Miss Anna keenan,. tele-
graph operator at the Merchants ex-
change. Miss keenan, is very popular
ana ner friends insist lnat the candi-
date who beats her will know that
there has been a race.
The result of the partial canvass as
far as completed late yesterday after,
noon was:
Miss Estelle Colonan, st. Francis hotel 1906
MISS Mabel carroll ]. Magnin & Co... Il, ,450
MISS Anna Hupp, hoos Bros. .........1 IL .255
MISS Sarah Miller, Hale Bros IL 211
Miss Ada Macdonald American and Pa
cifc coast biscuit company ..-.-...... s7se
Miss Sarah Thorold. Peoples creamery s710
Miss Rae Greenbaum. Prager's s........ 8 I25
Miss Gussie Cain, Weinstock. Lubin &
Co. ..-..:.......... .....-......-... zoos
nao w NJ Dorfr