The San Francisco call., 1909-08-18
VOTERS EWNCE
GREAT INTEREST
IN PRIMARIES
No UntOward Incident Occurs to
Disturb the Smooth Progress
of the Election
Electors Exercise Freely the
Privilege Of Writing in Names
on the Ballot

large percentage for that district. In
election precinct 127, comprising pre-
oints and Is Of that district, 5o2
voters. registered, while only 242 voted.
OF those IIs were republican, Al demo-
cratic and two union labor votes. For
mayor the vote was: Crocker 12s
Mauzy SIS, Countryman 5
In precinct 2l Of that district, con-
stituting election precinct 135. 101
votes We're deposited, so 4epublican and
Il democratic. The precinct officers as
cribed the small vote to the secluded
place of the polling booth, which was
perched upon an elevated spot and
4 could be reached only by climbing.
q FORTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
IN the forty-ffth assembly district
the republicans led all the rest and
Crocker ran ahead Of his ticket, while
in some precincts Fickert ran way
ahead Of Heney. While the vote in
this district was not as large as had
been predicted by those who are sup
+. posed 10 know the temper of the
voters 1T was much larger than on
former primary elections.
In precincts III, l19, 122 and 123
of the fortieth district Croker out
stripped AIauzy for the republican
Heney in the struggle for the district
attorney nomination. The day was a
quiet one throughout the district, with
no disturbances reported at any of the
polling places
Leland maintained a strong lead over
McLeran and Rock for the democratic
nomination for mayor, the McNab or
ganization rolling up good majority
for Leland in the precincts along SUIT
ter street beyond Van Ness.
There was much delay in counting
the ballots. several Of the election
boards being composed almost entirely
Of old men who were unable to grasp
The new problems presented by the
direct primary law.
VOTED FOR CALHOUN
In the one hundred and twenty
second precinct at Pierce and Sutter
streets a democratic -votor wrote in
The name Of Patrick Calhoun for dis
trict attorney.
In precinct III of the fortieth
Crocker polled III to 55 for Mauzy and
p for COuntryman- Leland received
so for the democratic nomination
gainst S for NcLeran and for Rock.
Mccarthy had the union labor nomina-
lion ali his own way in this. as well as
n the other precincts Of the fortieth.
No unseemly enthusiasm distinguished
The voters at the sixty first precinct Of
H.
voted steadily during the day, they did
not take their first dip in direct primary
suffrage until an hour or so after the
polls opened at s o'clock. The demo-
Gratis were more than backward. AL
though the thirty-ffth is Tom Hickey's
own district, the bourbons could not
muster more than Is votes, and one Of
those had to be for Mauzy. There were
no independence league nor socialist
votes cast at that polling place.
EGGERs Is BUSY
Fred Eggers. candidate for sheriff on
the republican party ticket. was the
busy man in the thirty-siXth, shaking
hands with all his fellow citizens and
waving his cheer TO the children. The
policeman at the voting place of the
seventeenth precinct. located at Fiji
teenth and Dolores streets, was an able
enforcer Of the law. He drove all cam
paigners across the broad street into
the shadow of the church on the corner.
J.. 3. Sibley, candidate for supervisor
on the "Mauzy ticket" was an energetic
campaigner in the district.
p. H Mccarthy favored the polling
place at Guerrero and Market streets,
the SEVENTEEN, with his presence, but
not until after the polls were closed.
one socialist voter out of the six regis
tered was disqualified
The polling place of the, one hundred
and thirty ninth Of the forty-third, To-
Gated in the heart Of the tenderloin,
was as quiet and amiable a shack as
could be found in a city of churches
and homes for the aged
South Of the park, in the thirty
ninth district, the Mauzy workers
were much in evidence about the vot-
ing booths, and in three precincts,
where the republican vote for mayor
was counted while the ballots were
being folded. Mauzy had slight lead
over Croker.
A cursory inspection of the demo-
cratic ballots in these precincts
showed that possibly nine-tenths of
the voters in this party had written
iu either the name OF Fickert or
I4eney for district attorney. The di-
vision appeared to be close. The
union labor ballots did not show so
mach handwriting on the blank space
for district attorney. and Fickert ap-
peared TO have the majority in this
party
AE.EC GREGGAINs AT WORK
Alec Greggains made his appear
ance in the thirty second district for
a few minutes to see that the reform
ers were being looked after by their
henchmen He scurried through the
citv in q big touring car. but rendered
very little service, as he sat in his car
and looked very wise
Coroner Leland had friends in the
district, and they worked hard for his
success at the polls
= the Potrero the voters voted early
md late but not often enough to suit
The large number of friends Of candi-
dates who distributed cards and stick
ers to the registered citizens. When
The polls opened at 6 o'clock the la
boring man, on his way to work, stood
Ia line and received his ballot, and
with little delay marked it and handed
Il in.
IT being great union labor strong
hold. p. II Mccarthy, accompanied by
Michael Casey and President Kelly OF
the labor council. showed themselves
81 the various booths TO give evidence
saat the various factions were united
The ballots Of the union labor voters
were marked throughout with the name
of Charles NJ Fickert, showing that
me Endorsement be received at the
hands Of the party had not been for
roffen BY the laboring men.
An examination Of ballots in some Of
+be nreciucts OF the thirty-frst and
frfrtv-second districts showed some Pc
,.lIiar things. For instance, many vof-
,~~ forgot that David J. Grammar had
,yifi,drawn. as they placed their cross