The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-30
OFFICIAL COUNT
LEAVES HENEY
STILL IN LEAD
Graft Prosecutor Wins NOmina-
ton for District Attorney by
So Votes Over Fickert
Small Majority Leads to Ru-
mors of Plan on Foot TO
Contest the Election

ert for the democratic nomination Tor
district attorney. The completion Of
the onicial count for IA districts, from
the twenty-eighth to the forty-frst. in
elusive. gives Heney 1920 votes and
Fickert 2.04L This gives Heney a ma
5ority Of I7s for those districts. The
semioficial returns for the forty-sec-
ono. forty-third. forty-fourth and for
ty-nfth districts give Heney l66 and
Fickert 257. These figures, added to
the oficial returns for the other "A dis
tricts, give the following totals; Heney.
1886; Fickert. 2.2ss; thus making
Heney's majority SIS.
Owing to the fact that Heney's ma
5ority is so small. there has been con-
siderable talk about the possibility of
Fickert contesting the election. While
Fickert himself has not announced
his intention Of so doing, and while
James F. Brennan, who was the most
active platform champion Of Fickert in
Inc recent primary campaign, says that
to the best of his knowledge Fickert
has not yet considered the advisability
Of a contest, street gossip is busy with
the subject Edward Gunther, an at
torney who has watched the official
count in Fickert's interest, being men
toned as the source OF the talk about
& contest
DISCREPANCIES IN TALLYING
The official count has brought to
light a number of discrepancies in the
tsllying of the votes for Heney and
FickerI. In number of precincts
there is no record OF any votes for
Fickert on the democratic ballot, al
10 II rarsnUnrfinn nf the
total vote polled by Heney would indi-
cate that some votes went to his op-
ponent. The Fickert men claim to have
evidence that votes were actually cast
for Fickert in some Of these precincts,
but were not counted by the election
officers. In at least one precinct Of
the thirty-seventh district il has been
discovered by the election commission
that the votes cast for Fickert on the
democratic ballots were added to the
votes cast for him on the republican
ballots instead of being Tailed sepa-
rately.
There are six precincts in which no
democratic votes have been recorded
for Ftckert in the returns made by the
election officers. In the eleventh pre-
cinct OF the thirty first district, Heney
is credited with nine votes and Fickert
with none; the total vote was So
In the ffty-third precinct of the thirty
fourth district Heney was given ls and
Fickert none; the total vote was &C. In
The eighty-sixth precinct of the thirty
seventh district no votes were recorded
for either Heney or Fickert, although
the total vote was 4e. In the ninety
ninth precinct of the thirty-ninth dis
trlct, Heney was given % votes and
Flckert none. In the one hundred and
tenth precinct OF the thirty-nfnth dis
trict. Heney was given Il and Fickert
none; the total vote was 40. In the
one hundred and sixteenth precinct of
the fortieth district neither Heney nor
Flckert was credited with any votes:
the total vote was A. In the sixtv-
first precinct OF the thfrty-afth dis
trict, on he other hand. Fickert was
given II votes and Heney none.
FIckERT OUT OF TOWN
Fickert left town Saturday for Los
Angeles, where he will try a case Mon
day. and he will stop at Bakersfield on
his way home. In his absence and IN
the absence from the city of Charles
". Slack who is prominent on Fickert's
campaign committee, James F. Brennan.
an attorney, who was active In Flick
ert's fight. said that II was too early
yet to talk with certainty about a
contest OF the election. Brennan said
that Fickert had not mentioned the
matter to him and that he did not
think anybody would be authorized TO
say that a contest would be filed until
Fickert gave the word.
We have positive evidence" said
Brennan, that Fickert received votes
IN some Of those precincts where no
votes have been recorded for him
That in itself would be ample legal
warranty for beginning q contest, but
] think I may say that no decision has
yet been arrived at
some OF Fickert's friends think that
it would not be wise for him TO have
Tic democratic nomination Person
ally ! was opposed 10 his seeking II.
with all three nominations il would
look as though he were the candidate
Of the bosses and not of the people
Il would look too much like politics.
The Heney league workers are en-
coursg ed by their success in securing
signatures TO the petition for Heney's
Independent nomination. The Is veri-
1lcation deputies who were at work in
all parts of the city Friday approached
335 registered voters. none of whom
had voted at the primary election. or
these 2e5 signed the affidavits. while
- refused 70 do so. That gives a pro-
portion of about 50 per cent in favor
Of Heney TO Is per cent opposed to
him.
ALI CLASSES SIGN AFFIDAVITs
The 81 verifcation deputies who
were at work Saturday waited on 2s6
voters. OF these 2s3 signed the Heney
petition. while So refused TO sign. OF
the latter about 40 per cent said that
they were not opposed TO Heney, but
did not wish 10 place themselves on
record The percentage of signers was
nearly rs per cent.
al walks of life are included in the
occupations written on the afidavits
by the signers. An inspection OF 20
af7davits, selected ct random. showed
that the signers gave the following
occupations: Bar tender, editor, man
ager, salesman, capitalist. salesman,
journalist. carpenter, brick layer. show
card writer, real estate dealer, laborer,
porter, merchant, saloonman, livery
stable employee, journalist, steyedore,
retired
A Heney club for the thirty-eighth
district will be organized at the head
quarters of the Heney league in the