The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
In the Jacramento and Jan Joaquin Valleys
JOHNSONvpS VOTE
TOTALS IOI,666
Combined Ballots of His Rival
Candidates Were But
Iz,z73 More

SACRAMENTO. Sept t4.-Deputy
Secretary Of state ". Il. Govan has
about completed the compiling of the
Official figures of the vote cast at the
primary election August Ie. Sonoma
county's returns are Incomplete.
To date the total vote for governor.
lieutenant governor and associate JUS
tice Of the supreme court had been
footed and these figures show that the
vote for the second place upon the
ticket fell o4,575 short Of that for gov
ernor. The total vote for governor is
272.2ll. and that for lieutenant COVER
nor 247.s3e-
Hiram johnson received q total vote
of 1Ol. .66s. or 1928 less than the COM
bined vote Of Anderson. Curry, Stanton
and Euery. His nearest competitor,
Curry, was 46,276 votes behind him.
The figures follow:
For eovernor-AnderSon. IS. .2e5: Curry, 55.S90;
Ellery. 2o2s; Johnson IO1. $50; Stanton. 1925:
Bel. - -3es; Wilson, 4.554; Mesds, l.6s2; scat
tering 3.ool. Total. ~, ,2ll
ris. 2s-2Ss; Keesling. 61OS3: Wallace. 60 .o2
spellacy AHA; socialist. ssS; prohibition,
70; scattering, .0s2 Total. Pa $50.
For associate justice of supreme court-Iames,
IS a43: Melvin loi Ie7; SlcSs. I02. SIS; Wilbur,
IS zse Bledsoe 81 se6; LsElor. 3S.459; socialist.
a.2ss: prohibition. Gas; scattering, 2.657 Total,
z35.97o.
JORDAN NOMINATED
Figures given out by the secretary
OF state today establish the nomina ton
Of Frank c. Jordan over Florence j.
OBrien as republican candidate for
secretary OF state by slightly more
than 1000 votes. The secretary of
FO1
Repubncan-Frank C. Jordan, 56-2Te; Plor
ence J. o.Brien, s. .eze; Wagner, 5s.o4s; Morrow,
IL ses: houser, S.4SS-
Deunocrs tic-Bsiley a. 700.
Socislist-EdEsrd Cantell, 2,I1e.
ProhibtioRist-J- c. Dale, 611; scattering
POS.
troller follow:
Republican-Nye, los slI; Mat+ison. SC, ,5e7.
Denoocrs tic-Nye. 2 76o.
Socislist-Deeds z. 655-
rohibitionist-Sturdevsnt $40; scattering
ssI.
Ferris Pessimistic
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1A-"Dick'
Ferris of Los Angeles, late candidate
for lieutenant governor on the repub-
lican ticket. today filed with the county
clerk q sworn statement of his recent
campaign expenses. in which he in
dulges in many frank confessions OF
his political experiences. Ferris said
cost him, all told, s5.Se7.76. Under per-
eonsl expenses, Ferris testified:
~Canvassing for votes-such as be-
ing the fall guy for q lot of alleged
voters hanging around saloons who
moved in whenever I attempted to buy
drink for myself-S100."
Ferris further certified that he paid
one man $3.50 and that another person
paid the same man S1.I9s for circulat-
ing his nomination petitions. Ferris
evidently thinks there is something
suspicious about the petition circulat-
ing business, for he said:
This man says the money was eX-
pended for circulating petitions. / do
not know whether it was or not, but
1t is my opinion that IL was not
To another man, Ferris said, he paid
s1T0O for circulating and verifying
petitions. but he stated he does not
know that the work was done, and
said.
personally, I don't believe ii was. ]
have tried TO get vouchers from these
men for these expenditures, but failed
In fact. I have every reason to believe
that I was the red haired political
lamb sheared by these gentlemen
Twenty five dollars, according tC
Ferris statement. was expended ir
carrying a few infrm and disabled
Orange county voters to the polls. who
must have voted for my opponents
when they got there"
Ferris was in Minneapolis, Mimi
when his name was suggested in Cali
fornia for lieutenant governor, and he
said in his statement that he spent
$40 there for telegraph tolls nibbling
at the bait"