The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-15
CALF ORNIA'S LAST
DAY Of PRIMARIES
GrueIIing Campaign of Months
Comes to a Close This
Evening.
VERY HEAVY REGISTRATION
DEMOCRATS REGISTER AS RE-
PUBLIOANS.

San Francisco, Aug. 14.-With only
twenty-four hours remaining before
the close of the state primary cam
paign. candidates SfOr party nominal
lions are busying themselv with inc
issuance OF final instructions 10 county
and precinct workers and preparations
for bringing out their full strength az
the polls on Tuesday. Not until the
close of the ballOting on Tuesday even
ing will candidates or campaign man
ayers enjoy their first rest since tue
wearing race for office was begun
months ago. Then, after briet lell
the victors will again take up the Dur
den, this time with party lines Well de-
fined. and with the issue no longer
between factions or individuals.
One development of the last rev
DAYS of the contest that has upset all
early calculations, is the tremendous
~ heavy registrations. which indicates
a Republican vote in excess of that
cast in the general election two years
ago. Undoubtedly some thousands OF
Democrats have registered as Repub-
lican partisans for the primary, De
cause of the few contests TO be decided
within their own party.
Contests in Counties.
With Theodore Bell unoppOsed for
the Democratic nomination for COVER
nor, and few contests below that office
on the Democratic ballot the interest
OF that party has conferred mainly on
local contests for county offices.
Five gubeFnatorial candidates VIII
appeal for the suffrage of Republican
voters-Hiram NJ. Johnson. Charles L.
Curry. Alden Anderson, Philip \. STAN
ton and Nathaniel ElleTy Johnson
has the Endorsement OF the Lincoln
Roosevelt league, as the 'insurgent
faction is designated, while the four
others will divide the vote of the stall
warts.
Curry, who is the incumbent secre-
tary Of state, has a following that is
largely personal, and has built pow
erful political machine. Anderson Is
the recognized candidate of the state
Republican organization. Stanton and
Ellery are appealing fOr the stalwart
vote, the former as the only candi-
date whose home is in the heavily Re-
publican southern California district
and the latter on his record as a good
roads advocate.
In Congressional Race.
Second in interest only TO the guber.
Material race are contests in seVera
NOilB AcSSioiAdl 0lSAAASNS WsNtS TIC is US
! is clearly defined as between Repub-
| lican stalWarts or the Democrats are
| making a vigorous attempt to unsea
/ the incumbent Republicans.
! Most notable of these is THAI in thi
/ Second district, where William Kent
/ insurgent, is making the race agains
/ Duncan McKinlay, the present repre-
/ sentative from that district Clifford
PinchOt spent some weeks CamDaigQ
/ ing for Kent, who has been a fOrcmos
/ advocate of the PinchOt cOnserVat iol
/ policies.
| Three candidates are appealing 70
| the Republican advisory vote 70
/ United States senatOr-.IIhn D. Work
/ and &. MeserVe OF los Angeles AM
/ A. G. Spalding of San Diego. Work
has the Endorsement Of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league, and has been max
/ ing his campaign on an insurgent plat
form. Meserve, an attorney and Spald
/ ing. a millionaire sporting goods man
ufacturer. divide the stalwart support