Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-16
Johnson Expects to Win G. 0. P,
GubernatoriaI Nomination
by $4,000 Plurality
DEMOCRATS SOLID FOR BELL
Republican Senatorial Aspirants
Give Out No Figures, and
Fight Is Quiet
ASSOCIATED Prass)

ASSOCIATED Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.-Assems
bled in a myriad OF polling places to-
morrow, the voters of California will
hold their conventions for the nomin-
alton of state, congressional, legisla-
tive and county candidates. No general
election has attracted more interest
| than this first test of the efficiency of
the direct primary under the new Cali
| fornia law, and in no previous ballot
| ing has it been more difficult to fore
| cast results. Pre-primary claims of
victory are as numerous as the candi-
| dates themselves, and the figures given
out at the several headquarters show
| remarkable differences of opinion-real
or pretended.
| If results be close in the contests for
| the principal nominations 1t may re-
quire day or two to determine the
winners; in the case of minor offices,
| definite announcements canot be ex-
pected within that time, owing to the
great length of the ballot, and the fact
| that there are no straight" tickets to
| be voted If the returns show "land-
| slide" in any direction a definite idea
as to the main results may be had
early tomorrow evening.
NO OPPOSITION TO BELL
With Theodore A. Bell assured of the
Democratic nomination for governor
without opposition and few other places
| on the Democratic state ticket con-
| tested, the interest of the voters Of that
party is confined to local contests. The
one which is attracting most attention
| is the struggle between r. P. Troy and
| Walter Macarthur, the labor leader,
for the Democratic nomination for con-
gress in the Fourth district, where
julius Kahn will be chosen by the Re-
publicans to succeed himself. Man
ayers of the five candidates for
the Republican gubernatorlal nomina-
| tion made their final claims tonight and
accompanied them with analytical de-
tails. Each professed confidence that
his chief would be returned winner
on the morrow
In the camp of Hiram w. Johnson,
the insurgent aspirant, it was asserted
that Johnson would come up to the
Tehachapi with a plurality of not less
than $4,000; that he would more than
maintain this lead in central and north
ern California, overcoming through
overwhelming support in the farming
districts the pluralities that his op-
ponents might receive in the moro pop
ulous centers. Johnson is confident of
| defeating Philip A. Stanton in Los An
| geles, the latter's home city, and OF
! breaking nearly even in San Francisco,
| the Curry stronghold. The Lincoln
Roosevelt press and orators through
out the state have been urging their
|
gent ticket, and the johnson managers
profess confidence that the entiGe tick
ct will go through.
CURRY is CONFIDENT
Charles f. Curry's lieutenants based
| their claims upon the splendid organ
ization which Curry had built up
| throughout the state and declared that
the vote tomorrow would be filed with
| surprises in the districts where the OPP
| position had been considered strongest.
| 1t was asserted that Curry would have
a clear majority in San Francisco;
that he would run uniformly ahead OF
| Johnson throughout the other central
| and northern counties, and that MS ex-
| cellent organization in the southern
counties, coupled with the strong sup
| mort controlled by Richard Ferris, his
running mate, would bring him up to
the Tehachapi close upon the heels or
| the Iincoln-Roosevelt nominee. AS an
| evidence of the strength of the curry
| organization, the fact was cited that
| a call for a meeting of It's preclnct
| workers in San Francisco last FRIDAY
| night brought an aIlehuaAlSe VI AoVV
men.
| Philip A. Stanton bases his hopes OF
| success entirely upon the support tnat
he expected to receive in southern
| California, which district supplies put
one candidate for the governorsnlp
expects to receive 65 per cent OF the
Republican vote in Los Angeles, MS
home county, and tc have big lead
in every other county or the southern
group. He figures that the Southern
California vote alone will give MIN tne
nomination, while the scattering sup
port that he will receive above the
Tehachapi will but serve the purpose
of increasing his plurality. Stanton's
closing campaign in central ana north-
ern California has been made by +. V.
Keesling, whom the Angeleno induced
to enter the race for lieutenant gov
ernor as his running mate.
ANDERSON HAS HOPES
At Alden Anderson's headquarters it
was claimed that the candidate of the
regular Republican organization would
draw a majority of the stalwart vote
and that this would be sufficient to
offset the Lincoln Roosevelt strength.
1t was asserted that Anderson was the
only one of the four stalwart candi-
dates who had developed sufficient
strength to defeat johnson. Anderson
has had the almost unanimous sup
port of the organization press In the
campaign.
Nathaniel Ellery laid claim to only
35 900 votes in the balloting tomorrow,
but by some mathematical process his
campaign manager has reached the
conclusion that this will give him the
victory by large plurality. Ellery's
estimate of the total Republican vote
is far below that of the other guber-
material candidates.
From the rival insurgent and stall
wart camps in the Second. Fifth and
Seventh congressional districts final
statements were issued tonight, each
claiming victory on the morrow.
Supporters Of Edwin A. Meserve, A.
G. Spalding and John ID. Works. as
pirants for the party Endorsement for
the United States senate, We'd with
one another in expressions OF conf
dence as to the outcome OF Califor-
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