The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-15
Both Parties Will Hold Pri-
mary Elections Through
out the State.
Not FIGHT FOR GOVERNOR
oEMofRAT,c CANDIDATE FOR
NOMINATION NOT OPPOSED.
soT REPUBLICANS HAVE FIVE
ENTERED IN RACE.

elections will be held throughout Cal
ifornia tomorrow by all political part
les for the nomination of candidates
for United States senator and repre-
sentatives in congress, governor. lieu
tenant governor. associate justice OF
the supreme court. secretary OF state,
controller, treasurer. attorney general,
surveyor general. clerk OF the su-
preme court, superintendent of public
instruction. superintendent of state
printing. judges Of the district court of
appeals. members of the state board of
equalization, railroad commissioner
members Of the state senate and as
sembly and county oficers.
| The majority Of the. present mem
Ders OF congress are candidates for re-
election and most of these have no
very serious opposition for renomina-
ton. The primary will BE the first held
in California in which the voters will
lndorse a candidate for United States
senator. The candidate receiving the
majority vote is expected to be chosen
| by the next legislature to succeed
FRANK +. Flint, whose term will expire
next March, and who declined to try
for another term. Three republican
aspirants all hailing from the southern
part or the state, are in the field for
the senatorship. They are Edwin A.
Meserve, a wealthy resident Of Los
| Angeles; John D. Works. also of Los
| Angeles. who is regarded as the choice
! OF the republican state machine; and
| A. G. Spalding, the one-time baseball
player and millionaire sporting goods
manufacturer who has made his home
in San Diego for some years.
Where Interest centers.
The chief interest in the primary
| fight however, centers in the contest
for the governorship. The nominal
ton on the democratic side will go to
Theodore A. Bell of San Francisco,
| who is without opposition. Mr.. Bell
Is a former member of congress and
has long been prominent as a demo-
cratic politician. Two years ago he
lRcted as temporary chairman of the ma
tfonal convention at Denver which
| nominated Mr.. Bryan for president.
Since Mr.. Bell has no opposition for
the democratic nomination, the real
struggle for the governorship is be-
tween the five republican aspirants for
the of1ce. They are Hiram Johnson,
San Francisco attorney; Philip A..
Stanton of Los Angeles, speaker Of the
assembly: Charles F. Curry of Sacra-
mento, secretary of state: Alden An.
derson Of Sacramento, state superin-
tendent Of banks, and Nathaniel C.. FL
lery of Sacramento.
| Hiram Johnson is the insurgent can
didate and has the Endorsement of the
Roosevelt republican league. He came
into particular prominence during the
trial of Abe Ruef in this city when
Francis j. Heney, the special prosecu-
tor was shot down in the court ROOM
Johnson volunteered to fill his place
and secured the conviction of Ruef,
who is now appealing a fourteen year
sentence. In his fight for the guber-
material nomination johnson has made
a vigorous campaign, stumping the
state from end to end. 1t is generally
conceded that his nomination depends
upon the amount of insurgent senti-
ment among the California republic
ans. Johnson's clever campaign
speeches are believed to have won a
considerable number of adherents to
his cause and he has also had the aid
of Clifford Pinchot, the deposed United
States forester, who came to California
especially to take the stump in behalf
of the Roosevelt league candidate.
OF the other republican aspirants for
the governorship. Alden Anderson,
regular republican is the only man
who has had any large public expe-
rience. He is rich fruit grower and
has served in the legislature and is
also state bank commissioner. Charles
F. Curry is politician, and the other
candidates have never held public Of
fee.
For the nomination for lieutenant
governor and other state offices there
are a number of spirited contests.
This is especially true of the republi-
cans who have several names on the
ballot for all the places to be filled.
While insurgency figures to a great.
er or lesser extent In the contests the
campaign as a whole has been con-
Quoted principally on state issues.
| These issues for the most part are
the same as have been fought out in
previous campaigns in California in
recent years. On the republican side
the fight is one between the so-called
state machine and its opponents. The
| democrats declare that the emancipa-
ton of California from Southern Pa
cific rule overshadows every other pub
lie question. Their party platform
also calls for retrenchment in public
expenditures, equal and uniform taxa
ton, the adoption of the initiative and
referendum and recall system. the i'm
provement of the school system, and
the election Of United States senators
| by direct vote OF the people.
| Mr.. C. w. Hoover announces today
that he had sold to the United Gas
and Electric Company, al the pipe
lines Of the old Richmond Natural Gas
Company in the City Of Richmond,
and being unable to secure enough gas
to supply the city, the service of Nat
ural gas win be discontinued on Sep
tember first It