The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-18

OAKLAND, Aug. l7.-victory for the
progressive republican candidates in
the majority of important contests
marked yesterdays election in Ala
media county. Hiram Johnson's plural
ity, which viii be about 5000 in the
county when all the returns are
counted, is supported by majorities for
nearly all the legislative candidates,
for other state candidates and for some
Of the county and township Offices
Edward J. Tyrren has beaten State
Senator Frank w Leavitt of the six
teenth district decisively and broken
the back of the machine in it's stron-
hold In a district containing hun
dreds Of men who have always voted
for Leavitt, where he could always
count on the unanimous support of the
racetrack at EmeryVille and of the
united strength of all the machine
politicians Leavitt. for u years a
right hand man of the Herrin political
bureau. went down TO defeat at the
hands Of a young man who made his
issue the same as that of Hiram John
son. The defeat is considered all the
more CALLING when it is remembered
that Leavitt has occupied his seat in
the state senate for several terms and
has been considered one of its leaders
LEAVITT ADMITS DEFEAT
Tyrre1l's majority is between 400 and
500 votes. Beavitt gave up at mid
night and admitted his defeat. He
carried Emeryville. as was expected.
and some Of the precincts of West Oak
land. but West Berkeley. where Tyrrell
hardly hoped TO break even. went for
the progressive candidate, and the
little town Of Albany, which was con-
sidered Leavitt's, repudiated him
badly.
IyrreE IS secretary of Mayor Mott
and the municipal forces worked hard
for his success. Much interested in
the fight was County Treasurer NJ J.
Kelly. whose own reelection was a
foregone conclusion. Kelly has vowed
for z long time to break Leavitt's
power in the fourth and sixth wards
Of Oakland. the treasurer's own baili-
wick, and he devoted his entire ener-
gies TO encompass the machine poll
tician's defeat.
The new senatorial nominee from the
sixteenth district is 32 years Of age. He
has never filled any elective Office He
has served as secretary of Mayor Mott
for several years and has enjoyed the
confidence and friendship of Oakland's
executive. Tyrrell is a lawyer. having
been admitted 10 practice a year ago.
though he has never actively engaged
in his profession. He was born in Oak
lsndg and before his entry into politics
was in the insurance business in San
Francisco. His election is conceded. as
the district is Overwhelmingly repub-
lican
Oficial figures on yesterdays election
viii not be forthcoming until tomorrow
at the earliest All of County Clerk
Cooks deputies worked all night re-
ceiving returns and disposing of them.
They were exhausted. besides. by the
hardest political fight their chief has
ever had in the county. Few of them
went TO bed before sunrise. In conse-
ouence no effort at tabulating the votes
was made today. except in a partial
way by interested candidates, who
crowded about the returns TO figure
whether or not they had won.
FRANK OTIS BEATEN
Frank Otis, one of the authors of the
WaIker-Otis racetrack law. was beaten
in the fourteenth senatorial district
The fight was a three-eornered one
Otis. who served in the last session OF
the legislature as assemblyman from
the forty-seventh district. had against
him George J. Hans. assemblyman from
the flfty-first. and John Ralph Wilson.
new man in politics, who was backed
BY the Lincoln Roosevelt league. VIII
son was beaten of. but the result as
between Otis and Hans was not certain
until late this afternoon. when several
unofficial counts. made by both sides.
showed that Hans had a pluralit~ -