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

something more than 100 votes. Hans
has usually affiliated with the Cook
wing or the republican party
Five out of the seven assemblymen
from Alameda county are progressives.
c. c. Young of Berkeley was reelected
to succeed himself, beating former City
Attorney r. c. Stats of Berkeley de-
cisively. Frank NJ. Smith beat James
II. Pond in the fifty-first One of the
most smarting defeats handed out was
that of William c. Clark to Assembly
man Harry Pulcifer in the fftieth.
Clark beat Pulcifer badly, being helped
along by the strong Johnson vote in
the district, which takes in the north
ern end of Oakland. including for the
most part residence districts. George
Fitzgerald. former president of the
Oakland city council. nosed in ahead
of John F. Kelly. Fitzgerald won by
only 40 votes. Robert j. Gala CHAN
won comfortably over James Feeley.
incumbent, in the fortyeighth, and
Daniel Ferguson. Callaghan was the
choice of County Treasurer NJ J. Kelly.
Only in the forty sixth and forty
seventh districts were the progressives
unsuccessful in nominating assembly
men. Deputy District Attorney A. A.
Rogers had no opposition in the forty
sixth. In the forty seventh Sumner
Crosby beat A. L. Morgenstern by only
81 votes, after very hot fight. There
is some talk among Morgenstern's sup
porters of contesting this election and
demanding a recount.
COUNTY CLERKS FIGHT
In the fights for county offices. the
county organization is congratulating
itself on having routed the attack on
County Clerk John P. Cook. Cook was
opposed bitterly by his political enc
miles, who saw that it was necessary
to break him to wrest control of county
politics. Thomas NJ. Robinson, chief
deputy of County Assessor Henry p.
Dalton, was put up to beat him, but he
could not do it, although he ran we'll
Recorder John w. Mott, brother of
Mayor Mott, was beaten badly by G..
w Bacon. former county auditor. Re-
corder Mott has always done politics
with the machine end of the party.
The anomalous position he was placed
in brought about his defeat. coupled
with Bacon's strength. In 207 out of
30 precincts of the county the COM
plete vote was: Bacon, 1921; Mott,
IO434
DALTON WINS OUT
County Assessor Henry P. Dalton
was nominated over /. Harrison Clay,
and the old white horse will stand
at the courthouse corner for the next
four years. politicians said today, re-
ferring TO Dalton's big white steed,
or which he often rides to his office
Dalton was $50 votes ahead with only
three precincts yet to be heard from
this evening. The Dalton-Clay fight
was one of the stiffest in the county.
Dalton has never trained with the
county machine, and, as. on former
elections, a strong attempt to beat
him was made. Clay, who was former
president of the Oakland chamber of
commerce, and enjoyed a good reputa-
ton and much popularity, was put up
to defeat Dalton. He failed to, though
he gave the assessor a scare.
GARRISON FOR AUDITOR
The county machine failed to secure
the nomination of Conrad J. Lutgen as
county auditor. He was beaten de-
cisively by E. +. Garrison, deputy in
the Office OF City Assessor Gross. Gar
rison belongs to the progressive end of
the republican party. Lutgen was APP
pointed to Office only a few months ago
and his inexperience with politics and
late beginning of his fight counted
against him. Garrison made strong
showing throughout the entire county.
Coroner Tisdale was renominatedA al
though his home town, Alameda, knitted
him. He had against him DIR. t., b.
good government league, though he
has never affiliated with it. Many of
the league voters of Alameda refused
to vote for him and backed Holmes,
COUNTY TREASURER EASY WINNER
County Treasurer NJ. ]. Kelly. one of
the wheelhorses of progressive republi-
cans in the county, won by the largest
majority of anycandidate who was OPP
posed.
Justice of the. Peace Geary won out
again in Brooklyn township Paul
Wuthe, a deputy under County Clerk
Cook. who was considered his closest
rival. failed at the polls. while Aaron
Turner made a surprisingly strong
showing.
VOTE FOR JOHNSON
Hiram Johnson's plurality has not
been figured up yet. In 45 precincts
out of the 210 of the county he had
5.176 votes, as against 4,1S1 for Curry
Alameda was carried by Johnson, which
was not expected. and the surprising
thing in Alamedas vote was the fact
that Anderson got more votes than
Curry. Johnsons plurality over An
derson was 800 in Alameda. Curry ran
third. Berkeley went strong for John
son. three or four to one being the
proportion of lis vote as compared with
Curry. The outlying districts gave
him much the best of it also. Curry