Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
JOHNSON WILL Be
BURIED UNDER A
!. $4,000 PLURALITY
Democrats Confident of Carrying
at Least At of So Cali
fornia Counties
BETTING is 10 TO 6 ON BELL
San Francisco and Los Angeles
Both Will Be Wrested from
G. O. p, Is Predicted
Especial to The Herald

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5.-State-
ment Of R. H. De Witt, chairman Dem
ocratic state central committee:
Reports from all parts of California
from both Democratic and Republican
sources point to but one result. Bell
and Spellacy will bury Johnson and
Wallace under plurality of $4,000 and
upward. We will carry at least AZ of
So counties. Our majority in San
Francisco will be from $4,000 to $4,000.
Reports from Los Angeles indicate that
we will carry that county. The Repub>
lican majorities in the counties of the
southland will be swept aside and Bell
and Spellacy will come up to the Te-
hachapi with a substantial lead
"The clean, manly, dignified cam
paign pursued by our standard-bearer,
as contrasted with that of his opponent
will prove a material factor in this re-
suit. The long, hard fight of sixteen
years made by Mr.. Bell against special
privileges and for equal rights to all,
with the broad constructive policies
with which he has gone before the peo-
pie in this campaign have won for him
the commendation and support of
discriminating voters throughout the
length and breadth of California and
independent Republican voters have
flocked to his standard by the thou
sands"
G. o. P. GIVES NO FIGURES
The Republican managers issued a
statement tonight asserting that john
son would carry the state by the
largest plurality ever given a guber-
material candidate. They gave no
figures on the state.
So, I, 1or tV1oA OF
the Star theater tonight. He failed
again to answer the questions which
Frank F. Herring of Indiana has been
putting to him nightly. He contented
himself with saying that he thought
the people did not believe the charge.
Herring repeated his questions at the
Novelty theater. He produced a $150e
check from the United Railroads to
Hiram Johnson. The audience cheered
for nearly a quarter of an hour. Her
ing had to ask the people frequently
to withhold their applause so that he
could finish his speech.
More than 100000 has been bet in
San Francisco in the last few days.
The betting commissioners assert that
at least $150,0O0 has been put up on
Bell. The odds have receded from 2
to 1 on1Johnson to 10 to 6 on the DEM
ocratic candidate.
odds of 10 to also are offered that
Bell will carry San Francisco, but
feeling that the result in the Bay city
will be close is indicated by the plac-
ing of several wagers that Bell will
carry it by $500.
HERE'S LIssNER's STATEMENT
The statement issued by Meyer
Lissner, chairman of the Republican
state central committee, was as fol-
lows:
'Hiram w. Johnson will be elected
governor of California Tuesday next
by the largest vote ever given can
didate for governor in this state. He
will carry with him the entire Repub-.
lican ticket.
Reports received from all over the
state show that there has been no fall
ing off of the normal Republican
strength in any individual county,
while almost every county that gave
Bell a plurality four years ago will
either reverse the figures in favor of
Johnson or will give Bell much re-
duced vote.
"This applies even to Bells own
county.
'In the southern part of the state
the plurality in Los Angeles county
alone will be in the. vicinity of 10000.
In all probability Johnson will carry
San Francisco. The plurality of 37OO
that Bell received in Sacramento four
years ago will be turned into plural
ity for Johnson. Alameda county will
give Johnson 10000 plurality, and Santa
Clara county in the vicinity of 5000.
johnson will take from Bell the en-
tire Republican disaffection that voted
with the Democratic candidate four
years ago, and will add to that vote
strong Democratic following opposed to
the Southern Pacific political machine"