The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
.67,Sl4 REGISTER
FOR PRIMARIES
1910 Record Exceeds That OF
Two Years Ago by 1887
Names

Registration for the August primary
the official total given out yesterday at
! the registrars office, amounts to 67,S14,
or within 200 of the estimate made on
| the last day of the registration.
The new registration this year tops
the banner primary registration of two
years ago by 1877 names. In the final
examination of registration certlhcates
/ a few changes may be found which Will
! slightly alter the total, but the number
! given out is not likely to be lessened
! by more than so names at the outside
The registration is the heaviest ever
! recorded in San Francisco for pr1-
mary election in a year of new regis
! tration, and gives promise OF the great
est vote on August Is that ever has
been cast at a primary election IN TINS
| city.
| STATE FOLLOWS SUIT
In most respects the San Francisco
registration is an indication of that In
other counties of the state. Both the
/ county and the city of Los Angeles
have reported registration far in ad-
vance of that of any previous year,
while the Alameda county total is esti-
mated at $4,000, although no absolute
count has yet been made. Several other
counties have announced registration
running far in excess of any ever pc
fore recorded, and the rule or big reg
istration undoubtedly holds good
throughout the state
The estimated registration of $4,000
in Alameda county is thousands above
the total vote cast in the county by All
parties combined at the presldentlal
election in 1908. On a conservative
estimate it is probable that more re-
publican votes will be cast in Alameda
county at the primary than were cast
for the heads of all the tickets at the
presidential election. The same is be-
lieved to be generally true throughout
the state and wise politicians are pre-
dieting that more votes Will be cast on
August Is throughout the state Tor the
republican candidates for governor
than We're cast for Taft at the general
election The whole presidential vote
in 1908 was 386, 900, of which TAFT re-
ceived slightly over $4,000.
VOTE HERE ESTIMATED
Taft's vote in San Francisco in 1908
was $4,000, and it is conservatlvely es-
tfmated that $4,000 republican votes
will be cast in San Francisco next
month Approximately 5000 democrats
are registered in San Francisco on
the basis of a vote of so per cent of the
total registration, dllOWlHS uSuiOtioHo
for union labor registration and decli-
nations, the primary vote should
amount altogether in San Francisco to
about 4S.750.
At least $500 union labor voters have
been disfranchised for the primary by
failure to change their affiliation to one
of the parties having primary ticket
in the field. Approximately 1000 cleo
tors who have declined to state their
party affiliations will be debarred from
participation in the primary election.
The practical working of the new
direct primary law, the general inter-
est shown in the political situation
throughout the state and the personal
efforts made by candidates to secure
registration in order to get their nomi-
mating petitions signed are the causes
to which are generally attributed the
big increase in registration.
The final day for primary registra-
ton in San Francisco added $500 new
names to the roll. The registrars cler-
ical force was put yesterday to the
task of preparing the district and pre-
cinct rolls for the printers, and IL Will
be several days before the final segre-
CATION of names is made by party affil1-
alton and by districts.
Harris Is Indorsed
The Albert Perry Harris club. of the
forty-frst district met last night in
Union hall and enthusiastically in
dorsed its candidate for the assembly.
Among those who addressed the gath
ering were Thomas +. Hayden, A. P.
Harris. A. L. Graham and Judge w. II.
Smith Jr.