Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-09
ENTIRE G. 0. P. STATE
TICKET IS VICTORIOUS
Strength Shown by Socialists Is
Surprise of Election
ASSOCIATED Press)


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-Califor
mia remains in the Republican column
Hiram w. Johnson has been swept into
the office of governor by a plurality
which, estimated on a basis of partial
returns, may approximate $4,000.
Seemingly he has carried the entire
Republican state ticket to victory.
Returns from 2S1 precincts out OF
3159 in the state received up to mid
night gave the following vote for gov
ernor:
johnson 1887, Bell 13,446.
For lieutenant governor:
Wallace 1868, Spellacy 12,646.
For justices of the supreme court:
Melvin, Republican, 1896; Sloss, Re-
publican, 20,284: Bledsoe, Democrat,
$500; Lawlor, Democrat, 11,0OS.
From the incomplete returns received
up to midnight from the eight con-
gressional districts in the state 1t ap-
peared probable that California had
again returned a solid Republican del
egation to the lower house of congress,
Some surprising features developed In
the vote cast today. Foremost among
these was the strength shown by j.
Stitt Wilson, Socialist candidate for
governor, in the larger centers of popu-
lation.
In some Of the labor districts of San
Francisco, an unexpectedly large num-
ber of straight Socialist votes were
nolIed. and it was the belief of the
Democratic campaign committee that
this explained the failure of Theodore
A. Bell to go out of this city with the
large plurality which had been claimed
for him.
other leading features Of the returns
were the seeming "reversals of form"
OF the two great parties in certain dis
tricts in which either was supposed TO
have overwhelming strength. Thus the
Bell slump in San Francisco was on
set in some measure by the closeness
of the indicated vote In several South
ern California counties couhteu as
Johnson strongholds.
The count Of the vote in the city OF
San Francisco was eXasperatlnsiy
slow. 1t was after 10 o'clock tonlgnt
before the first complete returns from
a single precinct were turned in, and
at midnight only nine precincts nau
reported their full totals. snap tai
lies taken at the various polling places
indicated a remarkably close vote on
the governorship. Johnson and Bell al
ternating in the lead by narrow mar
gins. - , ,,ov,rD~oa
With incomplete returns from S44
out of the 352 precincts of this city the
vote for governor stood:
johnson, 1854; Bell, s217; Wilson,
S716.
Spellacy, for lieutenant governor,
9c58; Wallace, 1857.
In the heavy labor union precincts
Wilson polled a strong vote.
julius Kahn, Republican incumbent,
has been returned to congress from
the Fourth district, and E. A. Hayes,
Republican incumbent in the Fifth,
has beaten Thomas p. Hayden.
BY a heavier vote than that cast for
either gubernatorial candidate, Melvin
and Sloss, Republicans. for associate
justices of the supreme court, were
successful in this city over w. p. Law
lor and BENJAMIN Bledsoe, the Demo-
cratic candidates.
The other members of the Republican
state ticket have established leads over
their opponents which are not likely
to be reversed by the final count.
In the legislative districts only one
Democratic assemblyman has been sue
cessful, while Il } Republicans made a
clean sweep of the senatorial districts.
In this city the two constitutional
amendments permitting the issue Of
bonds for the Panama-Pacifc Interna-
tional exposition, were carried by an
overwhelming vote.
The incomplete returns gave amend
ment No. 81 11,701 favorable votes to
1910 against. For amendment No. 80