The San Francisco call., 1910-07-28
REMARKABLE RECOVERY


REMARKABLE RECOVERY
The falling off in the registration in
1906 was due. of course to the fire,
but the figures for 1908 showed a re-
covery that carried the total beyond
normal. and this condition was empha-
sized last August, when the registra-
tion. covering a period Of Is months,
reached a record breaking total of
S4S57 for the 1909 primaries
The new registration proves con-
clusively that the gain in population
has continued steadily and that an
unusual interest is being shown in the
coming primary election. When the
registrars Office closed at midnight
Tuesday the total amounted to 64.S10,
more than 1000 names having been
placed on the roll during the day.
Yesterday the crush at the registrars
Office was even greater than Tuesday,
and Registrar Z. c. Harrington esti-
mated last night that between 5000
and 1 .000 voters had been registered
during the day.
The tnaI registration figures give the
first basis for anything like an approx
mately accurate estimate OF what the
vote is likely to be at the election of
August IS. A tabulation made yester-
day showed that exactly 1896 changes
Of political afiliation had been recorded
during the whole period Of registra-
riOn up TO IllQnlE[L u6SudE -Nlll6-
tenths Of these changes were from
union labor to republican aff1liation, and
possibly 800 or 400 more such affili-
ations were changed yesterday as a re-
suit of the strenuous efforts being made
by the various republican candidates to
bring union labor voters into position
10 exercise their franchise at the pri-
maries.
MANY DISENFRANCHISED
Despite the big change from union
labor TO republican registra tion, ohw-
ever, il is estimated by the registrar
that at least 5000 voters. registered
under a union labor aflliation, will be
disenfranchised because of the fact that
no union labor ticket will be in the
field at the primaries. Before estimat-
ing the probable primary vote it is
necessary TO subtract this 5000 from
the total registration and to base the
calculation on a total Of only $4,000.
A vote of so per cent of the total reg
istration is q fair estimate in a year of
new registration, and using this figure
and deducting still another 5 per cent
for removals and challenges, the esti-
mated vote for the coming election
amounts TO $4,000
OF the total vote cast next month the
republican party probably will poll so
per cent, or total of 40,320 votes.
Even this proportion may be surpassed,
however, because Of the number of
union labor voters who have regis
tered republican and because hundreds
Of democrats have registered republi-
can for the purpose of boosting some
particular republican candidate into
nomination.
Yesterday was one of the biggest
days of registration in the history of
the registrars Office. From morning
until the doors of the registration room
were closed at midnight the crush in
front Of the desks continued without
interruption, and the entire clerical
force of the Office was almost INSULT
cient TO keep up with the task. All
day long a line of automobiles stood in
front of the Office in McAllister street,
and voters who had put off registering
until the last day found themselves
forced to wait for Is or 90 minutes be-
fore they could find places at the regis
tration desks. The greatest rush oc-
Cured during the evening hours from
o'clock until midnight
Will Speak in Berkeley
BERKELEY, July 27.-Hiram John
son will make his second campaign ap-
pesrance in this city Friday night.
when he will address an audience of
Berkeley and North Oakland residents
in Lincoln hall in Alcatraz avenue, west
of Adeline street.
c. c. Young. assemblyman from the
ffty-second district. who is a candidate
for reelection, made the arrangements
for the Johnson meeting. 1t was to
have been held two weeks ago, but a
sudden change in the plans of the gu
bernatorial candidate caused a post
ponement.
Invitations are being sent out by the
Berkeley and Oakland committees to
prominent residents Of this city and
North Oakland.