Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-08
REPORTS CONFIRM
BELL LANDSLIDE
FORECAST-DEWITT
California viii Follow Maine with
Victory for Democracy,
Chairman Declares
HARDWOOD SEES BIG VICTORY
Canvass of Entire State Is Back
of Predictions Made by
Party Leaders
HARDWOOD SEES BIG VICTORY
Especial to The Herald)

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov THE fol-
lowing statement was given out to-
night by r. H. Dewitt chairman of
the Democratic state central commit
tee:
California will follow Maine with
an overwhelming victory for Democ-
racy. l can see no reason to alter my
statement of two days ago, further
than to say that reports received since
then from all parts of California alb
solutely confirm the prediction I made
then. Bell and Spellacy will carry At
or the 5S counties; their plurality will
be 10000 and upward.
''This is a Democratic year throuph-
out the nation The people want a
change, new deal, fair deal. The
Democratic party IN California is unit
ed and more harmonious than il has
been in years past. 1t is inspired
with hope and are working enthusiast
tlcally for the success to follow. The
startling events of the past few days
have had a material bearing on tha
result and still claim San Francisco
by from $4,000 to $4,000. We have
Waged a clean fight all along the line
| and l have an abiding faith in the
fairness, judgment and discrimination
of the electorate OF California and an
equal faith In what their verdict
will be.
81 desire to take this opportunity to
| commend the county committees of the
state, the Bell-Spellacy clubs and the
workers for their loyalty, activity and
efficiency and to express to them the
sincere thanks and appreciation of this
committee for their part in bringing
about this victory for the people,"
HERE is HARWOOD's FORECAST
Charles Harwood's forecast of to-
morrow's results is as follows:
With prediction canvasses cover
! ing every part of the state, the cleo
| ton of Bell and Spellacy by great
| majority at the polls today is assured.
Bell is holding his followers of four
| years ago, he has practically the en-
tire Langdon vote and he has tens
of thousands of votes which were de-
livered to Gillett in the last election.
BELLS oldtime stronghold northern
| California, is as loyal as ever and dis
gust with the present brand of Repub-
| licanism has added big blocks of
| votes to his credit.
Congressman Englebright will re-
ceive a stinging rebuke from the first
congressional district and Judge Raker
| will represent the district in the next
| congress. The change is most marked
in Mendocino and Humboldt counties.
Eureka in particular is a Bell strong
] hold. Bell will come to Napa with
| 5000 majority and will roll UP nearly
| 5000 more from Napa, Solano and Sac
ramento counties. In Sonoma county
| yesterday occurred a continuous ova-
| ton to Bell running from one end of
| the county to the other, and assuring
a majority of 1900 there. 1t is de-
scribed by correspondents of all parties
as the most remarkable tribute ever
paid any man in that region.
"In San Francisco 1t is only a ques-
ton of the size of Bells majority The
are with him almost To a.
man, but it must be remembered that
many of the downtown merchants
vote across the bay.
OUTLOOK IN BAY CITY
"To be conservative, Bells majority
will equal 5000. That is concedinE all
possible strength to Wilson, although
labor has never been keen on isms.
Many who are usually good forecast
ers are allowing Bell $4,000 majority
in San Francisco. These believe that
labor will not. desert a known friend
like Bell to aid the man who defended
Pat Calhoun's strikebreakers, arrested
for attempting to murder union men
on strike.
Travelling men who have been go
ing through San Joaquin the past
month are saying that 1t is all Bell
there. These same mercuries of trade
were saying the same for johnson q
month ago.
For the state assembly and state
senate, San Francisco has a list of
known machine henchmen, collared
and branded everyone, oposing the
Democratic nominees, whose records
show them to be for equal rights to
all, special privileges to none.
"An analysis Of the causes that have
caused landslide to Bell in the clos
ing weeks of this, one of the bitterest
political fights California has ever
known, reveals battling complexity
of forces focusing on one center from
widely different sources. On the Re-
publican end the seat of difficulty is
blazoned from every billboard in town,
too much Johnson Apologies are due,
at that to Republicanism, because, po-
litically, lines are so obliterated In this
campaign that the great bulk of old
time Republicans claim they have no
representatives in the field. Bell has
talked to citizens, irrespective Of