The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
SOCIALISTS LEAD
Los ANGELES POLL
Job Hartman Beats Mayor
Alexander in the Primary
Held Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov Official
complete returns from yesterdays pri
mary show the failure OF the efforts OF
the Socialists Ia capture the mayoralty
by majority vote. and thus obviate the
necessity of going before the people
again on December at tho regular mu-
nclpsl election. Mayer George Alex
andcr, good government" nominee. and
Job Hartman. Socialist VIII compete
I'm a two-man contest for the office in
December.
These returns show the primary vote
TO have been as follows.
Hartman. 20,151; Alexander. is. 1eo;
Mushct. s.les; Gregory. 327: Becker, 20.
Harrlmans plurality was 1867. His
vote fell short ilSS OF a majority over
all when was necessary for election.
All OF the Socialist candidates for the
city council and all except two for the,
board OF education will have their names
on the regular ticket The Socialist can
ddates for city auditor and city as
SCISSOR will have TO contest with the
opposition at the regular polls
One Man Chosen.
II seems certain from returns now in
that John w. Shank. the candidate for
the good government organization for
city attorney. received a majority vote
and IS elected--thc only man on any
ticket 10 score final victory In pri-
mary
Regarding the vote cast al the pri,
mary Mr. Hartman said today that had
It not been for the support drawn from
him by Mushet he would have been
elected lie claimed that nearly all OF
the Mushet vote would swing TO bin ON
December ., making his election Ger
tainty.
On the other hand. Mayor Alcxanders
friends declared the Mushet vote was
cast largely by those opposed 10 Alex
snder but not Socialistic, and that in
a two-man contest this vote would go
to Alexander.
Impartial leaders say the question
that Is agitating AL factions is what
w the W9m@ e odo do? There are n9w n
Los Angeles. and by November when
registration closes for the fair sex, IL
is believed at least 10000 Will have af-
fixed their names TO tho poll books.
Women Being Enrolled,
Heroulean efforts have been and are
as mauy working women as possible:
Socialist leaders claim 80 per cent Of
these viii vote for Hartman. and that
so per cent OF those now registered are
either Socialists or women who will sup
port the Socialist ticket Seemingly
recognizing that their only hope of Off
registration OF women In the residential
districts-mothers, housewives sisters
and those who don't work for weekly
wages--the good government forces have
sworn In hundreds OF deputies who will
at once begin "A house to house canvass.
Registration offices have been opened
In parks, newspaper offices, womcn's
clubs large department stores and other
places visited by women. One thou
sand members OF the Womcns Protec-
tive league have agreed personally to
see ten voters each and urge them TO
support Alexander.
To Offset their efforts. the baker the
grocer, tho butcher-all small trades =
Socialist platform or Socialist literature.
and many llnger at kitchen doors to talk
politics with the cook Women Social
lists are making a canvass I'm opposition
10 the good government house 10 house
workers,