Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-11
WHAT REGISTRATION
FIGURES OF SALEM
INDICATE
Interesting Fact Cleaned BY
Study Of Voters Ex-
pressed Preferences

morally obliged to vote the way they
registered, but the regis ration in the
city at the court house for the county
and state elcetiOn shows to some extent
how the wind blows.
For instance, take voting preeine No
l, bounded on the east and north by
the city limits, west by the Southern
Pacific and on the south by Center
street. The registration shows repub-
liean, lSs men, l6s women; demoera 5
men. AZ, women 54. There isn't a pro
gressive in the precinct, but the Prohi's
number 9 men and IA women. Socialist
claim five mon and one woman while
IA men and five women refused to give
any party affiliations.
In precinct 2, there is one prohibition
man and Ii women who still cling to
the dry party. This precinct is bound
ed north by Center street., south by
Ferry, east by 18th street aud west by
the Southern Pacific. The socialists are
rather weak in that neighborhOod as
only one woman and two men are SO
registered. Five men and five women
didn't want to acknowledge any party
and here isn't a progressive in sight.
Republican women are strong here as
206 so registered and with them 1S9
men. Democrats here haven't a lookin
as there are registered 40 men and 81
women.
In precinct 3, there is one lone social
list and he is a man. This precinct is
the extreme east part of the town with
IQhe city line on the east, Macleay road
on the south, 18th street on the west
and Center street and city limits on the
north. Here we find 167 republican men
and 1876 women ditto registered. The
democrats managed to muster up SO men
and "a women and the prohi :, five men
and nine women.
Precinct 4 has everything but 4 male
progressive. The specie is extinct out
that way. Here we find registered l36
male republicans, 90 female republicans,
"a male democrats, go female democratic
2 female ~prograssives, 2 male prohibi-
tionists, 10 female the same, four male
aud two female socialists and nine 0 her
people who didn' t know what they were.
This precinct is bounded north by Fer.
ry %street, south by Mission, east by
10th street and west by the Southern
Pacific, lSh street.
Precinct 8 is just east of precinct 4,
and its boundaries are limited on the
north by State street and tho Macleay
road, south by the Turner road, east
by the city limits and west by 10Th
street. Here we find all kinds Of politics
registered, although there is but one
woman down as socialist and two men
the same. The democrats muster q meu
and IS women while the republicans
have l26 men and 80 women. Progress
siyes number one man and an equal
amount of women Two men are clinging
to prohibition and uhree women. Nine
folks didn't affiliate anywhere.
The progressive party is entirely out
of business in precinct six and there
isn't a woman socialist in the ncighbor-
hood, although the men seraped up two
This is a big precinct in area but not
in votes. IL is bounded ON the month by
Mission street and the Turner road, ON
the south by the city limits, on the
east by the Salem and Turner road ono
on the west by 18th street. The repub-
licans number SO men and SO women.
Democrats aren't going alrong out there
as only II men and 8 women register
ed. The profits claim one woman and
three man, while there are two men
and four women who refused to give
party ties.
The strongest prohibition precinct in
the city is No. Z, where 20 men and %
women still cling to the dry platform.
There is also one woman socialist there,
but no progressives. Three men and
nine women didn't belong anywhere,
The republican party can claim 66 men
and 10 women, while the democrats
stack up pretty well with so men and
2S women. This precinct has the city
limits for its nophern boundary, with
Madison rect on the south, the s. p.
railroad on the east and the Oregon
Electric or Broadway on the west.
Precinct s, is just south Of number
z. 1t has the Southern Pacific east Ore
gou Electric west, with Madison street
north aud Market steet to the south.
The republicans number % men and 70
women, while the best the democrats
can do is II men and % IN Five
men and 10 women are prohi S, four men
and four women are socialists and ii
didn't line up anywhere.
Preeinct Q Is strongly republican
There ism Z a socialist or a progressive
in the precinct. Six refused to aeknow.
ledge any party, and four men and eight
women lined up with the prohi's. The
democrats are rather scattered here as
they register 21 men and SO women
against l49 men republicans and lSs
women tho same. The precinct is be
tween S and 10.
In precinct ten the registration is
lust even between the men and women
republicans as l3s of each registered
The democrats pulled together 20 msl
and so women here. There ism a mar
prohihitionist in the neighborhood al
though seven women cling to the drys
No socialist Of either sex registered and
not a progressive. Two men and sever
women had no party, This is a small
precinct with the s. P. on the east
Electric on the west, Union street mort
and Center street south. The High school
is in this precinct.
Official life lives in precinct ii a.