Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-25
PRIMARY
ELECTION
AW A|TE)
Huge Vote Expected To
BE Cast Tomorrow AS
State Goes To Polls.
FINAL APPEAL MADE
All Candidates Appear
Confident Success Will
Be Theirs.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug. %
tU.p)-Tomorrow is primary olcc-
tion day in Californ;..
1t also MARKS the climax of one
Of the most interesting campaigns
, FOR governor in the states history
A three-corncrcd race in which
the airplanc and radio played q
prominent part.
Governor {. {. Young. seeking
reelection, is opposed by Mavor
James Rolph, II, of San Francisco
and District Attorney Buron r.
Fits, of Los Angeles. All are seek.
ing the Republican nomination,
which, in California, is tantamount
10 election.
Although chief interest cent ars in
the Gubcrnatorial race, there ar"
$40 candidates on the ballot for
various congressional, legislative
and judicial posts. to say nothing
of candidates for county office III
each county.
Governor Young expects to 90 t.
his home town of Berkeley tome p
low to east vote for his fayoritc
tIitltlIlt. IIt " lutH lHbl'i 80
Sacramento, where he will receive
the election returns With his faEiiY =
nj the governors mansion over u
private tin.tcd Pr IS wiz
Mayor Enlrh. after making 8 !.
M! appeal .to the voters by sa!.o,
win vote in san Francisco. aul EHr
on Fits WI Nisi5 the polls at his
home precinct in Las Angeles. ST2-
portcrs OF each IF 'he three candi-
dates are confident of victory
claiming ma jortlcs ranging all tho
way from ~ eco to 100000 vOtas.
As the E'rublicap registration Is
I j99,il and 60 per cent yot" "a
anticipated. II is likely tina; ;hc
winner WI receive in the ncighbpr-
hood of 400, 400 votes. In 1926, Gov
rrror Young, then Lieutenant COY
crnor, won from Friend W. Rirn.
aldsCn b. margin 80 1000 votes,
while Rex q. Goodcell, runner NJ,
tail,d 900,Coo votes behind Rlcn-
arGson.
Contests Are Many
No less iu:vrcsting than the !hi
for governor ,s that for Lieutnnan,
Governor, IN which the incumh"ht,
II. l.. Cam; i9n, Los Angeles att'r-
me-, is opposed by two state Son
ators, Frank +. Merriam of Long
Reach. and Ta'Iant Tubbs of San
Francisco ard former state sen.
ator, Henry ,hamncilin, of Los An-
,elcs. Martin /. Welsh of Sd'r1-
mrnto is the Democratic choice.
a., oct
aroused considerable attention IS
for the rfiicc # state 1reasucr.
Charles G. JoiuSon, who has held
that office for tpc last $ years. l.
opposed ly AUGUSTUS j. Johnson,
Of Los Angeles. because of the san
ilaritv in their names, Charles g.
johnson will he designated ON the
ballot rs "I)'.
Secretary OF state Frank c. .ivr-
dan, state controller Ray l.. RJey
ard Attorney General [. ;. Webb,
oil have .,positioh. Each, how ~, r,
is veteran N state service, ana
not likely to to dis laced.
Nicr,ing Kcrscy, state sup'.m'
tcndent Of public instruction, Is IHa-
ming without opposition.
TomorroN's election is the FIRST
TO be held under the new federal o.
farm bureau system Of legislative
rcapportionment. Under TINS plan 'f
districting, will eventually be in the
hands of large cities. The state
senate. ON The otncr hand, instead
of being . city body ms at present
will be dominated by the farm'n3
IcI rCscn'ati\CS.