Show CALIFORNIA POLITICS 4 4 DEEP DARK PUZZLE J toy T Telegram Spell es e's SAN FRANCISCO Oct 4 Is Is California Democratic or Republican Which one of the presidential nominees nominees nomi nomi- nees aces will arry rry the state in November Over OEr at Republican headquarters you will be confidently told that the I Hughes electors will win by that the southern counties will give I Hughes over Wilson and that the northern counties can not reduce this majority by more than But the Democrats are equally positive positive positive tive that the state will be for Wilson They admit that Hughes will carry the south The northern part of the state they claim will overcome any majority Los Angeles San Diego and the other southern counties will roily rolly up fox fog Hughes Both political headquarters agi agree e that San Francisco will be for Vii Wil son They disagree as to the figures ar are willing in tn I I th that t Wilson son will win h have v the the b best t s-t- of t it in this city If J Democrats are sanguine that Wilson will have majority If not more more These last figures are based on th the fact tact that organized labor at this writIng writing writ writ- Ing is practically solid for Wilson Labor Strong in North Organized labor is generally believed to have voters men and women In San Francisco In other cities of ot the northern part of ot California there are probably more voters affiliated with the labor unions In the last presidential election the members of the trades and labor unions were po politically po- po some for Roosevelt some for Wilson but the greater number number num num- ber probably voted for the colonel So close was the entire vote for this state that the highest Republican elector only beat the highest Democratic elector elector elec elec- tor by votes Two Democratic and eleven Republican leaders were chosen However conditions were peculiar pecullar at that election ther there was no Taft ticket In Californi a. a The The- Progresses were I In control of the Republican party and tens of thousands of ot Taft Tart voters cast their ballots for the Wilson ticket Democrats have I high hopes of a repetition of this division in favor of Wilson But they seem to forget that I Hughes is the nominee of ot the stand pat Dat Republicans of California and that the Progressives in convention have pledged loyalty to the Republican I nominee Even a solid labor vote and a united Democracy will not put California Cali Call fornia in the Wilson column unless the president has a a. big backing from both Pro Progressives and Republicans And this may happen because party part lines are nearly down in California Nonpartisan Feeling No better instance can b be cited of ot the nonpartisan feeling in m this state than the election of two years ago Governor Johnson candidate for reelection re- re reelection election as a ProgressIve received votes Fredericks Republican Curtin Democrat T u Johnson polled more votes than the other two combined Even the Socialists tb branched a way away y from rom their ticket on n the Governorship The Socialists Socialists' Socialists Socialists' So- So 7 for Cor governOr venor got 50 71 G v votes t Yet et for the rest of the Socialists Socialists' ticket nearly ballots we were cast Fifty per cent of the e regIstered rege registered reg- reg Thle Socialists voted for Johnson The Democratic registration was was was- So Sa Democrats voted for Johnson or did not vote at all FIfty per cent of those registered as Republicans Republicans did not vote for the Republican candidate fOr governor Frank C. C Jordan the R Republican nominee v for secretary of or state the antithesis of Johnson in ii politics polled votes more more than were cast for SteS Johnson n for tor governor Phelan And MS then the Democratic there o was the candidate ri was Elected receiving more votes I than Curtin the Democratic for governor candidate These I figures are merely glyen gl to show that Californians have acquired F- F I the habit for voting for men and not for party candidates One of ot the most remarkable changes in political form occurred In Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento county four years ago The Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son electors carried the county by 2300 Yet Curry Republican Republica candidate for congress received more votes In the count county than Ross the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic nominee This gave rise to a suspicion in th the mind of Ross that he had been knifed by the Democrats of Sacramento In the recent party primaries forty- forty one registered Republicans were elected delegates to the Democratic state convention Two registered Democrats were elected delegates to the Republican state convention at attended at at- tended the tho Johnson caucus and on one of them took part in all all all' the proceedings of ot the Republican convention Who can cantell teU 11 what California will do this November |