Show BIG HIG AlIfORNIA POlL Heavy Vote Predicted at Tuesdays Tuesday's Primary REPUBLICANS ACTIVE Regis Registration r tion Is Heavier Than in 1924 SAN FRANCISCO Aug 31 AP National issues issues issues' and uld figures shared spotlight with local person personalities and nd problems as balloting began bean in California's primary election elec elec- U tion n today The world court the tariff and Coolidge were keynotes on the contest contest contest con con- test for COl the Republican nomination for fox United States senator in which Samuel SM- SM l I incumbent was opp opposed Sed by Robert nobert M. M Clarke and Representative e Walter Valter F. F Line Line- berger seeking a second second sec see ond term on a a platform of ot protective protective tive ive tariff for California products has las stressed his Consistent support of President Coolidge and the Republican Republican Re Re- publican platform Clarke backed ed edby by Hiram Johnson Johns colleague in the senate senale h lamade SY nade hl ort hi ampa gl world anti court ourt platform Len berger also I has ms attacked vote for forlie forthe the lie world court stressing in addition addi- addi U lon tion n his own a strict prohibition prohibition pro pro- pro enforcement He is indorsed ed by the antl- antl saloon anti anti ague RICHARDSON ATTACKED In the Republican gubernatorial contest Lieutenant Gov Governor C. C C. C Young also actively s supported b b bl Senator Johnson was a leading opponent opponent op- op of Governor Friend W. W RIchardson economy and law and order candidate for a second term In n his tour tom of the state for Young Senator Johnson attacked the Richardson Rich Rich- ardson administration as spendthrift spend- spend thrift and reactionary and declared Youngs Young's election would election would mean return re turn urn of ot progressive government in California R Rex l Goodcell for former collector of hi ernal revenue at I at s Angeles was among the four other oth candidates opposing Richardson Tammany was wa's the issue on on which candidates for the Democratic gubern gubernatorial gubernatorial gub gub- ern and senatorial nominations nominations nomina- nomina ions locked horns It was injected Into nto the campaign by Johnson JB 1 Elliott backed backe by William Gibbs McAdoo Elliott and Carl Alexander Johnson the McAdoo candidate for tor governor accused their opponents Isadore Dockweiler and Justus S. S W V Wardell rdell of furthering a Tammany Hall lall plot to capture the Democratic party party arty and insure Governor Al Smith 1 the he presidential nomination in 1928 I Dockweiler and Varden indorsed for senator and and governor by a pre- pre 1 primary conference of Democrats retorted t that t at Elliott and Johnson are but pawns in McAdoo's plan to vin win in 1928 the presidential n nomination nomination he failed to pet g-et in 1924 THREE CORNERED FIGHT A three three-c three cornered r race f for r the Republican Republican Re Re- publican nomInation for fol lieutenant i governor governor between Burton Fitts former American Legion commander command command- er Cr Lyman King former state senator senator senator sen sen- ator and Frank F. F Merriam speaker speak speak- er of the assembly was ws the subject of ot considerable Int Interest reit but I Continued on page 4 4 I BIG INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA POLL Continued from page page 1 bent Republicans ans In the other state offices with the exception of ol Surveyor Surveyor Surveyor Sur Sur- General W. W S. S KIngsbury were unopposed for their party nomination Modification or repeal of the prohibition prohibition pro- pro law was a big issue in some of the congressional districts but tailed failed to arouse much discussion Inthe in inthe inthe the gubernatorial and senatorial fights Upton Sinclair the novelist who whon in n 1924 ran for United States sena- sena ator was on the ballot again today this his time as the unopposed candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for the socialist gubernatorial nomination Eleventh hour statements from the he opposing g camps were uniformly optimistic but practically all ob observers observers observers ob- ob servers agreed that which ever plurality predictions turned out to tobe tobe toe be e wron wrong the total vote cast for all candidates probably would be record record rec rec- record ord breaking A registration of ot as against in 1924 was one reason for this this' ex- ex Republicans dominated In n the registration outnumbering the he Democrats more than 3 to 1 |