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Show J I M LAK I n i 1 1 jlP Rolph Carries San Fran- i Cisco by !8,000 in to 21,000 ft; San Francisco, Sopt 27 "While Iff probably less tban a third of the bal- BV lots in yesterday's municipal prlmar- uf V les had ieen counted at an early uour 92 j. today, there was no shadow of doubt 9 $ ns to the resull. The only question 9 f,' -was as to the size of the plurality tojt r rolled up by James Rolph, Jr, the I candidate of the fused Republican V and Democratic parties, over P H McCarthy, tho labor-union mayor of the city, who sought to succeed him- m eelf. 'Rolph's plurality over Mc- Vm Carthy was estimated at close to 18,- 17 000, the largest ever polled In this h city by a mayoralty candidate. :j The election resulted In a veritable ? landslide which swept" away such 'Jt party lines as were left after the n adoption of the charter amendment jj 's providing for strictly non-partisan lg : municipal elections and carried Rolph .i into office without the need of a gen- j oral election. Under the charter pro- visions, he is mayor-elect of the city .! today, having received a majority of j the total vote cast, estimated around 7,000. f The city rolled up a tremendous I vote, estimated at 75,000 to S0.00O, A robably the heaviest It has over cast. 1 Until more figures are forthcoming It is impossible to say who of tho flf candidates for other offices have mn- ' joritles which will elect without re- course to the general election In No- J vember, except In a few cases whore A there was no serious contest Tho contest between Charles M. I I Flckert and Ralph L-. Hathorn for -J5j jl district attorney Is close, and It Is !R 4 practically certain that these two win ( oppose each other at the general elec- t f tion. Incomplete returns from a total ? '. of 340 precincts out of S5G give Fick- li ! ert 7,573 and Hathorn 6,722. i f Figures given, out at the office of Q ; Registrar Zamsky, at 9:45 o'clock sub- tez 1' stantiated the claim of the Rolph sup- ? .": porters that their candidate would t have a majority of from 18.000 to 19,- J 000. Tho complete vote In ISO out jfe ? of a total of. G5G precincts- gave V Rolph 19,473, McCarthy 10.730. Fick- P 'A ert, for district attorney, received 4,- I ,v 2S8, and Hathorn 3,928. Jl J The Socialists are disappointed in J the vote, their candidate, William Mc- H j Devitt, having polled far less than his W I followers had hoped. The ISO pre .jfi clncts gave him only 431 votes. rS j 5ji (Continued on Pago Elsht.) oo McCarthy defeated (Continued from Pago One.) ROLPH LEADS BY 21,000 San Francisco, SepL 27. Incomplete Incom-plete returns from yesterday's prl-,mnry prl-,mnry olection show that James Rolph, Jr., leads P. H. McCarthy for the mayorship may-orship by about 2-1.000 votes. District Attorney Charles M. Fickert failed of election, but has a small majority over Rolph Hathorn, who will qualify for the November contest-It contest-It is believed most of the Rolph candidates for supervisor will win out rtr . |
