Healdsburg Tribune, Number 3, 3 November 1926 — BILLS, COULTER, LAUGHLIN, YOUNG LEAD IN VOTE DECISION AWAITS TABULATION OF COMPLETE OFFICIAL BALLOT Young Elected Governor, Shortridge Re-elected Senator, Wright Act Reported Ousted, Gas Tax Carried, Racing Bill is Defeated, State University Building Bond Issue Carried, According to Available Vote Returns [ARTICLE]

BILLS, COULTER, LAUGHLIN, YOUNG LEAD IN VOTE DECISION AWAITS TABULATION OF COMPLETE OFFICIAL BALLOT Young Elected Governor, Shortridge Re-elect-ed Senator, Wright Act Reported Ousted, Gas Tax Carried, Racing Bill is Defeated, State University Building Bond Issue Carried, According to Available Vote Returns

At 2:45 p. m. today The Tribune received from the county clerk’s office semi-official returns on 90 precincts of th" county’s 129, including all of Petaluma. The following figures are shown: County School Superintendent Louise Clark 7066 O. F. Staton 7044 Sheriff E. Douglas Bills 7633 Marcus Flohr 6886 Clerk W. S. Coulter 7784 W. W. Felt 6410 Assessor J. M. Laughlin 8012 C. W. Nelson 5578 Coroner Dr. Anderson 4951 Fred Young 8794 With a registration of 1277 voters, the six Healdsburg precincts Tuesday cast 1057 ballots, an 82 per cent vote. This was a slightly greater percentage over the August primary, when 81 per cent of the registered voters went to the polls. The registration then was 1265 and the vote cast 1028. It had been anticipated that the count would be faster at the general election, but the election officers had to work all night, those at Precinct 6, where the greatest vote, 238, was polled, finishing at 8:30 this morning, while those at Precinct 5, where 208 ballots were counted, finished shortly afterwards. The registration and vote in Healdsburg and some of the surrounding precincts was; Precinct Registered Cast Healdsburg No. 1 178 151 Healdsburg No. 2 174 144 Healdsburg No. 3 218 175 Healdsburg No. 4 186 141 Healdsburg No. 5 241 208 Healdsburg No. 6 280 238 Healdsburg Road 110 86 Manzanita 190 154 Lytton —* 132 104

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3 (by Harold E. Swisher, United Press Staff Correspondent). Republican candidates for congressional and state offices in California overwhelmed their rivals in yesterday’s general election, returns today from all sections of the state revealed. With each additional report increasing the G. 0. P. majority, the victory of that party became more of a rout, considered surprising in the face of democratic strength in other states. Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, republican incumbent, was returned to Washington by a majority which early today was more than 100,000 votes ahead of John B. Elliott, his democratic rival, and with the lead steadily increasing. Lieutenant Governor C. C. Young, gubernatorial republican candidate, won the office by a margin which bids fair to exceed 200,000 votes over Justus B. Wardell. All other republican candidates on the state ticket were elected. Wardell sent his congratulations to Young early today: “Heartiest congratulations. You are entitled to the sincere support of every loyal Californian,” the dem-i ocratic candidate said. Buron Fitts, republican lieutenant' governor candidate, appears likely to poll the biggest majority of any candidate in the field, equalling his race in the primaries. Charles L. Neumiller, chairman of the state republican committee, issued a statement, saying in part: “We have won. The present indication of the county from various sections of the state make me feel certain that my previous estimate that the republican party would carry the state by 300,000 will be verified.” Republican congressional candidates have been elected, in some cases by majorities equalling in proportion the poll of state officials of their party. In the only contested districts, Mrs. Florence P. Kahn, San Francisco, I Fourth district; Arthur M. Free, I San Jose, Eighth district; W. E. Evans, Glendale, Ninth district, and Joe Crail, Los Angeles, Tenth district, were elected. | William H. Waste was named chief ' justice, the only candidate. I Early returns indicated that Jesse IW. Curtiss, San Bernardino, and William H. Langdon, Oakland, were elected to the associate justice bench for the full term. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 (by John N. Palmer, United Press Staff i Conespondent).—California has rei pealed the Wright act, the state’s diy law measure, designed to permit local authorities to aid in enforcing ■ prohibition, on the basis of returns today from all parts of the state. With returns incoming from 3028 of the state’s 8512 precincts the vote for repeal was 86,592; against repeal, 43,859. San Francisco and the bay region turned in a four to one majority in favor of revoking the Wright act, and this lead apparently was not being cut into heavily from other sections of the state. Dry leaders refused to admit defeat, but admitted the possibility of the repeal being vetoed appeared doubtful. The proposal to add another cent to the gasoline tax has been adopted. The vote this morning was; Yes, 79,431; no, 44,625. The proposal to place the bible in the public schools has been defeated by a vote which this morning stood: Yes, 24,744; no, 64,080. The bill to legalize horse racing and betting appeared defeated. The metropolitan centers last night gave it a slight majority, but returns from outlying sections today changed the standing. The vote was; Yes, 59,130; no, 63,569. The state water power bill, de- j signed to place California in the business of developing water power, ■ again has been overwhelmingly de-

feated. Only 27,955 votes had been polled for it this morning, with 78,--168 against. The proposal to place a two-cent tax on oleomargarine was losing, according to forenoon returns, which gave the vote: Yes, 6759; no, 8348. The veterans’ bond measure has passed by a big majority. The vote was: Yes, 4877; no, 1451. The measure to raise salaries of state officers was having a close race, with 2565 for and 3533 against in early returns. The highway bond measure, called by northerners the “Los Angeles plan,” was snowed under in early tallies today, with a possibility that belated count in Los Angeles and other southern California counties might change the standing. The vote was 14,275 for, and 81,788 against. Proposition No. 10, directing issuance of $8,500,000 bonds for state university and other buildings, was ahead, with 68,653 for and 26,305 against. Reapportionment No. 20 was losing, with 43,695 votes against and only 15,385 for, while the No. 28 plan had a slight majority in favor of it, the vote standing 4621 to 3000. The bill to increase salaries of judges was almost tied. United States senators elected yesterday. (A) denotes incumbent: Republicans California—Samuel M. Shortridge (A). Connecticut—Hiram W. Bingham (A). Idaho—Frank R. Gooding (A). Illinois —Frank L. Smith (incomplete returns). Indiana—James E. Watson (A); Arthur Robinson (A). lowa—David W. Stewart (short term). Smith W. Brookhart (long term). Kansas —Charles E. Curtis. Nevada—Tasker Oddie (A) (incomplete returns). New Hampshire—Geo. W. Moses (A). North Dakota—Gerald P. Nye. Ohio—Frank B. Willis (A). Oregon—Fred Steiwer (incomplete returns). Pennsylvania—William S. Vare. South Dakota —Peter Norbeck (A). Utah—Reed Smoot (A). Vermont—Porter H. Dale (A). Washington—Wesley L. Jones (A). Wisconsin—John G. Blaine, Democrats Alabama—Hugo L. Black. Arizona—Carl Hayden (incomplete returns). Arkansas—T. H. Caraway (A). Florida —Duncan Fletcher (A). Georgia—Walter F.j George (A). Louisiana—Edwin S. Broussard (A). Kentucky—A. W. Barkley (incomplete returns). Maryland—M. E. Tydings. Massachusetts—David I. Walsh. Missouri—Harry Hawes. New York—Robert P. Wagner. North Carolina—Lee S. Overman (A). Oklahoma—Elmer Thomas. South Carolina—Ellison D. Smith. Doubtful Colorado—William E. Sweet, democrat, and Charles W. Waterman, republican.