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The contested county offices not settled by the primaries resulted as follows: Superintendent of schools: George W. Frick, 45,090; Blanche Morse, 31,172. County clerk: George E. Gross, 47,407; John P. Cook, 32,255. Auditor : E. F. Garrison, 41,183; Henry F. Vogt, 29,772. Treasurer : M. J. Kelly, 42,990; F. W. Foss, 36,751. Assessor : C. F. Horner, 44,855; Hugh Craig, 32,682. Coroner : Grant D. Miller, 41,145; Dr. Charles L. Tisdale, 36,997. Supervisor, Second District : Charles H. Heyer, 8,425; W. B. Bridge, 7,725. Supervisor, Third District : Joseph M. Kelley, 9,386; J. M. Helmstein, 9,119.
There were forty-eight separate and distinct amendments and prop- ositions printed on the ballot at this general election. Despite the fact that this great number required a great deal of time and study to insure an intelligent expression on all subjects covered, and notwith-
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standing the time required to vote on the candidates and these measures, totals show that a large percentage of the voters actually voted on most of the issues presented. The total vote of the county on some of these measures may be mentioned: Calling for a constitutional con- vention, for 18,843, against 44,904. Prohibition, for 29,068, against 54,043. The eight-hour law, for 29,080, against 50,884. Exempting vessels from taxation, for 45,613, against 22,244. Abolition of poll tax, for 42,219, against 32,688. University of California building bond act, for 49,389, against 19,947. Voting by absent electors, for 22,669, against 41,824. Non-sale of game, for 26,444, against 45,068. Prize fights, for 39,909, against 31,249. Minimum wage, for 37,235, against 30,021. One day of rest in seven, for 30,153, against 49,946. Suspension of prohibition amendment, for 46,586, against 20,547. The San Francisco harbor improvement act of 1913, for 43,237, against 14,003.
The results for state senators and assemblymen in the general election were: For state senator, Fourteenth District : George J. Hans, 7,936; Samuel Poorman, Jr., 7,571 ; M. L. Kern, 2,543; John W. Nead, 710. For state senator, Sixteenth District : Ed. Tyrell, 11,499; R. H. Adams, 2,391; Wirt Lucas, 816. Assemblyman, Thirty-fourth Dis- trict: George Beck, 3,701; C. H. Hatch, 3,591; O. A. Shaw, 725. Thirty-fifth District: Paul J. Arnerich, 5,108; Alf. Morgenstern, 3,733; Shelden W. Shafer, 1,452. Thirty-sixth District: Harry A. Encell, 4,774; W. W. Cribbins, 4,166; Francis St. J. Fox, 1,323; C. A. Tobey, 1,704; Ellen M. Kerr, 661. Thirty-seventh District: William F. Satterwhite, 4,926; Montell Taylor, 4,351 ; William J. Hayes, 1,262; Morris Green, 911; Thomas Montgomery, 488. Thirty-eighth District : Daniel Ferguson, 3,146; Louis Schaffer, 2,734; H. C. Tuck, 1,011; A. C. Daly, 256. Thirty-ninth District: Frank W. Anderson, 4,184; H. G. Strowjeans, 2,853; D. M. Stewart, 746; H. W. Meads, 345. Fortieth District : George Gelder, 4,601 ; William D. Patterson, 2,005 : F. J. Goble, 1,154; L. A. Lodge, 829; A. P. Wiester, 430. Forty-first District : C. C. Young, 9,605; Jas. O. Davis, 1,119; Edel Hecht, 999
The contests for the Superior Court positions resulted as follows: William H. Waste, 59,191; Everett J. Brown, 59,069; T. H. Harris, 53,873; E. Vincent Surr, 15,417; V. W. Lothrop, 15,157; and R. M. Royce, 14,163.
The results for justices of the peace throughout the county were: Alameda : L. R. Weinmann, 5,393; R. B. Tappan, 2,057. City of
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Berkeley: Robert Edgar, 12,051. City of Oakland: George Samuels, 32,697; Mortimer Smith, 32,277; Harold Everhardt, 14,286; Ezra Cox, 7,720. Oakland Township; James G. Quinn, 36,597. Berkeley Township: Aaron Turner, 8,081 ; Paul Wuthe, 7,544. Alameda Town- ship: Elmer E. Johnson, 6,286. Eden Township: Charles Prowse, 1,770; D. W. Toffelmeyer, 1,721; F. Mitchell, Jr., 1,719; J. D. Arm- strong, 777. Washington Township: John G. Mattos, Jr., 1,142; Ralph Richmond, 1,081; J. E. Wamsley, 812; F. W. Meyer, 556. Pleasanton Township: P. C. Quinn, 643. Murray Township: George S. Fitzgerald, 1,051.
THE 1916 ELECTION
There were not many contests in the primary election of August 29, 1916. J. A. Elston won out for the republican nomination for United States representative from the Sixth District over T. C. West, Peter J. Crosby and George H. Derrick. The results in the several assembly districts, with the high candidate given in each case, were: Thirty- fourth: Leonard Rose, Hal P. Angus, Robert A. Kolze and Chester H. Hatch. Thirty-fifth: Paul J. Arnerich, J. Sherman McDowell, R. W. Kearney and G. W. Allinger. Thirty-sixth: Frank M. Smith, O. C. Pruett, Walter H. Creighton and W. C. Gurley. Thirty-seventh : William T. Satterwhite and Lawrence J. Hills. Thirty-eighth : Louis Schaffer, Robert J. Callaghan, Louis Schwartz and Joseph F. O'Reilly. Thirty-ninth : Frank W. Anderson, Fred E. Stewart, W. F. Lenane, Jr., and T. Van Sickle. Forty-first: C. C. Young and N. Bruce Brockle- hurst. The contests in the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth districts were close. Schaffer defeated Callaghan, 1,096 to 1,064; while Ander- son led Stewart, 1,530 to 1,457. These votes were all within the republican primaries.
Hiram W. Johnson was given a splendid vote in Alameda County in the general election of November 7, 1916. His total was 65,963, while the democratic candidate, George S. Patton, received 22,207. Walter T. Mills, socialist, was given 6,608 votes; and Marshall W. Atwood, the prohibition candidate, 2,617. Elston defeated H. Avery Whitney, democrat, 56,520 to 19,787. Frank M. Carr won over George Beck, 6,950 to 5,551, as state senator in the Thirteenth District. J. Leonard Rose was elected as assemblyman from the Thirty-fourth Assembly District. The other members elected to the assembly from
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the county, by districts, were: Thirty-fifth, Paul J. Arnerich; Thirty- sixth, Frank M. Smith; Thirty-seventh, William T. Satterwhite; Thir- ty-eighth, William R. Brackett over Louis Schaffer; Thirty-ninth, Frank W. Anderson; Fortieth, George Gelder; and Forty-first, C. C. Young, defeating Maurice E. Harrison, democrat. Brackett, in the Thirty-eighth District, was an independent candidate. A. H. Breed defeated James O. Davis, on the prohibition ticket, as state senator in the Fifteenth District.
William S. Wells was elected as judge of the Superior Court. D. J. Murphy had no opposition as a candidate for supervisor in the First District. Fred W. Foss was as fortunate in the Fourth District; but in the Fifth there was a race between John F. Mullins and Robert S. Wixson, the former winning, 11,329 to 10,857. There were seven questions and amendments on the general election ballot. The vote in this county on the various measures was: No. 1, prohibition, for 41,259; against 59,490. No. 2, initiative, for 46,611; against 53,751. No. 3, state highway act of 1915, for 63,268; against 11,561. No. 4, direct primary, for 35,707; against 36,730. No. 5, land taxation, for 30,262; against 55,472. No. 6, ineligibility to office, for 45,050; against 23,357. No. 7, amendment to the state highway act, for 57,326; against 13,141.
The high vote in the county for the thirteen republican presidential electors was 56,520; for the democratic electors, 43,748; for the socialist electors, 5,439; and for the prohibitionist, 1,544.
THE 1918 PRIMARY ELECTION
The only contests affecting Alameda County in the primary election of August 27, 1918, were within the republican party. C. C. Young, Arthur H. Breed, J. A. Rominger and J. V. Snyder were the candidates for lieutenant governor, Young winning the nomination. Frank C. Jordan had no opposition for the position of secretary of state; and Friend W. Richardson had a clear field in his filing for state treasurer. J. A. Elston had no opponent as a candidate for the congressional nomi- nation. Candidates for the various state legislative vacancies follow, the high candidate being named first in each instance: Fourteenth Sena- torial District : E. M. Otis, H. A. Borchert and John Mitchell. Six- teenth Senatorial District: A. P. Anderson, George Gelder and Mabel Anthony. Thirty-fourth Assembly District: J. Leonard Rose, Allen
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E. Pelton and Hal P. Angus. Thirty-fifth District : William J. Locke and Ray M. Rider. Thirty-sixth District : L. E. Gray, W. C. Allen and M. E. Kibbe. Thirty-seventh District : Clifton E. Brooks, W. N. Jen- kins and Grant I. Taggart. Thirty-eighth District: E. S. Hurley, J. H. Gillard, J. L. Del Monte and E. O. Farley. Thirty-ninth District : F. W. Anderson, N. J. Herby and L. J. Angeli. Fortieth District : Arthur Wendering and Richard Loyd. Forty-first District: Anna L. Saylor and Charles F. Craig. The contest in the Fortieth District was particularly close.
There were two or more candidates for every office on the non- partisan county ticket, with the exception of the office of county re- corder, G. W. Bacon having a clear field. The candidates for Superior Court included Lincoln S. Church, James J. Jerome, Dudley Kinsell, Joseph S. Koford, Greene Majors, John D. Murphey, Frank B. Ogden, James G. Quinn, A. F. St. Sure, Bradford Webster and W. S. C. Schmidt. Many names were written in for the short term, Dudley Kinsell receiving by far the largest vote. Those who were candidates for the other county offices follow, the high candidate being given first in each case : County superintendent of schools : George W. Frick and George A. Edgar. District attorney : Ezra Decoto, T. L. Christianson, William T. Satterwhite, Victor A. Dunn and Hugh S. Aldrich. County clerk : George E. Gross, Frank M. Smith and Erroll Marshall. Sheriff : Frank Barnet, Robert Hansen and George Hughes. Treasurer: Fred W. Foss, David H. Mclaughlin, Samuel J. Taylor and George H. Smith. Assessor: Joseph M. Kelley, I. H. Clay, W. H. Edwards and Fred A. Campbell. Tax collector : James B. Barber, Arthur T. Biddle and Harry L. Boyle. Auditor: E. F. Garrison and Henry F. Vogt. Public administrator : John A. Hill, H. B. Mehrmann and John C. Froh- liger. Coroner: Grant D. Miller and Dr. R. O. Baldwin. Surveyor : Harlan D. Miller, Perry A. Haviland and A. Vander Naillen, Jr. Su- pervisor Second District: Charles W. Heyer, W. B. Bridge, W. E. Gibson, James S. Sullivan and Peter Mathiesen. Supervisor, Third District : W. J. Hamilton, Al Kihn, J. H. Helmstein, H. D. Maynard, E. A. Peratti and George D. Graybill. A large part of the above offices were filled by the primary election. These offices and successful can- didates were : County superintendent of schools, George W. Frick; clerk, George E. Gross; district attorney, Ezra W. Decoto; recorder, G. W. Bacon; sheriff, Frank Barnet; tax collector, James B. Barber ; auditor, E. F. Garrison ; and coroner, Grant D. Miller.
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RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION
The total vote in the county at the general election held on November 5, 1918, was 76,568. Young, Jordan, Richardson and Elston were the recipients of large majorities over their democratic opponents. Gov- ernor William D. Stephens carried the county over Theodore A. Bell, 42,276 to 27,332. Edwin M. Otis defeated Edward Mogran in the Fourteenth State Senatorial District; and A. P. Anderson won over Frank V. Cornish in the Sixteenth District. The republican nominees for assemblymen listed under the primary election above were all easy winners. Gray, however, in the Thirty-sixth District, was the only one without opposition. Fred W. Foss won over David H. Mclaughlin in the finals for county treasurer, the vote being 34,766 to 30,006. John A. Hill, with 32,996 votes, defeated H. B. Mehrmann, with 30,656 votes, for the office of public administrator. Perry A. Haviland came from behind and won over Harlan D. Miller, 32,430 to 31,154, for county surveyor. In the Second Supervisorial District, Charles H. Heyer won from William B. Bridge, 7,603 to 6,692. William J. Hamilton carried the Third District over Al Kihn, 9,336 to 5,279 votes.
The result of the election relative to the full term Superior Court positions was : Joseph S. Koford, 42,129; A. F. St. Sure, 42,129; Dudley Kinsell, 42,824; Lincoln S. Church, 40,936; James G. Quinn, 39,132; Greene Majors, 19,101 ; and John D. Murphey, 18,774. For the short term Dudley Kinsell received 53,833; with a number of other local attorneys receiving complementary votes aggregating several thousand. The totals for the office of justices of the peace in the various townships and cities were: City of Oakland: George Samuels, 31,311; Mortimer Smith, 30,225. Oakland Township: Harry Pulcifer, 20,195; Edward J. Tyrrell, 16,406. City of Berkeley: Robert Edgar, 10,291. City of Alameda : L. R. Wineman, 6,004. Alameda Township: Elmer E. John- son, 5,760. Washington Township: John G. Mattos, Jr., 1,460; Ralph V. Richmond, 1,334. Brooklyn Township: Herbert D. Wise, 7,418; Aaron Turner, 7,246. Eden Township: Wm. J. Gannon, 1,731; H. P. Jones, 1,646; Frank Mitchell, Jr., 2,270. Pleasanton Township: P. C. Quinn, 437. Murray Township : G. S. Fitzgerald, 668.
THE 1920 PRIMARY ELECTION
There were 145,694 voters registered in the county for the primary election of August 31, 1920, but only 54,084 went to the polls. The
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only contests of note were in the republican and non-partisan county party, a situation which, of late years, is usual. J. A. Elston, the Oak- land attorney, won the nomination for Congress over William R. Geary. Frank M. Carr defeated Ernest J. Engler for the nomination in the Thirteenth State Senatorial District; while Arthur H. Breed had no contest in the Fifteenth District. Clifton E. Brooks, in the Thirty- seventh District; Arthur A. Wendering, in the Fortieth District; and Mrs. Anna L. Saylor, in the Forty-first, were also without opponents. The candidates for nomination for assemblymen in the other districts follow, the successful man named first in each instance: Thirty-fourth District : E. H. Christian, Allen E. Pelton and F. I. Lemos. Thirty- fifth District: Homer R. Spence and Edward R. Allen. Thirty-sixth District : Gilbert L. Jones, H. A. Davie, Arthur T. MacDonald, Harry C. Wuerth, Hilma Caroline Bjork and John R. Kelday. Thirty-eighth District : Edgar S. Hurley and Louis S. Smook. Thirty-ninth District : Frank W. Anderson, George Fitzgerald, John Gelder, Capt. David W. Weldt and Moses F. Baker.
On the non-partisan ticket, Judge William H. Waste was unopposed for the nomination as presiding judge of the District Court of Appeals, First District, division one. There were five candidates for the three full terms on the Superior Court-George Samuels, James G. Quinn, T. W. Harris, James J. Jerome and Victor A. Dunn. E. C. Robinson was unopposed for the short term to fill the Wells vacancy; and James G. Quinn was high candidate for the Waste vacancy, both short terms. For county supervisor, First District, D. J. Murphey won over John Gallegos and A. Goulart. Redmond C. Staats had a clear field in the Fourth District. Seven candidates, however, entered the field in the Fifth District. John F. Mullins received the highest vote over Robert S. Wixson, Frank C. Merritt, William F. Lenane, Jr., M. J. Mc- Donough, A. J. Trestler and William A. J. Franke, but was compelled to enter the finals with Wixson.
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1920
The registration books contained approximately 13,000 more names for the general election of November 2 than they did at the primaries, the exact number being 158,678. The republican presidential electors received 73,192 votes; the democratic, 21,475; the socialist, 9,266; and the prohibitionist, 1,978. J. A. Elston was returned to Congress over
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Maynard Shipley, 75,610 to 15,151. Frank M. Carr and Arthur H. Breed were the senators elected in the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Sena- torial Districts over Franz Roepke and Herbert L. Coggins. E. H. Christian was unopposed in the Thirty-fourth Assembly District. In the other assembly districts Homer S. Spence won over J. Edward Mor- gan in the Thirty-fifth District; Gilbert L. Jones over Florence Logan Johnson and Amelia McPike in the Thirty-sixth; Clifton E. Brooks over Charles L. Donohoe and H. C. Morgan in the Thirty-seventh; Edgar S. Hurley over H. C. Tuck in the Thirty-Eighth; Frank W. An- derson over John J. McLean, John W. Fowler and George Nisbet in the --
Thirty-ninth; Arthur A. Wendering over Clara I. Cornwall in the For- tieth ; and Mrs. Anna L. Saylor was returned in the Forty-first District over William Serb.
The vote cast for the three Superior Court judges was 77,852, 77,116 and 75,948 for George Samuels, James G. Quinn and T. W. Harris. E. C. Robinson was elected to the short term to fill the Wells vacancy, and James G. Quinn for the Waste vacancy. Murphey and Staats were free from opposition in the First and Fourth Supervisorial Districts; and in the Fifth John F. Mullins received 13,030 votes to 9,484 cast for Robert S. Wixson.
There were twenty propositions and amendments printed on the 1920 ballots. One calling for a constitutional convention received 24,777 votes in the county, to 51,944 against. The prohibition enforce- ment act likewise failed to receive a majority in Alameda County, 44,162 voting in favor of the act and 55,149 in the negative.
VOTERS REJECT CITY-COUNTY PROPOSALS
A renewed agitation for the separation of Oakland, Piedmont and Emeryville from Alameda County and for the establishment of a com- bined city and county to be known as the City and County of Oakland officially came before the electors of the county February 7, 1922. There were two propositions on the ballot, the first being voted upon through- out the county and reading: "For permitting the separation of the City of Oakland, the City of Piedmont and the Town of Emeryville from the County of Alameda, and for permitting the establishment of a com- bined city and county to be known as the City and County of Oakland." There were 16,282 votes cast in the affirmative and 35,286 against the plan, divided as follows :
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No. of
Precincts
For
Oakland
252
12,695
Against 17,325
Piedmont
6
197
988
Emeryville
4
31
825
Berkeley
74
3,017
4,892
Alameda
42
205
4,734
Albany
4
36
331
San Leandro
6
33
895
Hayward
5
14
681
Livermore
3
3
646
Pleasanton
2
5
293
Outside territory
28
46
3,649
The second proposition, voted upon only in Oakland, Piedmont and Emeryville, read: "For consolidating the City of Oakland, the City of Piedmont and the Town of Emeryville and forming and establishing them into a city and county government to be known as the City and County of Oakland." The number of votes cast in favor of the issue was 12,427 in Oakland, 204 in Piedmont, and thirty in Emeryville, a total of 12,661. The negative vote was 16,689 in Oakland, 976 in Pied- mont, and 814 in Emeryville, a total of 18,479.
THE 1922 PRIMARY CONTEST
The 1922 primary election, held on August 29, 1922, developed several lively and interesting fights. The county gave Friend W. Richardson a majority of nearly ten thousand votes in his race with William D. Stephens for the republican nomination for governor. Frank C. Jordon went through the primaries without anyone running against him. C. C. Young, of this county, received 46,486 votes to 15,917 cast for Joseph A. Rominger for the nomination for lieutenant governor. Charles C. Moore gave United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson a close race in the county, the vote being 33,864 for Moore and 35,624 for Johnson. Four candidates filed for the republican nomination for Congress from the Sixth District. The official vote gave 24,302 to James H. MacLafferty, 22,288 to David D. Oliphant, Jr., 11,833 to Harry L. Boyle and 6,139 to H. C. Cutting.
In the Fourteenth Senatorial District A. Morgenstern led J. H. Walker and G. A. West for the nomination. In the Sixteenth District the race was close-Edgar S. Hurley, 4,844; A. A. Wendering, 4,404;
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and Frank V. Cornish, 3,567. Homer R. Spence, in the Thirty-fifth As- sembly District, was the only candidate for nomination for the lower house of the State Legislature who did not have competition. The results were close in some of the districts. The list of candidates, with the win- ner named first in each district, follows: Thirty-fourth District: E. H. Christian and W. P. Jost. Thirty-sixth : Edward J. Smith, C. Stanley Wood and Clyde W. Deal. Thirty-seventh : Richard M. Lyman, Jr., and M. M. Friedman. Thirty-eighth : J. Croter, James Ryan and Edgar Farley. Thirty-ninth : Frank W. Anderson, John Gelder and Clifford E. Ware. Fortieth: Chris B. Fox, Hollis R. Thompson and Everett E. Everhardt. Forty-first : Mrs. Anna L. Saylor and Ernest S. Leslie.
On the non-partisan ticket several offices were sought by but one candidate. These were county superintendent of schools by David E. Martin; recorder by Gilman W. Bacon; clerk by George E. Gross; sur- veyor by G. A. Posey; public administrator by Albert E. Hill; super- visor, Second District, by Charles W. Heyer, and Third District by William J. Hamilton. The candidates for the other county offices, all of which were determined by the primary vote, with the winner given first in each case, were as follows : Sheriff : Frank Barnet, B. F. Becker and W. E. Castro. Treasurer: Fred W. Foss and Wells Drury. Assessor : Louis J. Kennedy and Samuel J. Taylor. District attorney : Ezra Decoto, T. L. Christianson and H. L. Hagan. Auditor: E. F. Garrison and Henry F. Vogt. Coroner : Grant D. Miller and Will R. Hill. Supervisor, First District : T. E. Knox and John G. Mattos, Jr. Judge William H. Waste was unopposed for associate justice of the Supreme Court ; and E. C. Robinson fared likewise in his campaign for judge of the Superior Court. The primary election, therefore, settled all of the above positions.
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1922
T. C. West was the lone candidate for state senator from the Four- teenth Senatorial District. The vote in the Sixteenth District was 11,582 for Edgar S. Hurley, 5,373 for Frank V. Cornish, and 1,883 for Will C. Aylsworth. There were contests in each of the assembly districts, excepting in the Thirty-eighth, where J. Croter was the only candidate. In the Thirty-fourth District E. H. Christian won over George E. Miller. Homer R. Spence was again elected in the Thirty- fifth, defeating S. Kellogg. In the Thirty-sixth Edward J. Smith was chosen, defeating Florence Logan Johnson. The Thirty-seventh elected
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Richard M. Lyman, Jr., H. C. Morgan being the opposing candidate. Frank W. Anderson was returned to the Assembly in the Thirty-ninth, winning over George Nisbet. Chris B. Fox defeated A. S. Fuller in the Fortieth District; and Mrs. Anna L. Saylor again won in the Forty- first, defeating Herbert L. Coggins.
Justice of the peace results in the City of Oakland were 39,306 votes for Mortimer Smith, 27,394 for Edward J. Tyrrell, and 23,061 for Howard L. Bacon. In Washington Township Ralph V. Richmond was given 1,366 votes, B. C. Mickle 1,028, and Joseph S. Furtado 1,020. The other contest was in Eden Township, where W. J. Gannon led with 2,953 votes, Jacob Harder, Jr., with 2,381 votes, and Lester Perry with 1,443 votes. The following were elected with no opposition: Oakland Township, Harry W. Pulcifer; City of Alameda, L. R. Wein- mann; Alameda Township, Elmer E. Johnson; City of Berkeley, Robert Edgar; Brooklyn Township, Herbert D. Wise; Murray Township, G. S. Fitzgerald; and Pleasanton Township, P. C. Quinn.
The total votes for constable were: Oakland Township: H. T. Hempstead 34,038; Walter J. Taylor 35,406. Brooklyn Township: Thomas D. Carroll 10,258; W. C. Allen 8,606; William H. Parker 7,686; William A. Martin 7,089. Eden Township: M. Valance 2,590; A. J. La Cunha 2,323; M. Borge 1,268. Alameda Township: Charles E. Keyes 4,155; John C. Fielding 4,012; Charles J. W. Deuser 3,225; Edward R. McDonell 1,485. Washington Township: Thomas Silva 1,430; John L. Ramsell 1,139; Joseph Roderick 990. Murray Town- ship: Henry Seeband 1,032. Pleasanton Township: Larkin Locke 395; Frank Viada 159; Albert Vervais 6.
The total registration for the 1922 general election was 166,400 for the county. Of that number 99,965 voted. The registration by townships was: Oakland Township, 101,345; Brooklyn, 38,032; Alameda, 13,678; Eden, 7,169; Washington, 3,204; Murray, 1,922; and Pleasanton, 1,050.
There were thirty propositions printed on the 1922 ballots. The county's vote on a few of the more important measures is given here- with. The veterans' validating act, for 56,971; against 25,601. The prohibition enforcement act, for 42,994; against 44,959. The veterans' welfare bond act of 1921, for 48,537; against 25,602. Exempting veterans from taxation, for 36,742; against 41,974. Absent voters, for 34,445; against 40,395. Regulating the practice of law, for 26,167; against 51,071. Initiative, for 28,317; against 40,389. Prohibiting vivisection, for 22,444; against 58,518. Of those named above, the
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