Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-11-17
ELECTION ECHOES.


The total vote in this State was 99o,
s1e. divided as follows:-Stone 4'3'Ooo'
.Jenks 1853, 74e and Swallow 132, Ooo.
Svallow carried but one county,
I,ackawanna, and his total vote is but
IL. 600 more than last years.
In this county Stones vote is 1863,
Jenks' 4O4S and Swallows 964- For
Lieutenant Governor John P. S. Goblin
had 4736 votes, VIM. Fl. Sowden mad
1914. Emmett d. Nichols $50, Justice
Watkins 30 and W. FL. Thomas IL; for
Secretary of Internal Affais. James w.
Latta 1906, Patrick DeLacey 1891, Ster-
ling W. Dickson 531, David Logan 81,
Henry Peters and A. P. Hutchison 20;
for Judge of Superior Court VIM. w.
Porter 1882, VIM. D. Porter 47s2, VIM.
Trickett 4457, Calvin NJ. Bower 1878.
Lewis D. Vail 494 and J. n. Huston 81;
for Representative at Large in Congress
Galusha A. Grow 1887, Samuel A. Dav-
export 4793, F. P. lanes 3SS9, jerry n.
Weller 1906, Geo. H. CARRIER Az, P. f.
Sharpless 44s, d. E. Johnston SO. John
r. Root IL, d. L. Monroe 10, J. Acker
Guss IS and C. p Shaw 16; for Congess
J. B. Showalter 1875, NJ. L. Lockwood
1880 and ]. A. Bailey 343; for Assembly
James n. Moore sofa, John Dindinger
1922, A. V. Cunningham 1854, Alphons
Krause 1852, o. NJ. Russell 440 and
VIM. Braden 400; for District Attorney
I'M. Painter 5O14 and r. S. Cornelius
4s44; for County Surveyor F. E. Nc
QUESTION 1890 and Jesse Heydrick 4454.
The next State Senate will consist OF
SO Republicans and IL Democrats; the
House of 1877 Reps, "a Dems. and In
dependents making in all 165 Republ1-
cans. SO Democrats and Independents.
Eighty-three votes will control the Re
publican caucus, and before Quay and
Penrose started for Florida last Thus
day Quay expressed perfect confidence
in his reelection, announced his candi-
dacy and offered reward of so. 900 for
information leading to the arrest and
conviction of any person attempting to
bribe a member of the legislature, and
next day Wanamaker offered $50, 900,
The elec don in the Goth Congressional
District, composed Of Crawford and
Erie counties, both formerly strongly
Republican was a remarkable one.
Crawford county gave CASTOR. The Dem
ocratic nominee, majority of 9S4 over
Higgins; while Erie gave Higgins, the
Republican nominee, majority of sss
over CASTOR, to which must be added a
majority of 4s in the 18th Reg, but this
leaves CASTOR about 20 votes ahead, and
the district will be contested.
Jerry Simpson was defeated by Re-
publican in the 7th Congressional Dis
trict of Kansas
Up in Venango county nobody want
ed the Democratic nomination for Sher
iff, last Spring, and it went. almost by
default, to John Runninger, the base bal
pitcher. Then came the Sibley cam
paign, and Runninger is elected Sheriff
over Sutton, the Republican nominee
by1133. Sutton worked hard for his nomi
nation for years. He is related to the
cu<<oxc NJ this countv
The highest vote polled in Mercer
county was that for DR.. J. NJ. Martir
for Assembly, 5303. Caldwell hat
y -4n12 and Morrievn 1850. Tho Demo
Gratis had from 374s to 1867 and the Pro
hibitionists had 534 to SIT. Stone hat
1895 and jerks 1872. and the rest of thu
State ticket about the same.
In Penn twp, North, R. o. Thomp
son had vote for Gov, w. c. Hill
for Lieut.. Gov, c. c. Cooper 1 for Sec
retary of Internal affairs, Philip Mile
1 for Judge of Superior Court, and w
p. Bricker for Congress-at-Large.
The vote in Mars on the question o
issuing bonds was OF for and SO against
Congressional vote-soldiers' vote no