Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-11-24
ELECTION NOTES.

Repupllcans-
The next Speaker of the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives is likely to be
William T. MARSHALL of Allegheny
His strongest opponent will be ward n.
Bliss. of Delaware county. Either OF
these gentleman possess the proper quail
ifcations, but Marshall will probably
have the strongest following from the
fact that. being from Allegheny county
he will have larger delegation back OF
him Besides. the last two Speakers
have been from Philadelphia, and the
honor should 20 TO a western man this
me.-PunxsutawneY Spirit.
Rep. Hosack of Allegheny Co. Is also
a candidate for speaker
The new voting machine tired AT
Rochester, Y. Y, at the late election
was a complete success. Althongn
about q, 900 votes were cast, the exact
result in all the election districts was
ascertained in less than one hour aIOer
the polls closed The machine Is sih
ple. being booth in which but one Y9t
or can be at time. He presses a but
ton opposite the name OF each candldate
for whom he wishes to vote. The press
ing Of the b b1tton locks all other buttons
for the same Office, making repeating
impossible. AS the man steps out ana
closes the door the buttons are automat-
ically made ready for the next voter
The machine receives, counts ana 1oots
M aggregates as the voting progresses
It preserves absolute secresy and reg
listers with accuracy.
George E. Higgins, Rep, who was
defeated for Congress in the Erle-Cra~-
ford district by A. CASTOR. Dem. haa
fled notice of contest, and will brlng
the case before the House Elections
Committee of the next Congress he
protests against the count OF votes IN
two wards Of Erie and all the districts
of Cory, alleging that the election
boards were not organized according 70
law, received illegal votes, and closed
the polls during the hours they must be
open. He further claims that several
hundred Republi cans in Crawford
county were left off the assesscrs iists
and they were refused vote for lack Oh
registration.
The official vote of the district was
close and interesting. Higgins had a
plurality Of 9O6 in Erie county and Gas
ton had q plurality of s23 in Crawford.
giving him plurality of17 votes in a TO-
tai poll of %, ,951. This includes the soldier
vote of Erie and Crawford counties.
which gave Higgins 4s over Castor.
The Business Mems Republican Lea
que Of Pennsylvania issued a statement
on the result Of the recent election
few days ago, and among other things
IL says:
aIt il an incontrovertible certainty
that majority Of more than thirty OF
the next legislature have been elected
upon a platform Of opposition to the re
turn of senator Quay to the United
States senate and are pledged TO stand
aQainst all harmful machine Legislation.
Of the 1873 members OF the last legisla-
ture who voted for Senator Penrose and
thereafter followed the dictates OF the
Quay machine, but twenty-four have
been reelected, or only 1S per cent
while Of the seventy six who support
ed Hon John Wanamaker thirty Two
have been returned. or more than AZ pen
cent. OF the fifty Quay men who at
temrted to collect mileage bills for ex-
peuses never incurred only seven are re
elected, while the four anti-Zuay men
~->-s.-.sS~sv-- -tsv sOf' ~
render bills for money not expended
have all been reelected
Senator Quay had senatorial OPP
ponent in but one county OF the state,
TioQa, where both he and his opponent
submitted their names TO the people;
and QUAY was overwhelmingly defeated
by Hon Charles Tubbs. In the Repub.
Hcan strongholds Of Blair. Chester and
Union counties, seven members were
instructed at the primaries 70 vote Tor
Senator Qnay because no canidate was
announced against him. but at the cleo
LIOu Luc36 btFcu ultuiDcib thStA A~bSN 80
Senator Quay were defeated.
Even the influence OF Senator Quay
in hts own county Of Beaver vas insnifi
cient to renominate the two men VINO
had done his bidding In the last legisla.
ture. State Chairman Elkin was forced
10 take down the two members from
his own county Of Indiana whom he had
led into betraying the people and whom
he desired returned in the interest OF
the machine.
"Ex-Sta Treasurer Haywood could
not renominate his two servile followers
from Mercer county, though by prece-
dent they were entitled to another term.
vet member Of the "seventy.six IN
this county broke all precedents and
was reelected for the third time against
the opposition OF the Quay machine.
Not one Of the four members from
Crawford county will be controlled by
Senator Andrews. Ex-Secretary OF the
Commonwealth Frank Reeder lost the
four members he formerly controlled
from Northampton county. Chief
clerk OF the Senate Smileys two men
from Venango were defeated. Resident
Clerk Of the House Fetterof failed To
elect any of the five members Of the
Qomery county. President protein elect
Walton Of the senate was not returned
to enjoy the honor purchased by his
to the Quay machine.
Senator Andrews, whose presence in the
past has done more TO debauch and de
morliZe legislatures than any other
agency. il lef. at home In twelve out
of the fifteen counties visited by Hon.
John W1namsker and other speakers
under the auspices OF the Business Mems
League during the last
three weeks Of the campaign. all elected
anti Quay members OF the Legislature.
"The Business Mems Republican
league wishes TO draw attention with
emphasis TO the fact that throughout
the entire campaign just ended it con
sistently and earnestly supported NIL can
idates OF the Republican party for mem
bers Of the national house OF Represent
atives from this state. and had the Quay
machine done the same, the Republican,
would not now be regretting the calam-
ity caused by the defeat Of Hon. Charles
A. Stone n consistent Republican mem
bcr OF congress, and the election in his
stead Of that Democratic apostle of free
silver and free trade. Joseph 9. Sibiey.
This is but one example OF how traitor
ious the Quay machine has become.
Even while preaching from the stump
the support of President Mckinney, his
administration and the principles on
which the Republican party has won
no many and glorious victories, they
used tbeiI efforts TO deplete and weaken
the Republican majority in our nation,
nj house OF Representatives, though 30
badlv needed TO make effective PrcsI-
dent McKinley's wise and patriotic pur-