Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-11-20
POLITICAL.

year, and II was not known until lhe
latter part of last week that Penny
packers plurality over Pattison in the
State was 142, $40. The vote of Ale
gheny county is the surprise of the
year Pennypacker had so. 191 to Patti
son 81 600, a majority of As, 591.
Before the President started on his
bear hunt he recognized the. AddicFs
or Union Republican organization in
Delaware by reappointing w. NJ Byrne
as u District Attorney for that
state.
Senator Hanna Of Ohio SAYS he is not
sick and will not retire from politics.
Pennypacker's official plurality over
Pattison is 142, $40. The total vote on
Governor was Pennypacker, 592,s61;
Pattison, 436, 457; Swallow, Prohibition
ist. %. 327; Adams Socialist-Labor. 5l57;
CLAY ton, Socialist, 1910; Pennypacker,
Citizens 450; Pattison, Anti-Machine,
8. $40; Pattison, Ballot Reform, 4,971;
scattering, 90.
There will be a special session of Con
gress next March to takeup the revision
of the tariff This information was
given out last Saturday to the Wiscon-
sin delegation by Congressman Joseph
w. Babcock and Senator John c.
Spooner, who have just returned from
Washington, where they saw President
Roosevelt before he left for the South.
The conference with. the-delegation was
to consider the candidacy of Babcock
for the Speakership. He decided not to
come out. and Wisconsin will support
Cannon The special session will be
called by President Roosevelt late in
March, immediately after the regular
session.
The New York Sun says that the vot-
ing machines used in that State proved
very satisfactory, that the voters, edu-
Gated and uneducated, had no difficulty
in understanding how to manipulate
them. and that they met every require
nent Where the machines were in use
the returns were announced before the
boards where the old system was in use
got ready to count. The voting ma
chine is certainly far superior in con-
venience to the blanket ballot, and is a
great labor saver. But the phraseology
familiar to political campaigns about
the sacredness Of the ballot and the
ballot box would not seem to apply so
we'll to the voting machine. However,
it would be precisely the same thing IN
effect. Besides, voting machines can
tnos Bs-tas6persd with affzd ballot frauds
are next to impossible where they are
used. We will all come to- it by and
by.-Ex. p.
A dispatch from washington, dated
Sunday. said. 'tRegardless'of thes num-
ber ofsavowed candidates in the field, the
speakership contest has narrowed down
10 a finish race between John Dalzell of
Pennsylvania and Joseph G. Cannon
Of Illinois. The claims of Sherman
and Payne of New YORK are not taken
seriously; by reason of the fact that
President Roosevelt admits New York
as his home For the Empire state to
have the presidency and the speaker
ship would be an unreasonable propois-
ton Littlefield's candidacy has not
aroused any enthusiasm and he is put
down as an also ran
Gov. Stone was in Pittsburg last Fri
day, on business connected with the
building Of the Capital He had little
to say concerning politics, except 20
/ express qualification over the
great Republican victory. In his
opinion, Senator Boise Penrose will not
have any Republican opposition when
he comes up for. re-electinns bsfore the
next legislature. Gov. Stone says that
he has baen, unable to hear of single
Republican legislator who would not go
into the senatorial caucus
|. While he will submit a message to the
legislature when il convenes in January
Gov. Stone says that he has not
given the matter any consideration
Il may make some suggestions about
legislation. he remarked but at
present have no idea OF the subjects
will discuss.
The governor has appointed commits
sions to Inquire into the physical condt
tion of Judges John Mitchell and P.
p Smith of the Superior Court Both
judges have been incapacitated for
duty for some time, said the governor,
'-and hope they will resign. When the
commissioners report | will submit
their finding to the two judges. If the
gentlemen desire, they can retire aud
draw half pay for the remainder of
theirsterIn. III they decline to resign.
the governor il powerless to act The
constitution provides that for, any
reasonable cause, which shall not BE-
sufficient ground for impeachment, the
governor can remove a judge on the ad
dress of two thirds Of the members IF
the legislature
"The governor can only be addressed
while the legislature is in session, and
| il this method of removing the two men
Is adopted, nothing can be done until
after January 1. | will not consider
their successors until the vacancies
| exist.
81 have not appointed state librarian
and probably will not name successor
to George Edward Reed unless Judge
Pennypacker suggests man to me.
DIR. Reed is still acting, as his resigna-
ton does tot1a take effect until his
successor is named.