The Washington times., 1905-11-09
QUAKER VICTORS
WILL CELEBRATE
RefOrmers Plan Big Demon
stratiOn Tonight.
BERRY'S MAJORITY GROWS
Democrat Has Probably Carried State
by Over One Hundred Thousand
Majority.
BERRY'S MAJORITY GROWS


celebrate victory at the polls the com
mittee OF seventy has invited all citi-
zens 20 participate n a town meet
ing in the Academy of Music tonight.
The Academy viii not hold a tenth of
those who contributed TO the Cftv
party-Fusion majority of 1900. but it
is proposed to hold an overflow meet
ing IN the street
fhe primary object of the deuonstra-
tion Is to plan for future action in the
campaign against the contracting com
bine or Durham, McNichol, and Pen
rose.
Plans for reorganization of councils
next spring and for purging other gov
eTnmental departments will be dis
cussed. Mayor Weaver viii bee invited
TO attend.
Plan Big Parade
In celebration of the triumphs of the
Fusion movement, plans for a parade
or City. party voters are being ccns,d
cred. The John Weaver Marching Club
OF the Eighteenth ward and other or
ganizations have expressed their de-
sire to parade through Broad street
The victory Of the City party over the
regular Republicans was beyond ex-
pectations. For sheriff. Wilson H
Brown, City party, ooIied 14S.679. and
Joseph s. Men, Republican, 105, $40. The
vote for coroner was: J. NJ. Z. Jermon
present incumbent, 1O4, 116. The machine
had relied much upon Dugan's popu-
larity TO carry its ciCy ticket through.
Loan Is Carried.
rhe proposed 100000 loan for the
abolition of grade crossings was car
ried by a large majority. The highest
total vote east for any one Office was
that for sheriff, the vote being 255. .292.
The total vote for President last year
was 81. .G54. The City party claims that
fnasmuch as 81. coo aiieged fraudulent
names were stricken from the voting
lists since the fight against the Repub-
lican organization began last May. the
vote cast Tuesday was the highest ever
The regular Republicans carried only
fourteen or the fOrty-twO wards for
their local Ticket. The home ward Of
Boise Penrose. United States Senator,
gave City party plurality.
No candidate and no issue ever before
received such APPROVAL at the polls as
that given 10 William II. Berry. the
Democratic candidate for State treas
urer of Pennsylvania, standing on an
The state. ggfetcle one year ago gave
President Roosevelt the unprecedented
plurality OF a half million, declared en-
phatically for the election OF a Demo-
Erat. TO put an end 10 the graft sys-
tenn
Tho,lsh The candidacy. of Berry. was
hampered by a complicated ballot. II is
estimated that between 250. 600 and 800,
90 independent Republicans found a.
way 10 vote for him
Never was there such a cutting away
from party machine. Every section
of the State joined in the repudiation
OF the machine managers.
Victory Grows in Size.
More accurate returns from the eiec-
tlon coming IN make the Berry victory
more sweeping than appeared from the
earlier figures.
While Allegheny county, claimed Tues
day night for Berry. now turns IN
something like 10000 plurality for
Plummer. this loss is more than made
up By increased Berry figures from the
interior counties. The Berry plurality
in the State is estimated al 10000 AMI
may 20 higher.
This shows the strength OF the de-
mand for the opening OF the State
treasury, that the people may see what
has become Of their S14,OO0.0J0 surplus
how much OF it is loaded in shaky pol
iticsI banks on rotten security, and how
much has gone into schemes like those
Of Bull Andrews Ia New Mexico.
The lid OF the treasury is TO come
of. as Berry promises, after having
been glued down tightly for twenty
fve years.
One notable feature Of the election
of Berry, over which the people have
cause TO rejoice. is that this is the
frst time IN mary years that the power
OF the railroads and kindred CORPORA
tions has been conquered The railroad
Influences. always for the machine
have decided many a political contest
IN the State. This time they have
failed
An Avalanche
The Berry avalanche upset all poIiti-
cal calculations and precedents. Coun-
ties like Tioga and Lebanon. unfailingIy
Republican heretofore, broke away from
party bonds and gave majorities for a
Democratic State candidate.
Old time Democratic counties Ike
Berks and York exceeded by theh.
Berry vote any record for the Democ-
racy. Berks alone gave Berry a plu-
rality Of more than 12.O00 votes over
Piummer.
Dauphin, the capital county switched
more than 1i.000 from its figures for
Treasurer Mathues two years ago. and
gave Berry 100
The anthracite counties went solidly
for the airing of the treasury and the
overthrow Of the grating combine.