The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-17
GREAT UPHEAYALS
The Most Noted Political Revolution
in Philadelphias History.
The Cry of "rurn.. tho tssosls Out
Resulted in q Great victory
or Honest People.

A dispatch from Philadelphia saws
the political revolution In that Cit
and State on Tuesday OF last week
"as the greatest that occurred ip
pennsylvania In nearly generations.
cilsre has been previous upheavals
but this is the first time in years that
every Cffice for which there was an,
semblance Of con est has been loss
0 the regular republicans
1t is also the fest inns in a quart el
of century that the regular republi
cans haYe baen defeated for the con
troll or the state treasury. Memora
bic contests have been waged againsi
the republicans for the ofllce but,
without success.
The plurality Of William III. Berry,
who was nominated by the demoorat'
independent party. Lincoln party and
prohibitionists for state treasurer,
will be nearly 10000 and may gc
above those figures. j. Lee Plum
mer, the republican candidate, rap
far behind his ticket in nearly every
county in the state. The remainder
Of the republican ticket was elected
President Roosevelt's plurality last
year was more than q million. The
victory for the city party, the reform
organization, over the regular repub
loans In Philadelphia vas complete
and beyond the expectation of the ae
reform leaders. The city party's
plurality ig 43,333. The reform wa W
carried Berry along with 1t, by de
festirg Plummer In the city by 80, O35
plurality.
The complete vote for the offices
for wh'cl there were contests is as
follows:
For Sheriff Wilson H. Browu, city
party, 14s go; Joseph s. Neff. rennh
lican, Jos, 346; G. r. Fisher, socialist
1857.
Coroner j. M. r. Jeromon, cit,
party, lat 7,084. Thomas Dugan, pres
ont coroner, 104, ll6; julius Weber
socialist, 1.27O.
County Commissioners RudoIp'
Blake; Surg, city party, 1oS 446: E
A. Anderson, city party, l48 1858; 81
A. Chase, republican, 100, l56; VII
liams E nslie, republican, 90 621; AL.
phons Olbright, socialist, 1901
Chase is elected as the third com
missioner, defeating Emslie by 638
votes.
The v>te for state treasurer ii
Philadelphia was as follows:
w. IL. Berry, fusion. 1874 797
] l.. Piummer, republican ..97 76O
r b. Rlngler, socialist 49,. 1879
E j. Drugmana ,sooialist-labor .le3
The proposed 10000 600 for thu
abcllshing of the grade crossings was
carried by a large maj lrity. The
highest total vote cast Tor any one
vas that cast for sheriff the vote be-
ing 255 .292. The total vote for
president last year was 28l ,654.
much as the 81, 600 alleged fraudulent
names we're stricken from the voting
lists since the hght against the re
publican organ cation began last May,
4he vote cast was the highest ever
polled in the city. the regulars Car
cied only fourteen uI the forty tive
wards for their locai ticket.
Piunner, for stabe Renat or, carried
>,ixteeh One of the surprises OK tbs
alncGton wA3 6ne los3 by che rsgulG
cepubiiGaRS u Soma or Penrose's ward.
gave city party plurality Of 50,
out Pun ner carried 1t b. 81 votes
Insurance Commissioner David MSr-
Gin, at one time the republican, lead
or OF the city, lost hts waCd for -tht
tirst time In thirty years.
David H. Lane, the veteran leader
upon whom much OF the work OF the
republican campaign fell, also lost his
ward, the twentieth,