The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-15
REPUBLICANS IN
LEAD ONCE MORE
Many Counties Back Into
the Fold Again
ROCKWELL is BUMPED-HIS DIS
TRICT GOES REPUBLICAN;
AINEY'S GREAT VICTORY.

The success of the Republicans in
swinging back into the Republican
column counties that went to Berry
last fall, the defeat of the Demo-
cratic ticket in the county of James
l. Blakslee, secretary of the reorgani-
zation end of the Democratic State
committee, and the important posi-
tion secured by the Socialists in sew
eral counties are features of the re-
cent election.
The votes polled will probably ag-
gregate more than in the guberna-
torial election last year, in the opin-
ion of many observers, although it
will be long time before this can
be estimated.
From all accounts the constitu-
tional amendments have not been
followed up very closely, and it will
take the official tabulation at the
Capitol to determine the matter.
The swinging of Carbon county, a
Democratic stronghold, into the Re-
publican column is causing much
comment. This county is in the dis
trict of Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer, another of whose counties,
Northampton, also shows signs of
disagreeing with its Democratic
rulers. Carbon county did nothing
half way. 1t just went Republican.
In Berks, another Democratic cita-
del, the Republicans have won Read
ing and made big gains, while the
Socialists have cut figure in city
and county, having the balance of
power in city councils and some
petty offices.
In New Castle, Socialist has been
elected mayor, defeating Walter S.
Reynolds, former member of the
Legislature.
Among the counties that showed
they were strongly Republican again
are Allegheny, which elected a whole
Republican ticket and wiped out the
Keystoners; Montgomery, Blair,
Cambria and Delaware with Bucks,
which got away from the Democrats
on county offices. Delaware was
claimed for the Democrats by some
of the reorganization Democrats who
lined up with Berry on the Judge
ship. They got beaten about 1000. "
Schuylkill is Republican, tho
losses of last fall having been wiped
out, while in other counties where
the Keystoners promised to deliver
many votes to the Democrats, they
not only ingloriously failed, but had
IIOuDlt W lluu IueluSelNeS. LduCdS-
ter county is once more so heavily
Republican that it would be hard to
find Ben Davis, the reorganization
Democrat.
In Lebanon county the Republi-
cans swept everything before them,
Notwithstanding the visits of Berry
and some other spellbinders.
The overwhelming victory of w.
d. B. Ainey, of Susquehanna, a
friend of State Treasurer c. F.
Wright, for Congress, has simply de-
monstrated the fact that the people
of Susquehanna, Bradford, Wyoming
and Wayne are Republicans when it
comes down to a fight. Congress-
man Palmer made every effort to
elect o. H. Rockwell, a Democratic
Keystoner, in order to show the
trend of affairs in Pennsylvania, and
both he and Blakslee visited the
county and forced their ideas on the
Democrats. They imported Wood
row Wilson, Champ Clark and others
and the result was that Ainey car
ried every county and had a major
ity of $500.
This is the worst blow that the re-
organization end of the Democrats
have had and shows plainly that the
claims of strength, based on last
falls upheaval were vain indeed.
Furthermore the Democrats of the
Fourteenth district will not stand
for dictation.-Harrisburg Tels-
RraDh