Democratic messenger., 1911-11-11
REFORM VICTORY
IN PHILADELPHIA
BIankenburg Elected Mayor by
4364 Majority.
ALSO TWO MAGISTRATES
Republicans Elect City and County
Tickets, Except City soiieitorship,
Which Official Count Must Decide.


Which Official Count Must Decide.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9-Rudolph Blan-
kenburg is the next mayor of Philadol-
phia.
Unofficial returns of the election
from all the 1897 divisions give Blan-
kenburg, the Keystone-Democratic
nominee. 34.4SG votes and George II.
Earle. Jr., the Republican nominee.
130.122 votes. a plurality Of 4364 for
the former.
Mr.. Blankenburg will be inaugural
ed mayor on the first Monday In De-
cember, which Is Dec. 4.
The Keystone party managers de-
clared that they had information that
$4,000 fraudulent votes had been cast
and they held a meeting to decide
what action to take In the case.
The fight for the city solicitorship
Is still in doubt, and may require an
Official count to decide it. Both James
Alcorn, Republican. the present in
cumbent of the Office. and Michael ].
Ryan. fusion nominee. claim their cleo.
tion.
Mr. Alcorn's friends in the city So
licitors Office say that with two divi-
sions to be heard from he has vote
of 12S, $50 to 127,722 for his opponent,
or a plurality OF 917.
Mr. Ryan, on the other hand, claims
the election by a plurality of 1477,
and says that he bases this figure on
information that he has received from
Republican sources.
II is not likely that the official count
by the court of common pleas will al
ter the result of the mayoralty voteo
though 1t may change the figures to
some extent. In many other instances
the vote was so close that only the of.
fetal count can decide It positively.
For clerk OF quarter sessions Il. J.
McAleer, fusion, was reported as win
ming over Thomas w. Cunningham,
Republican. by 120.199 to 1885. A
revised count gives Cunningham 1877
5S1 and McAleer 120.001, or a plu-
rality for the former of 1880.
In the case of magistrates, Rolla
Dance, Republican, was reported to
have received only 1892 votes. The
city committee reported that Dance
would probably beat Thomas w. Mac
Farland fusion, who was first cred.
tied with 121.741. by about 100 votes.
The magistrates whose election is
not contested are William Eisen-
brown and L. K Borie. fusion, and c.
p Rooney and w. J. Tracy, Republic
can. There were six candidates, the
five getting the highest votes to be
elected.
John NJ. Walton, Republican. was
elected controller, and Ernest l.. Tus-
tin, Republican. recorder of deeds. A.
Lincoln Acker. Republican. was elect.
ed sheriff.
All the judges whose terms expire
this year were reelected.
The keystone Democratic fusionists
elected forty-four candidates to city
councils. Thirty-four won seats in
common and ten We're victorious In
the contests for the select branch.
The Republican organization, II 1t
remains intact, will continue in con.
troll of the select branch. A total OF
eighty-four members were elected in
the lower branch. giving the independ-
ents a working force that many ex-
pect will be augmented by the acces-
sion of a number of those previously
regarded as organization men. but
who will probably show an inclination
to "go along" with the controlling In
1uences.