Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
DEFEAT OF PENROSE
PRESAGED IN LARGE
! NON-PARTISAN VOTE
Heavy Republican Enrol
ment Seems to Spell Split
ting of Tickets and Brum-
baugh Victory.

,ictorv for Dr. Martin G.. Brun-
bsupb. Republican gubernatorial candi-
aate and the defeat of Senator Penrose
on November 3, arc indicated by the
conplete unofficial returns for the three
fall registration days of l9lA
IN addition to a general back -to-tho-
Republican party movement, a strong in
oependent vote was registered Political
leaders said today that the unusually
large non-parUsen enrolment and the
b.svv Republican enrolment presages the
.n,,ttinr Of tickets by voters of all three
,srtIes in favor of Doctor Brumbaugh
and A. Mitchell Palmer, Penrose's Demo-
cratic opponent.
Apnroximately 2T5,00O electors have
ausllhed TO vote in November for the
.,eotIon Of a United States Senator,
c.ovsrnor. Congressman and State Off
.era OF this number two-thirds enrolled
as Republicans and more than 1900 elec-
tors who declined to enroll were enrolled
AZ "non-partisans."
The strong and Independent candidacy
OF Doctor Brumbaugh attracted back to
the Republican party thousands of Re-
pubIioans who Joined the Washington and
Democratic parties in the triangular fight
for the Presidency in 1912. These thou
sands of Republicans, together with
large part of the "non-partisan" vote,
see in Doctor Brumbaugh's candidacy an
opportunity to rehabilitate the Repub-
lican party.
INDEPENDENCE AT POLLS EN-
PECTED.
The inevitable result of the large mon
PARTISAN registration, political leaders
Eay. will be independence at the polls in
November. Many Brumbaugh followers
will vote for Palmer for United States
Senator, and many Progressives will vote
for Brumbapgh in preference to Vance
C. Mccormick, the Democratic nominee,
who is also the Washington party can
didate for Governor.
A large number of the electors enrolled
as "non-partisans" are former Washing
ton party voters, who needed the call
sent out by independent Washington party
leaders opposed to the Flinn-Van VAL
kenburg regime, and refused to enroll
under the Progressive standard.
This call was sent out several days
ago 10 voters Oh Inllauelpnla IolloWlnS
a conference between II. r. Quay, of
Pittsburgh. and Philadelphia Washington
party independents. The entire anti
F'linn-Van Valkenburg vote is expected to
be cast for Doctor Brumbaugh.
The utter collapse of the Washington
party is shown by the following complete
but unofficial returns for the three days
registration:
Republican Observation-Disclosures. 1SS. .24S
pemoeratic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 24,295
Non-Partssn .........,....,.......... 45,10S
Total three days 19l4............ 2IO6 65s
PARTY NEARLY AS STRONG AS IN
1908.
The back -to-the party movement has
been so complete, Republican leaders
point out. that the Republican strength
now almost where it was in 1908. The
Fote in Philadelphia for Taft that year
was 1856, t63.
In 1910 Tener received only 1870, 465 votes
in Philadelphia. The Republican vote
again fell off in 1911 when George n.
Earle, Jr., Blsnkonburgs Republican op-
ponent for Mayor. received 130,122
Political leaders are predicting that
Doctor Rrumbnugh will get larger Re-
publican vote h Philadelphia than did
either Tener or Earle as the vote for
Goth Tener and earle was $1,000 below
the Republican registration this year.
The inroads that the Republicans have
made on the Roosevelt third party move
ment is shown in a comparison of figures
with the results in 1912 That year Taft
received 91,9H votes in Philadelphia and
Roosevelt received 50 1868. The 1914 Repub-
lican registration of ,2iS is more than
5000 greater than the combined Roosevelt
Taft vote of two years ago.