Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-04
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STEE[TON REGISTERS
DINNER PAIL PROTEST
Tremendous Republican Majority
in Borough Rebuke to Party
That Closed Mills

Steelton voters yesterday regis
tered their protest against the Demo-
cratic administration, which has
closed its big steel mills and thrown
! thousands out of employment, by
| going to the polls and giving the en-
! tire Republican ticket one of the
largest majorities ever given a politi-
cal party in the big mill town.
Besides the huge majorities given
the Republican candidates, the other
features of the election were the utter
| collapse of the Washington party; the
big vote polled by Judge George Kun
KEEL; the surprising showing by the
Republican legislative candidates;
and the number of voters who cast
their ballots. In the fight for United
States senator, which was the most
bitterly contested, 2,031 votes were
polled. This, with possibly only one
exception, is the largest vote ever
polled in the history of the borough.
President Judge George Kunkel,
candidate for the Supreme bench, re-
ceived 1,749 votes against the paltry
seventy-siX cast for his opponent,
Judge Frazer. Slightly more than
zoo voters failed to mark the nom
Brumbaugh's Majority 603
The prediction of The Telegraph
that DR.. Brumbaugh would receive
majority of 700 votes over Vance C.
Mccormick was born out by the re-
turns. His majority was 693, Just
seven less than was predicted. The
totals in the governorship fight were:
Brumbaugh, 1876; Mccormick, 623.
In the second precinct of the first
ward, where Thomas H. Nelley is a
power, it was predicted by the Tele-
graph yesterday that Mccormick
would receive about 25 votes. The
official returns gave him 26.
In the Senatorial fight, which was
the most bitterly contested in Steel
ton, Senator Penrose was given a
majority of CTS votes over Palmer,
Democrat, his nearest opponent. The
totals in this fight were: Palmer,
467; Pinchot, 419, and Penrose,
las. This shows conclusively that
Steelton voters want the Senator. in
Washington and are tired of the free
traders pleadings.l
In every precinct in the borough,
every candidate on the Republican
ticket was given an overwhelming
majority over his Democratic oppo-
nent. Even in the Fourth ward
where the Democrats were admittedly
the strongest on account of the post
office deal, D. Brumbaugh received
169 votes against McCormick's 1873.
The collapse of the Washington
party was complete. Early in the
day when the Washington party
leaders," if any leaders remained,
sent out the word to forget McCor-
mick and get back in the fold. But
to the rank and file of the Washing
ton voters it wasn't necessary to send
out any word. They had returned
When the returns were complete it
was found that Pinchot, the Wash
ingtonian's only hope, had but 419
votes, less than one-third the number
given Senator Penrose. McCormick's
Washington vote was only 154, con-
elusive evidence that the attempted
sell-out under the name of fusion"
was not compatible with the wishes
of the Washington voters
Complete returns of the election
not only locally, but all over the
State were received by the Steelton
Club at its headquarters, Front and
Locust streets, and thrown onto a
screen across the street or announced
by Fank Stees, a borough councilman
and president of the Central Penn
sylvania baseball league. Much COM
mandatory sentiment was expressed
that the Steelton people were able to
secure the late returns