Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
MANY LEGISLATIVE
NOMINEES ELECTED
ON FUSION TICKETS
Nine of the Successful Can
didates for Senator and So
Members of House on Two
or More Combinations.

At the election last Tuesday nine Of
the % state Senators elected were upon
more than one ticket, and SO Of the 2O7
members elected TO the State House Of
Representatives were on two or more
tickets. Additional returns from eight
counties In which there was fusion with
smaller parties by both the Democrats
and Republicans may increase these fig
ures
The Republicans, having elected a ma
1ority to both branches Of the Legisla-
lature, Jared better. of course, through
the assistance of other party names, than
uld the Democratic or Washington patty
candidates.
Two Of the Republican State Senators
were elected on tho Republican and
Washington party tickets. In both in
stances, however, the Republican cap
tured the Washington party nomination
at the primaries.
CAPTURED PLACES AT PRIMARIES.
The Washington party also assisted to
elect one Democrat, through fusion
brought about after the primaries One
Republican, Senator Kline, of Pittsburgh
had the Democratic nomination, and also
the Washington, keystone and Roosevelt
progressive. He captured them all at the
primaries, and, OF course, had virtually
no opposition at the election.
Another Republican was elected to the
state Senate on the Republican, Wash
ington and Roosevelt Progressive tickets.
The other four were also Republicans.
One OF them had also the keystone and
Roosevelt Progressive nominations; an
other had also the Bull Moose and Roose-
welt Progressive; another was also on the
Bull Moose, Roosevelt Progressive and
keystone tickets. and the fourth was
also on the Roosevelt Progressive and
Prohibition tickets.
Eleven OF the 50 members elected to the
House on more than one ticket were Re
publlcans who also had the keystone
nominations. Nine Republicans were
elected on the Washington party ticket
also. three of them through fusion. six
Republicans were elected on the Repub-
lican and Democratic tickets. Thoy won
the Democratic nominations at the pri-
maries.
OnA Democrat was elected on the Re-
pubtca ticket also. He captured the Re-
publican nomination at the primaries. One
Washington party candidate and two
Democrats were elected through Wash
ington-Democratic fusion.
representative William II. Wilson, OF
philadelphia, who is a candidate for
Speaker of the next House, was elected
on the Republican and Washington party
tickets James I. Woodward, of Pitts
NiaS OeAOA ltaNiilb SellluluNIG AOI
Speaker, was elected on the Republican,
Democratic and Bull Moose tickets
Two Republicans had the assistance of
the Democratic and Washington party
nominations; another the assistance OF
the Washington and Bull Moose nomina-
tions, and still another the Washington
and Roosevelt Progressive nominations.
PARTY COMBINATIONS.
Other combinations OF party nomina-
tions by means of which candidates were
elected to the House were: Republican
and Prohibition, four; Republican, Wash
ington and Keystone, two; Republican
and Socialist, two; Republican, Wash
ington, Bull Moose and Roosevelt Pro-
gressive, one Republican, Washington,
Prohibition, Roosevelt Progressive and
keystone, one; Republican. Washington,
Prohibition and Keystone, one: Demo-
crat and Prohibition, one; Republican
and Roosevelt Progressive, one; Repub-
llcan. Washington and Prohibition, one:
Republican. Democratic, Washington,
Socialist and Roosevelt Progressive one;
Republican. Washington, Socialist, Roose-
welt Progressive and Prohibition, one:
Republican. Keystone and Socialist, one,
and Republican, Socialist and Prohibi-
tion, one.
The counties still to be heard from, and
in which both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis are on more than ono ticket, chiefly
Through fusion, are Clarion, Columbia,
Erie, Fayette. Lancaster. Lycoming,
Schuylkill and Westmoneland.