Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-24
QUEER THINGS ARE
NOTED IN THE VOTE
More Ballots Cast For Lieutenant
Governor Than For Amy Of
flee on the Tickets
DEMOCRATS ARE CROwMNC
Philadelphia Record Voices Dis
satisfaction With the Pres
ent Leadership

One of the curious things in connec-
ton with the official count of the vote
made by the attaches of the Office of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
is that the contest for lieutenant-gov-
ernor brought out more votes than
anything else. There were 1,090,631
votes cast for the six candidates,
against 1,077,334 cast for secretary of
internal affairs.
The contest for senator and COVER
nor brought out u vote less than 5000
apart. The gubernatorial contest had
1,109,524 votes and the senatorship l.
104 ,969.
The difference in the vote is causing
much speculation at the Capitol and
1t is also source of astonishment that
the votes on the nonpartisan ballot
were so far below those for other Off
ces. People at the Capitol believed
that the voters were familiar with the
nonpartisan end of the ballot and that
there would be no trouble Yet for
Supreme Court there We're over $685.
900 less votes cast than for lieutenant
governor.
James w. Barker, the defeated
candidate for the first district repre-
sentative in the Legislature on the
Washington ticket, yesterday after
noon filed his expense account. The
statement shows that Mr.. Barker eX-
pended S447.99, chiefly for printing,
advertising, etc Seventy-five dollars
was contributed to the Washington
county committee. The only contribu-
tion he received was 500 from John
A. Affieck, a former member of the
| city water board
One of the interesting sidelights on
| the way things are going in the Demo-
cratic party since the election is that
every one of the leaders in the re-
county was absent from the dinner
| rendered to Michael J. Ryan in Scran-
| ton last night. 1t was intended as u
sort of harmony affair, but party amity
could not be found with a searchlight.
The name of w. I. Woodcock, a
Blair county attorney well known to
| DIR. Brumbaugh, is being mentioned
| for the attorney generalship by people
| in his county. In Pittsburgh they think
| it will be Jesse e. b. Cunningham or
George T.. Alter, and in Philadelphia
| bets are being made on Francis Skunk
| Brown and Dinner Beeber
James E. Roderick, State Chief of
Mines, who has been seriously i'll at
his home in Hazleton the last few
days, has been chief of the Depart
| ment of Mines, since 1899.
The question whether the Washing
| ton party shall continue its activity in
| this city will be threshed out by the
leaders in the county. Some believe
| that it would be a good thing to keep
the party organization alive in order
to snatch some loaves and fishes next
Fall, but others think of the expense
and do not see any chances of Demo-
cratic aid.
Girard, in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. suggests that Congressman
retary of State to succeed William Jen-
nings Bryan. In an interesting way
he notes that this State has had but
three men for tnat exalted place.
The Philadelphia Record editorially
voices the feeling in regard to the
present Democratic leadership in the
| State in these words: "We now have
| before us the official vote cast in Penn
| sylvania at the recent election. The
| figures are eloquent additions to the
| testimony long available that Senator
| Penrose owes his recollection to the
| stupidity arrogant and selfish manage
ment of the Democratic party in the
| State. Almost as much might he said
| of the election of Mr.. Brumbaugh to
i the governorship, but it is possible
that he might have been successful
even nau Inefe Deen Well-ulrecteu
| effort to induce all of the Pennsylva-
mia Democrats to support their party
nominees"
! Revenue Collector Kirkendall has
announced these appointments: Will
liam V. Davis, of Edwardsville, who
has been in the Lancaster office has
been transferred to Luzerne county to
assist Deputy Revenue Collector Abb
bott. William G. Quigley, of Parsons.
goes to Lancaster to take the place of
Davis. August Walser, of Hazleton.
goes to the Lancaster office as clerk:
Leo Crossin, of Scranton, field deputy
in Lackawanna county, and Milton c.
Karnes, of Mechanicsburg, field deputy.