Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-29
BRUMbAUCH SURE
To WIN IN A WALK
Figures Demonstrate That He Will
Be an Easy Victor Says the
Philadelphia Press

The Philadelphia Press in a cam
paign forecast published yesterday
says:
THAT Superintendent of Schools
Brumbaugh, Republican nominee, will
have a landslide of votes for Governor
is clearly forecast in the recently COM
pleted primary election figures, as
compiled by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth. These show that
Brumbaugh carried every county in
the State, while even Penrose lost thir-
teen; that, without counting the big
Brumbaugh vote in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, his ballots in the remain
ing sixty-five counties were more than
were cast for Mccormick, Democratic
nominee, in all the counties, and that
in this city he received almost twice
as many votes as were polled for all
other competitors.
On a Statewide basis he received
more votes than both his Democratic
opponents and the two Progressive or
Washington party candidates COM
bined. In fact, he had only 4,934
fewer votes than all the other candi-
dates In the field except his three Re-
publican opponents.
Dr. Brumbaugh carried every coun-
ty against his three Republican oppo-
nents, Cauff1el Ritter and Wood. He
outran Mccormick in the primaries
more than 2 to 1, Ryan nearly 8 to L,
Lewis more than 8 to l, and Brumm
more than 13 oil. Senator Penrose
lost thirteen counties to j. Benjamin
Dimmick, his single opponent, while
DR.. Brumbaugh, with three opponents,
carried every county that Dimmick
carried. Brumbaugh had 6,284 votes
in Lackawanna, Dimmick's home
county, while Penrose polled 3,055
there.
If to the 253,7SS votes received by
DR.. Brumbaugh are AIDED the 5000
cast for the other Republican candi-
dates, the total Republican strength
is 320,097, against the 261,324 received
by all the other candidates on all the
other tickets. In the last gubernator-
ial campaign 995. 5.448 votes were cast,
of which Tener received 1864. This
year there was Republican enroll
ment Of more than 100000. About
100000 of that number did not vote.
If two-thirds of that number vote in
addition to those who went to the pri-
maries, DIR. Brumbaugh will have a
clear majority over all opponents in
November an dthe largest vote ever
polled for Governor
Leaving out of consideration both
Philadelphia and Allegheny counties,
DR.. Brumbaugh carried the State, as
against McCormick's total vote in the
whole State. Without those two big
centers of population Brumbaugh had
1883 votes, while Mccormick had
only 110,562, including the 12,217
cast for him in Philadelphia and Pitts
bugh.
In Philadelphia, where DR.. Brum-
baugh has been Superintendent of
Public Schools for eight years, he re-
ceived 87,075, as against 46,954 for all
the others who were running on all
tickets. This gives DR.. Brumbaugh a
clear majority over all opponents of
41,221, which means practically that
for every vote cast for anyone else
two were cast for the Republican
nominee. And in Allegheny, the other
big center of population in the State,
the situation was equally interesting.
There DR.. Brumbaugh received Az
1S0 votes, which was 4,117 more than
the 33,063 cast for all other candi-
dates in and out of the Republican
party.