Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-04
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| OlHCldl count OF the vote cast at
Tuesdays election was begun in the
counties of Pennsylvania at noon to-
day and the official returns on the
voting for the four constitutional
amendments, the candidates for
superior court, the various judges and
the Twenty-fourth Congressional Dis
trict will be filed at the State Capitol
as soon as completed. 1t will require
from ten days to two weeks to COM
plete the count in all counties, it isl
believed here, because of the numer-
Gus items to be listed.
| In a number of the counties of the
State the judges will not sit during
the official count as they were candi-
! dates at the election. In such cases
the law provides that when there is no
other judge in the county the sheriff,
county commissioners and register OF
wills shall sit as a board. 1t happens
that in Beaver county the judge and
the officers mentioned were all candi-
dates and Attorney General Brown
has suggested that judge from an
other county be called in.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in a
! Washington dispatch to-day says:
The victory of the Republican party
in the presidential election of 1916
was foreshadowed by the results at the
| polls in ten States. according to the
statements of politicians in Washing
! ton to-day. President Wilson and
other officials of the administration
seemed stunned by the Republican
sweep in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
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discouraged by the returns from New
York, where former Representative
William S. Bennett was elected to sue
ceed the late Democratic Representa-
tive, Jacob Goulden. At the last cleo
ton Goulden had plurality of 5000
votes. The tariff was the sole issue
in this contest. The Democrats sent
| their biggest orators into the district
as did also the Republicans. IT was
a campaign on national issues alone
| In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
also the restoration of protection and
prosperity was the issue"
Democrats prominent in State
politics are getting ready to make
things interesting for the State bosses
when the State committee meets next
year and the setting up of candidates
for State committee seats appears to
| be favorite diversion just now. The
Stat committee will be forced to meet
next summer and the reorganization
! bosses will have TO fight for their
! lives. State Chairman Roland S. Nor
ris has gone to Europe and the other
! bosses are trying to see how they can
| fix up fences which were broken on
Tuesday.
-Mayor-elect Thomas b. Smith of
Philadelphia, and his family are going
away for rest. The mayor says he
intends to make his administration
constructive and progressive. He says
| he is for a Greater City.
| Northampton county yesterday
elected Republican county commits
sioners. This is the first time It has
done that in many years. Judge Brod-
! head was defeated by 1000 majority
| by w. w. Mexican.
! S. P. Emery, we'll known 10 many in
| Harrisburg, defeated Judge w. f.
| Porter, the dry judge of Lawrence
county yesterday by 120 votes.
Daniel S. Brumbaugh, Democrat,
relative of Governor Brumbaugh, has
been elected Blair county treasurer
over Harvey w. Deshong, Republican,
by a plurality of 1907. History thus
repeats itself. Four years ago De-
shong ran for the same Office against
the Rev. Moses r. Brumbaugh an
other relative of the Governor, whom
| he defeated for the nomination, and
was badly beaten. George G. Irwin,
Honest Ballot party, former legisla-
tor. was elected register and recorder
over Harry A. Thompson, Republican,
by $40. Thompson defeated Irwin for
the Republican nomination by eighty
FIVE votes.
| Bradford county Democrats lost
representation on the county commits
sion on Tuesday. The Bull Moosers
came back and whacked the Demo-
Gratis.
Bethlehem voted to become a city
by go majority. 1t also elected off,
GERS to serve as city or borough off,
Gals
DIR. I. K. Urich. member of the
Legislature from Lebanon, was de-
feated for school director in his home
town.
Women candidates for school
directors lost in Union county.
Louis Francke. Liberal Sunday"
candidate was elected mayor of Johns
town by 1000 majority.
John A. Martin, Democratic boss
of Allegheny's machine, was elected a
| county commissioner.
| Republicans swept LuZerne coun-
ty and it is no longer Democratic
bastion
South Bethlehem will become a
third class city again, the voters OF
the place having given the plan 409
majority.
Republicans in Franklin and
Union counties smashed the fusion
lists Just as they did in Dauphin.
In Beaver county Richard S. Holt
backed by the "Wets" was defeated for
Judge by George A. Baldwin, the Dry
entry, the vote being 2759 to 1855. In
| Jefferson county Charles Corbet, the
Dry candidate, defeated John w.
Deed. Wet" by about 500 plurality
In Green county ]. w. Ray was elect
ed Common Pleas Judge by a plural
/ ity of SIS over c. w. Wychoff. This
! was victory for the "Drys"