Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-03
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REPUBLICANS WIN
EVERYTHING HERE
Stees Is Next Squire; County
Ticket Gets Huge Majority;
Suffrage Endorsed

Like an Alpine avalanche the entire
Republican ticket, both county and
local, swept Steelton at the polls yes
terday. Woman's suffrage carried
the town by a good majority as did
the other three constitutional amend
ments. Head, Orlady and Williams
received good majorities for judges
of the superior court.
In one of the hardest campaigns
in years for the Office of Justice of
the Peace, Frank Stees, the Republi-
can candidate was swept into office
with a plurality of 362 votes over
Fred Wigfield, the Washington can
didate. Oliver P. Baskins, the Demo-
cratic nominee ran third. The vote
in detail for this contest is printed
elsewhere in the Telegraph.
NIumma Heads Ticket
Led by Mark Mumma, Steelton's S
candidate for county treasurer, the
entire Republican ticket carried the
borough by an overwhelming ma
iority which in some districts reach
ed to l proportions. The constitu-
tional amendments, while they re-
ceived far less attention than the
rest of the ballot, were all carried
with the Workmans Compensation
article leading. The suffrage amend
ment carried every precinct except
the second of the First ward and the
tiny third precinct of the Third ward
In both of these it went down to de-
feat, although in the latter district
the margin was only few votes.
Reynders Gets Big Vote
In the various local contests the
Republicans had easy sailing. Four
Republican and one Democratic
councilmen were chosen. In the First
ward, Charles E. Klein, Republican,
was unopposed e. c. Henderson
had it Just as easy in the Second
ward. In the Third ward J. V. w.
Reynders, president of council, was
reelected by one of the largest ma
jorities ever given a candidate here.
In two of the three precincts he re-
ceived 434 against his opponents
112 votes. In the Fourth ward, T. T..
McEntee, Democrat and a former
Burgess, running on the Washington
ticket, defeated H. A. Hartman by So
votes. The vote was McEntee. 1872;
Hartman, 116 and Atticks, 6S. In
the Fifth ward Michael Obercash. Re-
publican, overwhelmed Murray Hook.
er, Democrat, by 174 to 121 votes.
The borough's next high constable
will be Levi Still. Republican, who
has had much experience in police
work in the borough. The various
ward constableships were won as fol-
lows: First, John II. Glib, unopposed; ;
second, Robt. Brashears, Republican,
by an overwhelming majority; third,
Silas Bailey, Republican, by to 1 :;
fourth, George B. Lehr, Republican,
almost unanimously, and fifth, Peter
r. Day, Republican, almost unop-
posed.
William H. Nell, John R. Reider
and Samuel A. Brehm, Republicans.
were elected school directors without
opposition. Nell and Reider were
elected for full terms and Brekm was
chosen for two-year term. Marry
c. Deik, Republican, was elected bor-
ough auditor. He was unopposed.
And 1915 is Coming
Yesterdays election showed con-
clusively that the return to the party
in Steelton at least is now complete.
The dissatisfaction which a few years
ago resulted in a big break in the
Republican ranks and the loss of the
presidential delegates has been
healed. The party is now solidly
united and next year this big steel
making centre will turn out almost
unanimously to endorse Republican