Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-22
OLD WASHINGTON
STRONGHOLD NOW
IS REPUBLICAN
Backmansville District Reports
to Candidates Complete
Turnover There
DEMOCRATS ARE AT SEA
Hershey Voters Out in Force
Give Campaigners Rousing
Welcome There

Citizens of Hershey and Bachmans-
vile turned out in large numbers last
evening TO hear the Republican candi-
dates for office in Dauphin county dis
cuss the issues of the campaign. Both
meetings were more than ordinarily
we'll attended and the change in senti-
ment at Bachmansville, which was
formerly a Progressive stronghold, was
very marked. Only a scattering Of
Washington votes will be polled there
this year and the district promises TO
roll up a big majority for the Re
publican ticket.
Hershey is the home of Frank B..
Snavely, candidate for poor director,
and his home folk apparently think
as much of him as do the voters with
whom he has become acquainted over
the county since entering the cam
paign- John f. Snyder who is the
legal adviser OF the Hershey enter
prises, paid a high tribute to Mr.
Snavely, whom he has known for
many years. Mr.. Snyder also recon-
mended Ferdando Loudermilch, OF
Halifax, and Michael f. Stroup both
of whom he said he knew well and
favorably.
The campaigners continued to find
Republican harmony everywhere and
there seems not a single doubt that
the lower end of the county is ripe
for one of the greatest Republican
victories in years Signs of Demo-
cratic dssension are everywhere. The
cut-throat policies of the candidates
have led to such confusion that
Democratic workers have accepted as
feI1fh hot he
bosses of the machine have thrown
,wn the ticket and are letting every
<Hominee work out his own salvation.
Sixty Years a Democrat
At Bachmansville John. T. Goss
we'll known throughout that section
for his independent political tenden-
cies. presided at the Republican meet
ings and occupying prominent seat
was Joseph Grubb, a retired farmer,
aged S3, who has voted regularly for
the past sixty years and every year
has cast his ballot for the Republican
ticket. I've seen the times when the
Republicans We're all split up in this
district" he said last night, but I
have never known a year when they
were so solidly for the ticket as right
now. This township is going 10 roll
up the biggest majority for the candi-
dates in a long time"
William E. Houser candidate for
register; James E. Lentz. for record
er: H. w. Cough, for controller, and
Michael f. Stroup, for district at
torney, made the addresses.
Meeting at Hershey
The meeting at Hershey was a
homecoming reception for Mr.
Snavely and the people turned out and
gave him a right warm welcome. The
prospects are bright for the biggest
Republican majority there in years
Prof. Kuppenhaver, of the local
schools, presided most gracefully and
gave each of the many speakers a
complimentary introduction.
Almost all of the candidates, ex-
cept Charles c. Cumbler, who was un-
able to be present, made addresses and
Senator Beidleman came in late from
Philadelphia in time to be given
rousing welcome and to say that in all
parts of the county, during the most
careful canvass he has ever made, he
finds conditions ripe for an over
whelming Republican majority in
November
Don't you men listen to the foolish
stories OF a machine-p picked Republi-
can ticket that certain newspaper
writer's are telling YOU" he said "You
know who picked Frank Snavely. your
fellow townsmen. You know that YOU
picked him at an open primary in
which there were many candidates in
the field, and that is the way the re-
mainder of the candidates were
chosen"