The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
Landslide Carries Full Republi-
can Ticket to Victory.
SUFFRAGE LOSES the CITY
Smith Elected Mayor by 1890 Plu.
rality and Big CounciImanic Major
ity Elected.

Philadelphia, Nov. 4.-Thomas B.
Smith was elected mayor of Philadel-
phia on the Republican ticket at the
municipal election by a plurality OF
1880 over George D. Porter, the in
dependent candidate.
B. Gordon Bromley, the Democratic
nominee, polled only 436S, about one
fifty of the normal party vote.
Smith carried forty-three out OF
forty-eight wards, Porter getting but
five, and those by pluralities much
smaller than were given~Mayor Blank
enburg four years ago.
The total vote for mayor gives:
Smith, -160,719; Porter, S7,919; Brom.
ley, 436S; Evans, Socialist, 2287; Pat
ton, Prohibition, ASS.
A total of 255,734 votes was cast
in the mayoralty contest on Tuesday.
In the Blankenburg-Earle contest
264,S65 electors voted, 9131 more than
cast their ballots Tuesday.
The Republican sweep carried
along all the municipal offices, includ-
ing John M. Walton as city controller,
John P. Connolly as City Solicitor.
James M. Hazlett as recorder OF
deeds, Harry G.. Ransley as sheriff,
William R. Knight, Jr., as coroner,
Thomas w. Cunningham as clerk OF
quarter sessions court, Robert ].
Moore and David S. Scott as county
commissioners, and Byron E. Wrigley,
Joseph Coward, John F. Collins, Les.
lie Yates, George K. Hogg, William
J.. Harris, John ]. Harrigan, John Me.
cleary, Thomas F. Watson, George A.
Persch and William j. Glenn as
magistrates. The banner plurality
went to Walton, whose lead was 49,,
859.
The councilmanic contests also
went overwhelmingly Republican and
the organization will have a larger
majority in councils than it has com.
manded in the last ten years. There
was practically no showing that
amounted to anything against the Re.
publican candidates.
Next to the contest for the mayor.
atty the fight for places on the bench
In the orphans and common pleas
No. 2 courts carried the greatest In
terest IF the election. Judge Morris
Dallett, candidate for reelection to
the orphans court, defeated George
McCurdy, president of common coun.
ell, who sought the place supported
by David H. Lane and the Wares. Dali
lett had the independent support and
that of State Senator James P. Nc.
Nichol, and won out by a majority OF
35,802. Dallett received 103,S83 and
McCurdy, 6S,081.
The contest for the second vacancy
In common please court also present.
ed a close fight. Assistant District
Attorney Joseph P. Rogers easily won
one of the vacancies, and Henry N.
Vessel, Judge Sulzberger's personal
choice as his successor, defeated City
Solicitor Michael J. Ryan. Ryan made
an independent fight and received Nc.
Nichol backing, but not sufficient to
defeat Vessel, who won by 14,373.
The vote was: Rogers, 1898; Wes-
sci, 86,671; Ryan, 1928.
Suffrage, while defeated in the city
as we'll as state, made what is gen.
orally considered an unusually good
showing. The vote against the
amendment was 107,845, and in favor
of it $3.50, votes for women losing
by 41,249.
The other three amendments, for
the increased city loan, compulsory
worwmen's compensation, and regis
tering of land titles, all won by sub
~stantial majorities.
The contest for the six minority
party magistrates resulted in the de-
feat of five of the present members
of the minor judiciary and the cleo
ton, of Franklin party nominees to
their places. For many years the
Democrats controlled these minority
Offices and by fusion with the indie.
~pendents in the last few years gen
orally retained the places.