Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-08
HUGHES WINS
PHILADELPHIA
BY 1O2,944
Repub licans Carry
Every Ward in City
Except the Sixth
TAFT-RooSEvELT VOTE
EXCEEDED BY $4,000
wilson's Poll 89,134 Which
Is About $4,000 More
Than in 1912
wALLINGs GREAT RUN
wALLINGs GREAT RUN

-. .rt,re Republican ticket, headed by
<x.ri.s Evans Hughes, swept Philadelphia
~.s,arday by q plurality OF lO2,s4f' husnes
sssr-ied every ward In the city except the
nsrocratic sixth, where the late Thomas
Il Ryan was leader. a..
..cs,v.d is2,O7s votes and President Will
vi rbs Repubiican presidential candidate
-.,,sd n vote here that was greater than
e. combined Taft ane Roosevelt vote IN
,eia Taft and Roosevelt polled !'4.soI
votes, while Wilson received oo'ooo iour
years ago. a. Am
,c,ss ahead Of the Democratic State ticket
,n this city. Thomas Ross, OF Phiiaoel-
mia candidate for Congressman-at-large
gas the only State Democratic candidate
whose vote edualed that gwen oas ens FreS'-
Trstice Emory A. walling carried the
.,,y bv a majority of 142,7s5 on the nom
rartisan ticket for Justice OF the supreme
rourt His majority was the largest given
sny candidate here. Justice walling re-
ceiyed ,331 votes, as against Sf'o4o Tor
Charles Palmer. his opponent.
pbuander C. Knox, for United States
senator, carried Philadelphia by 111,46s.
The Republican nominee received 1e1,O71
votes. as against 7s,s02 for Ellis L. orvis.
Democrat. II,
CONGRESSMAN Peter IL. Costello, fepuDu-
can candidate for reelection to Congress In
the eth district, and Congressman George
. barrow, Republican candidate for re-
.I.ction in the 9th district, each received
substantial majorties. David Martin also
hadplIttle trouble defeating State Senator
Richard " Farley for the state Senate in
the eth senatorial district. Costello received
= total of 2s.716 votes to 1896 for Dono-
hoe n majority of 11,700. Darrow's vote
vas b4772. as against 24,597 for Logue
.t,ing Darrow majority of 20,175. Mar
I'm. with the support of both factions OF the
RepublIcan Organization, received 20,452.
while Farley pollled only s61s. Martins
majority was 1885
The vote for the other congressional can
didates was as follows: LIST District, w. s.
yere Rep 32,142 :. Lawrence f. McCros-
ain Dem l2 O36. Second District, George
q Graham, Rep, 23,S33; Thomas f. Shea.
Dem.. 70Si Third District, ]. Hampton
Moore. Rep. 23,797; Joseph Hagerty, DEM,
1902. Fourth District George W. Ed
mcnds. Rep. 25,4S5; Patrick H. Lynch.
Dem, 1l,226.
The vote for the other three State Sena-
tors was as follows: LIST dist, Edwin H
Ware Rep 22,740; Richart T. McSorley,
Dem, 1869; Sd district, James p Nc
NIchol Rep, 16,484: James p. Cummiskey,
Jr.. Dem. 4474: 7th district, Augustus F.
Dax, Jr., Rep. 22,754; Elmer w. Nittin-
ger, Dem, l0,i33.
Harmon NJ. Kephart. for State Treasurer,
and Charles A Snyder. for Auditor Gen.
Osl received overwhelming majorities over
their Democratic opponents Kephart's vote
here was 1S7,479, as against S0,522 for
James NJ Cramer, Democrat Kephart's
majority was 106,957. The vote for Sny-
Der was 1870 a majority of 1885, over
James B. Murrin, who polled 74,e77 votes.
John r. X. Scott polled the highest vote
cast in Philadelphia. He received 192,570
for reelection as Congressman-at-large. The
vote given the other Republican candidates
for Congressman-at-large was as follows !:
Thomas s. Crago, 190.531 ; Mahlon M. Gar
land, I90,04 Joseph Mclaughlin, 174. 1876.
Mclaughlin was knitted to some extent In
South Philadelphia in favor of Thomas
Ross Democratic candidate. Ross received
1892 votes. The vote OF the other Demo-
cratic candidates was: Joseph T. Kinsley,
71.4s0; John ]. Moore. 1885; Jacob b.
Waidelich, 1908.
The Republican ticket for State Repre-
sentatives was elected without much trouble