Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-07
PoeittcA IT.
Pe~~o4esa~io
By the Ex-Corumittecman

Observers OF Pennsylvania politics
believe that the Keystone State will
| poll the greatest vote in it's history
to-day despite the operation of regis
tration and enrolment laws and the
general diSSat atisfaction expressed over
complicated ballots. Reports coming
to this city. which, as the capital, gets
more first hand political information
than any other place in the State, in
dicate general intention of the great
mass of the voters to vote, although
very many will not say how they are
going to vote The gist of reports
| received here is that the people are
pretty deeply stirred up over the elec-
ton and the discussion of politics has
superseded pretty nearly everything
else when groups of men get together.
Candidates, too, say that they have
been struck with the intense interest
shown by audiences in speeches on
what are some times called the
burning issues
The question that is interesting
many is what proportion of the l.
644,1S1 registered, enrolled or listed
in the Keystone State will vote TODAY.
Better information regarding the
number of voters is available now
than ever before and the tremendous
enrolment of 962.443 Republicans re-
ported by the Republican State COM
mittee is taken to mean the swinging
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the banner majority State. 1t is also
interesting to note that the enrolment
of 416,111 Democrats is less than the
vote for Bryan eight years ago.
In 1904 there were 1886 7ss votes
cast for President, Roosevelt getting
the unprecedented total of S40.94s and
Parker 335,430 and in 1908 there
were 1,267,450 votes, of which Taft
got 145,779 and Bryan. the Demo-
cratic high water mark of 44S,7S2.
In 1912 there were 1,217.7S6 votes,
3s5,637 and Taft 273.S6O. There was
Ia decrease of so, 900 in the total vote
in four years.
The 1914 election saw 1,111.252
votes cast for Governor, Brumbaugh
receiving 5SS,705 and Mccormick
sao9'Soo, the Democratic nominee hav-
ing been made the nominee of the
Washington party by withdrawal of
William Draper Lewis, who with his
| friends is now backing Hughes. In
the same election there were Lii
952 votes cast at the first direct cleo
tion Tor United States senator ever
neId IN pennsylvania, Penrose getting
5IS,sI0; Pinchot 269,2S5 and Palmer
266,436.
-The election has a peculiar in
terest for Pennsylvania because the
republican party is reunited with the
sressiVes and the most important
STATE onlces next to Governor are TO
be hlled. There will be a State treas
urer and an auditor general elected
1or Tour years, a United States sem
dtor Tor SIX, supreme court justice
Ior twenty-one and four congressman
at-iarge and thirty-two district con-
ators, all from odd numbered dis
tricts, for four years and 207 renre-
sentatives for two years.
-The Republicans will elect all the
state o1icers, Justice Walling being
aiso Republican. although his elec.
SIX Democrats in the congressiona,
oelegation: Some estimates made here
are that the Democrats will suetain
net loss of one although some saw
TWO; There are now thirty-eight r.,
PupIlcan state senators and eleven
Ttsn 90erats 0l win one Washingtonian.
Inc democrats stand to lose two Tn
the House the Republican maioritu
was very large last time there heinz
1of Republicans to IL Democrats. one
Washingtonian and one Sociaiist
Many. people here believe that tbe
ing their strength. -ioiu-
senator e. e. Beidleman win be
rejected president pro tenn and
Richard j. Baldwin. of Delaware is
an aVowed candidate for speaker of
the House. p'aAef oI
democratic State Headquarters
was about the most mournfrI nIace
IN harrisburg last night and was
cIosed as tight as a church most of
to-day. The windmill has been a
rather melancholy establishment oiI
through the campaign and the Demo-
cratic State chairman acted as though
he had something against 1t. He was
seldom here and the State bosses ran
the campaign, such as it has been.
from offices in Philadelphia, some
thing which was q crime when the
men displaced by the present ma
] chine managers SO conducted their