Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
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By the Ex-Cmumitseeman

WuiFe Une HuSneS majority Is
growing and the vote of Auditor Gen.
eral-elect Charles A. Snyder and State
Treasurer-elect III. M. Kephart is
climbing up late returns are showing
that in a number of congressional and
legislative districts there will be much
closer contests than expected. In some
of these counties Democrats are shown
to have profited by the Wilson
strength and official counts may show
them winners.
Many people are interested in see
ing whether the Democrats will get
the half million votes in Pennsylvania
for Wilson which the saner of the
party leaders claimed. Talk of $780,
600 votes for Wilson, indulged in by
some of the Democratic claim makers
recently has been found to be born of
wish rather than of thought. The
best previous Democratic presidential
record in the State. that of $4,000 for
Bryan in 1908, has been passed by
Wilson and he is not so far from 500,-
600. However Hughes is away, away
ahead of him.
In some of the congressional dis
tricts the returns are still out-Demo-
Gratis are claiming the twenty-first dis
trict now and there are close contests
against Congressman Coleman and
Barchfeld.
With the State Senate and House
Republican by big margins talk of
officers has started. Senator Beidle-
man Will be president pro tenn again
and Richard j. Baldwin, the Delaware
county veteran, last night got into the
race for speaker of the House. A
Chester dispatch says Richard j.
Baldwin, of Chadds Ford, Delaware
county, is fuIl-fedged candidate for
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives at Harrisburg. He has the back
ing of his fellow-members of the Della
ware county delegation in the House
and has visited every county in the
State and is encouraged to believe
that he will have the backing of a
majority of the Republicans in the
House canvass on the Speakership
when they get together at the first of
next year. Mr.. Baldwin has made a
canvass of the members of the
several districts and is confident that
he will have the backing of a majority
of the Republican members of the
House. The local option forces of the
incoming House have centered upon
George w. Williams of Tioga county,
who was the local option chairman of
the Law and Order Committee of the
last House, for the Speakership of the
next session"
Counties which have no soldier
votes have been requested to send the
official results of Tuesdays election to
the State Capitol as soon as possible
so that the tabulation of the vote of
Pennsylvania may be started. Coun-
ties having military organizations will
hold their official returns until the
soldier votes can be included which
will prevent a number of counties
having records for making prompt
returns from sending in their official
results before the end of the week. For
years there has been a rivalry be-
tween Schuylkill, Union, Bedford and
other counties to get returns on file
first, but as they have companies at
El Paso they will be unable to send
their papers here for ten days or so.
Inquiries have been made by several
counties whose organizations have re-
turned home as to whether they
should hold returns and they have
been told to send them in if satisfied
that all soldiers votes are taken care
of. The computation of the official
results will not be delayed longer than
usual, it is believed because the big
counties take from two to three weeks
to complete their counts.
Further changes in personnel of
departments of the Capitol are not ex-
pected to be made for ten days. The
results of the legislative elections will
be looked over.
w. w. Roper, one of the Staunch
Wilson men of 1912 and appraiser of
customs of Philadelphia, is out. He
resigned and refused to support Will
son because of the Adamson bill
II. L. Eyre got ample vindication
in Chester county. He won the
Senatorship with $500 and is high
man in the county. William II. Berry
seems to have materially aided Eyre.
Official counts began at noon yes
terday in every county of the State.
Governor Brumbaugh has tele-
graphed his congratulations to each
man elected Senator or representative
in Tuesdays election. 1t is the first
time such action has ever been taken.
The question of the cost of Phila-
delphia's proposed convention hall has
been put up to the courts to deter
mine.
Reports coming here indicate that
loans for schools and public improve
ments carried generally in small
towns of the State, notably in the
anthracite region.
Congressman Temples majority
will run about 5000 in the Washing
ton -Beaver-Lawrence district.
--latest returns show that Mercer
county went Democratic on the legis-
lative end, much to the surprise of
many people in Western Pennsylvania
Two Democrats come to the Legisla-
ture.
Representative Eppley and Bar
nett. of York, went down in the cleo
ton.