Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-17
|PENROSE |SWCTOR
OVER BRUMBAUGH
Senator Defeats Governor in
Contest for Leadership of
Pennsylvania Republicans.
ALSO GAINS MAJORITY
OF DELEGATES AT LARGE
Henry Ford Gets Surprisingly Large
Number of Votes-A. Mitchell
Palmer Wins.

PHILADELPHIA. May 17.-Interest
in the first presidential preferential
primary election in Pennsylvania was
overshadowed by the contest for the
leadership Of the republican party In
the state, in which United States Sem
ator Boise Penrose apparently was VIC
torious over Gov. Brupbaugh after one
of the bitterest fights in the history OF
the organization. The fight centered
on the office of auditor general, and
the returns at an early hour today in
dictated the nomination of State Sem
ator Charles A. Snyder, representative
Of the Penrose element, over Charles
A. Amber, standard bearer Of the
Brumbaugh forces, by a comfortable
margin.
In the fight for the election of twelve
delegates at large to the republican
national convention the Penrose faction
apparently elected the majority. If not
all, of it's candidates. Leaders of the
Brumbaugh element, however. claimed
the election of several Of their candi-
dates, including the governor and
Mayor Smith of Philadelphia.
Penrose Men Uninstructed.
The Brumbaugh candidates are
pledged to support the popular choice
of the party in the state, while the
Penrose delegates are uninstructed. In
cluded in the Penrose list of delegates
at large are Joseph G. Armstrong,
mayor Of Pittsburgh: James Elverson.
jr.. publisher of che Philadelphia In
quirer; Alba B. Johnson, Philadelphia,
works; Guy T. Moore, editor of the
Wilkes-Barre Record: United States
Senator George T. Oliver, Pittsburgh;
Senator Penrose and John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia, former Postmaster Cen
eral.
owing to the enormous size of the bal
lot and returns received from the state
up to Z am. were meager.
Ford Gets Large Vote.
There were only two candidates on
the presidential preferential ballots,
President Wilson on the Democratic
and Gov. Brumbaugh on the republican,
but Henry Ford, the Detroit manu-
facturer, received a surprisingly large
number of votes by the use of stickers,
a million of which had been distributed
throughout tie state by his business
agents and associates.
In many districts it was found that
democrats had voted for Ford, while
rumors were current before the cleo
ton that the leaders of the Penrose
faction in the republican party ia
vored the Ford support as means Of
reducing the vote of Gov Brumb aueh.
and possibly preventing the governor
from becoming the popular choice of
his party in the state.
Former President Roosevelt, United
States Supreme Court Justice Hughes
from admirers who wrote in their
names
A. Mitchell Palmer Wins.
Former Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer, the present democratic ma
tional committeeman from Pennsyl-
reelection, defeating Michael Liebel
jr., of Erie by a large majority. All
Of the candidates of the Palmer fac
ton for delegate at large to the demo-
cratic national convention were elected
They are pledged to support the re-
nomination of President Wilson.
Philander Knox was unopposed for
the republican nomination for United
states senator to succeed Senator
chosen the republican nominee for state
treasurer. j. Emery Walling Of Erie
county was named for Judge Of the
state supreme court on the non bipartisan
ticket.
In Philadelphia interest in the mas.
sage Of the one-hundred-a and fourteen
million four hundred thousand dollar
loan bills for rapid transit and other
municipal improvements overshadowed