Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-06

constitutional amendments. No officers
HARRISBURG. Nov. 6.
Pennsylvania today will elect one Con-
Eressman, fifteen Mayors and ffty-one
Judges. No State officers will be chosen
Interest of the public at large aside from
the lively contests for important row
Offices in Philadelphia and control of Coun-
ellis in that city, the mlyoralty battles in
Pittsburgh Scranton and Harrisburg and
the choice of four members of the Reading
City Councils, where socialism Is the prime
issue, is centered in judicial districts in
various interior counties. In many of the
districts where Associate Judges will be
chosen the liquor question is paramount,
and in at least five the "wets" ard "drys"
APPARENTLY have a monopoly of the public
concern in today's voting
Sullivan County is to elect two Associate
judges Following is the vote by which
the four nominees obtained their places on
the nonpartisan ticket: Kiefe, sos Bender,
sal; Rogers 4S0 Hostenstein, 419. The
Anti-liquor voters favor the election of
Kiefe and Rogers The saloon element is
making a fight for Bender and Hos;enstein.
Judge Terry President Judge of the district,
was responsible for putting Wyoming
County in the dry column and was re-
elected two years ago on that issue.
III Union county, WneFe TWO Associate
Judges are to he elected, those Who favor
the present no-l.cense policy are supporting
Diffenderfer and Shively. Those in favor of
going back to the booze" system are fight
ing for the election Of Hackenburg and
Hursley.
In Clinton County two Associate Judges
are to be elected. The united temperance
forces of the county are backing the cand-
dscy of Rosser and Beard. If they can be
elected prospects of putting Clinton County
n dry RO1 will ha NrnFN ma ataFi "
enhanced.
Mifflin County has been dry for eight
years. There is however, a contest invOly-
ing the wet dry" principle in tOdays
election John S. Garrett. of Lewistown, one
of the nominees for Associate Judge, has
the backing of the liquor interests and fa-
vors license. His opponent is c. A. Brown,
OF McVeytown. whose hackers favor the
present no-license policy. The election of
Garrett would mean the possibility of acre
turn to license while the election of Brown
would make possible a continuance Of the
present dry" policy.
In Fulton County which has only three
saloons left in it, the nominees for As
sociate Judge are David Black and George
Mock Mr.. Black is reported to have the
backing of the temperance forces. There
seems TO be some doubt about the attitude
Of Mr. Mock
Juniata County entered the dry column
I'm 1913 The results have been highly
satisfactory, but in the nomination of candi-
dates for Associate Judge the liquor inter-
ests raised the question again this year.
They named as their candidate Ferd
Myers. of Mifiintown, an avowed advocate
Of license The other three nominees are
Jonn A Koher, A. ]. Boyer and James A.
Shelley. All three of them favor the con-
tinuance Of the present no-lcense policy.
Two Judges are to be elected There seems
10 be little or no possibility that the county
will get back into the wet column even If
Mr.. Myers should win but the moral effect
OF such a result would be depored by the
dry element The opponents of license are
endeavorng, therefore, TO concentrate on
two of the dry candidates, and thereby
demonstrate to the State that they thor
oughy believe in the dry policy as a wise
one.
Twenty-six Of the Judges to be chosen to-
day are for Common Pleas Court, Allegheny,
Luzerne. Philadelphia and Delaware having
interesting contests In the last named,
Judge Broomall is opposed for reelection by
former District Attorney Albert Dutton
MacDade, and the liquor issue looms large
In the contest. Twelve judicial candidates,
most OF them sitting Judges, are unopposed
on the ballot. They are Judges Breezy and
Audenried, Philadelphia; Prather Craw-
ford; Butler, Chester: Whttelsey, Erie
McIlvaine. Washington Swartz, Montgom-
cry McCarrell, Dauphin; Van Swearing
ton. Fayette. and Stewart. Northampton.
with r. B. Mccormick, Clinton -Elk-Cam-
eron, and John G.. Harman, Columbia
Montour, who won honors at the polls
Three Orphans Court Judges are to be
chosen, Judge James c. Work Fayette
being unopposed.
Seven Of the cities electing Mayors have
unopposed candidates for their chief mag.s
trates. They are Archibald Johnston
Bethlehem; O. L. Alexander Cory; John
Duggan, Connelsville; H. w. Heidenreich
Hazleton; J. J. Kennedy, Pittston; A. NJ
Hoagland, Williamsport. and F. P. Morti
mer, Pottsville. other cities electing May
ors besides those already named are Nc
keesport, Duquesne, Butler. Meadville and
Franklin
All cities electing Mayors are third class
except Pittsburgh and Scranton. Bethlehem
Butler and Duquesne are new cities. AL
cities OF all classes seem TO have Iivel,