Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-20
MACHINE SLATE
is WINNER In
THE PRIMARIES
Judicial and County Tickets
Go Through as
Planned
CAREY BEATS DEUTSCH

CAREY BEATS DEUTSCH
The lightest vote cast in Philadelphia in
years at the primary election yesterday
nominated the straight Organization slate
on the Republican ticket; nominated the
eight judges who are seeking reelection.
and continued the Wares and Mayor Smith
IN control OF Councils and the wards.
James A. Carey. McNichol candidate.
was nominated for Select Council over Isaac
Deutsch. VRre-Smith candidate. after day
Of civil war in the Bloody Fifth" Ward.
with returns from the First Division miss
Ing, Carey received 923 votes and Deutsch
S22, a majority OF 101 for the McNichol
ward leader.
The candidates nominated for county Of
ices and Magistrate were as follows:
District Attorney
Republican-Samuel p Rotan
observation-disclosures T. McSorley.
= Washington-Samuel J. Houston.
Receiver Of Taxes
Republlcan-w. Freeland Kendrlck
Democratic-George c. Shammo.
washington-Leon b. Cox.
City Treasurer
Republican-Frederick ]. Shoyer
Democratic-Henry C. Kline.
washington-Clarence D. Antrim.
Register OF wills
Republican-James b. Sheehan.
Democratic-EdgRr w Lank.
washington-George II. Detweller or
Robert Carson.
Magistrates
Republican-william F. Campbell Atllin-
son Costello, Frank w Mem and Charles
p. Rooney.
Democratic-Edwin X. Borie, William
Esenbrown, John ]. Grellis and Joseph s.
Boyle.
washington-James G. Connor, Charles
r Gill, Alexis j. Limeburner and Abram 5.
wenstock
SIX JUDGES RUN FAR AHEAD
six of the eight Judges seeking re-elec-
tlon ran so far ahead Of their opponents
that they, will have no opposition at the
general election,
President Judge F. Amedee Bregy, seek
ing reelection in Common Pleas Court No
/. and President Judge Charles Y. Auden-
ried, in court No. 4, were virtually elected,
as their names will be the only ones on the
general ballot for these offices. They each
polled more than so per cent of the total
number of votes cast for these offices and
also more than 80 per cent OF the highest
number of votes cast in the election.
President Judge Charles B. McMichael
and Judge c. Ferguson. in Court No. 3,
and Judges Edward A. Anderson and
also had negligible opposition.
The contest for the two seats in Court
No S may be carried TO the general election
on November 6, as the result OF the knitting
of Judge Stake in favor of Bonniwell in
the McNichol wards. The names Of Judges
John Monaghan and Stake, and Bonniwell
/, and Frederick s. Drake may all appear on
the general ballot after the official count.
HEAVY VOTE FOR BoNNIwELL .
l..
Tenth, Eleventh and Twenty-seventh wards,
all of which are controlled by McNichol.
The Tenth Is McNichols home ward. In
that ward, Bonniwell received 2114 votes
and Judge Monaghan 2130. Judge Stake
received only 3SI. City Solicitor John p
Connolly is leader in the Eleventh Ward.
Judge Stake polled only 21l votes there.
while Judge Monaghan was given 1850 and
Bonniwell $50.
State Senator Edward w. Patton, who
was first slated for City Treasurer by the
Wares and later turned down in favor Of
Shoyer, is leader in the Twenty seventh
Ward That ward gave Stake, 1109 /;
Bonniwell, ll7S, and Monaghan, 1879.
RoTAN SHOWS GIBBoNEY UNDER
Samuel p. Rotan showed d. Clarence
Gibboney under in the contest for the Re-
publican nomination for District Attorney.
Rotan polled a vote of 1887, while Glib
honey received l5,109
Ih ~. Gdrnan' independent candidate
for City Treasury, received only 1l,498
votes on the Republican ticket as against
1914 for Frederick ]. Shoyer, the slated
candidate OF the Organization.
James B. Sheehan, for reelection as
Register of Wills polled 12s,7S3, as against
1887 for Robert Carson.
In the Democratic primary, the contests
were over the nominations for Register of
Wills and for magistrate. Edward w.
Lank. Democratic City Chairman, polled
s3S4 votes for Register of Wills His
nearest opponent was James ]. Breen, with
Bs47.
The fight for the Democratic nominations
for Magistrate was close. William Eisen-
brown led, with 9547. Joseph s. Boyle
won out over John ]. McQuaid for the fourth
nomination by 4s3 votes, Boyle receiving
574s and McQuaid 5265. The other two
nominees are Edwin K Borie and John ].
Grelis.