The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-06
SPROUL WINS
IN PENNSYLVAN|A
Elected Governor by 10000
Plurality.
ROAO AMENDMENT APPROVED
Republican Gains in the State IN
Congress Are Indicated by the ne
turns


| Philadelphia. Nov 6.-The RepuDll-
| can ticket swept the state by a ma
jority of possibly l3o,ooo' ACCORDING
! to reterns from the election III Penn
Sylvania. Republican, gains in con-
-ress are Indicated.
Philadelphia has given the fepuD-
lican candidates Il majority or 'o'ooo
| and the ticket has carried Alleghen!
county by 10000 Republican candl-
| dates have carried Il majority of the
remaining sixty-tive counties ny ap-
nroximately 10000
| Senator William c. Sproul, OF Dela-
ware county, has defeated Judge
Eugene C. Bonniwell of Philadelphia,
| for governor.
Serator Edward f. Beidleman, OF
Dauphin county. has been elected
| lieutenant governor, over former Con-
gresham J. Washington Logue, OF
! Philadelphia.
| Assemblyman James +. Woodward,
/ of Allegheny county. has been v1ctori-
Gus for secretary of internal afairs,
) defeating Asher r. Johnson. Of Brad
! ford.
| The Republican congress -at-iarge
! candidates, William ]. Burke. OF Pitts
! burgh: Thomas S Crago, of Waynes-
! burg: MahIon NJ. Garland, Of Pitts
burgh. and Anderson II. Walters. of
| Johnstown, are easily winners.
! Voting totals will show a marked
| reduction from those OF other import
ami recent elections because of the
absence of the soldiers. Some 2oo,ooo
! PENNSYLVANIA voters in service abroad
could not participate in the election.
| In the PENNSYLVANIA congressional
delegation of thirty-SiX members the
! Democrats are sure of only two, CON
gresham Arthur G. Dewalt. of Allen
town. has carried the Democratic
| Rerls-L ehigh district for reelection
over J. Wilmer Fisher, The Republi-
can nominee. From Easton comes the
report that Congressman Henry ].
Steele, Democrat, has been successful
in a three-sided contest in the Car
bon Monroe NorthamptOn-Pike district,
defeating Francis A. March. Jr., and
Deibert Bachman, independent candi-
date.
GUY F.. Campbell, a Democrat, who
had both Republican and Democratic
| nominations in the thirty-second dis
| trict in Allegheny county, has been
reelected to congress, as has NJ. Clyde
Kelly, an independent, with both par
ty nominations, in the thirtieth dis
trict in Allegheny county.
There were hard fights In the six
! teenth. twentieth, twenty-third and
twenty-eighth district, now represent
ed by Democrats. with the chances in
favor of the Republicans winning In
two or three Of them.
Philadelphia has elected six Repub-
licans to congress with only one con-
test of consequence. In the fifth dis
trict the Democrats put up fight for
Emanuel r. Clinton, candidate against
Congressman Peter E. Costello.
On the non-partisan ballot Alexan-
der Simpson. Jr., of Philadelphia, and
John w. Kephart, of Cambria county,
seem to be leaders for the two SUI
preme court justiceships covered by
the election.
Success of Simpson and Kephart
means that the states highest court
after the first of the year will have
no Democrat among its seven men,
bers.
Judge William D. Porter, Of Pitts
| burgh, has been reelected to the SUI
perior court by large majority over
Stephen H. Huselton, also of Pitts
burgh.
Voters, 1T is believed, ratified the
proposed amendment to the state con-
stitution permitting the issue Of bonds
to the extent of S50,000,O0O for the
improvement and construction of high
ways This proposition was defeated
! In the state in 1913
Proposed amendment No. to the
constitution to increase the borrowing
power of the city of Philadelphia from
Z to 10 per cent for other purposes
than transit and port improvements
| has been defeated.