Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-06
B0nniWeU Is Sn0ved
Under BY q Great
G. o. P. Majority
DEMOCRAISLOSE
CONGRESS SEATS
Mccormick Loses IN
Every Contest He
Gave Support

Senator William Cameron Sproul,
of Delaware county, was yesterday
promoted from the Senate of Penn
9ylvania, in which he served con-
spicuous'y for more than two dec
cades, to the governorship Of the
second state in the Union. His col
league, Senator Edward E. Beidle-
man, a native son of Dauphin county
was promoted from the presidency
pro tenn. of the upper house of the
State Legislature to the second office
OF the commonwealth. Friends Of
Senator Sproul believe that his ma
jority will be considerably in excess
Of the more than 100000 he received
at the primary, and that Senator
Beidlemans victory will go close to
the quarter of a million mark. The
rest of the Republican state ticket,
including the four Congressional pill
Lars at large, was swept along by
huge majorities, which also resulted
in Il Congressional gain for the Re-
publicans in Pennsylvania of three to
four members and a solidly Repub-
lican Legislature.
Judge John w. Kephart, of Ebens-
burg, has been promoted from the
superior court to the supreme bench,
leading a field of eight candidates.
Justice Alexander Simpson Jrr of
Philadelphia, who received a notable
vote in that city, was elected to the
full term of twenty-one years. JUS
tice h. J. Fox, of Easton, a guber-
Material appointee, and Charles b.
Lenahan, of Wilkes-Barre, both
Democrats, ran next to the two Re-
publicans elected. The Democrats
of Pennsylvania for the first time
in the memory of living voters will
have no representation on the states
highest bench after January,
Judge William David Porter, OF
Allegheny, was reelected TO the su-
perior court by handsome majority
ontirely befitting the splendid service
he has given on the bench.
Bond Issue Carries
Indications from many districts
throughout the state pointed to the
which is in the form of an amend
ment to the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania authorizing that amount of
bonds to be issued for road construc-
ton. If the amendment is carried it
is not the intention of Senator
Sproul or the states fiscal officers
20 have any bonds put out during the
war. The unfairness of the fight
against the loan by the state grange
headquarters II crowd and the McCor-
mick newspapers is shown by the
fact that the state cannot issue bonds
without approval of the Capital Is
cues Committee at Washington,
which is controlled by Democrats.
So far as returns show, the loan
ran close in very many rural districts
and got a favorable vote in most of
the cities and larger boroughs, al
though everywhere voters neglected
to give it the attention it deserved.
The Philadelphia bond limit
amendment was probably defeated.
Nearby Congressional Fights .
The Congressional contests in this
part of the state were marked by
The defeat of every Democratic can
didate having the support of Ma
.ional Chairman Vance G. McCor-
mick. In his home district Mr.. Nc
Cormicll failed to put up a candidate
In opposition to Congressman Aaron
S. Kreider, who got a fine vote of
confidence, Notwithstanding the fact
that the President of the United
States personally addressed his fell
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