Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-05
(AINSLEY IS WINNER
I'm OFFICIAL Count.
|.re Candidate Defeats peIany
BY 1926 for Short Term and
ITO for Long
,oME BOXES TO BE OPENED

Former Sheriff Harry 9: Ransley
.re candidate for the nomination for
-, .rsss from the Third district, de
.,sd Charles Delany. the administra .
~ candidate, for both the short and
bng terms -, ,,.,,. .,o 90
A., count was completed by the county
bmmissioners.
A.. Ransley's majority in each case
a. very slim. For the short term 1t
[os 125 and for the long term 40.
'Tho total vote was as follows:
short term-Ransley, 14,0s2; De-
nv, TcDr r"' 'tcrm-Ransley, 1905; De-
bpy, 1915. .,,.. ,,..,.,o..
.bo Fourth ward was not counted.
msnr citizens were not permitted to
ynte in this division and q large NUMBER
I ballots were destroyed the commits
Aoners contend they were warranted in
M counting this vote and cited prcce-
Ients for their action.
To Open Ballot Boxes
nocis;op was also made by the COM
k,iasionerg TO omen the ballot boxes of
Ih,rtr four divisions in various Wards
NJ tbe Third Congressional district. be-
I;nning Tuesday. Henry NJ. Stevenson
nd Allen s. Morgan. counsel for the
Rsnublican Alliance, filed petitions to
bpen eighty boxes in the district.
Ballot boxes in fourteen divisions in
korious other wards will also be opened
Is means Of settling claims made by
[he rival political forces.
The wards and divisions in the Third
district in which ballot
boxes will be opened follow:
Second ward--Divisions. first. second
Ieypnth. ninth. tenth. eleventh. eight
zenith. nineteenth and twentieth.
Third ward-Divisions, first. second.
fourth. eighth. sixteenth and eighteenth.
Fourth ward-Divisions. first. second.
third, tenth. fourteenth, fifteenth, sew
entpenth and eighteenth. u
Fifth ward-Divisions, third. sew
,nth. tenth and sixteenth.
Sixth ward-Divisions, fifth and
ninth,
Twelfth ward-Divisions, third, tenth
bld fourteenth.
Seventeenth ward-Division. third.
Eighteenth ward-Division, third.
One Demand Refused
Demands for oppning of ballot boxee
~ opposing counsel brought many
Frangles during the count TODAY.
Ware attorneys. Leopold G, Glass
I'D William A. Carr. after vigorous
rgument succeeded in obtaining de-
'sion from the commissioners to open
pallot boxes Of ten divisions of the
Tenth ward. of which Thomas w. Cum
Ingham, chairman of the Republican
AlianCe. is leader.
Six boxes in the Thirteenth ward ;
vill be opened and one in the Four
zenith ward.
The commissioners refused a demand
y the Republican Alliance to open the
'oxes in the Eighth division of the
thirteenth ward and Sixth division of
be fourteenth ward. These wards are
lclnded In the Eighth Legislative dis
'ict in which Jefferson w. Smith, Ware |
lndidate for the Legislature, leads
'am Fl. Rogers, administration
.ndidate.
Complete Result
|The result of the official count for
lher Offices follow:
First Congressional district-Con-
ressman William s. Ware, 1852;
rthur P. Keegan, 12,1O3.
Fifth Congressional district-James
; Coz Connolly, 1850; Alfred Waldron,
Sixth Congressional district-Con-
FRESHMAN George p. Darrow, 25,O24;
PANEL +, Waters, $3.50.
Fifth Senatorial district-Max Aron. |
|p;yt2; John r. Mclean. Jr.. II, ,205.
Delegates at large to National Re-
publican Convention W. Freeland
E,eandrck, ,a ark, llS, 1877; ]. Hampton Moore,
For United States Senator-Senator
[enrose, l34 1924. Six votes were cast
% Mayor Moore for this Office. and
narles NJ. Schwab, Picrson Stack
ne each
many local men were supported for
residential candidates. Edward Ran
.lpn Wood led, with 53,751 votes.
IToaard I;et Wood poiled 667. Thomas E.
,ivOa 'iv,en and Doctor Moses Sterp re-