Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-03

colo OF the IZl3 districts heard from
the Ohio senator has plurality over
Governor Cox Of 440.17o. Tho vote
wns: Harding, 710.141 Cox, 27S, ,062.
These figures include the complete vote
OF Phi'adelphia. which gave Sen"tor
Harding a plurality Of more than 200,
600, and about half Of Allegheny county.
where Hardins's lead over Cox so far
Is about $1,000.
The bulk Of the vote to come Is from
the interior counties where the election
districts are not as large as in the cities.
IL is expected that Harding's plurality
Of So6 900. ''' ''''' ~
The plurality Of Penrose for re cleo q.
ton Is the highest ever given a United
States, senator in Pennsylvania. Re-
turns from 1856 districts give him a
plurality Of 355 ,410 over John A. Far
rell, his Democratic opponent.
Democratic Strongholds Captured
Returns today from the closely con-
tested congressional districts show Re-
publican victories in Democratic strong
holds. In the Berks- Lehigh district
and the Twenty sixth, comprising Mon
roe, Pike, Carbon and Northampton
counties, both represented for years by
Democrats, will send Republicans to
the next Congress.
Three districts, the Sixteenth, Twen-
ty-fifth and Twenty eighth, are still in
doubt.
Late returns indicate that the Demo
Gratis did not elect single state sena-
tor. The only one the Republicans CON
ceded to the Democrats was Berks
county. but figures just received indi-
cate the election by 1900 majority Of
James e. Norton, Republican, over
Wilson G. Sarig. one of the prominent
members of the House who nSpired to
30 to the other side of the State Cap
itol.
1t is said to be the first instance
where Berks county sent a Republican
to the state Senate.
+ Penrose Gets Biggest Majority
Senator Penrose. who has been Ill for
D year and took no conspicuous part in
the campaign. was elected for the fifth
time, three times by the vote of the
Legislature and twice by popular vote.
Six years ago he defeated Clifford Pin
chot, running on the Progressive ticket,
by $50 900, and A. Mitchell Palmer,
the Democratic candidate by 253, 900.
Four years ago. Senator Z. G. Knox was
elected by plurality Of 100000.
The vote for Eugene Debs. the So
dent in Philadelphia was 1887. Four
years ago the Socialist presidential can
didate received 4716. showing a Social
list gain in this city over four years ago
of 1881.
Mrs. Leah Cobb Marion. Prohibition
candidate for United States senator, re
ceived large vote, according to early
returns.
The entire Republican state ticket
was also swept into Office by large
pfhra'ites. = Charles A.. Snyder, Of
Pottsyille. now auditor general, was
elected state treasurer, defeating Peter
Elsesser, Of York county.
7 Samuel S. Lewis, York county. was
elected auditor general over Arthur Nc
Kean, his Democratic opponent.
There was no opposition to the cleo
tion Of Judge Sylvester B. Sadler. OF
Cumberland county. TO the Supreme
Court bench. nor to William Is. Linn,
of Philadelphia. for the Superior Court.
Both ran on the nonpartisan ballot
and were the soc nominees by reason
Of the fact that they polled more than
so per cent Of the vote cast for those
Offices at the May primary. Judge Sad
Ter Is elected for twenty lone years and
Judge Linn for ten years. Judge Linn
was appointed to the Superior Court
bench year ago by Governor Sproul
70 fill vacancy.
The four Republican candidates for
congressman at large elected are Will
liam j. Burke, Allegheny; Mahlon NJ.
Garland. Allegheny; Joseph McLaugh-
Walters. Cambria county. They de-
feated Charles NJ. Bowman. Luzerne
county John P. Bracken, Allegheny ;
N. J. Hanlan. Wayne county, and
John b. McDonough, Berks county.
| Lone Democrat Wins
4 There will be but one Democrat in
the delegation of thirty six to the next
Congress from Pennsylvania, according
TO returns received today from every
district in the state. He is Guy +.
Campbell, of Allegheny. who had both
the Republican and Democratic nomi-
nations. The political complexion OF
the present delegation is thirty seven
Republicans, seven Democrats, one In
dependent Republican, with one va
cancy.
Three of the Democratic strongholds
which Tor years have been sending
Democrats to Congress, have been cap
tured by the Republicans, according to
the latest unofficial returns. These
were in the Sixteenth Columbia, Noun =
tour, Sullivan and Northumberland
counties), where John V. Lesher, pres
ent Democratic member, was apparently
defeated on the face of the returns by
y. Clinton Kline, Republican, the first
time Democratic congressman has met
defeat In the district in sixteen years.
In the Twenty sixth Monroe, Pike
Carbon and Northampton, the home
district Of Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer, William p. Kirkpatrick, Re.
publican, won over George w. Geiser
Democrat, latest figures show. This
district has been Democratic for abou,
thirty years. The present member is
Henry j. Steele, who declined to run for
another term.
League Advocate Beaten
Another district that has been can
fured by the Republicans is the Twenty
second (Butlcr and Westmorelaud)
This is the district in which John II
Wilson, Democrat, won in specia
election year ago and which the
League of Nations was declared to hav,
been one Of the issues. Wilson was 9
candidate for reelection, but was de
feated by Adam NJ. Wyant, Of Greens
burg. Other districts where there wer,
turnOvers were the Tenth Lacka
wanna, where the present congress
man, Patrick McLane, was defeated
by Charles X. ConnclI Republican, anC
in the Eleventh (Luzerne), where III,
sitting member, John j. Casey, 2,
down to defeat at the hands OF Clar
ence ID. Coughlin, Republican.
There Is one district in doubt. nc,
cording to returns at hand. This is tn,
2Sth Mercer, yenango, Warren, For
est and Elk. Both the candidates arr
Republicans, II. J. Bixler running OF
both the Republican and Democratic
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