Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
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party won In Adams, Carbon, Clinton,
Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Ian:
caster, Montour, Northampton and
PIX. PIX cSS1s: xsrs wcn ou5 +. :sys d.
Northampton.
Blind Man IN Senate
The Democrats landed two State
Senator's In the York and Monroe
Districts, electing Harvey Hoffman aud
Henry Z. Lanius, the latter q blind
The election was enlivened In many
counties by local fights over bond is.
sues for schools, municipal improve.
inents and tuberculosis hospitals.
900 bond issue than Il did for the head
Of the ticket.
Governor Sprouts home county,
Delaware, gave Pinchot q two.to.
one lead over McSparran. Indiana
County, the home Of John 9. Fisher,
a candidate for the Republican nomi.
nation In the early days OF primary
maneuverine. also showed two to .one
vote for Pinchot In the early returns.
Returns Ars Slow
Complete returns for Philadelphia
gave Pinchot 245,647 and McSparran
65, 10, a lead for the Forester Of 1SO..
30S, about the total counted on by
Republican leaders here.
Mr.. Baker said at IL 80 o'clock this
morning that indications are that the
Republican State ticket will have a
s,,kNnk ON nm
"At this hour It looks a. II the plu.
can State ticket will not be less than
25O,o0O and may reach 0,o0o," he
said.
"iIardly ne.half Of the counties are
heard from, but the State Committee
has sufficient information from the
largest counties to justify me in max.
ins the above prediction. Philadelphia
has gone overwhelmingly for the ticket
"Pinchot, Pepper and Reed and other
state nominees will have lead here
Of 10000. Allegheny reports 10000.
while Luzerne. Lackawanna, Schuyl.
counties have given smashing majorities
for nil the candidates.
1T is too early to give anything like
correct estimate on the congressional
contests, but I feel confident that We
have elected all but four or FIVE Of tho
Republican nominees"
Coatesville apparently has abandoned
the third class city form Of government
for the borough form, incomplete re-
turns giving 100 ayes to 307 noes on
the proposition.
Early returns from Cambria County,
one of the backgrounds in the con.
gressional list, showed that in 46 dis.
tricts out of 152 Pinchot had lead Of
500, while ex-senator George NJ.
Wertz, Republican candidate for Con.
gress. was GOO ahead Of Ex. Congress.
man Warrenworth Bailey, his Demo.
cratic rival. The fight in Cambria
County has been waged with an in
tensity second only to that in Lancaster
County.
Returns from a fifth of Dauphin
County showed a majority of 700 for
the Forester, with a good part Of the
city of Harrisburg to hear from.
Pinciot Strong In Carbon
Union and Carbon Counties showed
pronounced Democratic gains but early
returns from Clear6eld, home of Col.
onel Fred b. Kerr, one of the Demo.
cratic candidates for Senator, gave a
lead to Tinchot. Western tier counties
were also showing a majority for Pin.
chot with exception Of Greene.
Ex.Judge II. H. Cummings is lead.
ing Congressman I. Clinton Kline, Re.
publican incumbent in both N0rthum-
herland and Columbia Counties. The
two big counties Of the Seventeenth
District. Sullivan and Montour Coun.
ties form part Of the district.
Juniata County also elected q Demo.
cratic legislator for tho first time In
several years, Harry I. Lauver win.
Election Of T. G. Harter, Democrat.
In Columbia County. means the retire.
ment Of Representative Charles A.
Shaffer, elected as q Democrat in every
election since that Of 1910. but who lost
the Democratic nomination this year
and ran on the Prohibition ticket. Mr..
Shaffer has served as member OF the
House Appropriations Committee for
several sessions.
The first seven districts Of Pike
County's thirteen, showed McSparran
led the Forester, his vote being 4SO to
465 for Pinchot. Pike is one Of the
historically Democratic Counties, al
though in 1920 it elected Republican
W tHc lLcxlsidLuEcs AhOuroc, tue Hu .
joining county, went heavily Demo.
cratic.
William X. Young, Of Birdsboro, q
Republican, has been elected to the
House in the new Second Berks district.
which formed ono legislative district.
was divided into three last year.
Perry for Democrats
Perry County showed a decided lean. .
ing toward McSparran in returns from
thirteen of its thirty two precincts.
For several years It has been In the Re.
publican column.
Delaware County, the home Of Gov.
ernOr Sproul, gave Pinchot 1854 and
McSparran 2S51 In sixty Of Its 175 dis.
tricts.
A closer Aght than expected developed
In the Dauphin. Lebanon Cumberland
Congressional District, due to the heavy
Democratic vote In Cumberland and the
Democratic gain in Dauphin. In about
third Of the precincts Of the district
Sites, Democrat. was leading Kreidel
by over 1000.
Jujse =. N. Beers, Of Mount Union
swept Huntington County for Congress,
in the "Shoestring" district, which 4
composed Of eight counties. In tn,
York Adams district 8. F. Glatfelter
Democrat, got q majority of 5000 /,
half the district. This district has beer
represented, at Washington by a Re
publican for several sessions, beinl
years ago one OF the traditionally Dem
ocratic districts.
Woman Presses Beaver
The official count may be necessar,
to determine whether Thomas B. Beaver
Rep, and son Of the late Governo
James A. Beaver, has been re elected
He is opposed by Miss Zoe Neck Dem