Evening star., 1940-04-24
Senator Hos $50, ,481
To271,454; Roosevelt
Gets 438,069
BY the Associated Press.


Mr.. Roosevelt, whose name was
entered by the State committee on
the presidential preferential ballot,
was given more than 100000 votes,
more than any other Democrat re-
ceived. He was unopposed.
No names were entered officially
on the Republican ballot, but the
voters wrote in those of Thomas E.
Dewey, New York district attorney.
and a number of others, including
Gov. Arthur H. James. Mr.. Dewey
topped Gov. James by a six-to-onA
margin.
Unofficial returns from TOTS of
the 8,105 districts gave for Sena-
tor:
Senator Guffey, 35o,4s1.
Mr.. Jones, 271,454.
In the same tabulation, William
N. McNair, former Mayor of Pitts
burgh-who opposed the New Deal
polled 47,457. Both Senator Guffey
and Mr.. Jones campaigned on a
third-term issue.
The count from 1879 districts gave
the President $4,000.
Scattered Write -Ins.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt's was the
only name listed, there were scat
tered write-in votes-52 for Vice
President Garner, 8 for Postmaster
General Farley, S for Secretary OF
State Hull and / for Paul v. McNutt
Returns from 1900 districts gave
Mr.. Dewey $3.50, Gov. James. 1882:
Senator Taft, $50; Senator Vanden-
berg, III; Frank Gannett, Z, and
Herbert Hoover, 3.
Mr.. Roosevelt got BAL of the Re-
publican write-in votes in the 1900
districts, Wendell Willkie, 6; Mr.
Garner. 3, and Senator Wheeler, l.
Although the Guffey-Jones Demo-
cratic scrap was the only lively
issue of the campaign. Republicans,
with registration of 2,572,lO0 to
the Democrats 2,046, ,129, were poll
ing heavier totals.
Cooke Leads Ladner.
Republican organization backed
candidates won by wide margins
Heading the slate, Philadelphia
City Chairman Jay Cooke, name
sake and great-grandson of the
Union flnancier of the Civil War
added steadily to his first lead over
his chief opponent for Republican
nomination for Senator, Albert H
Ladner. Philadelphia attorney.
Unofncial returns from GAS of g.
los districts gave:
Cooke, 586, 1857.
Ladner, 1929.
A third candidate, John A. Deren-
20, Altoona publisher, trailed with
1904
The Republican organization can
didates for State positipns-treas-
urer and auditor general-won by
comparable margins.
Senator Guffey, turned down by
Mr.. Lawrence and other State
party leaders who attributed party
wrecking tactics" to him, showed
strength consistently in the rural
districts and heaped up almost q
2-to-1 lead over Mr.. Jones in Phila-
delphia. He trailed Mr.. Jones In
Pittsburgh-home town of both.
Boland Wins.
The break between Senator Guffey
and the party leadership dated back
to the 1888 primary, when Senator
Guf1ey threw his support to a slate
that lost to candidates indorsed by
the State committee. This split did
not extend to the State Offices for
which F.. Clair Ross was leading for
auditor general and G. Harold Wag-
ner for State treasurer.
Notable among the winners of
nominations for "a seats in the
House was Representative Boland
Democratic whip.
Both parties also nominated can
didates for 208 seats in the State
Legislature and Is in the State
Senate. Republicans elected four
delegates at large, headed by Gov
James, and 68 district delegates to
their national convention in Phila-
delphia. Democrats picked 16 dele
gates at large, with one-fourth vote
each, and 68 district delegates to the
Democratic National Convention at
Chicago.
Vote Lightest in Years.
Long before the tabulation was
completed it was apparent that the
vote would be the lightest in recent
years, despite election day weather
that was warm and clear after days
Of chill and rain.
With 1923 districts counted, Re-
publicans had total vote of GIG, ,446
in the senatorial contest. Democrats
in the same contest, had q total Of
517,759 from s ,426 districts.
In the 1888 primary, the only
recent vote comparable with yester-
days balloting nState-wide nomina-
tions at stake, Republicans had q
total Of 1,429,047 and Democrats
1,281 ,694.
The vote count was slow because
of the length Of the ballot. So many
names were included in long House
district delegate and alternate list.
that voting machines could not be