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Show CONTEST IN PENNSYLVANIA Only Fight in That State Was on State Treasuier VHII.ADKLIMIIA, Nov. 7. State Treasurer wa the only office for which them was a contest nt today's election ln Pennsylvania. Judge .lohn Stewart, an apiolnte of GOV Venn paelor. vvaf re-elortod Associate Judge of the Supreme couit for the full term of twenty-One years. Pte.-ldlng Judge l harle K l'.lcr an 1 Judges CleorRe B Orlady and James V. Reaver of the Superior curt, were He.-U-d for a term of ten years. John II. Head. Demo- I rrat. was also els-led a Superior Court Judge j to succeed Judge Peter P. Smith, the minority member of that body, who failed of renoml-natlon. renoml-natlon. Democrat Was Sure. Under the law no elector Is entitled to vote for more than thiee candidates for Judge of j the Superior court when four are lo be elected, as was the case this year. Mr Heei) was the only Democratic nominee for this onVe. which practically made hi nomination equivalent equiva-lent to an election. Homer J Castle, who was brought Into prominence by his attacks on the State Treasury management following the j development In the Enterprise National hank affair was tho Prohibition nominee for Superior Su-perior Court Judge. Centered on Treasurer. Public Inteieat centeie.1 In the contest for State Treasurer for which tho principal can- I dldatSS were J. Leo Plummet nominee of the Republican and Cltlxens" parties, and William i M. Berry, th candidate for tho Democratic. Prohibition, Lincoln and Independent parties. Ben-v was ulho tho choice of tho City party leaders of Philadelphia, althojgh his nomlna- 1 tion was never formally Indorsed bj 'hat par-i- on the gtound that It was purely a local organisation Stewart Was Appointed Judge Stewart was Appointed bv the liov- j ernor lo succeed tho late Judge Dean early I last summer and was afterward nominated by the Republican state committee tor the f nil term, He was subsequently nominated by the Demoeratlc. Prohibition and oil other political parties In Pennsylvania with the exception of tho Socialists and Socialist Labor Mirtles. which ha.1 full tickets in the Held for all tho State offices voted for at today's election. |