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Show Penrose's Power Is Unbroken Senator's Ticket Successful In Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Primary; Delegates Unpledged Philadelphia, May 17 In tho Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania primary election contest United States Senator Holes Penrose Pen-rose was victorious in tho most do tcrmlned effort that ever has been mado to overthrow his leadership in this stato. Despite tho energetic fight waged against him by the faction fac-tion of tho party which chose Govor-nor Govor-nor Hrumbaugh for Its leador. Senator Sen-ator Pcnroso nominated his candldato for auditor general of tho Btato, C. A. Snyder, by from 25,000 to 40,000 majority. A majority of tho seventy six del-rgatos del-rgatos elected to the national conven. lon nro Penrose men, and a now state commltteo was chosen that will elect him n member of tho Uopubll-can Uopubll-can national committee to succeed Uonry Q, Wasson or Pittsburg. Incomplete returns indicate that Governor Hrumbaugh running nhcad or his ticket, was apparently elected a delegate at largo to tho national convention. It ls not jet certain that any or his cloven colleagues on tho antl-Penroso ticket for dolcgatcs at largo wore successful. Returns from 4G59 districts out ot C891 In tho Btato, Including all of Philadelphia, show that Governor Hrumbaugh led Senator Penrose In the voting for Republican national delegate at largo by 6877 votes. Tho Penroso element ravored an unlnstructed delegation, while the Hrumbaugh faction advocated the election of delegates pledged to vote for tho popular choice of tho voter np the party's presidential candidate. On tho Ilepubllcan presidential preferential pre-ferential ballot only ono namo was printed that of Brumbaugh, and thero wna much lntetest in iho extent "to which voters would write on tho ballot bal-lot tho name of tho party leader who they favored. In Philadelphia In n total vote or 178,353, Hrumbaugh got 08,770 votes; Ford, 3123; Itoosovolt, 2036 and Hughes 503. Somo other counties report scattering votes for these candidates, but tho only ono cutsldo of Philadelphia showing a oto ror Ford or any consequence was Lebanon which gave him 102 votes. Hecause or tho great size or tho ballots, many counties did not tabulate tabu-late tho scattering presidential bat-lots bat-lots and tho official count which will bo announced In about threo weeks, undoubtedly will dlscloo many votes Tor various favorlto sons. ... |
