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Show REFORM WINS IN PiilUBELPfllA Philadelphia. Nov 8. In one of the rnost bittorly fought elections in the history of Philadelphia, Rudolpn Blankonburg, Independent Republican Republi-can and popularly known as the "War Horse of Reform," yesterday defeated George H. Earle, Jr., the Republican organization candidate, for mayor by the small plurality of 4,364. The fight made by Blankenburg waB remarkable Facing a normal Republican Repub-lican majority of between 75,000 and 100,000, and a candidate backed by United States Senator Penrose and Senator James P. McNlchol, tho organization or-ganization leader of the city, thiB ad-vo6ato ad-vo6ato of civic righteousness battled his way to victory against odda which would havo deterred a less determined candidate. The significance of the Blankenburg landslide can be appreciated -when the total vote of 2GS.224 1b taken into consideration. The closeness of tho rote between Earle and Blankonburg was due to several causes, the main one being tho bittor fight at the primaries between be-tween Earle and "William S Varc, In which the former won out by a large majority Tho sores caused by this fight had not healed, judging from tho vote which the downtown wards, controlled by Vare, gave to tho reform re-form candidate. While Blankenburg was successful for mayor, the other regular Republican Repub-lican candidates won. v'th the possible possi-ble exception of the office of clerk of the quarter sessions court. |