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When the result of the primaries in this county was presented to the conventions held in Butler it was found that the vote for Charles McCandless exceeded that for Mr. McJunkin by forty-one. The friends of Mr. McJunkin were dissatisfied with the. results and held a convention opposite the Willard House and nominated him. The regular Republican nominees in the dis- trict were Charles McCandless, of Butler, and Hon. L. L. McGuffin, of New Castle, while the Democratic nominees were James Bredin, of Butler, and John Mc- Michael, of New Castle. Mr. McJunkin thus became the choice of the independent Republicans. Party lines were obliterated for the time and the contest resulted in
the election of Judges McJunkin and Bredin.
While the Prohibition sentiment had re- ceived more or less encouragement in the county since 1830, no ticket was placed in the field until 1876, when the temperance people of the county nominated John Brandon, of Connoquenessing Township, for the assembly, and John G. Christy for associate judge. The Republican vote of the county at the fall election of 1876 was 5,643; the Democratic, 4,830; Prohibition- ist, 57; and the Greenback Party, 21. The battle of that year was for representatives in the state legislature and the vote cast was the largest in the history of the county down to that time. R. A. Mifflin received 5,424 and William Irvine 5,359 votes on the Republican ticket. George H. Graham received 5,076 and James Hum- phrey 4,779 votes on the Democratic ticket. Brandon, the Prohibition candi- date, received sixty-six votes and Christy seventy-six votes.
Two years later the Democrats turned the tables on' the Republicans on the legis- lative ticket by electing George H. Graham and James Humphrey. In 1882 the legis- lative ticket was split, the Democrats electing "Uncle Jake" Zeigler, and the Republicans Joseph T. Donly.
The judicial campaign of 1884 was one of the bitterest in the history of the county and was marked with many sensational features. The Republican nominees were John M. Greer of Butler and A. L. Hazen of New Castle, while the Democratic nom- inees were Hon. James Bredin of Butler for reelection and John McMichael of New Castle. The independent Republicans of Butler nominated Hon. E. McJunkin. At the same time a half interest in the weekly Times was purchased and one-half of the paper was devoted to the interest of Judge McJunkin's campaign and was edited by Frank Eastman of Butler. Capt. George W. Fleeger was the Republican candidate for Congress in the district composed of
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Butler, Mercer and Crawford Counties, and he came in for a share of the vitupera- tions and invective that were heaped on the opposers of McJunkin's campaign. The campaign was carried on with such bitterness as to estrange friends and was the cause of libel suits being instituted against the local paper; but after the elec- tion the suits were never pressed and were finally dropped.
The election resulted in favor of A. L. Hazen and John McMichael, the candi- dates from the Lawrence County end of the judicial district, while Capt. Fleeger was elected to Congress.
Being dissatisfied with the result of the election Judge Bredin instituted a contest which was heard in Butler and finally de- cided in favor of Hazen and McMichael.
In 1887 the State legislature reappor- tioned the congressional district and But- ler County was placed in the Twenty-fifth District with Beaver, Lawrence, and Mer- cer Counties, and the same year the legis- lative apportionment was made which is still in force. Under this apportionment Butler County constitutes a single district and is entitled to two members who are elected every two years.
THE VOTE ON THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT.
The question of amending Section 1, Ar- ticle 19, of the constitution, so as to pro- hibit the manufacture, sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, was submitted to a vote of the people at a special election held June 18, 1889. The proposed amend- ment was vigorously discussed in a cam- paign of several months previous to the election, and while the proposition was de- feated by a majority of 190,000 votes in the state, Butler County gave a handsome majority in favor of the amendment. The vote by districts was as follows :
For. Against.
Butler, 1st Ward.
198
43
Butler, 2d Ward.
144
92
Butler, 3d Ward.
143
82
Butler, 4th Ward.
145
48
Butler, 5th Ward.
165
55
Adams Township N.
91
28
Adams Township S.
136
15
Allegheny Twp. 155
Bald Ridge 105
Brady Twp. 99
39
Buffalo Twp.
110
104
Butler Twp.
66
96
Center Twp.
105
63
Cherry Twp. N
73
13
Cherry Twp. S.
112
35
Clearfield Twp.
35
106
Clinton Twp. · 188
195
13
Connoquenessing Twp. N
75
36
Connoquenessing Twp. S.
70
32
Cranberry Twp.
69
110
Clay Twp.
157
40
Donegal Twp.
125
164
Fairview Twp. E
86
35
Fairview Twp. W
127
51
Forward Twp
137
79
Franklin Twp.
112
81
Jackson Twp. E.
26
34
Jackson Twp. W
29
103
Jefferson Twp.
68
165
Lancaster Twp
31
126
Marion Twp.
120
31
Mercer Twp. .
169
34
Middlesex Twp
117
13
Muddycreek Twp
150
34
Oakland Twp.
114
98
Parker Twp
223
50
Penn Twp.
182
42
Slippery Rock Twp.
147
44
Summit Twp.
38
169
Venango Twp.
147
47
Washington Twp. N
45
33
Washington Twp. S.
122
8
Winfield Twp.
51
130
Worth Twp
146
32
Centerville Boro.
71
19
Evans City Boro.
72
25
Fairview Boro.
44
10
Karns City Boro
32
18
Harmony Boro.
38
33
Chicora Boro
116
44
Prospect Boro.
59
16
Petrolia Boro
56
34
Saxonburg Boro
1
76
Sunbury Boro.
49
4
Zelienople Boro.
31
78
5716
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CAMPAIGN OF 1890.
The Congressional campaign of 1890, as well as that for governor, was one of the never-to-be-forgotten political fights of the county. The Republican party had nomi- nated George W. Delamater of Meadville for governor, who was distasteful to a large element of the party throughout the
31
25
60
Concord Twp
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oil country. The Democratic nominee was the late Robert E. Pattison, ex-governor of the State. Lewis Emery, Jr., an independ- ent Republican and antagonistic to the Delamater wing of the party, took the stump for ex-Governor Pattison. The dis- affection within the ranks of the Republi- can party that year spread into the Con- gressional districts, and the Twenty-fifth District, of which Butler County was then a part, had a three-cornered fight on be- tween Thomas R. Phillips, the regular Re- publican nominee, E. P. Gillespie, of Mer- cer, the Democratic nominee, and Alexan- der McDowell, of Sharon, Independent. The vote at the fall election resulted as follows : Pattison for governor, 4,722; Delamater, 4,097; John D. McGill, Prohi- bition, 418. Pattison's majority over Delamater, 625. For Congress, E. P. Gil- lespie received 3,837 votes; T. R. Phillips, 3,773; McDowell, 1,326; W. P. Braham, Prohibition, 318. Gillespie's majority over Phillips, 111. Gillespie was elected in the district. Two years later Mr. Phillips was elected to succeed Mr. Gillespie, and re- elected in 1894.
THE JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN 1892-1902.
In 1892 a vacancy was caused on the bench in the seventeenth judicial district by the death of John McMichael. Hon. Norman L. Martin, of New Castle, was ap- pointed to fill the vacancy until the next election, which was held in November of that year. The candidates were Hon. John M. Greer, of Butler on the Republican ticket, and Norman L. Martin of New Cas- tle on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Greer was elected and became assistant law judge of the district. September 1, 1893, Butler County was constituted as a separate ju- dicial district, and known as the Seven- teenth, the same number it held under the old apportionment, until the act of 1901 was passed, which constitutes Butler Coun- ty as the Fiftieth district.
At the judicial election held in 1902,
Judge Greer was a candidate for re-elec- tion, but was defeated at the Republican primaries by James M. Galbreath, who be- came the party candidate. The Democratic candidate was Hon. Levingston McQuis- tion, of Butler, and the campaign that pre- ceded the election was one of the hardest contested in the history of the district.
1896.
In the presidential election of 1896, when the free coinage of silver was the absorb- ing question before the public, Butler County voters were intensely interested. McKinley, Republican, received 6,807 votes, while W. J. Bryan, the free silver Democrat, received 4,947 votes. The vote cast for the other tickets in the field were as follows: Levering, Republican, 285; Bryan, People's party, 79; Mitchell, So- cialist Labor, 3; Bentley, National, 46; Bryan, Free Silver, 101; McKinley, Inde- pendent, 14; Palmer, Jefferson Party, 26.
The same year the Republican candidate for Congress, J. J. Davidson, of Beaver County, received 26,529 votes in the dis- trict, against 17,050 cast for the Demo- cratic candidate, J. G. McConeghy, of New Castle, and 1,034 cast for the Prohibition candidate, Ralph P. Allen. Mr. Davidson, the Congressman elect, died in January, 1897, and Dr. J. B. Showalter, of Butler County, was appointed to fill the vacancy, and at the election held April 20, 1897, was elected for the unexpired term. The vote cast for Showalter at this election was 12,- 221 in the district, against his Democratc competitor, Dr. Salem Heilman, of Sharon, who received 6,222. The vote in Butler County was 3,134 for Showalter, and 1,530 for Heilman.
The Senatorial contest in the 41st Dis- trict in 1896, resulted in a warm contest between W. B. Meredith, Republican, of Armstrong County, P. R. Burke, Democrat, of Karns City, Butler County, and W. H. Ritter, Citizens' Ticket, of Butler. The three-cornered fight was caused by dissat-
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isfaction among the Republicans of Butler County over the result of the Senatorial conference held in Butler, at which Mer- edith was nominated. Meredith was elect- ed by the small majority of 581 over his closest competitor. The vote in the dis- trict being as follows: Meredith, 9,423; Burke, 8,842; Ritter, 1,358; Sherrard, Pro- hibition, 99. The vote in Butler County was as follows: Meredith, 3,945; Burke, 5,144; Ritter, 1,205; Sherrard, eighty.
Some life was infused in the campaign of 1898 by a factional quarrel in the Repub- lican party, in which the re-election to the Legislature of James N. Moore was made an issue. Moore secured his nomination and also his election after one of the most bitter fights that the county has witnessed. The same year the choice of the Republican party for Congress was Dr. J. B. Showal- ter, who was candidate for reelection, and the choice of the Democrat was M. L. Lock- wood, of Zelienople. Lockwood carried on an aggressive campaign, and succeeded in reducing his competitor's majority in But- ler County to 286. The vote in the Con- gressional district was as follows: Sho- walter, 18,220; Lockwood, 15,271; J. A. Bailey, Prohibition, 2,006. Showalter's majority over Lockwood in the district, 2,949. The vote of Butler County was, Showalter, 4,675; Lockwood, 4,389; Bailey, 343. Showalter's majority over Lockwood, 286.
In 1900 Showalter was again the nomi- nee of the Republican party and Lockwood was the choice of the Democrats in the dis- trict. The campaign was as full of sensa- tional features as that of 1898, and Lock- wood succeeded in reducing his opponent's majority in Butler County to 693. The vote in the District was, Showalter, 23,831; Lockwood, 19,641. Showalter's majority, 5,190. In the county, Showalter received 5,939 votes and Lockwood, 5,246.
In the Forty-first Senatorial District, in 1900, A. G. Williams, of Butler, was the choice of the Republicans for the honor;
and James S. Gallagher, of Freeport, was the Democratic candidate. Gallagher con- ducted an unusually aggressive campaign, and though defeated, swept the majority of his competitor below that usually given to the Republican candidate in the district. The vote in the district was, Williams, 11,- 676; Gallagher, 8,810; in the county, for Williams, 5,887; for Gallagher, 4,902. Will- iam's majority in the district, 2,866; in the county, 985.
There was very little change in the vot- ing on the Presidential ticket in 1900 over that of 1896 in the county, the principal contest being for Congress and State Sen- ate. The vote for President was as fol- lows : McKinley, Republican, 6,303; Bryan, Democrat, 4,465; Wooley, Prohib- ition, 492; Mallory, Socialist Labor, five; Barker, People's party, seven; Debs, So- cialist, thirteen. McKinley's majority over Bryan, 1838.
ACT OF 1901.
The act of the legislature in 1901 reap- portioning the congressional districts, placed Butler County in the Twenty-second District with Westmoreland County. The first election held under this arrangement in 1902 resulted in the election of George F. Huff of Greensburg, and his subsequent election in 1904 and 1906. The vote in the district in 1902 was Huff, Republican, 18,- 827; C. M. Heineman, Democrat, 13,084; Woodburn, Prohibition, 778. The vote in Butler County was for Huff, 6,007; Heine- man, 4,590; Woodburn, 200. The vote for Congress in the district in 1904 was Huff, 21,547; C. M. Heineman, Democrat, 9,824; C. D. Greenlee, Prohibition, 1,536. The vote in the county was Huff, 5,898; Heine- man, 3,068; Greenlee, 410. In 1906, Huff's vote for Congress in the district was 15,- 924; S. A. Kline, Democrat of Greensburg, 10,102; Kerr, Prohibition, 35; Stull, So- cialist Labor, 523; Kline, Lincoln party, 458.
ST. PAUL'S ORPHANS' HOME
COUNTY INFIRMARY
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN HOME AND ORPHANAGE, MARS
OLD PEOPLE'S HOME, ZELIENOPLE
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THE UNION PARTY.
The Union party filed nomination papers in the county in 1901. The papers were signed by F. A. Grace, H. L. Brandon, F. E. Brandon, George M. Graham and Frank Lavery. At the election in Novem- ber, John Henninger, Democrat, was elected district attorney and George M. Graham, Independent Republican, was elected clerk of courts.
The disclosure of frauds in connection with the erection of the State capital at Harrisburg and the dissatisfaction gener- ally felt throughout the state in regard to the management of the state treasury were the causes of a political upheaval in the state which landed William H. Berry, a Democrat, in the state treasurer's office, this being the first time in almost fifty years that a Democrat had been elected to that office. Berry's campaign was re- garded as something of a joke, but the re- sults at the election were a disagreeable surprise to the Republican party in the state. The vote cast in Butler County was as follows: Plummer, Republican, 3,796; Berry, Democrat, 3,159; Berry, Prohibi- tion, 678; Berry, Independent, 523, Berry, Lincoln party, eighty-one; Ringler, So- cialist, thirty-three; Dingman, Socialist Labor, nine; Plummer, Citizens, eighty- five. Berry's majority over Plummer, 644.
CONTEST OF 1906.
The contest for governor in the state in 1906 was very bitter and Butler County had its share in the exciting events of the campaign. Lewis Emery, Jr., who was the Democratic candidate, and also the can- didate of the Lincoln party, was remem- bered in Butler County by the old-line Re- publicans as the man who had deserted the party in 1890, and supported Gov- ernor Pattison. The vote at the election was as follows: Edwin Stewart, Repub- lican, 3,813; Lewis Emery, Jr., Democrat, 2,537 ; H. L. Castle, Prohibition, 375; Stew- art, Citizens ticket, eighty-one; Emery,
Lincoln party ticket, 609; Emery, Refer- endum, six; Emery, United Labor, ten. The campaign was distinguished by the vitriolic attacks made by Homer L. Castle, the Prohibition candidate, on Mr. Emery.
THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
The presidential campaign of 1904 was an unusually quiet one. Neither of the old parties indulged in the campaign methods that had been much in use in the past fifty years. The vote cast for presidential electors was as follows: Roosevelt, Re- publican, 6,596; Parker, Democrat, 3,183; Swallow, Prohibition, 511; Socialist Labor, Corrigan, eighteen; Debs, Socialist, eighty- seven; Parker and Davis, Independent, four. Roosevelt's majority over Parker was 3,413, the largest majority ever given a presidential candidate in the county.
In the congressional campaign of 1894 the vote cast in the district was as follows : Thomas W. Phillips, 22,156; Joseph Van- derlin, 10,435; Joseph White, Prohibition, 1,475; William Kirker, Peoples party, 1,919; Thomas W. Phillips, Independent, six votes in Butler County.
THE NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
The primary election law passed by the legislature February 17, 1906, provided for a uniform system of holding primary elections by all parties in the state. Un- der this system the primary elections held in 1908 caused unusual interest in Butler County on account of nominating candi- dates for Congress and State Senate. Butler County Republicans presented the name of Hon. J. D. McJunkin of Butler for Congress, while Westmoreland County presented Hon. George F. Huff for re- election for the fourth term. Huff's cam- paign caused considerable feeling among the Republicans in Butler County because of an agreement entered into by the party leaders of the district at the time the new apportionment was made, by which it was understood that Westmoreland County
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was to have the Congressman for three terms and Butler County for two terms in the ten years that the apportionment would exist. Colonel Huff having been elected for three terms and then announc- ing himself as a candidate for the fourth term was the means of bringing about a bitter contest in which the Westmoreland County candidate won.
The Democrats of the district nominated Thomas A. Kline of Greensburg for con- gressional honors.
In the senatorial district a sharp con- test was waged at the Republican prima- ries between Hon. G. W. McNeese of Arm- strong County, who was a candidate for reelection, and Hon. Thomas Hays of But- ler, who had previously served three terms in the legislature. Mr. Hays not only had a majority in his own county, but defeated McNeese and Armstrong County, and be- came the Republican nominee for the dis- triet. The Democrats nominated Dr. R. J. Grossman, of Butler for senatorial honors and the county thus had the distinction of having both candidates in the senatorial field.
A. M. Christley, of Butler, was elected a delegate in the twenty-second congres- sional district to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, which nominated William H. Taft for president, and Lev- ingston McQuistion of Butler was chosen a delegate in the same district to the Dem- ocratic National Convention at Denver, which nominated William J. Bryan for president.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Since the organization of the county there have been eight apportionments made of Congressional districts, and at various times Butler County has been in the same district with nearly every county in the western part of the State.
In 1800 the Eleventh Congressional Dis- trict was composed of Allegheny, Beaver,
Butler, Mercer, Crawford, Venango, War- ren, and Erie.
In 1812 Butler was assigned to the four- teenth district with Allegheny County.
In 1825 Butler, Beaver and Armstrong Counties composed the district.
In 1832 another change was made and: Butler, Armstrong, and Clearfield Coun- ties were assigned to the same district.
In 1843 Butler, Armstrong, Indiana and Clearfield Counties constituted the district.
In 1874 the Twenty-sixth Congressional District was composed of Butler, Mercer, and Crawford Counties.
In 1887 the Twenty-fifth Congressional District was composed of Butler, Beaver,. Lawrence and Mercer Counties.
In 1901 Butler and Westmoreland Coun- ties constituted the Twenty-second Con- gressional District. This apportionment still exists.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
In 1800 Butler County was assigned to the senatorial district with Allegheny, Washington and Green Counties.
In 1808 Allegheny, Beaver and Butler Counties composed the district.
In 1829 an act of legislature was passed creating a senatorial district out of Bea- ver and Butler Counties.
In 1843 Allegheny and Butler Counties constituted a senatorial district, and was entitled to elect two members.
The act of 1871 created the twenty-sixth senatorial district out of Butler, Beaver and Washington Counties.
The act of 1874 created the forty-first senatorial district out of Butler and Arm- strong Counties, and,the act of 1906 made no change in the district.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
In 1800 the representative district was composed of Butler, Beaver, Mercer, Craw- ford, Erie, Warren and Venango Counties.
In 1808 Butler County was assigned to the district with Allegheny County.
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In 1825 by an act of the legislature But- ler County was continued in the same dis- trict with Allegheny County.
In 1829 the legislature constituted But- ler County a district by itself and entitled to one representative.
In 1843 a reapportionment of the state was made and Butler County was contin- ued alone as a district, and entitled to one representative.
In 1857 Butler County alone constituted the district and membership was increased to two.
In 1864 the district was enlarged by add- ing Lawrence and Mercer Counties and en- titled to four members.
In 1871 Butler, Beaver and Washington Counties constituted a legislative district and was entitled to four members.
In 1876 Butler County alone constituted the district and was entitled to two mem- bers. This apportionment still exists.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
In 1803 the sixth judicial district was composed of Butler, Beaver, Mercer, and Erie Counties, with Hon. Jesse Moore as presiding judge.
In 1806 the district was composed of Butler, Mercer, Venango, Crawford and Erie Counties.
In 1873 under the new apportionment of the state, Butler County constituted the Seventeenth Judicial District with Law- rence County attached.
In 1893 Butler County alone became the seventeenth district and Lawrence County became a separate district.
In 1906 the legislature passed a judicial apportionment act in which Butler County was constituted the Fiftieth Judicial Dis- trict.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
United States Senators .- Walter Low- rie, who was a resident of Butler, served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1819, to March 4, 1825. At the expiration
of his term as a United States Senator he: was elected secretary of the Senate, which : position he held until 1836. He resigned his position in the Senate in that year to accept the secretaryship of the Presbyte- rian Board of Foreign Missions, which un- der his vigorous and sagacious policy was built up from an obscure institution to its · subsequent importance and prosperity.
John H. Mitchell, formerly a resident of Butler County, was elected United States Senator from Oregon for three successive terms beginning in 1872 and was a member of that body when his death occurred in 1905.
Representatives in Congress .- John Gil- more, of Butler, 1829 to 1831; William : Beatty, of Butler, 1837 to 1841; Joseph Buffington, of Kittaning, 1843 to 1845; Al- fred Gilmore, of Butler, 1849 to 1851; Samuel A. Purviance, of Butler, 1855 to 1859; Ebenezer McJunkin, of Butler, 1871 to 1874; Col. John M. Thompson of But- ler, 1875 to 1878; Capt. George W. Fleeger, of Butler, 1885 to 1887; Thomas W. Phil- lips, of New Castle, 1893 to 1897; Dr. Jo- seph B. Showalter, of Chicora, 1897 to 1903; George F. Huff, of Greensburg, was elected from the 22nd District composed of Butler and Westmoreland Counties in the fall of 1902 and was reëlected in 1904 and 1906.
James Thompson, a native of Butler County, served two terms in Congress from Erie County, Pennsylvania; he was elect- ed in 1846 and reelected in 1848.
William G. Thompson, who was a broth- er of Col. John M. Thompson, was elected from the 5th District of Iowa and served, in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Con- gresses.
Augustus M. Martin, who was a native of Connoquenessing Township, Butler County, was a member of Congress from Indiana in 1892, and was one of the dis- tinguished attorneys of that state.
Presidential Electors .- James G. Camp- bell, 1856; E. McJunkin, 1864; Dr. S. D.
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Bell, 1888; E. E. Abrams, 1896; John H. Negley, 1904; A. W. McCollough, 1908.
Federal Appointees .- John M. Sullivan, of Butler, revenue collector, 1867 to 1882; Alexander W. Crawford, consul at Ant- werp, Belgium, in 1861; Edwin Lyon, con- sul at Elpasso, Mexico; Hugh McKee, sur- veyor of the territory of Kansas, 1858; Charles McCandless, chief justice of New Mexico, 1877; Samuel Black, governor of the territory of Nebraska, 1859; Matthew N. Greer, of Buffalo Township, clerk in the Document Room in the House of Repre- sentatives, 1908; James G. Campbell, mar- shall of the Western District of Pennsyl- vania; John N. Purviance, R. L. Maxwell, and H. H. Goucher, registers in bank- ruptcy; J. W. Kirker, provost marshal, 1863 to 1865; John H. Negley, enrolling officer, 1861; John C. O'Donnell, appointed post-master of Pittsburg in 1894; James B. Mates, census enumerator, 1890; James W. Hutchison, commissioner in bank- ruptcy, 1904 to 1908; James H. Tebay, of Zelienople, and Benjamin R. Williams, of Butler, United States Revenue Service in 1908; George Sutton, a native of Penn Township, was chief inspector in the United States postal service for a district comprising five southern states, with head- quarters at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1908.
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