Parente Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

At the primary election in the City of Monessen, Westmoreland County, on May 21st last, where voting machines were used, there were no candidates for the nomination for Mayor on the Republican ticket. An extensive write-in campaign was conducted by certain citizens with a view to obtaining that nomination. The principal contenders in such manner were Hugo J. Párente and John R. Stieska, both of whom were the named candidates on the Democratic ticket for the nomination for Mayor. Párente won the Democratic nomination, but that has not been contested and is not…