Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-29
REGISTRATION. IS
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PROVING SLIGHT
Not Many Names We're Entered in
the Early Hours, Said the
Registrars Today
CAUSES MIRTH
The Pa-Mc Leaguers Make Dis
play in Market Street to
Offset the Ryanites

% JuuSinS from tne returns maze by
registrars in the precincts of the city.
registration will be as light as is usual
in the Spring. In some of the districts
very few had reported as registering
up to noon, and it is the general opin-
ion that most of the entering of names
will take place this evening.
However, it was reported from sew
eral districts. especially from Allison
Hill and uptown. that number of
men had changed their enrolment to
Republican and that the number of
Democrats putting down names was
small. The Democratic committee
members said that they expected a
Jump owing to the interest in the
partys contests and especially the bat
tie between the factions in this county
The Dauphin county enrolment in
the Second district, published last
night, put an awful damper on the
machinists at the Democratic State
windmill and at the Panic League
Last evening word came to the city
that the Second Blair district, which
is Blair county outside of Altoona
mad shown an enrolment of 7,218 Re-
publ1cans and but 2,601 Democrats,
the Washington strength beina only
$3.50. This caused many of the leaguers
to go home to bed.
the state are commencing to turn from
the orators to the fights between the
factions for control of
the State machine In
Democrats almost every county in
Warning the State fights have
All Over developed for election
of members of the
county and city commit
tees among the Democrats in addition
o..
election OF State committeeman. The
mach1nsts at the Windmill say it Is a
good sign, although they admit that
the lights will leave scars. Last night
Ryan scored his rivals bitterly at AL
lentoWn, receiving a notable greeting.
Mccormick toured lower Lancaster
county's agricultural districts encoun-
tering slight frosts, but getting good
views OF men working in the fields
The Schuylkill County Court yester-
day ruled against the Washington
party in the mandamus proceedings
brought to compel
the County Com
miSsioners to give Bull Noosers
ne Progressives Lose Out in
registrars In Potts Schuylkill
vile. Although the
Washington party
q,
stated that the registrars are to be
appointed in June of every presiden-
tial year.
III this had been done in 1912 the
registrars would have been Republi-
cans and Democrats, and it is helt
that the present appointments are only
to hll vacancies until 1916. Courr
ruled that the Progressives will be en-
titled to appointments in June, 1916
PottsVille became city last Decem-
ber.
Immediately after the decision was
made the commissioners appointed
ten registrars.
The banner displayed in Market
street by the Palmer-McCo
League late yesterday afternoon ex-
cited mingled feel
ings m o n & h e
democrats. Those Panic Leaguers
connected with the Banner Cause,
Ryan faction asked Smiles and Woe
who was portrayed
on the banner and
II the men whose likenesses were
shown were not feeling we'll on the
days when they were painted The
Panic leaguers were dismayed at the
fist made of it by the New York firm
which was given the Job The banner
hangs in such position that it can be
seen in all its pristine beauty from the
entrance to the Harrisburg bridge OIL
the Central Democratic Club, but one
looking at it from the railroads OF
coming up Market street sees an
nouncement of the name of the league
and the pictures. The rest of the
banner Is blotted out by the canvas
hung at Market and Court streets
which announces: For Governor,
Michael J. Ryan"
According to accounts, some of the
members of the Central Democratic
Cub are not very well pleased at the
sugge S t / that the
Panic League should
Permanent be made n permanent
League Is organizations In thu
Not Favored iirst place they say the,
are not so sure that
there will be any earthly
reason why the league should exist
after May 10 and that after the pri-
maries everyone should unite and
make the clubrooms so attractive that
men who did not pay much attention
to them prior to this campaign will be
regular visitors The Panic League
has been given quarters at Market
street and the Square and the enter
tainments have been so well attended
that some people are wondering why
the sessions could not have been helc
in the clubrooms.