Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-13
EVENING CHAT

Less freak" voting than usual ap-
pears to have occurred at the recent
primary election. according to the
returns of the May primary filed at
the State Capitol. Ordinarily the re-
turns are filled with instances where
people wrote in the names of friends
or of some person whom they desired
to compliment or to annoy, but this
year the scattering vote is devoted
more or less to voting for men not on
the party ballot which the voter had
to mark. In Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh there was some writing in OF
| names of men known locally, but not
to the exten noted in 1912 or 1918.
Gubernatorial Candidates Brumbaugh,
| Mccormick and Lewis received votes
from most of the parties other than
| their own and some men declining to
accept the men who had filed nomi-
| nation papers voted for others. For
instance, State Treasurer r. *. Young
received a Washington vote in Dau-
phin county and ex-State Treasurer
William H. Berry got Democratic
vote in Monroe. M. T. Stokes, who
ran for Congress on the Washington
| ticket in the 18th district, also got a
Washington party vote for Governor.
Penrose and Palmer received votes for
, Senator on the Washington, Prohibi-
| ZIONIST Socialist and Keystone tickets
in addition to sixty-two Democratic
votes for Penrose and fourteen Re-
publican votes for Palmer. Pinchot
got votes on all tickets and Dimmicll
on all but the Socialist.
Dauphin county had very little
jumping Of the traces. A couple Of
Democrats voted for Brumbaugh and
some Republicans for Mccormick,
while both got Washington votes. Pal
mer picked up two Washington votes
and Pinchot lone Republican. Some
Democrats voted for DR.. Houck and
for Frank McClain. but Farmer"
Greasy did not attract any Republicans
or Washingtonians. In Cumberland
county Penrose got Washington
vote; Pinchot three Republicans and
Dimmick and Pinchot each Repub-
lican.
Harrisburg will be we'll represented
next week when the eastern circuit
shoot is held at Bradford. This shoot
always attracts the crack shots of the
Atlantic States. H. B. Shoop, of this
city, will be one of the men to go after
trophies of which he already has a
number.
It's rather amusing the way people
utilize street when 1t is once closed
off from traffic. Take Vernon street.
for instance. This street begins ut
18th, on which the Harrisburg Rail-
ways Company is reconstructing it's
double track. The street is closed at
Thirteenth and people who want to
enter it must go around a block. So
the good ladies of Stevens church,
having a festival scheduled, just
used the temporarily closed end of
the street and decorated it with cleo
trio lights and lanterns, spreading
their tables where the automobile or
dinarily honketh.
During the rather heated argument
between Attorney John Fox Weiss,
counsel for Edward G. Smith, and
District Attorney M. e. Stroup in June
quarter sessions yesterday, Mr.. Weiss
was explaining some of the testimony
with which the defense expected to
prove that the accused murderer was
insane.
why, Your Honor" declared Mr..
Weiss, this man won't say word
he simply doesn't talk"
Perhaps President Judge Kunkel
was trifie weary of the word battle
between the attorneys. At any rate
he sighed when the former district
attorney made the statement as to
Smiths taciturnity. Then to the evil
dent amusement of the other lawyers
within the bar railing, he gravely OBJ
served:
''Well, failure to talk isn't necessar-
lily an evidence of insanity. Sometimes
those who talk the most are more in
sane than those who talk the least"
Five hundred women,-to tell the
plain unvarnished truth,-were glued
to their seats in Chestnut street aIdi-
torium Wednesday night when the
Central High School Seniors gave their
annual class play. The production
was 'Jedbury Junior" and the fine
English comedy held the attention of
the big audience from start to finish.
And 1T was at the finish that the ladies
found themselves glued to their seats
whether or no. The night was hot
and the thin dresses stuck to the var
nish on the seats. Bits of fabric was
found after the crowd filed out on
nearly every other seat The men in
their heavy suits escaped.
A good story of efficiency is told
by the work of the operators on the
Eastern Pennsylvania circuit of the
Associated Press yesterday. This cir
cult includes thirteen of the cities in
the eastern end of the State and al
though $4,000 words were sent and
taken by the operators in those cities
there was not a single "break" or
interruption on the wire throughout
the seven hours work. The Associated
Press operators are noted for their
excellent work and the performance
of yesterday is only an illustration of
how service can be kept right up to
the top notch.