Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-04
REGISTRATION IS
VERY LIGHT HERE
Evidence That Voters Are Getting
Very Tired of the Red
Tape of Elections
PRELIMINARIES ARE ANNOYING
Dean Lewis Told by Bull Moosers
Not to Withdraw; Penrose
Had Good Time

| T1dO GOOO lime
People who observed the registra-
tion yesterday and the reports show
ing that it had been light all over
Harrisburg, in spite of the efforts of
committeeman of all parties and the
use of yards of paper and gallons of
ink are about ready to conclude that
voters are getting sick of the compli-
Gated precautions to guard" the ball
! lot The red tape necessary to cast a
vote is rapidly working around in this
community to the point that only
those who take an enduring interest in
politics or who happen to be especial
ly concerned in nomination or cleo
| ton viii go to the trouble of getting
assessed, enrolled or registered by
| answering a series of questions that
can be made to seem not only in1perti-
nent but insulting. The result has
been in Harrisburg, as elsewhere, that
many citizens of the highest type, the
kind of men that everyone desires to
have participate in primaries and cleo
tions remain away from the polling
places because of the annoyance of
| the perliminaries. Personal registra-
tion probably has cut down some
padded lists in some parts of Harris
burg, but it has not prevented those
who play politics and those who are
willing to be played with from getting
registered. 1t has kept the other ele-
ment away from the polls.
| The returns of the first registration
day show that registration was uni
formally light all over Harrisburg.
Assessors in boroughs and townships
say that few people appeared to have
| ~ a 49, a I,,,
on which assessors sat at the polls and
the same experience is reported by
registrars in the city.
The Panic League was unable to
stand for the Bull Moosers' banner
being the sole attraction in Market
street a n d yesterday
the S162.30 b n n e r
Panic Gets which swung in the
Banner on Spring rains and sum-
| Street Again mer heat was put out
again with the faces
of Mccormick a
Palmer freshened up with red paint
and q suspicion of an unshaven beard
on Palmer's chin. The likenesses of
the two candidates still preserve the
appearance of having been taken on a
day after hearing from the plain peo-
| pie and Mccormick wears a scowl
such as he ordinarily exhibits after
seeing a Telegraph cartoon with the
$4,000 Bampaign kitty. The Wash
| tngton party banner makes Pinchot
/ look like Edgar Allen Poe and Dean
Lewis like a sufferer from pulmonary
tuberculosis in the last stages. The
battle of the banners is very enter
tanning to the passersby and it is well
that names are inscribed.
According to reports which have
| drifted into the city to-day, leaders of
the Washington party in all parts of
the State are object
| ing to the Bull Moose
being made the tail to Lewis Told
| V a n Mccormick To Stay on
| kite by effecting flu the Ticket
sion and there is pro-
lnounced sentiment be
ing manifested against fusion in Lack
Iawanna, LuZerne, Lehigh, Berks and
other counties. In the western end
of the State the sentiment is pro-
nounced for fusion. Yesterday dur
| ing a visit to Scranton, William Drap-
er Lewis was told that it was his duty
| to stand by his party and make his
| fight clear through to the election,
these remarks being made by men
| from nine counties in the northeast
section Lewis will consult with friends
| in Philadelphia about the fusion move
ment and make an announcement one
way or the other within fortnight.
clifford Pinchot has told his friends
there will be no fusion on senator and
! that he proposes to fight to a finish.
The concern of Palmer at Pinchot's
attitude is shown by the fact that he
| is trailing him
Senator Penrose, who spent last
night in the city, after his re-
Lea
morning for Pitts
burgh. where he is to
Picnic Was make a number of ad-
Pleasing to dresses "I was more
Candidates than delighted by the
Changers Picnic at
Williams Grove yes
/ terday and enjoyed my visit" said the
Senator. TT was great gathering of
people and they all appeared to be
enjoying themselves. I have never had
a more attentive audience and I have
never been more cordially greeted than
was by the people at the picnic. DR.
Brumbaugh, who left late last night
for Cory said that he had been i'm
pressed by the crowd at the Grangers
and had enjoyed meeting them. THAT
picnic is a great institution and I was
glad-to see so many young people and
to have such an appreciative audi
ence,' said he. The doctor said he
was coming DacK to Dauphin county
to speak soon and was glad of it, The
Democratic candidates who spent yes
terday trying to patch up fences and
throw out the nets for money, went
to Pittsburgh late last night.
Vice President Marshalls an
nouncement that Wilson will be the
candidate in 1916 and that other
lightning rods may
as well be taken
down, has been met Machine Men
by an impressive, Silent on
oppressive and ex- Wilson Boom
pressive silence at
the Dem CT tic
State windmill One of the things for
which the Palmers and McCormicks
and their ilk have taken credit for,
next to the nomination of Wilson, has
been the platform. The platform de-
clares in favor of the single term.
None of the candidates would chirp
about the Marshall statement and all
were in fear and trembling lest il
would start up old DIR. Bryan, who
wrote the plank and who came to
make speeches for the machine. How
ever, the impression is general that If
it comes to a break between Wilson
and Bryan, Palmer and Mccormick
will throw down Bryan as heartlessly
as Palmer threw Guffey and Hail.
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