Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-28
ENROLMENT IS
VERY GRATIFYING.
Indications Are That Republicans
Have Gained All Along the
Lines in the State
DEMOCRATS KEEP QUIET
Have Very Little to Say About the
Disclosures Anent the York
Post Offices

TNepuDiiCd1S are SiioNn W NC Soii-
ing back into their own as the en-
rollment figures for this Spring are
being scanned in the various counties
and it is expected that the Spring
registration in the thirty cities of the
State net month will demonstrate a
big gain for the Republicans.
In Schuylkill county, which was
ington party has enrolled but 1.4S6
voters. while the Republicans have
enrolled 1926. The Democrats, be-
cause of the row in their party, have
enrolled more than usual, the tota!
being 1888. In many places the Re-
publican gain has been Strikingly
large, especially in the boroughs.
Returns of the assessors for the
Spring enrolment of voters I'm Clear
field county indicate that the Repub-
licans are coming back into their own
and that lot of voters are not indi-
eating to which party they belong.
The total enrolment for the county is:
Republicans, 6,471: Democrats, 6,141;
Washington, 1927; Socialists. 1853;
Prohibitionists. 419. The number en-
rolled without indicating the political
party preference was 3,201.
Fayette county makes the banner
showing. In 1912 there were 4.16S
Republican votes cast. This year
11.524 Republicans enrolled. The en-
rollment of the Washington party is
but 596 against a vote of 4,257 in
1912. The Democrats polled a vote
of 1858 in 1912. but this year their
enrolment is but slit in spite of tre-
mendous efforts to get men enrolled
because of the primaries and to get
Bull Moosers to join the ranks of the
Democrats. The Socialists polled
2,462 votes in this county in 1912 and
have enrolled but SSS this year. The
total Republican enrolment this year
is 1.545 more than the enrolment of
all other parties.
The Philadelphia Ledger of to-day
says: Enough returns have been re-
ceived in the counties from the en-
rollment of voters on
March II and Is to
Ledger Says show great Republican
Old Parties gains over last year. The
are Gamers Democrats were also
very busy on enrolment
day and brought out
their followers in huge numbers so as
to be prepared for the Ryan-McCor-
mick contest. The heavy loser was
the Washington party, and in some
counties changes from the Bull Moose
and Washington parties to the Repub-
lican were by hundreds. In the an
thracite regions Washington party
men who strayed from the Demo-
cratic fold went back to their first
allegiance.
According to Pittsburgh papers, f.
d. Powell, a veteran Republican of
Mercer county, is reported as can
didate for the Repub-
lican nomination for
Lieuten a mt = Governor Lieutenant
this year. Mr.. Powell Governor Is
is a resident of West Talked About
MiddleseN and q vet
eran of the Civil War,
having sepved i'll the One Hundredth
Regiment, known as the ''roundheads."
The name of A. E. Sisson, former
Auditor General, is also being men,
toned for the nomination. but he does
not indicate what he would like to do
William II. Coleman, former mayor of
McKeesport, is likewise heard of, but
in this section Frank 3. McClain. for
mer Speaker, has the call. McClain's
friends are very active in his behalf in
this part of the State.
Advice to lay low until the cyclone
blows by has been given to the folks
connected with the Democratic ma
chine and nothing will
he done about the scam
dals turned up by the Keep Quiet
Philadelphia l. e d ger Advice is
over the York county Passed Out
post offices. People con-
nected with the machine
are inclined to resent designation of
Wilson Bailey as a bagman and to
take the attitude that there was moth.
ing wrong. OF course, had it hap
pened that Republicans were mixed
up in the affair, 1t would have been
something awful. The men on the
Wilson slate are insisting that they are
the only champions of the people and
are ignoring a good bit that is being
said. This policy will be followed in
the York matter.
The Ryan men appear to have
fallen down in their move to get
someone to stand as a candidate
against Palmer for the
D e m a tic senatorial
PaImer's nomination and three of
Opponent the four men mentioned
Is Hidden Philadelphia papers yes
terday as possibilities have
declared that they woulo
not consider the matter Ex-Attorney
General w. U. Hensel said last night
that he would not consider it; Judge
C. B. Staples said he would not be
Ryan's candidate, and Henry c. Niles.
the York insurgent, said there was
| nothing doing. This leaves Judge John
/ NJ. Ol NllheS-DdfIt. no
| judge has been talked of good many
times in that connection and he would
not mind the campaign bit.
Dauphin county Bull Moosers who
are saddened at the small enrolment
| of voters under the party banner are
somewhat in doubt these
days about what to do in
! connection with the guber-
material fight. Judge c. n. Dauphtn
Brumm has many partisans Mo0seSf
| in this city and he will poll Unhappy
large percentage of the
party vote, but there are
some who cling to Lewis because they
think that Finn Is for him, and beside
they hear of Pinchot and Lewis on
the same platform, and that makes
| them look on the Philadelphia man
with kindly eyes. However, IL Finn
does not unbelt and Pinchot keeps his
! purse strings tight, some of them are
| just as likely to go for Brumm and to
make a noise about it. The Dauphin
Moosers are not enthusiastic over
| Flinns notice that the party must
| find it's own funds.