Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-21
EVENING CHAT

statewide primaries may be a sue
cess In determining the will of the
voters of a party who have fulfilled
the requirements preliminary to voting
at the election to make nominations,
put there is very serious lack of
means of furnishing the people with
information as to results. Provision is
mace IN the general election laws for
the immediate posting of results at the
polilns places and this wise custom is
followed under the primary system,
but whereas the law requires the filing
OF the certified returns of a general
election with the prothonotary as soon
as possible after the closing of the
count. the primary act stipulates that
the returns shall be filed with the
county commissioners, but the election
boards are given until the following
Ihursday at noon to file the papers
10 the credit Of most of the election
oIIlcers 1t must be said that they use
eliort TO file their returns at the COM
mlssioners Office but there are some
who do not get out of breath rushing
10 the courthouse. Information about
primary results has to depend on
newspapers, primarily, and the news
papers have to dig out the figures
under much more difficult circum-
stances than prevail at a general cleo
tlon. The coming of an election now
adays means a big stir and thousands
of people interested and it is re-
srettable that some better system for
providing official information cannot
ne devised. And ii might be added
tnat deilnlte information about results
In the state at large is exceedingly
nar9 10 obtain because it is not until
otnclal returns are filed at the office
or the Secretary of the Commonwealth
from the counties that any compu-
tatlon can be obtained This some
tithes requires three weeks. In fact,
the state committees were prevented
from meeting last fall because the re-
turns OF couple of counties were not
nnlshed in time to certify the cleo
tlons. What is needed Is some stare
system of election returns, something
like they have in PhiladeInhia and
PITTSBURGH, whereby state figures can
pc centralized and the agony ended
tWenty-four to forty eight hours earlier
than is now the case.
Among visitors to the city for the
9ud feliows convention is L. A Lau-
derbaugh, treasurer of Crawford
county and Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Erie Crawford district.
lie lives In Meadville, where he has
peen lawyer and where he is very
wen known as an active and pro-
sfesslVe citizen. Mr. Lauderbaugh is
the man who devised the form for the
issuance of hunters licenses by county
treasurers ''
The battle between the suffra pists
ana anti-suffragists in this section will
preaK out afreSh now that the nonoi-
nations Tor the Legislature have heen
made and there will be some vigorous
puttonholing and some mass meetinps
Inc ants will start their series with
nleetlng at Middletown Friday even
ing and then have one at Gar,isia
Inc pros will counter bv q connie
OF meetings here next month.
Ine odd Fellows gathered here for
tne state convention of the order ara
naVlng a good time in holding neigh
norhood meetings and county gather
lnss. Last evening there were MANY
~ sucn meetings and every now and
tnen some fellow would pass among
the throngs and call out for men from
such-and-such county to meet some
OF the meetings were informal hut
none the less jolly. '"'
Boys who are sent to buy soda
water invariably ask for the naner
Ups WhlCh are used by some of the
owners of fountains as a concession
TO the sanitary spirit abroad in the
land: The reason the boys do this is
not far to seek. The cups when emn.
tled can be turned upside down and
When Jumped on make a boom like a
cannon cracker 'e q
speaking of soda, it only takes q
warm evening like last night to send
business to the fountains in large lots
one fountain in the central section of
the city had to put on extra clerks
Wnlie another restocked its ice cream