Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-11
BABY BOROUCH'S
POLITICS ACTIVE
Nonpartisan Campaign For Coun-
ell and Other Offices to
Bring Out Aspirants
DEMOCRATS LOOK AROUND
Several Reported to Be Getting
Ready to Pluck Places Out
of Next Falls Wreck
DEMOCRATS LOOK AROUND

| Pennsylvaniais newest borough,
of the Dauphin County Court a short
time ago out of a village which is
older than the State Capital itself, is
in the midst of its first campaign for
the selection of officers to administer
the affairs of the infant municipality.
The campaign is unique in that there
is nothing political about it. In this
campaign there are no Republicans,
Democrats, Bull Moosers or any other
partisans. 1t is on a strictly nonpar-
tisan basis, an agreement to keep poll
tics out of the selection of the officers
having been reached at town meet
ing ten days ago. Men are announc-
ing themselves as candidates for office
without saying what are their politics
and some of them are canvassing as
earnestly as they used to do in the
days when they ran for Office when
PaXtang was still Swatara township.
| The campaign is being watched with
| great deal of interest in Harris
/ burg, against which the new borough
nestles on a part of the eastern city
line. The election will be on August 4.
Among the candidates for office in
the new borough are several men who
of the whole country round about
Paxtang, Thomas Rutherford, who
came here early in the eighteenth CEN
tury and whose land is still possessed
in great measure by his scions.
County Treasurer A. H. Bailey, w.
E. Seel and others who were big fac
tors in securing the charter for the
borough and in fight
ing it through the
courts, are not candi- Men Named
dates for office and For various
have discouraged the Positions
use of their names.
For burgess the only
name suggested is that of Thomas W.
Smallwood. For council, which will
be composed of seven, there are men,
toned II. i. Holmes, S. H. Ruther-
ford, J. @. A. Rutherford, Jr., j. H.
Fought, d. Nj. Kicker, F. NJ. Gilbert,
C. M. Forney, John C. Wensell, j. A.
Deichtler, Harry Grouse. Paul A.
Dearborn and A. ]. Mayhem. For
school board Joshua e. Rutherford is
leading candidate with Ralph l..
Diehl ]. II. sheesley, William Sourber
and j. f. Horstick also talked of. For
assessor Howard A. Rutherford, who
| is well qualified for the place, appears
to have the inside track. Candidates
for justice, constable, auditors, tax
collector and other places have not yet
come out.
Taking it for granted that there
will be a shipwreck this Fall and that
men now active in producing supplies
will lose interest in No
vember some of the
Democratic politicians Democrats
are commencing to go Talking 1t
out and talk things over Over Now
where they will not be
disturbed. Sheriff Harry
! C. Wells is being prominently mem
! toned for county commissioner, al
! though he says that he is too busy
| holding down his own job to talk
about another one just now. Com
missioner John H. Eby wants to be
sheriff the worst kind of way, which
accounts for his activities in grand
stand plays at the courthouse every
now and then. Deputy Register Ru-
bendall is a receptive candidate for
recorder, it heing his plan to get the
] Democratic and keystone nomina-
tions. DR.. C. A. Fritchey is being
spoken of for the same place. Re-
corder Wickersham would like to have
the job again. There will be seven or
eight Democratic candidates for Mayor,
although the nomination will be non
partisan.
AS if to add to the troubles of the
State Democratic machine the Phila-
delphia Old Guardsmen insist that
they will go into court
before they will stand
Old Guard for any invasion of the
Gets Ready rights of the city COM
For Battle mittee in behalf of per-
sonal followers of Pal
| mer, Mccormick and
Morris. City Chairman Bromley,
whose sensational visit to Washington,
made the old politicians gasp, is out
with a declaration that his, organiza-
ton has as much right to recognition
as the machine. He says that he will
turn the light on few proceedings If
the fight against him is kept up.
Bromley denounced the selection of
Joyce for superintendent of the mint
as high handed and other things.