Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-30
LUZERVE COUNTY
CONTEST STARTS
Machine Will Take Revenge on
Judge Carman in Time Honor
ed Democratic Style

Partisans of the white House
twins" plan to get revenge on Judge
John M. Garman, the Democratic
leader OF Luzerne county, for the beat
ing given to the Democratic machine
slate in the big anthracite coal coun-
ty by contesting the elections of Dan
l.. Hart and Frank Gillespie to seats
in the Democratic State committee.
The Palmer Mccormick faction Is
somewhat of an adept in that line,
having last year cut off the heads of
Billy" Brennan and his State commit
teemen from Allegheny and seating
instead the Joe Guffey State commit
teemen.
In no county in the State did Dem
ocrats contest more bitterly White
House dictation than in Luzerne and
the Garman men defeated the slate
all along the line. Hart and Gillespie
were chosen State committeeman and
1t is the plan to make contest be-
fore the State committee. The ma
chine being in control of the commit
L tee, will throw out the men OPP
posed to White House states for Penn
sylvania Democrats.
Folks at various Democratic centers
are awaiting with great interest the
results of the Democratic primary on
secretary of internal af-
fairs and congress at
Machine large because there is a
Has Half chance that the Ryan
the Slate faction may have as
many men on the ticket
as the machine managed
to nominate. 1t appears to be prob
able that, w. N. McNair has been
named for secretary, Notwithstanding
the fact that Palmer and Mccormick,
with whom he trained until he could
stand it no longer, did all they could
to defeat him. Late returns indicate
that the Ryan people may have nomi-
mated two and even three candidates
out of the four. 1t will be funny to
see what kind of deal these candi-
dates get from the White House twins
with their control of the State chair
man and the machinery and cash box
Harry E. Lanius. of Spring Grove
the blind member of the last House,
was renominated in canter in his
district in York coun-
ty at the recent pri-
mary. There is no one Lanius Is
opposing him on the Certain to
Republican and Wash Come Back
ington tickets and he
will get many votes
from the people in those parties. On
the Democratic ballot he received
about a to l vote and since the pri-
mary has been given assurances of
strong support. Robert S. Frey, of
Wrightsville, was renominated in the
second district by the Republicans and
| is being doomed for the speakership.
The time for filing expense accounts
for the primary election of May 10
will expire on Wednesday, June 8, and
it will be unlawful to ad-
minister an oath of office
to any person who may Expense
be elected and who has Account
not filed expense accounts Period
for the primary and gen.
eral elections. Candidates
for offices to be voted for by the cleo
tors of the State at large must file with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
and for other offices with the clerk of
quarter sessions courts.
There is a provision regarding filing
by candidates for district offices which
says that ''if any account concerns
expenses in regard to candidates who
do not all reside in the same county,
such accounts shall be filed in each
county in which such candidate (not
being a candidate for an office to be
vote for by the electors of the State at
large) resides"
Steps were taken last night and to-
day to hurry along the results of the
official count of the primary vote in
number of the coun-
ties which are still un-
Hurrying filed at the Capitol.
Along the kilograms were sent rep
Returns resenting the urgency of
the situation in view of
the fact that the State
committees must meet on June and
lists of men elected are to be certified.
Four meetings of State committees
are scheduled for this city next week,
the Republican, Democratic and Pro-
hibition committees on Wednesday
and the Washington committee on
Thursday.