Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
Pesitics i~
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By the Ex-Committeeman

before the people by the Republicans
attention is being given to registration.
The registration is on to-day in Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton, and
it is expected that 1t will show an even
stronger back to the party" move
ment than in the third class cities III
the two big cities the Bull Moose or
ganization has gone to pieces and the
Democrats will not even trade with
the remnants. Much interest is being
taken in the Philadelphia registration
which showed 272,S71 last year and
296, ,556 in the last mayoralty cam
paign. Last year $4,000 registered on
the first day.
The Democrats do not seem to have
been able to do much in the registra-
ton in the third class cities and the
Washington party registration is gen.
orally as big farce as 1t is here. In
Lancaster three-fourths of 1858 per-
sons who registered were Republicans
and in Johnstown. 4,777 persons have
been listed. the Republicans predomi-
! mating, 1t is the same in Erie and
WilkesBarre. Even in Allentown and
Easton scarcely any attention has been
given by Democrats to registration.
The Philadelphia mayoralty sit
uation was the topic of interest not
only in Harrisburg but in other cities
to-day and the closest attention was
given to bulletins on the developments.
Capitol Hill was tremendously inter-
ested as the Philadelphia situation
means much to the nation.
e. M. Reed of New Hampshire,
has succeeded A. Mitchell Palmer on
the finance committee of the Demo-
cratic national committee. One by
one the roses fade.
Senator Richard V. Farley, who is
candidate for county commissioner
on the Democratic ticket in Philadel-
phia is having trouble over his petit
tions. They are reported defective.
George F. Holmes, newspaperman,
we'll known here, is a candidate for
commissioner on the Washington tick
ct and also put in a Democratic petit
tion.
"A Pottsville dispatch says that
2204 Republicans, 694 Democrats and
~ Bull Moosers have registered in
that hitherto strong Washington party
city. Selah.
Collector B. F. Davis, of the Ninth
district, continues to top off Republi-
can heads to make way for Democrats.
Deputy Collector Jacob R. Windolph,
in the service twenty years. was sue
ceeded by George w. Byerly, of Lam
caster, son-in-law of Jacob Pontz, a
Lancaster Democratic leader. Will
liam ]. Dunn, Steelton, has been ap-
pointed a deputy collector to fill a
vacancy.
The executive committee of the Pub
lie Service Commission of One Hun
dred in Philadelphia yesterday decid-
ed to recommend this ticket to be in
dorsed by the General COMMITTEES:
Mayor, George d. Porter; city Solici-
tor, James Alcorn; recorder of deeds,
Max Herzberg; controller, Eugene ].
McAleer; coroner, DIR. John w. West;
clerk of court of quarter sessions,
Harry E. Waiter.
-Dauphin county political situation
is attracting considerable attention
throughout the State because of the
noisy part the Dauphin Democrats
have insisted upon occupying in State
politics the last few years. The com
plete collapse of fusion in the State
campaign last Fall disgusted many
Democrats and they have been sur
prised that the leaders in this center
of factional Democratic strife should
try it again.
County Commissioner j. Denny
O'Neil flied a petition signed by over
20. 600 persons in his campaign for re-
nomination in Allegheny county. The
commissioner has been making a great
fight in Pittsburgh and in the county.
Reading has q smaller flock of
candidates for council than expected.
It has only twenty-three. 1t has a
woman candidate for the school board
and four candidates for mayor.
-Forty-three persons have filed pc
titions to be candidates for council
men in Pittsburgh.
York registered 1900 voters to
date. The Republicans are ahead in
the city by 220.
"A woman endeavored to be
candidate for clerk of the courts in
York county, but her petition was
refused.
Somerset county has one of the
biggest lists of candidates known in a
long time and lively primary contests
are in sight for every nomination in
both Democratic and Republican
parties.
-Johnstown has now five candi-
dates for mayor and thirty-five for
council. while seven want to be city
controller. There are 155 candidates
for county nominations in Cambria.