Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-19
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Now that 1t stands to reason that
the next legislature will be asked to
either clarity the nonpartisan judicial
nomination act or to pass a new one
which will be workable and enforce
able IT is probable that there will be
a determined movement inaugurated
to get some better system of CONF
putting the primary vote. Three weeks
between the conclusion of a count and
election day is entirely too short for a
campaign.
1t was only last week that the off,
cial returns from the State were re-
ceived at the Capitol and until they
came in 1t was impossible to in
| augurate the suits which candidates
had right to start to obtain legal
dehnition of their status. The result
! is that the business of the Dauphin
county court has been interrupted to
hear and dispose of cases in which
the whole State is interested and the
time of certification of the nominal
| tious is perilously close to the limit.
Either there will be some limitation
of the time taken to secure a fair
count or else the primary date in odd
numbered years should be fixed il The
summer. The suggestions will prob
ABLY be heard in numerous places be-
tween now and the time the next
| legislature meets.
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown is giving attention to the de-
| tects uncovered IN the nonpartisan act
and will take up the matter with the
Governor at an early day. More and
more, the mistake in not accepting the
work of the Election Law Commission
OF half dozen years ago as a starter
at least is becoming apparent.
The Democratic reorganization
hnEGaS n oh !,
/ ten into such a State of fright that
they have turned to the Old Guards
men for aid. Col. j. NJ. Guffey, w.
j. Brennan and other men who have
been denounced by the Allegheny
wing of the reorganization gang have
| been urged to come to the aid of the
party. In other words the reorganiza-
ton machine has collapsed in that
section of the State, just as it has in
Lackawanna, Erie and other coun-
ties and as it will in Philadelphia. The
| internal fighting in Dauphin county is
nothing to the warfare under way in
Democratic camps in other counties.
Developments were numerous In
the Philadelphia mayoralty campaign
| yesterday. Thomas B. Smith jolted
the Blankenburg and reform crowd by
denouncing the removal of veterans
and declaring that If elected he would
restore the civil war soldiers. Promi-
nent businessmen had a meeting and
endorsed Smith in the interest of a
business administration, showing their
weariness of the reformers who do not
reform. Mayor Blankenburg went on
the stump for George D. Porter and
drew a hot return fire, while Smith
and Porter engaged in a lively inter-
change of speeches.
DR.. NJ. L. Chadman, the Demo-
cratic candidate for MAYOR of Lam
caster, has made a bid for votes by
offering his salary, IL elected, 10
charity. There is string to it in the
shape that the payment shall be less
expenses.
Chester county temperance peo-
pie have endorsed Judge r. S. Cav
throp for election to the full term. He
is the Governors appointee.
The Allegheny county ballot will
measure 25 by 3S inches and be print
ed on both sides.
Charles o. Schroyer, Republican
county chairman of Fayette has ar
ranged that the Republican county
committee will move into new head
quarters in Uniontown. The announce
ment by Chairman Schroyer virtually
means that the Republican nominees
for the county offices will begin a
whirlwind campaign to continue until
the election on November 2, just two
weeks off.
Resolutions expressing Republican
appreciation for the successful efforts
of City Chairman David H. Lane to
bring sbouts an agreement on candi-
dates this year that meant a united
party, were presented to the veteran
a 6nF- 1nGk tayl.f aN 4.
Twentieth Ward Republican Execu-
tive Committee in Philadelphia prior
to the entrance of Mayoralty Candi-
date, Mr.. Smith. and the other cam
paigners on their tour of the wards.
At Pittsburgh the ballot boxes.
which had been taken to the court
house from the many precincts
throughout Allegheny county in which
fraud was alleged to have been per-
petrated in the recent primary cleo
ton, were removed to the County Jail
by order of the court. Judge John d.
Shafer signed a petition filed by Dis
trict Attorney r. II. Jackson, who re-
quested the Court to allow the ballot
boxes to remain in the custody of the
district attorney and the county COM
missioners, until such time as the
pending criminal actions could be
prosecuted by the Commonwealth. Mr..
Jackson declared he wished to use the
ballot boxes as evidence against those
persons who will have been indicted
for election irregularities by the time
the Commonwealth is prepared to be-
gin the prosecution.
CAMPAIGN NOTES
The eastern end OF the county not
only makes good farmers, but it pro-
duces campaign orators par excellence,
as well. The latest development in
that line is F. B. Snavely, Republican
candidate for poor director. Aside
from having charge of some 5000 or
1000 acres of land attached to the
Hershey farms, Mr.. Snavely is busi-
ness man of no mean ability and he
finds time to go about the county
evenings making the kind of speeches
that people like to hear. This Fall
marks his first appearance on the
stump but he goes at his job like a
veteran and is making scores of
friends thereby.
1t has been TWENTY-FIVE wears sinee