Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
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lative elections by organizations
which are considered as likely to
spring from the Committee of One
Thousand at Pittsburgh. This COM
mlttee, which seems to be going about
things more systematically than the
COMMITTEE of One Hundred and other
organizations in Philadelphia, is un-
derstood to have considerable sup
port In other counties and may prove
to be big factor in the selection of
Legislators
At the meeting held in Pittsburgh
last night j. Denny O'Neil, Ex-
Speaker George e Alter and others
were participants. The committee has
hand in legislative primaries. The
men connected with it are all in favor
of local option and good govern
ment.
Governor Brumbaugh Joined the
PennsylVanians at Washington to-day
in the work for Philadelphia. The
Governor will meet men of promi-
nence in the national Republican or
| ganization.
Reading is all fused up over the |
same troubles that York had regard |
ing the term of its mayor. The ques |
ton whether the term of the new
mayor begins on December l and not
| on January L was raised yesterday by
ICouncilman-elect William Abbot Wit
man. who contends that the present
| chief magistrates term expired on
December /. Mr.. Whitman bases his
allegations on the fact that the may
| ors of both York and Easton retired
! from office on December /, admitting
they were no longer eligible to serve. |
The new city father served notice
yesterday that he did not propose to
permit Mayor Stratton to swear him
! in, asserting that he no longer
possesses the essential legal powers.
In denying Mr.. Witman's contention,
Mayor Stratton points to the
provision of the Clark law, specifying
the first Monday in January as the
day. for the organization of the in
coming council.
internal Revenue Collector Led
erer yesterday announced that he had
appointed Hugh ]. Harllins, of Bristol
as a deputy for the section compris-
| ing the lower parts of Bucks and
Eastern Montgomery counties. The
vacancy which Harkins will fill was
! caused by the resignation of George
Shellenberger of Doylestown.
old Guard forces and Palmerites
at Luzerne courthouse yesterday di- |
Vided the offices, when the Demo- |
cratic plum tree was shaken. NJ. j.
Mclaughlin, elected to the Office of
county commissioner, broke the old
rule by refusing to appoint a relative
to any of tho clerkships Friends of
Garman were well taken care of by
Mclaughlin.
Judges Stewart and Brodhead at
Easton yesterday named a new board
of prison inspectors to serve five
years from January 1. The board con-
sists of d. f. Balentine and Amos
Turner, Easton; Oliver Labar, Ban
gor; James Mcbride, South Bethle-
hem, and DR.. o. D. Schaeffer, Naz-
areth.
Mayor elect Thomas B. Smith, of
| Philadelphia, is having busy times
these days. He said yesterday that he
had not switched his cabinet officials
The new mayor was given high praise
! by Mayor Blankenburg in a speech
| last night
Lebanon county is now being
threatened with an election probe.
The district attorney yesterday gave
notice to the court that he would ask
the January grand jury to look into
charges which have been made.
The Schuylkill county court yes
terday placed the ballot box of North
Mannheim township in the custody of
committee of which a woman is
one. The township has no justice,
hence the committee.
Pittsburgh city employees are to
undergo a councilmanic probe. 1t
seems that the new council is look
ing into all sorts of matters and is
| getting as much startling informa-
tion as the late grand jury.
| The Washington party name was
preempted yesterday for Cumberland
county. AS in the case of the pre-
emptions for this county it attracted
some attention because people Won
n fnf~ hot I1l
/ done.
| F. w. Balthaser, former mem
Der from Reading, is out as candi-
date for Senator from Berks county
on the Democratic ticket.
Col. John Gribbel has been re-
| elected president of the Union
League at Philadelphia.
According to Norristown dis
patch THE die is cast for a fight be-
tween the organization and the re-
organization Democrats. Charles d. |
McAvoy, the deposed boss and the
| county chairman, Assemblyman
Christman, will, it is believed, run
| for delegate and as alternate to the
Democratic national convention as
anti-Wilson candidates and will be
opposed by John B. Evans of the
subtreasury in Philadelphia. and
Frank Harrigan, of Lower Merton.
McAvoy and Christman will also be
opposed to the denomination of r. E.
Difenderfer, who served two terms in
Congress and was defeated by Henry
| w. Watson, Republican. They will
| probably line up for a Bucks county
man."
The Philadelphia Ledger sajys:
THE politicians in Lehigh and Berks
! counties are greatly interested in the
/ national delegates contest. Avowed
candidates are Fred e. Lewis, who
has just stepped out as Bull Moose
! Congressman -at-large and B. Frank
Ruth. of Reading. In Lehigh there
are likely to be several candidates for
| Republican honors. including Colonel
E. NJ. Young, James L. Mausteller and
State Senator Horace w. Schantz. In
Berks, the aspirants include, besides
Mr.. Ruth, William Kerper Stevens,
ex-Mayor Stratton and eX-Judge Bu-
shong.
The IL Common Pleas Court
! judges of Allegheny county who will
select a county commissioner to fill
| the vacancy caused by the death of
John A. Martin, are being besieged
! by numerous Democrats who are
seeking this appointment, which will
be good for four years at an annual
salary of $4,000. The Democratic