Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-13
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, By the Ex-Commitsecman

The interesting information comes
from Allegheny county that there is a
possibility of County Commissioner J.
Denny O'Neil becoming candidate
for State Senator at next years Re-
publican primaries. Mr.. O'Neil was
defeated for denomination for Allie
gheny county commissioner after a
redhot fight and because of his prom
inence he has been put to the front as
available timber for the Senate.
Mr.. O'Neil lives in McKeesport,
which is in the district formerly rep
resented by Auditor General A. w.
Powell and now represented by Sena-
tor w. s. Mckee. Mr.. O'Neil will
make local option his war cry and IL
he should be elected he will be the
local option leader in the Senate.
George D. Porter, late Independent
! candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia,
made known his future political policy
yesterday in statement as to the plans
| for the Franklin Party campaigners.
Mr.. Porter said: All the workers in
the Independent movement should be
kept together The organization in the
Ilate campaign was the best the Inde-
pendents ever had. l am not out of
the Independent fight by any means,
but believe the next big fight will be
made within the Republican party at
the coming Presidential primaries"
Frank P. Slattery, successful candi-
date for district attorney in LuZerne,
yesterday handed out plums by nam
ing assistants and detectives. Slattery
is Garman Democrat, and he was
liberal in the distribution of his pat
ronage among Garmanites The fol-
lowing received appointments: Arthur
| l.. Turner, Wilkes Barre; Edwin
Shortz, Jr., Wilkes Barre; A. I. Walsh,
Pittston: John S. Lopatto, Wilkes
Barre, and Leo Schwartzkopf, Pittston,
assistants. William Moyles, Laurel
Run; p. ]. Conley, Courtdale: Bernard
McCabe, East End. Thomas Arnold,
Hazleton. county detectives. Frank
Nj. Black, of Nanticoke, private secre-
tary.
The Allegheny county Republican
leaders are having a hard time be-
tween Knox and Babcock for United
States Senator and do not seem to be
able to make up their minds whom
to support. Meanwhile friends of
both men are getting busy with their
organizations and intend to make
things ready.
| Mayor Ira w. Stratton, of Read
ing. who was here yesterday to see
| the Governor. is believed to be in line
for State appointment of some kind.
| The Lackawanna county grand
| jury has issued this finding on the
frauds occurring in that county: I'VE
| find that the above fraudulent and
criminal alterations of the primary re-
turns were made while said Nreturns
were in the legal custody of the coun-
county and that these alterations
were made either by some one Off
cially connected with the commission
er's office or were probably, as rumor
has it, by persons who were permitted
| by some one connected with the said
Office to have access to these returns
so that they might effectuate their dis
honest designs"
| Next May the first primary election
at which presidential delegates at
| large will be elected by the voters of
| the State will be held in Pennsylvania
and the election is already attracting
attention. 1t is likely that there will
| be plenty of contests for the honorS in
all parties. The first work will be
done on the ninth Tuesday preceding
| the primary, which will be on the
third Tuesday of next May. when tho
notices of the places to be filled will
be issued.-The election of presiden-
tial electors at large will be for the
same number as in 1912, being gov
| erned by the size of the congressional
delegation. The usual gossip as to
delegates is heard and the names of
the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
are heard as two of the members of
the delegation. At the primary there
will also be nominated candidate for
Supreme Court to succeed the late JUS
tice John p. Elkin.
| Slowness in the filing of official re-
turns of the recent election has been
more marked than in years when
bigger elections have been held and
efforts have been made by telephone
and telegraph to speed up the officials
in late counties. The election is ten
days gone and hardly three -fourths of
the counties have filed their returns.
Some of the late counties have very
small votes and none of those held up
have the cause of Philadelphia. Alle-
gheny or Luzerne. Schuylkill county,
which is among the first ten in votes
filed a week ago. and big counties
Lackawanna, Westmoreland, Lancas-
ter. Washington, Erie and Montgom-
cry, have been in several days