Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-04
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Pe~neqeSo~io
By the Ex-Committeeman

/ cial election of December 16, 1873. In
I the case of the woman suffrage
amendment more than twice as many
votes were east as on the question of
adoption of the document.
The figures compiled at the Office
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
show that S26.3s2 votes were cast on
the woman suffrage amendment. The
vote on the adoption of the constitu-
tion in 1873 was 362,33S of which
25S,744 were for ratification. The vote
last month on the second amendment,
which was the Philadelphia debt
, question, aggregated 552,192; on the
third, which enables the Legislature
to pass laws to make worllmen's COM
pensation compulsory, there were
661,303 votes cast and on the fourth
| amendment, relative to real estate
conveyances, 532,253.
Until this year the highest number
of votes ever cast on an amendment
was 559,477 on the proposed road
loan in 1913, which was defeated.
Democrats of the counties in the
Ninth internal revenue district are
taking a tremendous interest in the
developments in the Davis charges in
which the Lancaster reorganizer is
accused of violating some federal
statutes. incidentally the Lancaster
Democrats are showing signs of a real
Attacks on the small council sys-
tenn are being made in Pittsburgh
where EX-Mayor Magee and Mayor
Armstrong are quoted as against the
system. Nothing seems to suit the
Pittsburgh leaders as system of gov
ernment. 1t is only a few years since
the whole system was changed. They
are as tired of it now as are some of
the third class cities of the commits
sion form of government which they
so heartily advocated two years ago.
w. III. Deepen is to become deputy
treasurer of Northumberland county.
He is well known here.
The recent Democratic mayoralty
vote in Philadelphia is said to have
been the smallest known in years.
There are suspicious that the re-
organization element voted with the
Franklin party in order to make the
vote small and thus furnish a chance
for some machine tactics against the
Philadelphia Old Guard.
-Ex-President Tafts visits
throughout the State are commencing
enjoys being able to speak his mind,
but the people are showing consider
able interest in what he says.
B. Frank Ruth, Reading council
man, is a candidate for national dele
gate to the Progressive national con-
Vention from the Berks-Lehigh dis
trict. Ruth was a Roosevelt dele
gate in 1912.
Recommendation that Mayor
Blankenburg be censured by the court
for everstepping the privileges of his
office in ordering police into polling
places on the last election day, in
violation of the letter and spirit of
the Shern law" was made yesterday
by the Philadelphia November grand
jury in its presentment to Judge Carr.
Charges by the mayor and others con-
nected with his administration that as
sistance was forced on thousands of
voters, were investigated by the Grand
Jury, with the result that it was found
that election officers had performed
their duties properly.
Reuben B. Kayser has been ap-
| pointed mercantile appraiser of Mont
gomery county.
The expense account for Judge
Criswell, of Venango, shows eXpendi-
| ture of S11 900.
Warrants for arrest of forty more
men for election frauds were ordered
| issued by District Attorney Jackson in
the upheaval of Pittsburgh politics
which has been going on for some
time The threat to clean up politics
seems to have been made good by
| Jackson.
Some big expense accounts are
being filed throughout the State. In
Luzerne county it seems that candi-
dates spent over $4,000, while in
Schuylllill their bills ran up to about
$4,000.
Congressman Thomas S. Butler,
chairman of the Republican delegation
! from Pennsylvania to-day issued call
for a meeting of the Keystone State
men at Washington next Monday
morning before the organization of
the House. This meeting will elect
it's officers for the coming session and
select the Pennsylvania member of
the Republican Congressional commit
tee. The Republican delegation is the
largest in recent years. There were
twelve Democrats in the House from
Pennsylvania in the last session. Their
number was reduced TO six in the No
vember election in 1914, giving the
, Republicans so of the So members
| Pennsylvania holds the banner for
Republicanism. THE time has come
when Pennsylvania members of Con-
gress should work for Pennsylvania
| legislation said Mr.. Butler. "Legis-
lation desired by Pittsburgh should
interest Philadelphia members just as
much as if a distinct Philadelphia
measure was pending. In other words.
| | propose to sound at this meeting a
new keynote, a stand-together spirit
! for Pennsylvania. We shall invite the
| Democrats to cooperate and political
lines will be forgotten, except when
partisan bills are under discussion"
| After comforting with a number
| of Organization leaders, Mayor elect
! Thomas i. Smith announced yester-
| day at Philadelphia that his cabinet
| is practically complete, with the eX-
ception of the office of Director of
| City Transit. but that the names
would not be made public before Tues
day of next week. Mr.. Smith expects
to go to Washington to-day to attend
a dinner in honor of Congressman
/ elect Isaac Bacharach, of Atlantic City
and will return to the city either Mon
day or Tuesday. Not only has the
Mayor-elect selected five of the six di-
rectors who will sit in his cabinet, but
| he has chosen their assistants also.
| The list selected, however, he an
nounced, may be subject to changes,
before it is made public. These
changes, the Mayor-elect declared,
would not be due to any political rea-
sons.
-Sheriff-elect L. A. Nagle an
nounced yesterday at Norristown that
he would reappoint w. w. Owen and
William Fl. Fox deputies and name
| Theodore Lane Bean solicitor in place