Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
REGISTRATION IS
BIG FACTOR OF WEEK
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agement is now in the belief of many
Republicans more responsive to Re-
on the Republican party ticket this
year is to be elected and this as much
as anything else has drawn many can
didates into the field.
Manifestly the hopeless tangle of
the Democratic machine is responsible
for the silly attempts of the local
Democratic bosses to embroil the Re-
publican voters in a factional war that
will aid only the schemes of the ma
chine. More time is being spent by
them in misrepresenting Republican
conditions than in correcting their
own mistakes.
CumbIer and Stine
AS the primaries approach it be-
comes more and more apparent that
DR.. H. NJ. Slime, of this city, and
Charles c. Cumbler, of the lower end,
have the lead for county commits
sionership and unquestionably If
they are nominated they will be
elected. Cumbler and Slime have the
backing of the organization following,
and while they will have no opposition
from the so-called "Old Guard" they
will go into the courthouse unpledged
to anybody and on a platform of
SCOlolllS anu pTOBTeSSlNeneSS IN COun-
ty affairs. 1t has been long recognized
that the city should have representa-
ton in the county commissioners
office on the majority side of the board
and those who are supporting Slime
say they did not induce him to run
but got behind him when they dis
covered his desire to give the city a
candidate Cumbler is a well-known
Republican and as treasurer of the
county committee aided in the election
OF Senator Beidleman and was very
prominent in the Brumbaugh cam
paign last Fall. ]. william Bayles,
alderman of the Seventh ward;
G. NJ. Bowerman and Charles
H. Harman are also actively in the
race for county commissioner on the
Republican ticket.
w. W. Caldwell's friends are pick
ing him as winner for the nominal
ton as sheriff. Caldwell has also been
aligned with the reorganization ele-
ment, and as city highway commits
sioner has record for efficiency only
equaled by that as warden of the
county Jail, where he has instituted a
system of management that has been
commended repeatedly by the State
Board of Charities. Ex-Sheriff Fletch-
er is busy as a bee with his candidacy
for the same Office and is telling his
friends that it is only a question of
majority. He claims to have the sup
port of former Prison Warden Meetch,
Uncle John" McIlhenny and Harry
L. Hershey, although it is known that
for a time at least this support might
have gone to Caldwell, whose prison
warden record is regarded as strong
card. However, Col. Meetch's phiIo-
scphical observations and political ad-
vice are missing this season, he and
his son Harry having left some time
since on one of the extended hunting
-. ~ - H. l.
delight An interesting feature of the
primary is the doubt as to Col.
Meetch, one of the older party lead
ers. 1t has been known for some
time that he has been desirous of re-
tiring from the political game and the
fact that he has left with his son on
his annual shooting trip on the At
lantic coast gives color to this gos-
sip.
The recordership race is a three
cornered contest with James E. LentZ,
of Elizabethville; William S. Tunis, of
Harrisburg, and Frank J. Roth, as
candidates. Lentz, as vice-chairman
of the Republican county committee,
has been prominent for years as an
independent and was chosen to repre-
sent the upper end of the coun v in
1912 when the old party rules we're
abandoned and the new progressive
rules put in force. For a year or more
1t has Deen known LndJ ne nad record
ership aspirations and when he came
down with the names of all but three
of his townsmen Republicans on his
petition the reorganization leaders
turned in for him. William S. Tunis
has to his credit several terms in the
legislature and is banking on his fire.
men, baseball and capitol park ex-
tension work in the past to make votes
for him. He is supported by Former
Revenue Collector Hershey and John
H. McIlhenny. among the leaders.
Frank Roth has been court
stenographer for years and has