Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-16
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BY the Ex-Committeemap

some hard raps in the Dauphin county
court late yesterday when Judges
kunkel and McCarrell heard the two
mandamus proceedings instituted since
Attorney General Brown announced
his ruling on the method of computa-
ton. In the action of S. II. Husel-
ton, OF Pittsburgh, to compel all
names to be certified for the superior
court ballot his attorney, c. w. KahIe,
declared that there were uncertain
ties which jeopardized the fairness of
a return, while George Wentworth
Carr, of Philadelphia, counsel for
Fred S. Drake, a candidate for Court
NO. 2, In Philadelphia, said that the
nonpartisan act had made mischief in
the state. He followed this up by re-
marking that clauses were so unin-
telligible as to be unenforceable. The
court rendered no decisions and at the
| conclusion OF an argument lasting
! nearly all day asked for briefs.
John G. Johnson, who appeared
with Jesse E. B. Cunningham for somo
| OF the candidates, contended that the
| sultors had failed to make out cases
and that human experience must be
! taken into account in determining
| what voters intended to do Mr. Carr
! insisted that there were two methods
which had to be used in computing
votes in Philadelphia and that in court
No. nominations the attorney gen
| erals plan really made three sole
nominees for two places. He said that
Joseph Rogers was sole nominee by
| one method while for court No.
Thomas d. Finletter was sole nominee
| by another. The attorneys in both
cases asked for decisions which would
| clarity the procedure, pointing out
that the rules laid down this year
would affect supreme court nomina-
tions.
Paul A. Kunkel, Democratic candi-
date for district attorney and Detec-
tive George Schuyler are canvassing
the county together these days
Schuyler is said to be Kunkel's cam
pa1gn manager. 1t is also said that
in case of Kunkel's election he would
be the next county detective.
John II. Eby, county commissioner,
and Harry c. Wells, sheriff, are bat
ting each other all over the back lots
these days in their scramble for the
minority county commissonership
Both are proceeding on the assump-
ton that this is a Republican year,
that the best the Democrats can do is
land one of the commissionerships, to
which they are entitled by law, and
each is campaigning with the hope
of being the lucky candidate to get
majority of the Democratic vote
cast.
The Republican campaign in
Philadelphia, which it is predicted will
end in a victory by from 100000 to
10000 majority, opened in lively
style last night. The Philadelphia
Inquirer to-day says of it: Initial
meetings of the Republican Mayoralty
campaign were held last night in West
Philadelphia, Manayunk and the
northern section of the city Thomas
Is. Smith, the nominee for mayor, fol-
lowed up his progressive platform an
nounced earlier in the week with a
vigorous amplification of a construc-
tive policy in which he elaborated
upon his views regarding the imme-
date completion of all public i'm
provements now under way and the
inauguration of an era of municipal
development and expansion in every
direction The most sensational fea-
ture of the nights campaigning were
attacks made upon George ID. Porter |
the Franklin Party nominee for
Mayor and the Blankenburg admins
tration by John P. Connolly, Re-
publican candidate for City Solicitor"
Senator Boies Penrose is in Provi- |
dence to attend a meeting of the
Southern New England Textile Club
Where he Will deliver an address A |
delegation representing the textile |
manufacturers met the Senator upon
his arrival and there was a dinner in |
his honor. United States Senator
Lippitt. former Lieutenant Governor
Burchard and other prominent Rhode
the Senator as a public man. Senator
Penrose expects to remain in Provi- |
dence until Sunday night, when he
will leave for Philadelphia
From all accounts the Bull Moose |
movement in Schuylkill county is !
dead Leroy Enterline, of Ashland. !
the nominee for County Controller;
John T. Shoener, of Orwigsburg, the
nomine for Prothonotary, and DR.. Fl. |
+. Hess, of Pine Grove, nominee for |
Coroner, have notified the executive |
committee of the party that they de- |
cline to run. VIM. f. Moody of Ire |
mont and John H. Heffner of Tamauua
respective candidates for Register of
Wills and Recorder of Deeds are to
follow suit. They will all support the
Republican ticket.
There will be no insurgency in
Allegheny county on the part of Coun-
ty Commissioner ]. Denny O'Neil. |
Yesterday Mr.. O'Neil stated that he
would abide by the decision of the Re-
publican primary and would not seek
to procure a seat in the commission
ers' Office outside the fold of the Re-
publican party. At the same time Mr..
O'Neil stated that he did not propose
to retire from active politics, but
would be heard from in the future as
a candidate for some State office. This !
statement is accepted as an announce
ment that Mr.. O'Neil will be candi- |
date for United States Senator next !
year or for Governor of Pennsylvania |
in 1918. He also intimates that he !
will be one of the leaders in the fight !
for local option at the next session of |
the Legislature.
A Pittsburgh dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Ledger says THE frauds in |
the recent primary elections have be- |
come so pronounced in the investiga- |
tions being carried on by Judges Reid |
Carpenter, Shafer and Evans, that |
every one is asking where it is going |
to end? Developments to-day in the |
office of Alderman P. ]. Sullivan indi-
cate that the end is far off. Twenty |
five additional arrests were made of /
election officials from different parts |
of the county, bail being given in each !
case. Later the men will have q |
hearing in the Investigations now be- |