Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-01
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Governor Martin G. Brumhaugh is
having hard time to get appoint
ments made to vacancies because of
the rush of people to urge appoint
ments. The Governors time while at
the Capitol has been practically taken
up In seeing delegations, including
legislators, who are seeking to have
appointments made. So much time
has been taken up in this manner that
the Governor has been clearing up his
mail and other important matters at
the executive mansion. 1t is believed
that the important appointments such
as Secretary of Agriculture, Water
supply Commissioner and others will
come along in few lays.
Several members of the Legisla-
ture, who have oeen seekers after
places, have apparently lost sight of
the fact that the constitution prohibits
members of the general assembly from
accepting places of profit by appoint
ment during their terms. Several
members of the last House are under
stood to have been after places, but
found the constitutional bar.
The boom launched for Senator
Boies Penrose for the Republican
nomination for President at the p. O.
5. of A. meeting in Baltimore appears
to have attracted considerable atten-
ton in other States. The senator de-
clined to talk about it yesterday, but
relterates his belief that the next presi-
dent would be Republican.
Cambria county Republicans ap-
pear to be getting together and pre-
pairing for a lively campaign. 1t is
predicted that they will sweep things
The Franklin party war board
met yesterday in Philadelphia to plan
the campaign. 1t is said that George
w. Carr, well-known here as a leader
of insurgent movements, is being con-
sidered for the chieftain.
-Philadelphia is ''all het up" over
the post office changes in that city.
Postmaster Thornton returned yester-
day from Washington where he was in
conference for several days with Off
Gals of the Post Office Department.
He declined to make and comment on
the tube agitation or on the appoint
ment OF the two Washington postal ex-
perts who were ordered to Philadel-
phia by Postmaster General Burleson
to improve the service there.
Recount of the vote cast in the
first six wards of Pittsburgh at the
primary election proceeded yesterday
under order of Court and developed
irregularities, not only for the candi-
waves LOA DuI county
Commissioner as well. George Z. AL
ter, former speaker of the House of
Representatives, when into court with
nfteen petitions asking a recount in
as many districts. The districts were
not specified, and Court refused the
order until that information was pro-
Vided. The eX-speaKer sprung the SEN
sation of the ballot, scandal when he
moved to throw out the entire Repub-
Ilrnn n IA fret ,,.I t.,
dock and offered the ballots them
selves as proof that at least 200 had
been marked by one or the other of
two men.
Attorney Clarence D. Coughlin,
OF Wilkes Barre, was elected Republi-
can county chairman of Luzerne at a
meeting in the office of Attorney John
Halsey, whom Mr.. Coughlin succeeds.
George Williams and Jesse Briggs
were appointed secretaries. Campaign
plans were discussed tentatively and
1t was generally agreed that the pros
poets for a sweeping Republican vic
tory this Fall are bright, if the can
didates put the same vigsr in the
campaign as was evinced before the
primaries. Mr.. Halsey has served as
county chairman three years, 1912-13-
IA. The chairman is elected for a
year, or until his successor is chosen.
Allegations of fraud, which, if
substantiated will give the Democratic
nomination for county controller to
P. H. Durkin with a plurality of 442
votes over William LuXemberger, were
presented to court at Scranton We'd
nesday. This was the first move to
prove the frequent charges of cleo
tion trickery in the Democratic camp
made by Attorney c. c. Donovan, rep
resenting Mr.. Durkin. The allegations
were contained in petitions to the
court asking that ballot boxes in the
suspected districts be sent for and the
vote for this office be recounted.