Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-01
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Pennsylvania s four congressmen-at-
large got together yesterday at York
for discussion of their interests and
divided up the appointments which
fall to the members representing the
whole State. They also planned q
number of things in the interest of
legislation for the State. Congress-
men ]. r. K. Scott and NJ. NJ. Garland
will name the appointees to West
Point and Congressman D. F. LaFean
and I. S. Crago the alternates. The
Annapolis appointments will be made
next year. The congressman were the
guests of Congressman LaFean.
1t begins to look as though some
booms were being exhibited in Phila-
delphia to draw out candidates for
mayor. George d. Porter, the direc-
tor of public safety, was boosted yes
terday at luncheon and a downtown
club doomed Congressman Ware.
Porter is backed by a number of in
dependents and it is said that their
activity is designed to get the mayor to
endorse Porter.
meeting at which the candidacy of ex-
Judge w. D. Wallace of New Castle,
for the Superior Court, was doomed.
A. Mitchell Palmer says that he is
going home to Monroe county to take
a rest and that he is not bothering
about politics. Just the same he was
in Washington with State Chairman
Norris looking after patronage early
this week.
Montgomery county's Democratic
committee must have had a joyous
meeting yesterday If the reports sent
out from Norristown are true. Ac-
cording to one story reorganization
Democrats were in control at a ses-
sion of the Democratic standing COM
NIT nf
nearly precipitated row among the
few members present after Chairman
Christman had made a strong plea for
harmony and united Democratic part
in the county in order to capture some
of the county offices to be filled in the
Fall. New rules formulated by the
Rules Committee in accordance with
the new laws were presented by the
"Old Guard" and were turned down
temporarily and ordered printed so
that all the committeeman might di-
gest them before finally adopted. This
action was opposed by Vice Chairman
Clark, one of the Old Guard, who saw
no necessity for the printing of the
rules because, as he stated, there were
no "jokers" in them, and only the date
Of the primaries had been changed.
Mr.. Clark said afterward that as a
member of the Rules Committee he for
one would not take the promises of
any one for the payment of the print
ing bill. Attorney Hartigan of Lower
Merton, opposed the adoption of the
rules on sight and offered to pay for
the printing himself. Further parley
was cut out by a motion to adjourn
coming from the Old Guard and car
ried."
The Allegheny county campaign is
exciting more than ordinary interest
this year because of the strenuous
manner in which the candidates are
working. It has reached the ex-roast
stage and picnics and meetings are
being held in every section of the
county.
The borough of Farrell has voted
$4,000 for improvements and the
borough of Berlin $4,000 for improve
ment of highways in conjunction with
the State and county.
A Reading dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Inquirer says: Great interest
is taken here in the decision of the
Luzerne county courts in which all of
their four judges agree, that Mayor
John Kosek of Wilkes-Barre, may run
for another term, as it is taken that
the same ruling applies to Mayor
Stratton, of Reading. Mayor Kosek
was in Reading recently seeking legal
advice on the subject, and it is be-
lieved that Mayor Stratton gave him
some valuable pointers in reference to
the Clark Commission law of 1918,
which has been construed in Luzerne
as permitting Mayors of third class
cities to succeed themselves, setting
aside the old law of 1889 in this re-
spect. Recently Governor Brumbaugh
vetoed the Catlin bill, which directly
specified that Mayors be permitted to
succeed themselves, but 1t is maintain
ed that the Governor and many with
him took the position that the Catlin
bill was not needed to make Mayors
eligible to run again. The decision OF
the Luzerne courts has somewhat
cleared the Mayoralty situation in
Reading. and it is believed that Mayor
Stratton will now announce himself
for a second term. possibly as an in
dependent Republican"