Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-28
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By the Ex-Committeeman

The time for filing petitions to be
candidates for county or municipal
offices will expire all over the State
every city, every borough and every
township come stories of lively in
terest in politics with Republicans
united, Democrats quarreling over the
way the patronage has been parceled
out, Washingtonians struggling to
keep from being submerged in the
return to the party" movement and
in many cases falling below the Pro-
hlbitionists and Socialists in the regis
tration and enrolment.
Governor Brumbaughs intention to
keep out of local contests at the pri-
mary, as expressed in his appreciation
or an editorial to that effect in the
Harrisburg Telegraph, is being rec
oenized all over the State. Only in
places where the Democrats have bit
ter factional quarrels, as in Dauphin
then by Democrats trying to foment
trouble.
The reports of the registration on
Thursday in the third class cities show
the paralysis of the Democratic party
party Without exception the third
class cities show big jumps in the Re-
publican registration, declines in the
Democratic registration and only frag-
uents for tho Washington party. 1t
is small wonder that Democratic news
papers and bosses are trying to create
the impression that Governor Brum-
baugh is taking q hand in local poll
tics. The Democratic organization of
two years ago seems to be following
the Washington party organization of
two years ago into the shades.
The nominating petition of City
Controller z. S. Morrow. of Pitts
burgh, nonpartisan candidate for re-
election, is signed by E. S. Bigelow.
Mayor Armstrong, w. J, Bremen and
William Finn.
Members of the Public Service Com
mittee of One Hundred of Philadel-
phia decided last night to organize q
new party, entirely municipal in it's
character, for the purpose of attract
ing citizens to vote for independent
candidates for mayor and the various
city and county offices who might OBJ
ject to allying themselves with any
one of the three national parties Di-
rector of Public Safety George D. Por-
ter in all probability will be the
nayoralty candidate of the new party
and full slate will be agreed upon
later. which will be exactly the same
as the ticket named at the primary
by the Washington party, unless the
Democrats agree to fusion.
Congressman William S. Ware yes
terday signed his name to papers
placing him on the primary ballot as
candidate for the Republican
mayoralty nomination and permitted
his friends and followers to file the
papers in the office of the county COM
nIissioners. The congressman thus be-
comes candidate openly, although in
speech to delegation of business
men who called upon him and urged
him to run he again withheld the
actual announcement of his candidacy,
| saying that he would reach a decision
later. This gives him loophole to
withdraw, if he should decide not to
run at any time between now and
September z.
Louis ]. Kolb and A. Merritt Taylor
yesterday announced that they would
| not be candidates for mayor of Phila-
delphia, thus narrowing down the
candidates. The partisans of George
Fl. Earle, 'Ir., are still booming him,
but he is silent whether he will be a
| candidate.
The Democrats in Allegheny, Lack
awanna and several other counties are
in the midst of a row almost as bad as
that which is shattering the Democracy
| of Dauphin.
Reading appears to have q free-for-
all race for mayor and from all ac-
counts there may be some dark horses
sprung.
Joseph N. MackreI, Pittsburgh
| neWspaperman well known here, is a
candidate for council in Pittsburgh.
Carbon county is in the midst OF
ono of the most lively campaigns ii
has ever known. Most of the men
who have been in Office in the last
| fifteen years are candidates.