Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-08
PetiEc4 III
Pe's~e4eoastia

mas beeH several times IleIlJloneu dS
a possible candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for United States
senator next year and who has been
talked or considerably since State
Chairman William f. Crow declared
he would not run, has thus far de-
clined to indicate his attitude. The
former governor is in Philadelphia,
hut refused to talk about the matter
yesterday afternoon.
Friends of the former governor, who
keeps his voting residence in Charlie
roi. are anxious to be for him ana
many are awaiting some declaration
before starting things.
Auditor General A. w. Powell Is
reported to have an ambition to be a
candidate for senator, and E. V.
Pabcock. a Pittsburgh lumberman, is
likewise willing.
1t is probable that as a result of
some disclosures regarding balloting
in boroughs of Allegheny county the
votes of whole districts may be thrown
out. Some idea of what was going on
Is given by this dispatch from Pitts
hurgh County Controller Hyatt NJ.
Cribbs, who was candidate for the
Republican nomination in the recent
primaries in Allegheny county, to-day
testified in court that John J. Gal
lagher, president of the election board,
and another man visited his office a
few days before the primaries and
offered, If Cribbs would make it in
teresting,' to see that he carried the
First ward in Braddock. Cribs, en-
differentiation candidate, lost the
district. which turned in the highest
vote in the county. to State Senator
John p. Moore. The unofficial vote
was: Moore, 4SS; Cribbs, 26."
H. L. Robinson, who ran for
judge in Fayette county, spent over
$1,100 while Judge Reppert, who was
nominated, spent SS75.
Director R. D. Dripps has re-
signed from Philadelphia city coun-
Gil.
The independent movement in
Philadelphia received a smashing blow
yesterday when Howard r. Sheppard,
long Identified with the Committee
of One Hundred, came out for Thomas
B. Smith and the Republican ticket
in Philadelphia. He highly praises
Mr. Smith.
None of the Philadelphia mayor
atty candidates spent more than $50
to be nominated.
Unless restrained by the court the
county commissioners will place the
name of John V. Kosek on the ballot
as a sole candidate for mayor of the
city of Wilkes-Barre and the name
of Martin c. Murray as a preferred
candidate for the office of council.
Mayor Kosek demanded a certified
copy of the nonpartisan vote and his
vote for mayor. The request was COM
piled with after County Solicitor Will
liam S. Mclean, Jr., canvaSSed the
vote with the clerical force in the
commissioners office. The office total
of nonpartisan ballots cast was given
as 10,901 while the mayors vote was
5,492.
Senator Boies Penrose was given
every assurance that Bedford county
would go Republican next month and
was also given boosts for the presi-
dency while at Bedford yesterday.
The senator found that the Bull
Moosers were going back to the party
as pronouncedly as in the anthracite
regions. A Bedford dispatch says:
Senator Penrose, in addition to
talking politics with the Republican
| leaders attended the county fair
where he delivered an address and last
night was the guest of honor at a
dinner rendered by well-known citi-
zens of Bedford. At the fair he was
presented by John H. Jordon, former
| United States district attorney, who
praised his public service and refer
| red to him as one or the country
| great statesmen. On the platform
with the senior senator were many
Bedford county men of prominence,
including John M. Reynolds, former
| lieutenant-governor Joseph e.
Thropp, former member of Congress
from the Twentieth district and lead
er of the Bull Moose movement in
| this section of the State; H. G,
! James, chairman of the Republican
cunty committee and candidate for
district attorney, and John G. Cham
berIain. A large crowd gathered to
hear Senator Penrose speak. He was
cheered when he declared that While
he did not believe the United States
would become involved in the Euro
pean war, the country should have a
modern army and modern navy. as
a protection in any emergency that
may arise. Congressman B. K. Focht,
also addressed the crowd, briefly re-
ferring to Senator Penrose as presi-
dental possibility.