Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-11
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The DEVELOPMENTS in Allegheny
county appear to have attracted more
attention throughout the state than
anything else the last few days. The
Philadelphia contest has long been set
tied and the Superior Court nomi-
nations are practically determined, so
that interest naturally has gone to the
! place whore the row is the fiercest.
u now seems probable that there will
be an independent movement in the
county. Such things have happened
before and this year it looks as though
O'Neil, Finn and others who have not
been pulling together will make COM
mon cause. The names of a couple of
new parties have been pre-empted and
full-fledged fusion movement is
threatened. However, it is not re-
garded as probable that 1t will extend
outside of the county and it will have
nothing to do with any independent
movements started preliminary to next
year.
Lancaster Democrats are having
their troubles again. 1t is all because
one of the candidates takes the bosses
OF the Democracy at their word and
says that there are no orders out.
Amos ). Hess, of Gap, one of the two
candidates for county commissioner
nominated at the late primary election,
has declared that he will not withdraw
from the ticket. Democratic leaders
have always contended that F. p. ID.
Miller, the present Democratic repre-
sentative on the board of county COM
missioners, was elected through Re-
publican votes, and to prevent a re.
cuIrence of the tactics which elected
him the Democratic county committee
in July adopted Il resolution decreeing
| that only the name the party can
didate having the highest vote at the
primary should go on the ballot. Mr..
Hess declares he, was not bound by
| that agreement. The Democratic lead
ers fear that Mr.. Hess action may
result in splitting the party and also
| injure the chances of DR.. NJ. L. Chad
| man. the Democratic candidate for
mayor.
Trouble over Montgomery's judicial
| ticket was averted Saturday when an
agreement was entered. into whereby
the name of William D. Dannehower,
OF Norristown, secretary of the Mont
! Somery County Bar Association, will
| appear on the ballot at the November
election with that of Judge John Faber
Miller. of Springfield township. The
parties to the agreement were the
| attorneys for the two candidates and
| the solicitor for the county commits
stoners. The agreement, which is the
| outcome of mandamus proceedings
| brought against the county commits
| sioners to compel them to put Mr.,
Dannehower's name upon the ballot,
was made at the opening OF the court,
with Judge Endlich, of Berks county,
sitting.
1t is regarded as unlikely that any
| election will be held this year for a
successor to Senator John P. Moore.
| His term as senator would have ex-
pired next year in any event.
The will of Justice John P. Elkin,
| Just probated, leaves everything to his
widow. The Justice was not wealthy
man, but had accumulated fair estate
in his home county.
-EX-Governor Samuel w. Penny
packer Is now being proclaimed in
favor of woman suffrage. He is said
to have stated that he will vote for IT.
The Franklin party is starting to
make noise in Philadelphia very
! much like what has been heard for
| the last half century.
| Chester county people believe that
Judge r: S. Gawthrop will be elected
| Tor the full term in November In a
review of conditions in the contest a
West Chester dispatch says: "J Frank
Hause, about whom the Democrats are
| chanting their war songs, is q lawyer.
pure and simple, skilled in all the in
tricaeies and antiquities of the law.
AS attorney for numerous license ap-
plicants and for the Liquor Dealers
Association, he will have the solid
| saloon vote and that affiliated. This,
rather than n pillar of strength, will
prove q sunken mine i'm that it will
antagonize the 200 Arthur T.. Parke
dry votes that fell at the primary and
which will naturally be thrown to
Judge Gawthrop, insuring his election.
! Some Democrats have the temerity to
claim these. but it is utterly impossible
to conceive of q dry vote goinF to a
| wet indga."