Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-27
STEINER GETS INTO
COMMISSIONER FIGHT
Former President Of Common
Council Files Petition Today;
Keefer in County Scrap

To-uay FORMAL entries into the pTl-
mary election contests as indicated by
the filing of candidates petitions in
cluded the presentation of the papers
! of Charles c. Steiner, former president
of common council under the old BIZ
cameral system, as a candidate for
City Commissioner. sir. Steiner who
lives at SIT North Sixth street, is
linotype operator and has been ar
filiated with the Harrisburg Typo
graphical Union for thirty years. He
! filed three petitions containing nearly
a hundred names, including business,
! professional men and labor union
men.
Charles S. Keefer. an Upper Pax
/ ton township Democrat and a stone
! cutter, formally entered the fight for
the county commssionership. His pa
| pers contain some 260 signers.
I Washington party papers were filed
! by Clarence o. Backenstoss. clerk to
Mayor John X. Royal, for the nomi-
! nation for alderman of the Ninth
/ ward. Other petitions included the
/ following:
Mervin f. Grunden. Republican,
judge of election, PaXtang; John II.
Shaner, Democrat. Seventh ward, al
/ derman; David Challenger, Washing
/ ton, constable, Ninth ward, city;
Charles E. Bowers. Republican, Judge
! ward; c. William Schreckengust Re-
publican, inspector of election, Ninth
! precinct, Ninth ward; Elmer H. John
/ son, Democrat, inspector of election,
| Third precinct, Twelfth ward; George
| w. MacWilliams, Democrat, alderman.
! Tenth ward; Cloyd +. Matter, Re-
publican, inspector of election, Fourth
precinct, Eleventh ward; Harvey ].
Miller, Republican, assessor. Third
ward; T. P. Carey. Republican, Judge
of election. Ninth precinct, Ninth
ward.
Washington party candidates for
Graft: Darius j. West. auditor; John
a. Willard, school director; Henry G.
Burlington, council; Monroe f.
Klinger, school director: ]. ]. Buff
fington, justice of peace: II. H. Um-
holtz. judge of election: Elias Shade,
inspector of election: Lewis Hoffman,
council; John e. Miller, council; d. f.
HOFFMAN. Justice of peace; Jacob Wit
mer, constable: William P. Umholtz,
council; John \. Willard. school di-
, rector. Gratz Republicans: Monroe
+. klinger and Harvey A. Shaefer.
school directors; Newton w. Miller.
inspector; D. f. Coleman, justice of
peace; Harper II. Umholtz, judge of
election. Lykens Republicans: Ed
ward Hartman, judge of election; Will
liam E. Brosius, school director; Ezra
| A. hoppenhaver, judge of election:
Jacob NJ. Wolfe, inspector: Monroe
Smeltz. school director; Jonathan
Schmeltz. constable.
Other candidates filed as follows
! Royalton: Samuel II. Ney. Democrat,
! justice of peace; A. X. Conrad, Repub-
| lican, judge of election: Second ward.
| Theophilus Burger. Democrat, con-
stable, Second ward; John Nj. Ruther-
ford. Republican and Democrat. jus
tice of peace: Lykens borough: Frank
l on
school director; William T. Evans,
| Democrat and Republican, school di-
| rector; W. l.. Sansom Republican.
| west ward, council; John b. Hopple,
Republican, auditor. West ward, Will
Jamestown; Richard McCready, Re-
puohcah' constable, West ward, Will
Jamestown; David Watkeys, Republi-
can. school director, East ward. Will
Jamestown; George Wren, Democrat,
Justice of peace; Jerry Il. Buggy,
Democrat. inspector of election. West
| ward, Williamstown: William +. Ste
phens. Jr., Republican, township treas
| urer, SWatara township: j. Allen Eel
ker, Republican. inspector of election.
west Londonderry township: George
| +, HOLMAN, Republican, supervisor
Derry township: Jacob S. Grubb. Re
publican precinct assessor. Derry
, township.
South Hanover township Republi-
| 4. Stal1er.
! judge OF election Nathan ]. Rasehore
school director: Thomas S. Wagner
inspector of election: Harry Longe-
necker. auditor: Samuel NJ. Gingrich,
auditor; John b. Strickier school di-
rector; Harvey E. Bose, school direc-
tor; Ross Long. inspector of election.
Ihese East Hanover township Repub-
Hcans put in papers: Harry A. Hamp-
ton Justice of peace; Amos Kreiser.
constable: Arthur Hampton, inspector
of election: Charles Krum. school al
rector; Adam S. Rhoads, school direc-
tor; Samuel S. Wagner. inspector OF
election: j. Adam Rainier auditor.
me FOLLOWING Hummelstown Re-
publicans filed: Robert S. Louer. high
constable; James II. Barclay. inspec-
tor of election. First precinct: vii
! liab ii. Coppenhaver. high constable
william ii: Coppenhaver ward con-
peace; William A. lands. iudpe ~
election. First precinct