Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-17
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Judges Orlady and Head appears to
be pretty certain among men who fol-
low politics in the State and there is
a very pretty contest on between ].
Henry Williams, of Philadelphia, and
ex-Judge w. d. Wallace, of New Cas-
tie, for the third place. The former
judge is making as strong a campaign
In the western counties as are the par
tisans of Mr.. Williams in the East.
The Lackawanna county bar yes
terday endorsed Judges Orlady and
Head and Mr.. Williams after adopting
resolutions deploring the fact that
President Judge Charles E. Rice was
not a candidate for another term. The
action OF the Lackawanna bar is sig
nificant as it is one of the largest in
the State.
Governor Brumbaugh got to Phil
adelphia too late to register yester-
day. A telegram was sent here to tell
him that 1t would be too late, but it
was not delivered until the train
passed Lancaster. The governor was
told about it when he reached Phila-
delphia. We'll, If 1 can't register 1
can't that is all there is to it," said
the governor.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
says: When the Public Service Com
mittee of One Hundred meets to-day
the issue will be determined as to
whether George D. Porter, Director
of Safety under the Blankenburg ad-
ministration, or Sheldon Potter, Di-
rector of Public Safety during the lat
ter part of Mayor Weavers term, shall
be indorsed for Mayor whether 1t shall
be decided to make no choice and
leave the problem to be settled by the
voters at the primary election next
Tuesday. There is a clean-cut fight
between Potter and Porter and the
committee may conclude that the best
interest for the reform movement is
to let the primary vote settle the ques-
ton"
The Democrats of Lackawanna
county appear to have adopted the
tactics of the Democratic bosses who
are seeking to frame up fusion in this
county because at a meeting held in
Scranton few days ago the executive
committee of the Democratic county
committee ratified the action of the
city committee in endorsing the can
didacy of l.. ]. Williams for county
commissioner. Representative Will
liam LuXemburger for county control
ler; DR.. ]. j. Bendick, of Olyphant,
for coroner and a. B. Dunning for
county surveyor; also the candidates.
of William F. MCGEE and Thomas
Evans for school director in the city
of Scranton.
-SchuyllIill county grand jury,
which has been investigating alleged
registration frauds in Mahanoy Town
ship, yesterday reported to Judge
Brumm that they found no gross ir-
regularities. They said the enroll
ment Act was not well observed last
year, because it was new and not un-
derstood, but this year it was more
generally enforced. In the Mahanoy
Townships some of the assessors live
at great distance from the voters
and for their convenience, voters were
allowed to leave their slips at Justice
William Kelly's office. Judge Brumm
sharply disagreed with the jury. He
said the plea that the laws were not
understood was poor excuse for their
violation. He said it was shown that
many registry slips were turned in by
one man and in the same handwrit-
ing, although the law requires that
the assessors interview the voters per-
sonally. After telling the grand jury
that the practice of transferring large
bodies of voters from one party to an
other each year in order to meet poll
tical eXigencies had to stop, Judge
Brumm discharged the jurors.
Speaking at Philadelphia last
night on the Smith candidacy, Cover
nor Brumbaugh said: My letters
were sufficient explanation of my
reasons for taking the action l did,
and l certainly See no reason for apol-
ogizing for anything l did, nor have
l any intention of so doing" he de-
clared. II did not discuss the Mayor
atty with Mr.. Smith, and while it was
true, as my letter to him indicated,
that he had been mentioned as a can
didate for Mayor, l had no reason then
to believe that he regarded the use
of his name seriously l was not in
terested in Mr.. Smith as a candidate
for Mayor, nor, in fact, was 1 directly
interested in the candidacy of any
other man. l did not even know Con-
gresham Vares mind as respects his
candidacy. 1 did not question him on
the matter and he did not enlighten
me. If 1 have anything further to
say on the Mayoralty situation l will
not know that 1 will have anything
more to say"
The Rev. George w. Sheldon. a
Pittsburgh minister, who travelled
part way with the Governor, is quoted
as saying at Pittsburgh: "On the way
back from Fort Wayne Governor
DIulubdu6n repeatedly spoke OIL MT.
O'Neil's prospects for reelection. He
was very anxious to learn all particu-
lars regarding his campaign. l told
him that we felt assured of Mr..
O'Neil's election if the people who had
registered would vote on election day.
Governor Brumbaugh was much
pleased and said that he would do all
that he could to further the cause of
Mr.. O'Neil for the reason that Mr..
O'Neil and he stood for the same
cause"
announcement was made at
Scranton yesterday by Internal Reve-
nue. Collector Fred Kirkendall for the
18th District of two registrations in
his office, and the consequent appoint
ments to fill the vacancies. Warren
B. Dreher, of Stroudsburg, for many
years secretary to Congressman A.
Mitchell Palmer. was named chief
clerk in place of G. n. Lemaster, of
Lancaster. John Mulligan, of Lans-
ford, who has been an internal reve-
nue. collector, is succeeded by T. F.
Mullaney, of Scranton. Leo A. Cros-
sin. Scranton, is transferred to PhiIa-
delphia, to look after delinquent in
come taxes.
Politicians Day which the man
agement of Mount Holly Springs Park
plans to establish as an annual field
day for politicians in that section, was
held yesterday at that resort Gabriel
H. Meyer, Palmyra, and A. Nevin
DIETRICH, Chambersburg State chair
man for the Washington marty were