Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
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BY the Ex-Conn,itteeman

| OHlclalS or the state Department
who have been inundated with queries
regarding the operation of the so per
cent. of the vote sole nominee clause
| of the nonpartisan acts, will likely
ask the opinion of the Attorney Gen.
eral If there is danger of any serious
'mixup" in any of the judicial con-
| tests. The department is not making
any rulings on the laws. Judging from
the tone of some of the inquiries which
have been made at the Capitol, there
will probably be some actions brought
in common pleas courts by candidates
who object to the manner in which
the act is beins interpreted in their
home districts.
| The official counts began in the
counties yesterday. but no one at the
| Capitol expects the official result for
| the state to be known for ten days at
tle least In former primary contests
| involving nominations for State offices
II mas been two weeks before ANYTHING
definite could be known as to results.
A striking illustration of that was fur
nlshed two years ago in the contest
1or the superior Court nominations
Under the law the State authorities
can only receive and record the official
| returns certified by county commits
sloners and it is a process as slow as
| the tabulation of official returns from
general elections
The general belief here is from
| vnofficial figures received that Judges
Or-ady and Head will be considered as
| Ie-elected to the Superior Court and
j; Henry Williams will probably be
GloSsed as elected unless w. d. Wal
lace polled a heavier vote in the west
hnF
senator Penrose yesterday, in
commenting upon the large majority
In favor of Thomas B. Smith, for
mayor of Philadelphia, said: THE re-
SUIT Oh the primaries in Philadelphia
| Ioreshadows great Republican vic
tory, clean sweep for the whole Re-
puohcan ticket and a service of notice
upon the country that Philadelphia is
once more occupying her logical place
at the head of the Republican cities
OF the Union and is the Gibraltar of
Kepublicanism in the great Republican
State of Pennsylvania The keystone
state Will this Fall renew her al
leglance to the Republican party ano
DIaze the way for a Republican vic
tory at the national election next year.
The primary vote in Philadelphia
served to accentuate popular disap-
proval of the Democratic economic
policies and to emphasize loyalty to
the principle of protection to Amer
lean industries"
An arrest. for information sworn
to and court orders for a search for
missing ballot boxes have resulted
from the close contest at Tuesdays
primary for the Republican nomina-
ton for prothonotary, sought by Will
liam B. Kirker and David B. Johns.
in Allegheny county.
A declaration yesterday by B..
Gordon Bromley, Democratic nominee
for mayor of Philadelphia against any
fusion deal with the independents.
may be taken as notice of the elimina-
ton of George D. Porter as a factor
in the coming mayoralty contest Ru-
dclph Blankenburg was elected mayor
by a plurality of less than $500 votes.
with an intense popular sentiment
aroused in his interest. He could
never have taken the oath of office if
he had not had his name upon the
Democratic ticket.
The Republican nominees in
Westmoreland county have been de-
cided as follows now that the retur.ls
are in: Sheriff, John E. Shields of
Greensburg; treasurer, A. d. Miller
Manor; register of Wills Edward E.
Cremer, Greensburg; recorder of deeds
county controller, James E. Bell; com
missioners, Berkey H. Boyd and w.
Dick Reamer; coroner, DIR. James
Harkins; county surveyor, Burgess
Ross, Ligonier.
Judge John Faber Miller may
have opposition after all for election
to the court of common pleas of Mont
gomery county, and his opponent may
be William F. Dannehower, who was
next to him in the number of votes
received at the primaries on Tues
day Attorney Charles D. McAvoy,
acting for Mr.. Dannehower yesterday
at Norristown called to the attention
of the commissioners the act of last
| June, which, he contended, requires
that before candidate for Judge is
entitled to be unopposed at the gen
eral election he must have received at
the primaries more than one-half of
all the ballots cast" not one-half of
the votes counted.
Robert D. Dripps, Philadelphia
councilman well known to many here,
has been named to succeed George d.
Porter as director of safety in Phila-
delphia.
| The official count in Lackawanna
Democratic primaries shows Repre-
sentative William Luxemburger to be
gaining in the contest for county con-
troller. 1t will take the official count
| to decide.
&C. P. HUT. one of Uniontown's
councilmen. got sixty per cent. of the
votes and goes on the ballot alone.
| j. p McGinty, Wilkes -Barre's
veteran city clerk, is dead. He served
a score or more of years.
| -Coatesville is having its first cam
paign as a third-class city and the
water supply is the big thing in the
town.
| Cumberland Democrats are now
| changing horses in crossing a stream
and 1t is doubtful If Finkenbinder can
do better as county chairman than did
| Mentzer.