Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-08
Poe;t;cS III
Ps""O4esasia
BY the Ex-Commitseeman

AS expected the registration of Re
publicans in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh yesterday went ahead of the
Democrats and Bull Moosers by heavy
lead of the Republicans in Philadel-
phia is tremendous and in Pittsburgh
the Finn people went back to the
party. The registration on the first
day in Philadelphia this year was
124,157 for all parties. the Republi-
cans being far ahead. The second day
is expected to run close to 100000
September IL is the last day to
register in third class cities and next
week will pe tEe last in first and sec
ond class cities.
This item will interest good many
Harrisburgers 1t is taken from the
philadelphia Record: County Com
missioner Frank J. German yesterday
instituted proceedings in Common
Pleas Court No. 1, attacking the le-
gality of the nomination papers of
George F. Holmes for County Com
missioner on the Democratic ballot
and Joseph E. Fabian for County
Commissioner on the Washington
party ballot. German contends that
OF the Ill names on the Holmes petit
ton 35 are forgeries and that on the
Fabian petition of 104 names there
are many who are not qualified cleo
tors of the party. Judge Bregy will
hear the case on Saturday morning.
Municipal Court Judges Wheeler
and Bonniwell yesterday fatty denied
the story that they were to resign. 1t
had been reported that Wheeler would
retire to take up the practice of John
P. Connolly should he be elected City
Solicitor and that Bonniwell would
get out in order to take Federal job.
One of the most interesting fights
in the state just now is being waged
among the Democrats in Berks coun-
ty. The old time stronghold has a
number of men who are contending
for the mastery of the machine and
the fights started last year are crop
ping out.
Porter and Potter, the contending
candidates for the refrom nomination
for mayor of philadelphia are not
seeing much good in each other. Both
are insisting that they represent the
good of Philadelphia, however. Por-
ter denies that he is using policemen
and f1remen.
According to some of the news
papers one of the usual red hot fights
is being made against the Lancaster
county Republican organization. In
years gone by these red hot fights
have generally existed in imagination
phia.
The real fight in Lancaster is to
pry Uncle Ben Davis loose from the
Democratic machine, which despite
the fact that he is a federal office
holder he is bossing.
The division chairman of the
Democratic machine in this section of
the state is said to contemplate call
ing a meeting of the bosses soon af-
ter the primaries so that the breaches
may be healed up. The great machine
OF last fall is creaking in a good many
places.
"A Washington county review
says: Although three candidates for
judge of Washington county will be
voted on at the primaries September
21, it is generally recognized that the
contest lies almost wholly between
only two of them. One of these is
Judge Robert w. Irwin, who is seek
ing to succeed himself, and the other
is Norman E. Clark of Washington.
The third candidate is Samuel Am
spoken, also of Washington. Mr..
was the last of the trio to
announce and the strength he has
shown thus far has convinced Wash
ington county men in touch with poll
tics that his candidacy will prove of
consequence only as far as it might
affect that of the other two. Judge
Irwin is a Democrat and Mr.. Clark is
a Republican.