Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-10
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AS a result of Chief Justice Browns
ruling yesterday in the appeals from
the decision of the Schuylkill county
court holding that nine inspectors can
not be elected this year, the names of
the candidates will go back on the bal
lot and elections be held, the question
whether they can be legally elected
TO be determined later. This will en-
able elections to be held for mine in
spector in the other counties of the
district without interference by ac-
tions.
A Pottsville dispatch on the matter
says: The names of Mine Inspec-
tors Archie b. Lamb, of Shenandoah,
and P. c. Fenton, of Mahanoy City,
candidates for reelection, which were
ordered off the ballot on the Republi-
can ticket for the approaching primar-
les by the Schuylkill county court
last Monday were to-day ordered back
on the ballot by Justice Brown of the
supreme Court. Counsel for the mine
inspectors appealed from the local de-
cislon, which was, in effect. that mine
inspectors are State officers and not
county officers, and therefore cannot
be voted for this year While not de-
gliding this question, Justice Brown
allows the election to proceed, but IL
the local court is upheld, the election
will be invalid
Tomorrow is the last registration
day in the cities of the State and it
Is expected that there will be a
tremendous enrolment of voters. In
Philadelphia efforts will be made to
run the registration up to 100, 900. In
Pittsburgh and other cities there will
be systematic efforts. The third class
cities are showing big Republican
leads, which 1t is believed will be
maintained. At Philadelphia yester-
day the Committee of One Hundred
in an appeal to citizens issued urged
the registration of 120,00 voters to-
morrow the last opportunity to quail
ify for the Fall election. The COM
mittee likewise urged that 1000 citi-
zens man the polls to secure this heavy
registration and again discouraged
nonpartisan enrolment.
The returns from Thursdays
registration show that over "a per
had their names placed on the books
as Republicans. Reports
were received from 311 of the Ala
districts of the city, giving an average
registration of 81 to a division. This
will mean a registration of about 21,-
IL. On the same day last year 21,-
$40 registered, while on the second
day in 1913, 22,540 qualified. The
enrolment in the 311 districts report
ing was as follows: Republicans, 49,
SOC; Democrats, 1909; Socialist, 273al
Ill; Prohibition, Al; Bull
Moose 2; Roosevelt Progressive, 2;
Personal Liberty. 2; Keystone, l. not
S7S; total. 16,015.
William n. McNair who upset the
apple cart of the reorganizers' steer
ing committee last year, is stirring up
things again among the Pittsburgh
Democrats greatly to the annoyance
of the bosses. McNair refused to take
orders from the reorganization crowd
and now when the president has
turned down the favorites of the
bosses for places he is bobbing up and
starting new things.
Director Cooke has started to
swing the AK on employees of the Phila-
delphia government for alleged politi-
cal activity.
The Altoona mayoralty campaign
is the busiest in years and there are
four candidates all of whom have good
chances for getting on the ballot
Reading councilmen are consider
ing an ordinance to fix the salary of
the mayor at $500 and councilmen at
$4,000.
Mayor Blankenburg's letter on
politics in Philadelphia has stirred up
Col. Sheldon Potter who is running
against the mayors slated candidate,
Director Porter
South Bethlehem, which voted to
become a third class city and lost be-
cause of a technicality, will make an
other try at the November election.
Judge Bregy in Philadelphia yes
terday decided that voters can not
get on assessors lists after they are
closed unless unfairly prevented from
being enrolled.