Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-09

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announcement that Governor
Brumbaugh is to make an address to
the Republicans of the Second Maine
district on Thursday is believed to
mean in this city that he will not re-
turn to Harrisburg before he goes to
the Panama-Pacific Exposition on Au-
gust "a. Official papers are being sent
70 him at his summer home in Wayne,
Me- and are coming back regularly,
so that 1t looks as though he will not
come back for the encampment of the
Second brigade at Indiana this week
Spencer F. Barber, steward at the
almshouse the last year, has decided
to run for Director of the Poor. This
is taken to mean that the Dauphin
county Democratic bosses have de-
cided to drop Charley Boyer.
The Eleventh ward Republican
committeeman and workers will meet
tonight at the Office of DR.. r. L. Per-
ktns,' 2001 North Second street, to dis
cuss candidates for ward and precinct
nominations and to get the campaign
work lined up.
"A new development in the inter-
esting Philadelphia mayoralty situa-
ton is that several of the men who
were suggested for the nominations
have refused point blank to run. Re-
ceiver of Taxes Kendrick declined to
run and came out for Congressman
ware, Public Service Commissioner
John Monaghan has been brought to
the front considerably in the last few
weeks. Congress ssman Ware is expected
to make some sort of an announce
ment after a demonstration in his
favor by South Philadelphians. The
name of Judge Barrett is again to the
fore.
Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart is
among the men suggested by the
Committee of Philadelphia business
men who have come out with a list of
available candidates for mayor. 9th
ers are Col. Sheldon Potter, ex-Minis-
ter William Potter, L. J. Kolb, George
Wharton Pepper, Dinner Beeber,
John T. Windrim, Rodman Wanamak-
er and others.
Director Porter, a Philadelphia
candidate for mayor, has been given
the job of regulating jitneys.
announcement that District At
torney, w. W. Rice, of Perry, will be
a candidate for reelection will prob
ably lead to a battle between Rice and
his old opponent, ]. NJ. Mckee.
-Ex-C9ngressman R. E. Defender
fer came back to life long enough the
other day to make a protest against
closing Montgomery post Office. One
by one the reorganization accidents
fade.
George Sullivan. who was promi-
nent here in the canvass for election
of Speaker Amber, is candidate for
county commissioner of Montgomery.
He has been president of the Lower
Merton commissioners for some time
and is one of the representative men
of that portion of the county.
Congressman NJ. NJ. Garland is be-
ing doomed for the Republican nonlin-
alton for vice-president by Pittsburgh
labor men.
Daniel G. Brose, president of North
Side Chamber or Commerce of Pitts
burgh, is a candidate for council in
that city.
Mayor Cauhiel, Of Johnstown, is
having troubles of his own with coun-
ell again.
Samuel Gompers has declined to
come out for Ware for mayor of PhiIa-
delphia.
e. ]. Mullin of Laporte, and John
G. Scouton, of Dushore, are candidates
for judge in the Wyoming Sullivan
district against Judge c. E. Terry and
it is going to be live contest
William H. Hughes, Scranton print
er, is already out for the legislative
nomination in the first district next
year.