Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-29
MAIL MATTER NOW
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Members of the Legislature Dis
mayed at the Amount That Is
Still Pouring In
LETTERS THROWN AWAY
Democrats Scheming to Take Ad-
vantage of the Situation in
Legislative Halls

An average of twelve big sacks of
letters, each containing from 2.4OO to
1900 pieces of mail is being sent from
the main Harrisburg post office to the
Legislature every twenty-four hours.
This breaks all records for the amount
of mail handled for the lawmakers. In
sessions gone by mail went as high as
item sacks on some occasions, but never
up to a dozen. The seriousness of the
mail campaign that is being waged on
behalf of the local option, compensa-
tion and full crew bills is commencing
to be realized by members who COM
plain that they are compelled to ship
bales of it to their homes so that they
can go over ii at week-ends, while the
men who stay here throughout the ses-
sion are compelled to spend most OF
their time opening letters to see that
| they do not contain personal or busi-
ness matters. y number of the leg
| islators have given up attempting to
acknowledge letters.
| "A few days ago some letters which
were thrown away unopened by MEM
bers were found scattered along one
of the city streets and the postal au-
thorities hearing of the matter start
ed an investigation fearing that mail
/ had been stolen. Instead it was found
that letters were frankly thrown away
and must have gotten into the hands
of some one who wanted to have fun
with them. Some of the letters were
distributed from house to house along
a street near the Capitol.
| Several of the members say that
| if compelled to acknowledge every let
| ter received by them since the first of
| February it would have taken twice
the 500 allowed for postage by Father
Penn.
While some in Washington profess
| to believe that Vance e. Mccormick
| will not be candidate for Demo-
cratic national committee members of
the party opposed to him and his ilk
Will not accept him except some guar
antee is given that the debts of the
State committee shall he paid. 1t is
| expected that in the absence of state
Chairman Roland 5. Morris in Europe
| that Mccormick will whirl around TO
show the interest in the Democrats in
local option.
C. +. Berkemeyer. of Allentown.
/ who was one of the earliest of the
shouters in behalf of the last reorgani-
zation of the Democratic party. has
been named as special census work
er.
! Democratic bosses are wondering
! whether they will be in a position to
| ask many appointments from the
/ President after the State committee
meets this summer and it is said that
an effort to hustle up appointments is
! to be made.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
yesterday printed a list to show how
deserving Democrats were taken
care of by Wilson. George w Guth-
rie. who gave 1000 got an ambassa-
doI ship to Japan. There is no record
! of contributions made by James l..
/ r1n1- 1--I. -1,. h.,s. -,
marshal. gave $500, and c. S. Duncan,
postmaster of Gettysburg, gave
| IS214.50
! Friends of Ex-Judge Gordon say
that he will be a candidate for Demo-
cratic national committeeman and it
some concern. They are still dizzy
over the recognition given to Gordon
| by the appointment of the Philadel-
phia registration commissioner.
! democratic bosslets in the south
western part of the State are pushing
| ID. NJ. Hertzog, who tried to defeat
| William T.. Crow for senator. as n can
didate for judge to succeed Robert f.
! Umbel. HertZog has been an ardent
| partisan.
The demon rum got some hard
| helts in license court last week. In
Montgomery the number was reduced
and in Berks county three retailers
/
! judges knocked out twelve, while in
Blair the number was also cut down.
Ip LuZerne rehearings We're refused.
| At Washington ii is said that John
E. Evans. a lawyer of Pottstown, will
be appointed by President Wilson as
subtreasurer in Philadelphia on We'd
nesday. He will assume Office on
April l, if the accounts of the present
subtreasurer have been examined by
that time. EX-Representative Robert
+. Lee. of Schuylkill. who was n can
didate for the place, with the backing
of the Democratic members of Con-
! gress from PENNSYLVANIA, has with
drawn from the field. 1t is understood
that President Wilson is favorably in
clined to the appointment of Mr.. Lee
as superintendent of the Congressional
| Library. in this Mr.. Lee is said now
to have the backing of Mr.. Palmer
and the Democratic State organization.
In an article in the Philadelphia
| Ledger yesterday EX-Representative
| r.. r. Dearden. who is State chairman
of the Keystone party, said that that
political organization had served its
day and was now little more than ma
chinery. A similar status character
lied the Progressives, he declared.
The Washington party's day has gone
up in smoke" he asserted. Its MEM
bers are going back TO the Republican
ranks and the next election will find a
reunited front under the Republican
manner"
AN EVENING THOUGHT