Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-22
THIRD CLASS CITY
AMENDMENT DUE
1t VIII Remove the Nonpartisan
Election Feature From the
Clark Act of 1913
REPUBLICANS TO GAIN
Will Take the First Place on the
Ballot Away From the Victors
of Last Fight


The bill to repeal the nonpartisan
feature of the Clark third class city
government act of 1913 is expected to
make its appearance in the Senate this
week. The bill has been drafted and
was considered in Philadelphia by q
number of upstate Republican
/ leaders.
| If this bill should pass and another
| just prepared by the Republican lead
| ers become law, the Republicans
| would regain the first place on the
! ballot for the November election. The
presidential election put the Repub-
| licans in third place in this State. The
| new bill has been submitted to Senator
William +. Grow. chairman of the Re
publican State committee. and has his
hearty approval.
Based upon the last presidential
vote in this State and under the pro-
visions of the existing law. which says
the names of the parties shall be ar
ranged on the official ballot according
to the relative size of the vote cast
in the several party columns for the
presidential electors, the leading party
names have been printed since the last
presidential election in this order:
First, Democratic party; second,
Washington party; third, Republican
party.
While Roosevelt carried Pennsylva-
mia in 1912. his vote on the Washing
ton party ticket was not as large as
that polled by Wilson on the Demo-
cratic ticket. Roosevelt more than
made up the difference in the Bull
Moose and Progressive party columns.
The vote in that election under party
titles was: Wilson, Democrat, S95,6S7;
Roosevelt. Washington, S50,S65, and
Taft. Republican, 273,36O.
The bill. which will be introduced
in the Legislature this week, will pro-
vide that the arrangement of the party
titles shall be in accordance with the
vote polled at the preceding State
election.
The vote in this State at the general
election in November, 1914, was, on
the Republican party ticket, Brum-
baugh for Governor, 534.S9S: on the
Democratic party ticket, Mccormick
for Governor. $1,000. and on the
Washington party ticket, Pinchot for
United States senator. 2O2,5 ,545 (McCor-
mick also ran on the Washington party
ticket for Governor).
The first session of the Legislative
Bible Glass yesterday afternoon in the
House caucus room attracted over fifty
persons connected with the Legislature
and men connected with the depart
been invited to join next Sunday, when
Representative b. f. Goodwin, of We
mango, Will teach the class. Repre-
sentative j. +. Phillips. of Clearfield.
taught the class yesterday and Chap
lain f. w. Stanley, of the House,
offered prayer.
Representative ]. w. Vickerman,
of Allegheny. spoke last night at Ben
Avon on the local option bill.
The woman suffrage leaders will
meet here on April S to outline their
campaign. The antis will also meet.
John l.. l.. Kuhn has announced
himself as a candidate for city COM
missioner on business platform.
An interesting sidelight on the
public interest, as reflected through
letters sent TO members of the Legis-
lature on pending legislation, is pre-
sented in an inventory of the mail of
Representative John McClintock, of
Philadelphia. Mr.. McClintock repre-
sents district with $4,000 assessed
voter. He has so far by means of
letters and petitions received 1.OO0 re-
qus SITS to vote for local option Many
OF the stgners reside outside of his dis
trict and number in New Jersey. All
told, he has received approximately
100 letters concerning child labor
legislation, and none so far on work
men compensation. In contrast with
these conditions. and in result Of a
Well-organized movement he has re-
ceived 5000 letters from voters of his
district urging him to support the full
crew repeater.
"A Cniontown dispatch says: "It
is declared by Republicans here that
unless Judge Umbel resigns before
next Tuesday he will be removed from
the bench. Only two members of the
famous committee of Five, which is
said to have collected funds in UNI
befs 1903 campaign for reelection,
are standing with him to-day Bruce
r. Sterling, now Democratic county
chairman, and Postmaster McGinnis.
of Connellsville, are still loyal to the
Judge. $. f. Frock, John S. Christy
and ID. w. Mcdonald took an active
part in last Falls campaign, and at
tempted to overthrow the fusion
scheme of Judge Umbel and Chair
man Sterling for the defeat of Sena-
tor Crow TO the State Senate. All'three
last year supported Michael j. RYAN
for Governor. Umbel and Sterling
urged the nomination OF Vance c. Nc
Cormick.'
The Philadelphia Ledger in
Washington dispatch on PennsyIva-
MIA Democratic politics as
viewed at the National Capi-
tol. says: In Pennsylvania, the
resignation of ex-Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer as National Commit
teeman is regarded by some members
of the Presidents cabinet as a signal
to bring together the warning factions
in that State. An effort will be made
to induce the reorganizers to consent
to the election of a committeeman
who will bring together both the Old
Guard and the reorganizers. 1t is
doubted whether the reorganizers will
consent to such compromise, and it is
known that President Wilson himself
will not ask his friends in Pennsyl-
vania to give up the control which
they won after a bitter and costly
fight. Members OF the Presidents
cabinet who are regarded as astute
politicians, are advising such a move.
and at the proper time will seek to
influence the President to inject HIM
self into the Pennsylvania situation"
AN EVENING THOUGHT