Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-04
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POLITICAL CORNER
BY the Ex-Coramitteeman

Pennsylvania's campaigns will reach
high tide throughout the State to-
night and in many of the counties the
final rallies will be held for national.
state and district tickets. although
meetings may be held as late as Mon
DAY night to keep things moving. In
fiuencial party leaders are taking ac-
count of stock to-day and the tide is
running strongly for the Republicans.
Republican State headquarters in
Philadelphia to-day declared that
Hughes would sweep the State with a
majority of 250.000, this statement be-
ing made as the result of canvass of
all the counties and the visits paid to
them by the candidates. The Demo-
cratic State headquarters, which has
been more like lnorgue than usual
this campaign. has not made any
claims. However, State Chairman Joe
Guffey has supplied any deficiencies
| in that respect by his remarkab BILE
statements in Philadelphia. The State
windmill here has carefully avoided
being connected with the Guffey state
ments.
-Philander c. Knox. congressman
Graham and Ware and Mayor Smith, of
Philadelphia, were among speakers at
o notable Republican rally in Phila-
delphia last night. 1t was one of sew
eral in that city. In Allegheny county
Republicans and Progresives alike
publican state candidates spoke in sew
eral places last night, Phoenixville,
Gettysburg and Scranton.
Tonight Mr.. Knox speaks in
Pittsburgh, William Draper Lewis in
Altoona, Colonel Sheldon Potter in
Titusville and Senator Snyder in Potts
vile.
Fifteen hundred pounds of specially
printed ballots and about the same
weight of supplies of various kinds for
conducting the election among the men
of the Pennsylvania military organiza-
tions now at the Mexican border will be
delivered to the commanders of the
soldiers on Monday by the commits
sioners now on their way to Ell Paso.
The ballots are all carefully wrapped
and sealed and are in the custody OF
General c. B. Dougherty. acting for the
other commissioners. In the packa ges
of supplies are poll books, lists of can
didates and other papers and twelve
gross of lead pencils. the State supply
! ing the soldiers with the same mater
ials that are put before voters at a
polling place in Pennsylvania. The elec-
! tions will be conducted by the COM
manders of organizations and the COM
missioners will have nothing to do
with the sitting of election boards or
polling of votes. All they do is to turn
over the supplies and bring home the
returns. The judges of election will
send figures to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth and the prothonotaries
of each county represented so that the
votes may go into the districts where
they belong. The official returns will
| be brought here by the commission
ers and formally entered. 1t is not ex-
pected that the official count will be
delayed by the votes of the soldiers
laa - ~ to
week or ten days and sometimes long
er to certify their returns.
Governor Brumbaugh. who was
the orator at the Republican meet
ing in Asbury Park last evening, re-
ceived much note for his address. The
Governor said: THE welfare of our
people, the future stability of our in
dustries and the steady employment OF
our army of workers alike demand
! this. We shall never be content to
have our American workmen in direct
competition with workmen in other
lands, whose standards of living are
so vastly below that which are enjoyed
| by our American people. We want an
Executive and a Congress that will
promptly and definitely enact and en-
! force a protective tariff adequate to
the economic necessity of guarantee
ing fair and just return to Ameri-
/
What we want is not vacillating and
uncertain trucking to the changing
conditions of other countries, but q
policy so clearly cut and definitely an.
nounced and of worldwide interests
as to make us loved at home and
revered abroad. This attitude of the
administration is the only permanent
and political safeguard of our perma-
nent peace and progress"
The Luzerne county court has up.
held the contention of the Republican
county chairman that registration
lists should be open only to those who
appear in person. This suit headed of
q Democratic scheme.
The movement for third class city
charter in Shamokin took form yester-
day at q big meeting. The election
will be held next year.
M. f. Shannon. we'll known te
'many here. has been stopped by