Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-19
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The Pittsburgh Gazette Times seems
to think that James I. Blakslee, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General. is neither
modest nor inactive. The Pittsburgh
newspaper has been looking up mat
ters and prints the following:
James I. Blakslee. of Carbon county,
Pa. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gem
eral, is always busily engaged in an en-
deavor to make the postmasters of the
Union an efficient political machine.
Under the Wilson administration the
old Republican postal rules forbidding
political activity among the post
masters have apparently been SUPER
seded by orders to never overlook an
opportunity to boost the Democratic
party. An unsigned communication
from the Post Office Department,
Washington, is being franked To the
postmaster. 1t reads: AS it is pre-
sumed that the patrons in your vicinity
are deeply interested in and will ap-
preciate information relative to any
postal achievement intended to pro-
mote their welfare. there is trans
mitted herewith for such publicity as
you believe will be advisable, and
which can be secured without cost to
the department, an article descriptive
or the manner by which many thou
sands OF dollars are now saved an
nually to the government by new and
improved devices sf mail equipment
so the postmasters will know where
the orders to get busy come from, the
closing sentence of the publicity ar
ticle informs them. 1t reads: Tt is
but common justice to award due
credit in these administrative reforms
to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General. in whose bureau these meas
ures of economy were developed and
who has faithfully devoted his time to
that purpose"
Mayor Fischer, of Williamsport,
proposes to fight the quo warranto
proceedings against him on the ground
that he is not citizen and will make
himself heard when the Attorney GEN.
eral holds hearing. A Williamsport
dispatch says: Mayor Fischer has all
the papers that are necessary to prove
his citizenship under the laws of this
country declared City Solicitor NJ. c.
Rhone to-day in a statement relative
to the action taken by citizens who
have hled petition with Attorney
General Brown seeking to oust the
mayor from office on the ground that
he was born abroad and was never
naturalized Mr.. Rhone, who was
Fischer's campaign manager, said he
was authorized to speak for the mayor.
The latter has stated several times that
he has naturalization papers, but so
tar as is known no one has ever seen
them. 1t was in answer to a question
as to whether he has such papers that
Mr.. Rhone made the declaration that
he has all the papers that are neces-
sary."
Considerable criticism of the raid
made by Philadelphia policemen on
Saturday and Sunday is being heard
and the question is being asked why
the raid was necessary If conditions
were as had been reported from time
to time. The criticisms do not appear
to be bothering Director Wilson, who
is getting after the gamblers now.
In connection with the raids four
police officers have been ordered up
for trial on various charges. Some of
them are lieutenants.
Several deserving Democrats were
thrown out of jobs at the Philadelphia
post office yesterday because the funds
ran out to pay them. There is con-
siderable disturbance over the matter
among the faithful.
The Democratic electors on file at
the State Capitol have attracted much
attention because of the makeup of
the list. 1t is said that the Old Guard
has the men from Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh and that it is we'll repre-
sented throughout the State.
&C. Tyson Kratz, member of the
Anthracite Coal Price Probe Commis-
sion, who died yesterday, was a promi-
nent figure in Montgomery county poll
tics and a firm friend of Governor
Brumbaugh, whom he defended at
conferences held here during the 1914
campaign. He was Roosevelt dele
gate in 1912 and a candidate this year.
He was a great local option advocate.
Senator e. H. Ware is celebrating
his fifty-fourth birthday to-day and
friends here sent him kilograms.
The first campaign club organized
in the western end of the State is the
"Babcock Blues" named in honor of
the national delegate
Democratic State Chairman Mclean
plans to spend Saturdays at the Demo-
cratic State headquarters in Philadel-
phia- He seems to be we'll satisfied
with the outlook.
Efforts to revive some of the
Washington party local committees
throughout the State have been fail
ures. No one seems to be especially
Interested exceDt Democrats.