Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-30
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every county In the State with the ex-
Iception of Butler and Delaware have
been recorded at the State Capitol
and the names of the men elected to
the various State committees have
been certified so that they can meet
tomorrow. If the returns from the
two counties are received in time spe-
cial certificates will be made out for
them and the papers will be sent to
the places of meeting.
The Republican, Democratic and
Prohibition State committees will meet
tomorrow under the primary law for
organization, the former in Phila-
delphia and the Democrats and
Prchibitionists in this city,
Except for Butler and Delaware the
tabulation of the votes cast for dele
gates-at-large is complete at the
Capitol and as soon as the missing
counties are heard from the totals
will be computed. About two-thirds
oe the counties have filed returns on
Congress-at-large, Supreme Court and
other nominations.
The Republican party appears to
be furnishing all of the excitement
| this year. The Brumbaugh people
have decided that the call for the Re-
publican State committee is legal
and that they will not make any,
trouble, while their failure to refer to
the election of national committee
man in the statements issued in the
! last twenty-four hours shows that
they have given up any hope of de-
feating the election of Senator Boies
| Penrose as national committeeman
| Tho real fight in the Republican party
iC hn fafi rnn1 111n tn
The Republican State committee will
meet at 1880 tomorrow morning in
Philadelphia and the delegates at
I2:30.
The Democratic State committee
meeting will be held at the Board of
Trade building at II o'clock to-mor
row and contrary to recent gather
ings of that organization there is no
| fight in sight. The reorganization and
rehabilitation factions have appar
entity agreed to have nice meeting,
although of course this plan may be
changed on short notice. No one is
ever safe in making a prediction on
| Democratic State committee meeting
although just now Palmer and Liebel
are busy throwing bouquets at each
other and the retirement of State
| Chairman Roland S. Morris eliminates
| to run again there would have been
bitter row in the committee.
No one seems to know just who
| will be picked for the chairmanShip,
but the name of Joseph f. Guffey, the
Allegheny county chairman, is much
mentioned. Senator w. w. Hindman
of Clarion, is also to the front. 1t
seems to be the general desire to keep
the craftsmanship out of Philadelphia,
There was some talk to-day of James
l. Blakslee, assistant postmaster gen.
eral and former secretary of the State
but the genial Jim is probably too busy
in Washington fighting senators. A
new secretary will be elected, resolu-
tions approving the president will be
adopted and Palmer will make
speech.
The Prohibition State committee
will meet at its headquarters and re-
elect State Chairman B. f. P. Prugh,
who is putting the organization into
| good shape.
The Montgomery county RepubH-
can committee yesterday reelected
Freas Styer, Penrose man, as county
chairman. The Brumbaugh people
did not put up any contest
The Philadelphia Bulletin com
ment3 upon the fact that not as many
people attend presidential direct prim-
aries, even in a year of a ruction, as
attended the old-time primaries and
thinks that more interest should be
displayed.
Pittsburgh Democrats were all
stirred up by a visit paid yesterday by
Palmer. 1t was reported that he went
to make sure that the Old Guard was
going to be good tomorrow.
The Philadelphia official count
shows that Amber went $4,000 ahead
of Snyder in that city. 1t was eX-
pected by Ambler's friends that he
would get $4,000 in the city. Knox
polled the high vote with 100000 with
Kephart next with $4,000.
Friends of T. w. Templeton, Re-
publican candidate for Congress in
Luzerne, expect him to win this year
against Congressman j. j. Casey.
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: "An alleged effort to prevent
the meeting tomorrow of the Republi-
can State committee in the Bellevue
Stratford, by wiring committeeman
that the meeting would be illegal, was
blocked yesterday by quick action on
the part of State Chairman Grow.
From his home in Uniontown Senator
Crow wired every member of the COM
mittee that the State organization
would meet tomorrow in accordance
with the law governing that body
| Chairman Crow had learned that some
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bers of the State Committee that they
should not appear at to-morrow's
meeting, on the grounds that the Off
cial count had not been completed at
Harrisburg and that certificates of
election could not be given. In con-
tradiction of this statement Senator
Crow announced that the committee
men would be seated and recognized
under the count submitted by the
commissioners of their respective
counties.
AT Pottsville Judge Brumm hand
ed down an opinion finding 81 infrac-
tions of the law in the Lost Creek poll
of West Mahanoy district last Novem-
Der. He said: Brute force, black
Iguardism, fraud and corruption were
rampant and an imported bully in the
shape of a trained prize-fghter from
Philadelphia, ran the election, while
free beer was served to voters" The
costs of the investigation were placed
on the school district, as court was
prevented by law from putting the
costs on the school directors, defend
ants.
We Hear From Harrisburg
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Irambles in from Harrisburg to tell us
something about ourselves. Usually
these somebody's give us a story we