Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-20
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by the Ex-CoTamittecman

Republican state candidates con-
tinued their swing through the north
ern counties yesterday and to-day are
touring Lackawanna county, where
they are speaking in O number of the
boroughs and will address a big meet
ing tonight under the auspices of the
Lackawanna county Republican COM
mittee. 1t will be the first big meeting
In Scranton and is expected to be
notable, as all of the Republican can
didates have many friends in that dis
trict.
Tomorrow the Republican state
candidates will be in Philadelphia and
will make addresses. They will also
meet with State Chairman Crow at
have received are all distinctly favor
able.
Next weeks schedule includes Belle
fonte on Tuesday for the whole party,
although on Monday candidates will
make speeches at different places. The
whole party will be in Harrisburg on
Wednesday and on the 26th the state
candidates will be in Lebanon. Philan-
der G. Knox, who speaks in this city
Wednesday, going that night to In
diana county. where he will speak on
Thursday.
Thursday night the party will go to
Blair county and spend Friday in that
Fayette county, Mr.. Knox being the
speaker at the Uniontown rally.
Schuylkill county will be toured on
October 80.
Senator Beidleman, Congressman
Rutler and others were speakers at the
hiG Republican rally at Honeybrook
vest terday. T. L. Eyre was also on the
platform.
The commissioners to take the
vote of the soldiers were to-day sum-
moned to appear here on Tuesday to
ta ke the oath of Office. They will then
be given their supplies and start for
the border as soon as possible.
Bucks county's Republican organ
iZation is making an energetic cam
paign and meetings are being held
nightly in the county. Election of Re-
publican legislators is expected.
Indications are that there will be
big Republican vote in the Cum ber-
land-Perry- Juniata- Miffiin district and
that Senator Franklin Martin will be
reelected by a substantial majority
The people of the district have declined
to take Scotty Leiby seriously as a
candidate against Mr.. Martin.
Congressman d. F. Lafean is MAX
ing nightly speeches in York county in
behalf of the Republican ticket and
looks for big vote in that district.
According to the latest discoveries
in municipal affairs in Philadelphia
there is "joker" in an ordinance
which permits the appointment of an
unlimited number of street inspectors
which is quite valuable around election
time.
President Wilson will be greeted
by large committee of representative
Democrats when he comes to this city
tonight to spend ten minutes. The
Hughes visit here was too much for
the Democrats and they insisted that
the President stop here and IL possible
stay longer than Hughes did In Harris
burg. The President will arrive at 6. As
and the bands and an the Democrats
will be out.
Mayor Smith and Congressman
Scott will make speeches in Mont.
gomery county tonight.
Allegheny county's campaign is
going forward pretty rapidly and 1t is
believed that the county will return al
Republicans for Congress. State Senate
and Legislature and give a big ma.
jority fer national and state tickets ir
spite of Democratic claims to the con.
| trary.
The Democratic windmill on Mar.
ket Square is a rather lonely place
compared to what 1t was in the day.
going to give Wilson Pennsylvania ant
did not. Then there were meeting.
and all sorts of things going on. Nov
| the state chairman only gets her,
every now and then, and Fedora
officeholders shun the place, probabl.
1 for fear of being invited" to con
| tribute