Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-25
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Complete returns of the election on
November z, including the soldier
vote, began reaching the State Capitol
this morning, yesterday having been
the final day upon which soldier votes
could be received and counted in the
various counties of the State and pro-
thonotaries who had sent in returns
without the soldier vote gave notice
In many instances that they had been
included.
The tabulation Of the returns began
without delay and 1t is expected that
be started. There will be ten tables.
one for each of the five electoral tick
cts and one each for Supreme Court,
United States Senator, State Treasurer,
Auditor General and Congress-at-
large. There will be 100 electoral
candidates given votes on the sheets.
The return judges in congressional
and senatorial districts comprising
more than one county will sit on Fri
day, December 1, and canvass returns,
later filing in the State Capitol the OFF,
cial results.
The poll books of the organizations
of the National Guard have been
placed in vaults in the Capitol for pur-
| poses OF checking up If needed.
| The dinner of the Pennsylvania
State Society in Philadelphia on
Thursday night, which did not assume
the political >fiavor which was pre-
| dicted for 1t by some who did not
know about 1t. has led to a good bit
of talk about the adyisability of short
session of the General Assembly. AS
has been pointed out. there is not
much to fight over. there are no big
measures, there is disposition on the
part of the administration to let the
compensation and child labor laws
stand and be tried out, there are no
monumental things projected, only a
raising of revenue for the public works
and government of the state. The last
few sessions have witnessed bills by
the thousand and laws by the hundred.
Much sentiment in favor of fixing a
date for adjournment when the Legis-
| lature meets, as was done in 1909, is
heard.
Richard j. Baldwin will be in this
part of the State next week to talk
over his campaign, of which he is very
confident. The Philadelphia Record
says there is q disposition to back
James F. Woodward instead of Bald
win on the part of Penrose men, but
Woodward denies that he is q candi-
date for Speaker. He wants to be
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee again. Girard. in the Public
Ledger, says that the people of the
state do not see the use of fight over
Speaker. Other Philadelphia papers
declare Senator Ware is opposed to
Baldwin and will fight against him.
Tho prompt passing of the buck"
in the matter of meeting the deficit
caused In the Democratic national
committees funds from the national
committee headquarters to the Demo-
cratic state committees has caused q
chill among Federal officeholders. Post
masters and others feel that they have
been liberal indeed the last three years
and especially this year with national
and state 1.-THE gatherers roaming
around. And now Chairman McCor-
mick says that the state committees
must raise the funds to pay off the re-
suits ot the manner the national COM
mittee ran the campaign. And most
of the state committees are suspected
of having deficits of their own. The
favor of the Wilson administration and
its satellites comes high.
-Philadelphia's official count was
completed yesterday and Auditor Cen
eral- elect Snyder picked up something
like 220 votes. The Philadelphia re-
turns will be sent here next week.
The Central Democratic Club last
night donated 500 to filling up the
hole in the Democratic national COM
mittee war chest. If any Republican
club had ever done that in days of Re-
publican holding of Federal offices the
snorting in Market Square would have
been prodigious
1t seems. in the minds of many
people here. that what used to be po-
litical crimes when committed by Re-
publicans or Old Guard Democrats
are now either virtues or made so by
necessity. Men who have gotten little
honor and no fun out of the Demo-
cratic national campaign are COM
mencing to think about the high cost
nf q n ms vi OF
basket in a year of prodigal political
expenditures.
The Center county election re-
turns clinch the election of Congress
man Rowland and re-elect Representa-
tive Harry Il. Scott.
B. A. Baston, of Northampton
county, has been given job in the
Interstate Commerce Commission Of
fees in Washington.
Irwin A. Reed, former Schuylkill
legislator, is dead at the age of as.
The National and State Grange
representatives in this state will have
a conference here on December 6 and Z
to outline their legislative plans. Some
of the grangers say that they are not
going to be bossed either from Wash
ington or Curwensville.
After the election smoke dies
away in the Twenty first Congressional
district 1t is said to be the intention TO
make Investigation into the manner in
which the campaign against Congress-
man Rowlands reelection was con-
Quoted
The disclosures about the post
office in Washington's countv seat are
being awaited with interest nv Demo-
Gratis here. The postmaster there was
ono Of the "hand picked." The more
men thrown ont. the more p'aces for
tho faithful but unrewarded in the
days cf trip'a contributions and the
mounting cost of living.
RIISiuecc Pr;efe