Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-04
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BY the Ex-CoIumitteeman

Five sets of candidates for presiden-
tial electors will appear on the Penn
sylvania ballot this Fall. The time for
Ming nomination papers expired last
night and to-day 1t was announced
that the presidential electoral tickets
would appear in this order: Demo-
cratic, Republican, Socialist, Prohi-
bition and Industrialist. The latter
was added by nomination papers this
week.
There will be six complete state
tickets and some scattering nomi-
nations for state offices. The state
tickets are Democratic, Republican.
Socialist, Prohibition. Industrialist and
Single Tax. The latter two were added
by nomination papers Monday.
Numerous changes and additional
nominations have been made by pa
pers' the Local Option party filing pa
pers. The official lists will be made
up within ten days.
The United Labor party filed papers
for A. i. Mulhern, F. e. Scullin and
c. 3. Lynch, Jr., for the LEGISLATURE in
the Seventeenth Philadelphia district.
]. G. lawson Washington candidate
Tor the Legislature, withdrew in the
First Schuylkill district.
-Ihe Democratic inside ring COM
mittee has been called to meet in
Philadelphia on the morning of the
pilgrimage to see the shadows fall in
the Pennsylvania hopes. The eXecu-
1--WE committee was thoughtfully given
the power to fill all vacancies on all
legislative and congressional tickets
ana 1t will perform this duty in the
morning and then go to Shadow Lawn
Tor the Pennsylvania stunt in the
afternoon.
Many prominent lawyers all over
the State are getting together to boost
the candidacy of Justice T.. A. Walling.
The formation of Walling committees
is under way in a number of counties
of the State.
Charles P. Donnelly is back in
the harness in Philadelphia and MAX
ing speeches for Wilson. Donnelly was
one of the very first men in the State
to declare for Wilson for President
Notwithstanding the prominence of
some men who caught the band wagon
after it had started.
philadelphia Jewish merchants
have formed a Hughes Alliance and
VIII extend it in that section of the
state. Some of the most prominent
men OF the city have become members.
The Democratic marplots are still
dlzzy over the retirement of Ira J.
Mosey from the city legislative fight.
This leaves the Washington party with
out its pilot in recent local affairs.
Local Option nominating papers
were filed last night for James Bohn
and Ezra r. Early, legislative candi-
1ates In LEBANON county. and William
Eppley. Second York.
Representative James A. Dunn. of
the rural district of Philadelphia, has
resurrected the Franklin party for this
years fight.
National Committeeman Palmer
and State Chairman Guffey went to
Norristown yesterday to talk over
some party ructions in Montgomery.
They had a nice time.
Charles E. Hughes will be in this
section shortly. He is to be one of the
speakers at the Hagerstown Fair.
-Philadelphia Republicans are get
ting ready to give Hughes a notable
reception on Monday. Arrangements
are being made for special trains to
run from half g. dozen cities
With but three days intervening
until the third and final Fall registra-
tion day, when voters may qualify for
participation in the November cleo
ton, the Hughes Alliance in the State
of Pennsylvania has undertaken a last
hour campaign to get electors legally
enrolled that they may be able to cast
their ballots for Governor Charles e.
Hughes. Instructions sent out to off,
GERS of the branch alliance throughout
the State in which are located cities of
the second class remind them that
Saturday, October 7, is the last regis
tration day and urge upon them the
need of drawing the attention of vot-
ers to this fact. Attention has been
directed to the requirements that only
those voters whose names appear
upon the registration lists will be
qualified to secure ballot on election
day.
y. T. Stotesbury, over his sigma
tur as chairman of the Hughes and
Fairbanks National Campaign Com
mittee for Eastern Pennsylvania, has
sent out a letter soliciting contribu-
tons to meet expenses of the Presi-
Dental campaign. The mem bers of
the auxiliary committee, co-operat-
ing with Mr.. Stotesbury In this appeal
are Samuel Bell, Jr., b. Dawson Cole
man, Jay Cooke, III, Jacob S. Disston,
William FL. Donner, Colonel Samuel d.
Lit. jeremiah ]. Sullivan and Samuel
NJ. Vauclain.
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