Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-04
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BY the Ex-Committeexnan

evening, August 10. There are COM
paratively few petitions on file ex-
cept for associate judges. Although
there are twenty-seven judges to be
elected in sixteen common pleas dis
tricts and three orphans court
judges in two districts very few have
| entered papers. Most of those filing
| are sitting judges.
Twenty-Five associate judges are
to be chosen in seventeen counties, a
number having two to elect. Inter-
esting contests are foreshadowed in
| the three Juniata Valley counties of
Perry, Juniata and Mifflin, where
there are numerous candidates
and in Union, Sullivan and Monroe.
Aspirants for county or municipal
nominations file their papers with
county commissioners in their re-
spective counties and have until
Wednesday, August 90.
All judicial candidates must file
their papers with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth.
From all accounts State Highway
Commissioner Frank B.. Black is in
clined to establish q system of di-
Viding state funds applicable for con-
| struction on a fifty fifty" basis with
counties on a general plan. This
is proposition on which Governor
Martin G. Brumbaugh had not made
up his mind when he left for his
vacation. There are said to be some
counties which the Governor and his
friends would like to favor because
of friendships and because of enter
prise in getting money together for
q mi iQQ 10
rather set for q distribution on a
well defined plan, taking into ac-
count mileage of unimproved high
ways. 1t was plan of Commits
sioner Black to make public his
views on the question that brought
into action the famous censorship"
of Highway Department news on a
certain day before the Governor left.
What Mr.. Black planned to give out
has never been disseminated and
probably never will be.
The Democratic row in Phila-
delphia is getting down into the
ward committees and there are some
harsh things being said and done. In
one ward committee two men were
thrown out because they did not
stand up for the faithful. The spe-
cial committee is still hunting A.
Mitchell Palmer to see what he is
going to do about appointment of
Republicans to places which the
Democrats claim.
From all accounts Mayor Smith
and Director Wilson appear to be
proceeding on different orbits in re-
gard to the vice cleanup. Men are
being shifted, ordered for trial. de-
NOTED and other things.
Mayor Smith says the city of
Philadelphia does not intend to take
over any company holdings.
Commissioner w. A. Magee's
friends are boosting him pretty hard
in the pittsburgh mayoralty pre-
liminaries. DR.. j. P. Kerr, e. V.
Babcock and william Price are like
wise very much in the limelight.
Mr.. Magee is expected to make a
formal announcement soon.
William A. Glasgow, Jr., emil
nent lawyer and prominent in the
work of harmonizing Democrats af-
ter the guillotine period, is being
doomed by friends of Roland 5.
Morris, ambassador to Japan, and
others, for district attorney of Phil
adelphia. A committee has been
named to push him along.
Councilman j. +. Lafean is de-
manding a probe of York policemen.
Some of the things done lately do
not meet with his approval.
james B. Reilly. Democratic
congressman from Schuylkil for
years and marshal under Cleveland,
is in the race for judge in Schuyl-
kill. There are now four candi-
dates.
The Philadelphia Record has
this to say about some Quaker CITY
politics: THE Wares and the mayor
are said to favor another term for
Receiver of Taxes Kendrick, but In
the event of a factional' fight kend-
rick may be pulled down to make
way for a stronger candidate. Much
opposition to Kendtick has developed
in organization circles. With Sem
ator Penrose backing an Independent
ticket for row offices, the Wares
would be forced to take aboard some
independents themselves. They have
not hesitated to intimate that they
would back some independents If
Senator Penrose forced fight. 1t is
hardly likely that, with fight on,
Kendrick would be put on the ticket,
although it is generally believed
that he would be taken off only as
last resort.
David Morgan, of Lansford, is
a candidate for poor director in the
middle field.
blair county has about four can
didates for each county office nomi-
nation.
Philadelphia may not have an
other Fourth of July celebration
with an appropriation. The councils
committee spent 1000 of the $4,000
for a lunch.
Auditor General Snyder is at the
seashore and will not return until
Monday evening. He says mis- ans
wer will be sufficient.
Attorney General Brown is ex-
pected to return here on Tuesday
for conferences with state officials.
The Scranton Republican has
this to say about some well-knoWn
men: mayor John T. Lotus. OF
Carbondale, who is being backed by
the Democratic county committee,
for the nomination for prothonotary,
is not the personal choice OF z. j.
Boland, county commissioner and
former Democratic county chairman,
Mr.. Boland declared yesterday. In
absolving himself from responsibility
for getting Lotus into the fight he
passed the buck to the Carbonate
Democratic city committee"
Squaring Himself
Through some oversight last week
we failed to mention the return of
Mrs. Jonie Jones and daughter. Alice
fropo a visit with relatives and friends