Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

BY the Ex- Committeeman
The PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger,
which few days ago said that the
choice of the leaders of the Demo-
cratic state machine for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor was
Acting State Chairman Joe" Cuff
fey. state petroleum administrator,
and that Secretary of Labor w. b.
Wilson, Chairman Vance c. McCor-
mick, of the War Trade Board, and
a. Mitchell Palmer, who also has n
federal place, would not consider the
nomination, to-day says that the
scheme of the Democratic leaders is
to run Mccormick for governor next
year and for president in 1920, If ne
is elected governor.
The Ledger's story harks back to
the days when Robert E. Patton was
elected governor of Pennsylvania and
was reelected. When Pattison was
elected for the second time in 1890
the Pennsylvania Democracy's lead
er, William f. Harrity, became ma
tional chairman. Cleveland was
elected president in 1892. When
Pattison was nominated for the third
time in 1902 it was proclaimed that
If he won Pennsylvania he would
be candidate for president in 1904.
\ week ago Michael j. Ryan, pub
lie service commissioner, defeated
for the nomination by Mccormick
after a bitter fight in 1914, set up
loud shout in Atlantic City and be-
gan waving an olive branch at Nc
Cormick, proclaiming him as the
logical Democratic candidate for
governor next year.
Mr.. Mccormick is somewhere in
Europe"
Echoes of Readings strenuous
municipal campaign are still being
heard along the Schuylkill and one
of the city assessors accused of help
ing the Socialists in their drive will
be dropped.
-Connellsville's chief of police,
Barthold Rottler, has handed in his
resignation as he was accused of be-
ing too pro-German for an Amer
lean municipal officer. 1t is said
that some of the policemen threat
ened to strike If he remained.
The name of the Town Meet
ing party was to-day pre-empted for
Adams county,
-Pittsburgh's school board has
thrown out the school books in
which the Kaiser is praised. The
city's books will be censored.
democrats throughout the state
are wondering what things are COM
ing to- Men desiring to be income
tax inspectors must take eXamina-
tions. What's the use of being n
party worker, ask some of the ma
chine men.
Ex-senator Ernest l.. Tustin. of
Philadelphia, will join the party of
speakers to go through the state to
combat the German propaganda.
The Supreme Court has refused
to grant n supersedeas in the Dick
son City election case. The case will
now be heard by the Supreme Court
the fourth Monday in January. This
is the case in which Thomas Thomas
member of the faction in Dickson
city that lost out in the recent cleo
ton, came into court a few days
after election, alleging fraud in the
First ward and asking that the bal
lot boxes from the entire borough
be opened.
A dispatch from Coatesville says
that city's authorship is in a mud
die and Attorney General Francis
Skunk Brown may be called upon to
straighten it out. George G. Myer
seventh consecutive term as the city's
single alderman. At the same time
Myer was reelected, the electors
voted to divide the city into five
wards. Under the third-class city
act, each ward is entitled to an al
derman and a constable, but these
officers could not be voted for until
the measure to divide the city into
wards was decided upon. Two years
hnnpn 01f1iHatpe will no voted for
AS soon as the ward measure pass
ed, numbers of citizens desired to be-
come aldermen and constables for
the various wards Petitions were
forwarded to Governor Brumbaugh,
to make appointments.
An interchange of broadsides
between Senators Penrose and Ware
enlivened Philadelphia last night.
The Senator stirred up the city with
the declaration that he feared that
before the Smith administration
closed the city would face n SO tax
rate and after assailing what he
termed wasting of the peoples
money said that he would stay in the
fight with the independents until the
city was freed of contractor rule"
The Senator also said that he would
insist on Il bill taking police out of
politics in Philadelphia. Senator
Ware countered by again reading
Senator Penrose out of the party
and asserting that he is not inter
ested in garbage contracts. He Also
announced that the Republican
party committee favored a bill to
take police out of politics.
Tho offices of the late Senator
McNichol in Philadelphia have been
closed. They were on the same floor
of the Lincoln building as those of
Senator Ware.
D. T. McKelvey, city detective
city council will not fill the place
because of economy.
Speaking Mt Philadelphia Sena-
tor Penrose said: Fraud was reck-
lessly and Systematically practiced in
the recent election against the Town
Meeting candidates. more so than
ever before in the history of Phila-
delphia. Even in the face of the
avalanche of fraud the Town Meet
ing ticket would have been elected
on the. police returns had there been
n proper Interpretation of the mark
ing of the ballot. l intend to adhere
steadfastly to the resolution an
nounced by me on several occasions
to cooperate with any body of citi-
Zens until contractor rule shall be
eXterminated from the councils of
the Republican party in Philadel-
phia. And in this connection I may
add that scores. of upstate Republi-
cans have called on me in the last
few days and have expressed hearty
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