Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-25
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BY tho Ex-Committeeman

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Cyrus e. Woods after a conference
to-day with Attorney General Fran
els Skunk Brown on the plans to take
the vote of the Pennsylvania soldiers
in November arranged to go to Wash
ington to discuss the matter with
Provost Marshal George Enoch H.
Crowder. Mr.. Woods will probably
go to Washington tomorrow or next
day.
The taking of the votes will be
governed by the act of 1864 and vari-
Gus decision on 1t, but the whole
proposition will be submitted first to
the War Department because of the
uncertainty attending where the
Pennsylvania soldiers will be located
when election day comes around.
votes of Pennsylvanians scattered
through organizations in France will
also be taken up at Washington.
1t is regarded as certain that COM
missioners will be sent to Augusta
and to mobilization camps of the
drafted men to take votes.
The State Supreme Court gave
precedence at its session in Pitts
burgh yesterday to the case of f.
Pierce Buckley, who brought equity
proceedings against the county COM
missioners of Philadelphia county to
restrain them from printing upon the
official ballots for the November cleo
ton the names of the candidates for
judge of the orphans court of Phila-
delphia county. There is vacancy,
owing to the death of Judge Norris
Ballett, who died August 23 last. w.
A. Hayes, counsel for the plaintiff,
argued that the vacancy occasioned
nf
to be filled this year, but two years
hence. This contention was COM
batted by Attorney Alexander Simp-
son, representing the county COM
missioners.
The next few days will deter
mine whether there will be recourse
to the courts in the determination
of the question of what constitutes
majority of votes necessary to a sole
nomination in the closely contested
battles in Schuylkill and Luzerne
counties. In Erie county Judge E.
l.. Whittelsley got more than 81 per
cent. of the votes.
The Pittsburgh Post says in an
article on politics.: Although Judge
Josiah Cohen received more than
half of the highest vote cast for any
county office, his name will go on
the ballot for the November election
because the act of 1915. under which
he would have been elected without
going through the regular election,
has been declared void by Judge
George Kunkel, of Dauphin county.
Friends of Judge Cohen were uncer-
tain of his status after they had es-
timated that he receivd more than
II. 900 votes at the primary. This
would have been much more than
sufficient, under the act of 1915, to
have elected him."
BY obtaining 81 per cent. of the
votes cast at Wilkes -Barre's primary
election, Attorney Charles n. Love-
laui has beer elected city commits
sioner of Wilkes-Barre and will not
have to go before the people in No
vomber, If the law governing the pri-
maries holds. A dispatch to the
Philadelphia North American says:
Despite the fact that twenty-four
candidate were in the field for eight
nominations, Mr.. Loveland was able
to convince more than half the Vot-
ers that he should be returned to
an office he had four years ago and
lost at the election of 1915"
Steps ere being taken by lawyers
in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to
complete the preliminary organiza-
ton of committees to work for the
reelection of the sitting judges. In
dications are that the middle of Oc-
tober will find the judicial campaigns
in full swing.
The Philadelphia situation is ap-
preaching a crisis. The Evening
Bulletin points out editorially that
the newspapers of that city without
exception are condemning conditions
and Mayor Smith is being scored and
cart ooned by big Republican news
papers. Director of Safety w. II.
Wilson, a former legislator and well
known here as floor leader of the
House in 1915, is now being assailed.
1t looks as though the meeting on
Thursday night would be a momen-
tous affair.
-Ex-Representatives Cassius M.
Alexander has been elected mayor of
Cory at the primary. Mr.. Alexan-
der got 600 majority in 1,400 votes
cast.
Some of the stories being printed
about the political conditions in
Philadelphia and the freedom with
which the names of men high in
politics and official life are being
used are the subject of some sur
prised comment here. What used to
be said in legislative halls before and
after the speakership contest is not
in it with what is being handed
around in Philadelphia.
Not much has been heard from
William II. Berry. collector of the
port of Philadelphia, since his can
didate for judge in Delaware ran
away behind form and did not get
on the ballot. Sometimes Delaware
river foghorns do fool people. Some
times they don't.
Senator T. L. Eyre is being con-
graduated upon the thoroughness
with which his candidate for county
controller in Chester went through.
Highway Commissioner O'Neil
got his whole ticket nominated in
McKeesport. The primary there at
tracted much attention, as it was
generally believed state nominations
may depend upon what happens in
the Tube City in November.
The nomination of e. H. Beshlin,
of Warren, as the Democratic candi-
date for Congress from the Twenty
eighth District, became a certainty
when Elk county made its official
returns from Wednesdays primaries,
showing Beshlin had a majority over
his opponent, G.. G. Martin, of Frank
lin, of 381 votes. Instead of the reg
ular Republican, Democratic contest
in the November election, with Cap
tain U. G. Lyons, the Republican
nominee, on one side, and Mr.
Beshlin on the other, it was said at
Warren that Democrats, Prohibit
ionists and other antisaloon parties
plan to unite and make the coming
election a wet and dry fight through
out the district