Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
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BY the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

pIlLnary lot inc selection OF the Re
publican state ticket have appeared
here. Friends of Representative
James F. Woodward. of McKeesport,
chairman of the appropriation COM
mtttee in the last two Houses of
Representatives. expect a formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for Sec
retary of Internal Affairs very soon.
Woodward's backing of the success
full city ticket in McKeesport is un-
derstood to have given him consid-
Grafton in high places.
Secretary of Internal Affairs Paul
w. Houck, of Shenandoah, Schuyl-
kill county, Governor mbaugh's
appointee for the place. is understood
to have decided to become a candi-
date for the nomination for a full
term. If he enters. the fight it will
be as the Brumbaugh candidate.
More cards favoring Highway
Commissioners ]. Denny O'Neil for
Governor have appeared, but he says
he does not know where they come
from and is more concerned about
his tour of roads in twenty-five coun-
ties which starts tomorrow than
state nominations.
State Republican leaders from
a dozen or more counties are In Phil
adelphia and will go over the situa
ton with Senator Penrose the next
few days. State Chairman Crow is
at Philadelphia. and it is probable
that a course will be mapped out
for ascertaining sentiment while the
results of Tuesdays election are be-
ing studied microscopically.
The plan of the Penrose people
is to wait until the Governor names
the two Public Service Commisson-
4 H. t., all Il al nh a
and Washington and officials in other
counties which he is expected to do
soon.
The first pre- -emptions of the
name of the Town Meeting party for
outside of the county of Philadel-
phia were recorded here to-day from
the Fourth legislative, Twentieth sem
atorial and Eleventh congressional,
all Luzerne county districts. The
name was also pre-empted for the
Fourth, Twelfth and Fourteenth
Philadelphia legislative districts.
Ben Branch. of Carbon county.
the commissioner named to take the
vote of the Pennsylvanians in the
Rainbow division" filed his dupli-
cate returns and poll books at the
Capitol to-day. The books were
labeled Fort Totten. but Mr.. Branch
did not file any expense account. He
had poll books representing nineteen
counties. State officials have not yet
decided what they will do about poll
books filed by commissioners without
any statements of results of votes
cast by soldiers. There are two such
in hand. but the commissioners eX-
plain that the results are in the seal
ed envelopes.
No charges have been filed at the
State Capitol that commissioners en-
gagged in electioneering while taking
votes at the camps. but some of the
admissions and reports are that they
were pretty busy in some instances.
The Philadelphia North American
prints a story to-day to the effect
that Lackawanna county may have
an explosion over the soldier vote.
-Affidavits are said to have been
received at Scranton that activity
of election commissioners feE Connell
cost Durkan many votes. Charges of
Irregularities are also made.
William Ward, Jr., former Mayor
of Chester and former legislator,
charges fraud in the election of
councilman in that city.
Philadelphia judges are having
a hard time to handle the count of
the vote in that city. The opening
of the ballot boxes and recounting
means a long and tedious process.
e. Vinton Phillips, of Downing
town. has been appointed to place
in the State Treasury. He was for
merly deputy controller Of Chester
county.
Edwin Wolf was yesterday
chosen as president of the Philadel-
phia School Board.
NH ccron+o, Danuhlicap calls at
tention to- the fact that Massachu-
setts has Just enacted a law forbid
ding state aid to religious institu-
tions, colleges, hospitals, schools and
educational and charitable organiZa-
tions of a private nature. Only such
as are under exclusive control of the
commonwealth or publicly owned
can get state money.
A Chester county political re-
view in the Philadelphia Ledger
says: For County Controller George
S. Devices, Republican, had little
worry over defeating Thomas l..
Hoskins, the Democratic nominee
The present Controller, Robert G.
Kay. appointed to fill the unexpired
term of 1. Y. Ash, received nearly
200 votes as token of appreciation of
his work during the last few months
in saving the funds of the county.
For the first time in many years
the Chief Burgess of West Chester
succeeds himself, the incumbent
James Paul MacElree, Republican
having a walkover in his contest with
Joseph B. Marr, Democrat.
Some interesting comments are
made by 1.-The Insider" in the Phila-
delphia Press, on the recent battle
He writes: ''It is probable that the
Town Meeting party will turn over
10 the recently formed Republican
Alliance its organization in its en-
tirety. Then the campaign will be
prosecuted under the surface with
the ever present intent of wiping the
Wares off the political map. But the
Wares. while they are undoubtedly
worried over the sorry showing they
made last Tuesday, seem to have en-.
Iarged on their ambitions. A few
years ago they were content to re-
main the masters of their home sec-
ton, South Philadelphia. Then they
reached out for city control. They
accepted the responsibility which
went with this control, and after
securing it have managed to retain
it in face of the opposition which
took definite form after q policeman
was murdered and citizens were as.
saulted in the Fifth Ward on Sep
tember 10. They fought Penrose
McNichol, the Democrats and the
independent element. 1t may still
be that they have lost the fight, fol
there remains the possibility of court
action resulting disastrously fol
them, and the slight chance that the
soldier vote may be affected in such
a manner that they will eventually