Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

started the commissioners to take the
votes of the soldiers, whom 1t Is eX-
pected the Governor will name to-
day. The supplies for them have been
prepared for ten days by the force
of Secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods and everything is in readi-
ness.
The commissioners will be called to
meet at the Governors office on
Tuesday when the Governor will ad-
dress them and the Secretary will
give instructions. At the same time
arrangements for the transportation
of the supplies will be made and
everything will be started off prac-
tically a week ahead.
1t is not expected that any one
will have to go abroad or be on a
transport on election day.
The Philadelphia Town Meeting
nomination paper suits are attracting
statewide attention. The hearings
yesterday were breezy and on the
whole favorable to the attackers. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says of the de-
velopments: That the method of
preparing nomination petitions for
the Town Meeting party ticket was
Identical with that used for years by
testimony given yesterday by one OF
the witnesses in the court proceed
ings brought by the Smith-Vare COM
bine, alleging Irregularities. Dozens
OF signers to the nomination papers
generally admitted they had signed
the atfidavits on the back without
being sworn by notary public. But
their explanation was that they did it
supposing it to be a matter of form,
or that one of the five signers to each
paper would be sworn as sufficient
for all five"
The chief issues which the
Town Meeting party will use as their
heavy artillery in the battle to de-
eat the fifty fifty harmony candidates
at the November election in Phila-
delphia, says the Press to-day, in
clude the supplanting of bullets and
blackjacks by the honest ballot, the
removal of the police force from
politics, inauguration of sectional
home rule by the removal of section
al bosses and the forestalling of an
increase in the tax rate. The appoint
ment of speakers who will campaign
throughout the city was accomplish
ed yesterday, and with this task
finished the committee arranged the
program of issues which will play
an important part in the fight"
Congressman William S. Ware, in
his first speech in the campaign for
the election of the fifty fifty" slate
in Philadelphia. last night declared
that in the fight between the Repub-
lican Organization and the Town
Meeting party the Republicanism of
Pennsylvania is at stake. Then he
said the election is a national affair
in these words: "If the Republican
party is weakened in Philadelphia 1t
will be weakened in Pennsylvania.
If it is weakened in Pennsylvania it
will be weakened throughout the ma
ton"
Senator Ware yesterday referred
to Representative Isadore Stern as
cipher" when he refused to reply at
length to the charge of Stern that
the Fifth ward murder money was
supplied by him, and last night Stern
issued an open challenge to Senator
Ware, Congressman John X. K. Scott,
Senator Samuel Salus, Representa-
tive McNichol or any member of the
Ware camp, to meet him in debate on
the issues of the campaign. Stern OIL
fers to pay the rent for a public hall
and will allow his opponents to name
the date for the verbal combat.
The Philadelphia Republican
Alliance representing Town Meeting
interests which are attempting to
take from the Tnpublican 7 city conf
mittee as contrc' by the Wares,
dominance of the local political sit
uation, opened headquarters yester-
day. Surprise was occasioned when 1t
was announced last night that Gin
ton Rogers woodruff, chairman OF
the Nineteenth district draft registra-
ton board, would assume charge OF
the headquarters. 1t was announced
that before the end of the week that
the new alliance would have repre-
sentatiVes of every ward enrolled as
members. Eventually, it is intended
to ask the courts to have the power
of the present Republican committee
transferred to the alliance.
Judges Wenner and Ross refus-
ed to approve the purchase of II
acre tract in Springettsbury township
for the erection of new almshouse
buildings, because there is no ade-
auate water supply on the tract, and
it is too far from railroad and troll
ley facilities.
"a
Stauffer shortage may be $4,000. It
is stated in the dispatches from that
city: "Thc Auditor Generals office
has taken complete charge of Stauf-
fer's office and closed it completely.
Last night Detective Frank Flynn
was on guard at the office, and to-day
Constable Harry e. Hayden relieved
him. They will alternate as guards
until the Governor names Staufer's S
successor. Who this is likely to be has
rot even been intimated. Albert F..
Kahn, a young Easton attorney, is
representing Auditor General Snyder.
He announced that the office would
remain closed until Stauffer's sue
cessor qualities. When the office is
reopened expert accountants from
Harrisburg will begin a thorough
audit of the accounts. 1t was report
ed to-day that the Auditor General s
office contemplated legal proceedings
against Stauffer. When its represen-
tatives came to Easton they are said
to have possessed Photographic
copies of certain checks that Stauf-
fer received, but for which he never
made remittance to the state. Stauf-
fer is reported to have heard this,
and rather than face exposure and
prosecution decided to end his life.
TALKING OF RESULTS
In conversation among several in
telligent gentlemen the other even
ing the talk turned upon what will
take place after the war. 1t was
started by the suggestion that the
Governments efforts to regulate
prices would continue, and this re-
mark evoked another, to the effect
that it would fail and that the fall