Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23
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By the Ex-Committeeman

! titNAA ShCA hIlOWA ln0 present
law and is taken to mean that there
Will be many lively contests this year
with view to getting things lined up
| Tor the great fights of 1918.
To-day men active in politics were
| looking over lists in an effort to find
out Just who had filed papers and
what the effect would be and 1t will
require a couple of days for the lines
VIII be definitely drawn. In some
counties Republicans and Democrats
are split and the wet" and dry
issue, which was so prominent in the
pllng OF the judicial nominating petit
tons, looms up in many places.
The time for Withdrawing petitions
| Will close next week and it is the
hope of Republicans in many coun-
ties that there will be steps taken to
harmonize local differences on the
Philadelphia plan of getting to-
gether.
The Philadelphia Inquirer sums
up the situation in Philadelphia to-
day by saying that the candidates
are pledged to party loyalty and the
Democratic Philadelphia Record ad-
mlts the success of the efforts of
Mayor Thomas b. Smith by saying
that the slate of the bosses goes TO
thS NOtSIS anu COnleSSeS InaJ Ine
hoped for opposition" did not appear
until very late. The independents
and the Washington party put up
| tickets and the Democrats also filed
enough to insure a healthy fight in
their own party. The Philadelphia
North American is not paying as
much attention to local politics as
usual.
The Inquirer says in it's review
of the Philadelphia situation, which
is of Importance to the whole state:
The record of the filing of nomina-
tion papers for candidates to be vot-
ed for at the primaries on Septem-
Der 10, yesterday being the last day
upon which such papers could be
received, insures the keeping of the
agreement for harmony among the
local Republican leaders. There will
be no serious contest for any of the
city offices and the councilmanic sit
uation is such that few if any of the
candidates whose papers were filed
through the Republican city COM
mittee, will be at any time in danger
of defeat. All talk of possible fu-
sion has been disposed of since it be-
came known that every candidate for
city nomination supported by the
Republican leaders is pledged to de-
cline any nomination other than that
from the Republican party. This
condition gives assurance to the Ware
forces that neither District Attorney
Rotan nor James B. Sheehan, the
Penrose- -McNichol choice for regis
ter of wills, will do otherwise than
stand or fall" with the Republican
colors, and at the same time the
Penrose- -McNichol cohorts realize
that Receiver of Taxes w. Freeland
Kendrick and Frederick j. Shoyer, a
Ware favorite, who will be the nom
inee for city treasurer, will decline
to allow their names on any other
ticket than that of the Republican
party"
Mayor Smith has asked that the
critics of his transit plan hold off a
little until some explanations can
be made.
The burgess of South Bethlehem,
whose joy will be gone soon, has
stirred up lot of trouble by veto
ing an ordinance providing for car
nivals. 1t was backed by many peo-
pie who resent his action.
Captain w. w. VanBaman, who
is in the Eighth Regiment, has de-
cided he will not run for district at
torney in York county.
The Philadelphia Press says of
the Pittsburgh political situation in
an editorial: THE liveliest place on
the political map of Pennsylvania
this year is Pittsburgh, where a
mayor is to be elected. Singularly
enough the choice will be made on a
nonpartisan ticket, but a factional
controversy will furnish all the ex-
element anybody will need. The
factions have been less successful
in fixing up their troubles there than
in Philadelphia. The result, however,
which will be largely determined at
the primaries next month, will have
it's effect on Western Pennsylvania
politics, and is expected to be some
thing of a pointer for next years gu
bernatorial contest"
Among the interesting facts in
connection with filing of papers is |
that D. Clarence Gibboney, the old
crusader, is a candidate for district
attorney on the Republican ticket in
Philadelphia because his friends put
in papers for him. Gibboney has led
some hot fights in the past The
Philadelphia Democrats will run
Richard Il. McSorley, who withdrew
as candidate for judge a short time
ago and the Washington party men
Will run CdLluGl y. I1OuSlOn. Inc
Record calls the Washington party
"a Ware annex"
Delaware county has eleven can
didates for sheriff and Montgomery
several for each office.
1t is said that in Schuylkill, Lu-
zerne and Lackawanna counties the
crop of candidates breaks records.
In a decision handed down at
Wilkes-Barre yesterday Judge Wood |
ward, of LuZerne county, declares
constitutional an act of the Legis-
lature passed during the recent ses-
sion which increased the terms of
township commissioners of the first
class from two to four years. The
act was attacked by James Camp
bell, of Hanover township, who |
sought a mandamus to force the
county commissioners to accept his |
nomination papers as a candidate af- |
ter he had been refused on the |
grounds that no vacancies existed by
virtue of the act extendinr the terms |
of the incumbents. judge Woodward |
clares in his opinion that the act
abolished the office of township COM
elected for two terms, and
established four-year commissioners. |
Teach Them English
1t is enough to enlist the interest