Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-18
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

| that attempts will be made to over
| throw some of the judges appointed
| by the Governor. In Philadelphia
and Allegheny counties lawyers non
partisan committees are backing the
sitting judges and in other counties
the liquor issue is looming up, es-
pecially in the smaller counties like
Perry, Juniata, Union and others
where associate judges are to be Sc
lected.
Some well-known judges are fac
ing hard contests. Judge Fuller, of
Luzerne, is engaged in a battle with
an old rival. and Judge Evans. of
Columbia, is in the thick of a contest.
In Schuylkill county the two sitting
judges are having a fight, but the
fact that the political committees are
behind them will assure victory.
In municipal. contests the Pitts
burgh situation looms up as of ma
tional Importance, as it is the first
movement of the state adminis-
tration to challenge the Penrose
leadership in Pittsburgh The state
administration people have been dip
ping into other contests in the state.
People at the Capitol refuse to
talk about Chief of Mines Roderick's
generally reported declination to quit
in favor of younger man as re-
quested by Governor Brumbaugh.
The chief seems inclined to stay
where he is and to let the Governor
make the next move.
When the primary is over 1t is
expected that Governor Braumbaugh
will make some moves at the Capitol.
Signs are that several appointments
will be made before long. 1t will be
interesting to see what happens in
the event that Mr.. Magee is defeated
in Pittsburgh.
In Philadelphia the contests in
stead of being of statewide sig
nificance have narrowed down to
ward fights and some rivalries which
in an ordinary contest would not at
tract attention are being played up.
Mayor Smith, says the Philadelphia
Record. has been assured that the
men whom he got to stand on hia
harmony ticket will stay. In Scran-
ton, according to Scranton papers,
the race for mayor and council is
anyone's and the same is true of the
mayoralty and counciimanic fights
in third class cities.
Concerning the strenuous battle
for mayor of Pittsburgh the Phila-
delphia Ledger, which has been
printing daily resumes of this all
important CO1IeSlb says. ne uIldl
demonstrations by the three mayor
atty candidates are being held to-
night. Tomorrow will be given over
to the inspection of the battle lines"
preparatory to the big drive at the
polls on Wednesday. With the cam
paigning about completed, it now
looks as though e. V. Babcock, the
Penrose- se-Armstrong candidate, will
lead the field, with William A. Magee.
the Vare-Brumbaugh candidate, sec
ond, and DR.. ]. p. Kerr, the inde-
pendent candidate. third. The two
highest candidates will appear on the
ballot at the November election. Not
in years has there been such a use of
money as there has been in the pres
ent fight. 1t is freely charged that
more than 10000 tax receipts were
purchased for voters by the Babcock
people, while thousands of dollars
will be distributed tomorrow for
watchers. The lavish distribution of
money among the workers is ex-
pected to bring out a remarkably
large vote. Magee's strength lies in
his support from the county organ
ization and his record as mayor. Dur
ing his incumbency some of the larg-
est improvements ever undertaken by
the city were completed. The
strength of DR.. Kerr's candidacy has
been the one big surprise of the cam
paign. While 1t Is generally con-
ceded that he will be unable to de-
feat Babcock or Magee, nevertheless
he will have large vote"
People who have visited Eastern
Pennsylvania counties on business
trips say that there is more politics
in the air for this primary than they
have known for long time and that
the state Is certainly getting ready
for a strenuous campaign next year
when state ticket will be chosen.
Chester county's political battle
is expected to bring out a big vote
tomorrow. Friends of Senator Eyre
say he will win.
Clinton county is indulging in a
primary for nomination of associate
judge that is worth watching. It is
as strenuous as in the Juniata valley.
The battle for prothonotary hon.
ors in Montgomery county between
Fredericks and Woodward is attract
ing attention outside of the county.
-Ex-Auditor General Powell. who
was here yesterday and to-day, is be-
lieved to have some lurking ambition
for an appointment at the hands of
the Governor. Mr.. Powell said that
as far as he was concerned there
were no suitcases that were worrying
him.
Apathy among York city electors
relative to the September primaries
and November election is shown in
the registration of the three DAYS
totaling only 8,996, or 1854 less than
last year. The registrations were as
follows: Democrats. 1857; Repub-
leans. 2.9a4: nonpartisan. 1870; So
cialists. 1856: Prohibitionists. 100. The
revised Reading city registration fig
ures show that the registration in
cluded 7.497 Democrats. 6,695 Re-
publicans. 1,217 Socialists and 1000
nonpartisan. The registration of
Prohibitionists. Progressives and a
eew other classifcations was $50.
The total was 17.700. loss of 1868
compared with lost year. This is at
tributed to the large number of SOL
diers not registered.