Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-21
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

4 of politics in the keystone State for
the last six weeks Not only will
there be movements of Importance in
the Republican party, but the fights
between Democratic factions in some
counties, the refusal of leaders to
make even a truce and the collapse
of the party organizations in several
cities indicate that the Democracy of
Pennsylvania has internal troubles of
its own.
The meeting of the Democratic
congressman and leaders last night
in Philadelphia, while estensibly to
| honor eX-State Chairman Roland s.
Morris, the latest Democrat to be
gotten out of the way by foreign
appointment, was really to see IL the
party squabbles could not be ended.
! Mr.. Morris goes as ambassador to
Japan and the distinctly machine
element is now III control of the
party organizations in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh. In both of those
cities, however, as in many of the
| interior counties, there are Demo-
Gratis who are on, the warpath over
the manner in which federal patron
age has been doled out, state which
| the leaders consider deplorable In
view of the fact that they have been
assuring President Wilson that the
party is united and contented and
for Secretary of Labor Wilson or
whoever the President may pick for
gubernatorial candidate and at time
when the headquarters sleuths are
hunting funds.
From all accounts, the conference
was not an amiablA affair. as there
were some men who could not be
induced to see the appointments in
the same light as the slate committee
of the inside ring.
The warrant issued for. Mayor
Thomas b. Smith and other men in
Philadelphia in connection with the
Fifth ward battle in Philadelphia;
the increase of power in councils by
the Smith-Vare alliance, and the for
nation of the anticontractorS party
to fight certain candidates backed
by the Wares, bid fair to give Phila-
delphia one of the most strenuous
fall campaigns for long time. An
interesting feature or the Philadel-
phia election was the judicial pri-
mary.
Two of the common pleas judges |
whose terms expire and who were !
candidates for re-election-F. ANA |
dee Bregy, president judge of court |
No. l, and Charles Y. Audenried, !
president Judge of court No. 4, were /
virtually elected. Having received |
more than so per cent. of all votes |
cast, they are assured under the uni /
form primary law of sole nomi- |
nation" on the November ballot. The |
other judicial aspirants for success
sion to themselves, William G. Fer |
guson and Charles b. McMichael, !
court No. 8; William IL. Stake and |
John Monaghan, court No. 5, and !
Edward A. Anderson and Joseph +. |
Lamorelle, orphans court, must face !
the electorate in November in COM |
petition with the candidates on the |
ticket with them at the primary who |
received the next highest number of |
votes. These candidates are Fred |
erick Boyer and j. l.. Breitinger, |
court No. 8; Eugene C. Bonniwell |
and Frederick S. Drake. court No. 5,
and Robert +. Bonner and William
G. Lynch, orphans court
The Pittsburgh battle may be
called a draw with the Penrose man
having a shade the better. Babcock |
and Magee will fight it out. The |
Philadelphia Ledger in special says:
What Kerr will do in the pending |
fight between Babcock and Magee is |
not clear. Formerly a close po-
litical friend of Magee, whose sup |
port he had while running for coun-
Gil, he now is bitterly resentful be- |
cause of the generally acknowledged |
fact that Magee had promised to |
back Kerr for mayor and then sud- |
denly decided to run himself. But |
Kerr is also 4 political enemy of the |
present mayor, Joseph G. Armstrong, |
who is allied with Babcock and Pen |
rose. Kerr to-day was noncommittal, |
but persons who know him well eX- |
press the opinion that his following |
will be turned quietly in Babcock's |
direction. Persons not interested in |
factional politics for the most part |
voted for Kerr in the primary. No !
man can say where their votes will !
go in the election"
The vote on the judiciary fight |
which gave Allegheny some show re-
veals candidates standing in the fol- |
lowing order: Josiah Cohen, Thomas !
j. Ford, John D. Shafer, T. D.. Car |
nahan, ], NJ. Swearingen, James Is.
Drew, Charles ii. Kline, John M. !
Dunn, w. A. Griffith and n. r. |
Daugherty. The incumbents are |
Judges Cohen, Carnahan, Ford, !
Shafer and Swcaringen. The returns |
indicate that County Court Judge |
Drew and State Senator Kline are |
the closest competitors to the pres |
ent judges, but the i've men now |
occupying seats on the common pleas !
bench are so far in the lead that it !
is not expected that their positions |
will be materially changed Little
interest was shown in the Demo-
cratic primaries, as the county is
Overwhelmingly Republican. Coro-
ner S. C. Jamison was renominated |
and w. S. Haddock is Republican |
candidate for sheriff.
Other judicial contests resulted |
as follows:
Chester-William Butler, Jr.
Clinton, Cameron and Elk-R. B. |
Mccormick.
Columbia and Montour-John G.
Harman.
Dauphin-S. ]. NJ. McCarrell.
Delaware-William b. Broomall |
and Albert B. MacDade. One to be
elected.
Fayette-John @. Van Swearingen;
orphans court, James c. Work.
Luzerne-Henry A. Fuller.
Montgomery-Aaro S. Swartz.
Northampton--Rus c. Stewart
Susquehanna-H. A. Denney, who
will have opposition.
Crawford and Erie are to be heard
from.
Schuylkill--Harry o. Bechtel and
Charles e. Berger, incumbents; John
r. Jones and James Bell. Two to be
elected.
Archibald Johnston. got so per
cent. of the votes polled for mayor