Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
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Changes in the election laws of the
State will be made by the present
Legislature in only few details. The
date of the fall primary will be moved
because it now falls on the Jewish
New Year, but outside of that it seems
to be pretty well understood that there
will be little doing in the way of
alterations Even the reformers will
not have many changes to suggest for
the state, although they have plenty
in mind for Philadelphia.
The proposition to abolish the party
square will not be seriously considered
and as for the corrupt practices act
bills they are so much like those of
previous sessions that not much will
be done with them. Other bills which
look like the Wasson collection of
1913 will not get much attention
either.
Except for the preliminary herald
ing of the corrupt practices act the
Democrats have not done anything in
the way of alleged election reforms.
They have been so busy trying to get
credit for bills that they have been
getting in each others way and not
accomplishing much of anything.
Attempts are being made to main
tain the working alliance between the
remnants of the Flinn-Van Valken-
burg wing of the old Progressive party
and the Nare-Magee contingent. 1t is
said that plans for this session have
not worked out as hoped and that
some newspaper organs are just wait
ing for the chance to break away, as
they cannot afford to be with anyone
who happens to be in power. Being
periodicals of protest" means dollars
and the alliance boosters have their
hands full just now.
The Pittsburgh situation appears
to be tuning up in advance of the
mayoralty election this fall. The usual
charges that mark the start of a cam
paign in that city are being made and
most of the officials in power are being
vehemently assailed. Threats of i'm
parchment are as common as COM
plants of lack of freight cars in that
city.
DIR. Ira S. Pope, a graduate of
Maryland Agriculture College, has been
appointed chief meat inspector for
Philadelphia.
District Attorney L. Lowry Humes,
chief Democratic ringmaster just now,
announces at Erie that he is going TO
break up the Republican ring in
Venango county. He might turn his
attention to some food price rings
also.
William Draper Lewis says that
the coming election offers to people
of the state "a great opportunity" to
get reforms in municipal elections. He
spoke for two hours in Philadelphia
last night on proposed changes in the
Philadelphia charter.
George T. Conrade, former Phila-
delphia legislator, died at his home
yesterday. He was a select council
man.
Some interesting news is coming
from nearby states. The Delaware
legislature has closed its biennial ses-
sion and New Jersey and Maryland
are through with such matters
George w. Goethals is to become chief
engineer of New Jersey roads and
Ohio is going slow on taxes on cor
porations.
The Philadelphia Press gives
prominence to-day to q charge by a
Philadelphia man that the Philadel-
phia police force is as rotten as it was
in 1909
j. A. McEvoy has been picked out
for the next\postmaster of Parkesburg
The present postmaster says the job
does not pay.
&c. e. Langloff. guardsman and
prominent lawyer, is being urged for
appointment to succeed the late Judge
Brumm in Schuylkill.
Mayor Nevin, of Easton, is urging
bond issues to improve streets.
A Greensburg dispatch says: IS
e. Gill and w. G.. Theurer, reporting
for the State Board of Charities on the
investigation held recently into con-
ditions at the Westmoreland county
home. have sent the facts of the in
vestigation to District Attorney c
Ward Eicher. The district attorney is
now considering these facts and says
that action will probably be taken next
Monday. With regard to the immo-
rality charges the Board of Charities
says that the facts did substantiate
the charges that there was immortality
between employees and inmates or be-
tween employees, but that the facts
showed strongly that there was Inn
morality between the inmates. Poor
Director r. ID. Wolff and Superintend-
ent Charles Seanor were exonerated ot
the charges of improper conduct
against them. The board finds that
there was abundant testimony TO show
that there was mismanagement at the
home"