Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-27
POLITICS LOOM
UP ON HORIZON
Last Week of Campaign; Re-
publicans Confident; May
orally Fight Stiff

The close of the Liberty Loan
drive to-day will give more time
for politics during the closing week
of the campaign. Never has there
been such a quiet contest. the
thoughts of the people have been so
occupied with war work of various
sorts that the more or less purely
local candidates. have had small
part in the consideration of the vot-
ers. With but a little more than a
week to go, however, and the latest
bit of bond solicitation out of the
way, all concerned will turn in for
more vigorous electioneering.
With respect to the county ticket.
there is absolutely no question. The
Republicans will win out all along
the line by tremendous majorities.
Indeed the indications are, If the vote
is gotten out, for one of the biggest
Republican victories in years. The
Democrats have been making per-
functory efforts to arouse sentiment
in the rural districts, but no meetings
of Republican workers have been
held. This for two reasons-in the
first place the farmers are so busy
responding to the governments re-
quests for increased crops that they
have little time for evenings spent at
political rallies. In the second place
the Republican candidates are in
such high favor that there is no rea-
son why they need further boost
ing at the hands of spellbinders.
Charles E. Pass, the Republican
candidate for prothonotary, has been
so occupied with the Liberty Bond
campaign, in which he had an active
part, and with other war work OF the
kind. that he has not been able to
make as close q canvass as he other
wise would, but his friends have as
sured him that his position is clear
ly understood throughout the county
and that the patriotic services he has
been rendering are far more import
ant than any electioneering he may
have done and his interests will not
be permitted to suffer as a conse-
quence.
The Democrats have been center
ing a fight against Coroner Eckinger,
one of their chief contentious being
tina 4 physician would be able to
save the county much money in post
mortem examinations. The coro-
nor's friends come back with the
statement that under Eckinger the
expenses for medical examination
have been reduced to n minimum and
that at all events even though the
coroner were a physician he would
not be permitted to perform his own
DOSllllOl
The Democrats are all worked up
over the neglect of the "bosses" Of
the county. The men who ruE the
machine will not come across" with
money this year with which to H.
nance the campaign. They say they
are not interested in mere local
fights and are thereby storing up 2
lot of trouble for themselves next
wear. when they will be wanting sup
Al,a fOrial
Things are a bit livelier in the
city. where Daniel L. Keister and
! Alderman George Hoverter, both
| Republicans, are candidates Tor
mayor. There friends are making q
| hot fight in their behalf, and pos
sibly the most interesting develop
| ment of the week was the charge
made to-day by Alderman Hoverter's
| friends that undue pressure is being
brought upon Capitol Hill employees
! to have them vote for Mr.. Keister.
Last summer, they say, certain at
| taches on the Hill were promised in
creases in salaries. These for some
! reason were not forthcoming and to-
| day copies of q letter. signed by Mr..
Keister, and addressed to these work
ers were shown about in which Mr..
/ Keister was quoted as saying that he
| took pleasure in recommending an
| increase in salary" What Hover
| ters friends are asking is how Mr..
Keister came to make the recon-
mendations.
They say also that Hoverter is
growing stronger every day and Will
unuu estionablv win. Keister's friends
| also assert that they are satisfied
with the course of events and that
| they I'VE no complaints to make
with the prograss of the campaign.
Next week will see renewed ac-
tivities also on the part of candi-
I dates for council and the school
| hnarJ