Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-07
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By the Ex-Committeeman

The strenuous character of Pitts
burgh's mayoralty contest was dem
onstrated yesterday in the city at
the confluence of the two big west
ern rivers by the heavy registration.
Yesterday was the first day on which
voters in the first and second class
cities could put down their names
and the boards sat until late at night
to get the lists into shape. From all
accounts the political organizations
did not figure as much in the effort
to get voters registered as the COM
mlttees supporting the various can
didates for Mayor and Council and
the Lawyers Nonpartisan Commit
tee Which is working for the renom-
ination of the judges.
The Allegheny county judgeship
situation is even more interesting
than that. in Philadelphia because
some of the men who are opposing
the judges who seek denomination
nave been on the trail for a couple
OF years. McKeesport and some of
the sixty boroughs surrounding Pitts
burgh have hot municipal elections
10 add to the joy of the occasion.
Allegheny is certainly on the poll
tical map this year.
Regarding the PHILADELPHIA req
lstration the Philadelphia Record
says: Voters were given an on
portunlty to register for the Septem-
per primary and the November
election yesterday at the first of the
three registration days this month.
AS IL was the first of the three reg
lstration days, not much Importance
was attached to it except in the Fifth
Ward, where the Ware Smith forces
seemed to think a show of force
would sway sentiment for the prim-
ary. Both the Republican and Dem
ocratic city organizations nut forth
the usual efforts to get out party
ehrollments. In some few wards q
heavier registration than on the first
DAY last year was reported. The re-
naming registration days fall due
September II and 15."
An appeal was taken to the
supreme Court yesterday from the
decision of Judge Patterson, of Phil
adelphia Common Pleas Court
NO. l. dismissing the petition of r
Plerce Buckley for an Injunction TO
have the County Commissioners en-
joined from printing on the Official
ballot for the election in November
any names of candidates for Judge
OF the Orphans Court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Dallett. 1t is ccntended that
Judge Dallett's successor cannot he
legally voted for before November
1918. The Supreme Court will he
asked to decide the disputed oues-
ton when it meets in Pittsburgh on
September "a.
Preliminary steps have been
taken to put the Chester police force
under civil service. The police
force got more or less mixed up in
the recent fuss in that city.
The Wilkes-Barre Record in an
editorial on the appointment of ] |
Denny O'Neil as Highway Commits !
sloner says that he has a chance to |
keep politics in the background and
to do a great service for the roads
of the State.
The Philadelphia North Ameri- |
can in one of it's discussions of tho
men of Lancaster county from tha
pen OF George Hensel speaks of Sen
ator John G. Homsher as one Of
the assets of the county. The sem
ator is called an apostle of work.
Judge Kunkel's decisions in the
nomination cases yesterday and all
chances of. any changes in the bal
lots and there will be no DELAYS on
that account The opinions also
dispose of some claims which have
peen pretty broadly made by candi- |
dates about what are their rights"
in filing papers.
Members of the town council of
Throop, a borough near Scranton
nave been ousted. In the last week
or so councilmen of half a dozen
anthracite region boroughs have fig
ured in court news.
Seranton's municipal campaign
has reached the headquarters and
speech-making stage. All of the
candidates are right out on the firing
lines and the women candidates for
school director are making things
very interesting.
Preparations to get the manda-
mus cases in shape for argument are
being made at the Capitol and both
sides Will go into court q week hence
ready to contest every move. Audi
tor General Charles A. Snyder will
take a hand in his own case il is
stated. Deputies largest, Keller and
Kun figure in the administration
case.