Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-10

them no matter which way the case
goes.
The presumption is that the case
will not be settled for a year, but
that it will be settled in a way that
will determine the matter for years
to come.> Appeal from the Dauphin
County Court to the Supreme Court
is certain.
AS soon as Governor Brum-
baugh obtains definite information
regarding where various units of the
Pennsylvania troops in United States
service will be sent between now
and election day he will name COM
missions to take the votes of the SOL
diers. Plans for the reorganization
of the Keystone State division will
cut considerable figure in the NAM
ing of the commissioners. If the
Pcnnsylvanians are held together
the matter will be simple, but If
units or parts thereof are sent to
different camps more commissioners
Will be needed. The commissioner
to be named to take the votes of that
part of the Fourth regiment now in
the Rainbow Division" will go with
it on land or sea, wherever it hap
pens to be on election day. The
same will be done regarding other
units whether they are in camps or
in transit to insular possessions or
other parts of the country. The
National Army and officers training
camp voting will be a simple matter
to arrange it is believed at the Cap-
itol. ~
1t was learned to-day that the
right of the soldiers to vote for can
didates had something to do with
the decision of the secretary of the
commonwealth to certify the four
highest candidates for judge in the
Philadelphia and Schuylkill con-
tests. The secretary held that the
soldiers were not able to partici-
pate in the primary and that they
had right to vote for judicial can
didates in November. However, in
| reaching a conclusion in the case
he was governed by the opinion of
Judge McCarrell in the Drake case.
The secretary will be prepared to
meet the test case to be started by
the Schuylkill county judges on his
certification of the four names.
While the hearing is going on in
the Fifth ward case in Philadelphia,
the Town Meeting Committee is pro-
| ceeding with it's plans for an inde-
pendent ticket and the newspapers
are filled with editorials and strong
local articles in which police domi-
nation is condemned and the city ad-
minlstration fiayed. The Philadelphia
Press is insisting that Mayor Smith
and Director Wilson must go and
other papers comment upon the
manner in which predictions made
during the last Legislature have been
coming true. Ware leaders say that
no matter what happens in the trial
they are sure of council. Mayor
Smith says he will not resign and
Congressman John r. K. Scott is
having daily 'run-ins" with District
Attorney Rotan.
observers of political conditions
say that the Philadelphia disclosures
are commencing to have an effect
upon candidates favored by the state
administration and it's allies in Allie
gheny, Lackawanna and other coun-
ties
The Philadelphia Ledger says
regarding the activities of the Town
Meeting Committee:
Town Meeting leaders up to late
hour last night were working on
their ticket and seeking to persuade
several leading business and profess
sional men to accept nominations.
The list of those who are being urged
to become candidates, while it is
known, cannot be published. All of
these, however, with the exception of
Mr.. Rotan, are in no way connected
with any of the regular political or
! ganizations.
According to the best available
information the ticket shaped up last
night is as follows:
District Attorney,
Samuel p. Rotan.
Receiver of Taxes,
Thomas f. Armstrong.
Register of Wills
Hugh McIlvain or Walter George
Smith.
City Treasurer
| DINNER Beeber or another busi-
nessman.
"Mr. Armstrong is chairman of
the Town Meeting Committee and
/ has said he did not think member
of the committee should be one of
the candidates. Notwithstanding this,
strong pressure is brought to bear
upon him, and it would not surprise
the informed if he were obliged to
change his position"
The official Philadelphia, Allie
gheny and Luzerne figures do not
change any of the results. but there
will be some queer turnovers in No
vember.
When Governor Brumbaugh was
asked yesterday whether it was true
that he intended to reappoint Will
liam A. Magee Public Service Com
missioner, if he was defeated for may
or of Pittsburgh, he said That's no.
body's business" Why, the Govern
or himself does not even know what
he is going to do.
State Chairman William e.
Crow was here yesterday seeing de-
partment heads and rather emphatic
in declaring that he would not be a
candidate for Governor.
General G. b. Dougherty, form
erly commanding the National Guard
division, will be one of the commits
sioners named to take the soldiers
votes
Evan T. Gibbon, of Coleraine,
representing the Taxpayers Associa-
ton of Luzerne county. has filed an