Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-28
Poe;tica i~
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BY the Ex-Committeenan

Filing of nominating petitions for
the primary elections to be held In
Pennsylvania on September 10 will
begin in earnest at the department
OF the Secretary of the Common
wealth next week as the time tor
entering such papers will expire on
August 10. Thus far there have
been something like twenty-five petit
tions filed, but only three of them
have been for candidates for COM
mon pleas or orphans court cleo
tions. and all of those filing being in
cumbents who are candidates for re-
election. The rest are candidates for
nominations for associate judge in
which Union, Juniata and Miffiin
counties figure extensively.
A number of the nominating petit
tions presented have been returned
because they were defective, the
candidates or persons circulating the.
petitions having failed to sign the
affidavits which the State law re-
quires.
The last two men of the State
Department of Health force of
stream inspectors completed work
tO-udys Ing appropriation IOT llllS
force, amounting to something over
fifty men, was vetoed by the Gov
ernor last week and all but two men
were dismissed, the two being as
signed to complete work in hand.
Their task is finished and only the
bureau force of the department re-
mains.
To-day was the birthday of Da-
XFf6 l. @f D1st Io1 1AI
phia politics and one of the big fig
ures in State affairs. Mr.. Lane was
congratulated by many people
throughout the State.
Several members of the Legis-
lature came here yesterday on be-
lated visits to endeavor to secure
action on appropriation bills. The
Governor was not at the Capitol and
they were unable to see him at the
Executive Mansion.
The Philadelphia courts have
dismissed the suit of a taxpayer
against William S. Robertson, chief
of the Bureau of Municipal Re
search. This means that Robertson's
job is safe.
From all accounts the Pitts
burgh mayoralty situation is becom-
Ing complex There are several men
talked of as possible candidates and
some of them are believed to be only
stalking horses. The Pittsburgh peo-
pie have been rather expecting a
repetition of the mayoralty fight of
four years ago. r'
Auditor General Snyder will
not make any moves to advance the
mandamus proceeding which it is
expected will be instituted next week
to compel him to recognize men ap-
pointed by the Governor after being
rejected by the State Senate. The
chances are that the case may not
be heard until late in the fall and
that the appeal will be argued in the
supreme court here next May. Mean
while officials will have to wait for
their pay
Whether Auditor General Sny-
der will insist upon closer scrutiny
of all expenditures from contingent
and travelling funds is not known.
Before he went away for the week.
end the Auditor General let it be
known that he would shortly formu-
late a policy. 1t is believed that
the visit of Private Secretary Ball
had something to do with finding
out the plans of the Auditor General
in regard to auditing such accounts.
The Lake Erie and Ohio Ship
Canal Board, which was reappointed
by the Governor yesterday after the
Senate committee had failed to act
on the nominations and the Legisla-
ture had refused to make any ap-
preparation, will have to worry along
on $500. That is all the money left
of the cash voted to it. The appro-
priation act of 1915 provided that
the uneXpended balances and $25, ZOO
more should be available. 1t is
pretty well used up.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day re-
fused to make any statement about
vetoes of items or appropriations on
which he exercised This power of
veto. They come under the general
head of insufficient state revenue"