Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-26
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Charles A. Snyder's appeal in the
recess appointments case will be
reached between the Attorney Gen.
terested officials within the next
week. Mr.. Snyder has taken preli-
minary steps to have his appeal
made a supersedeas and to operate as
a stay of the writ of mandamus
awarded by Judge Kunkel and 1t is
understood that he has tentatively
agreed to make payments of salary
and expenses to the officials involved
in the action if they will give him
bonds to indemnify him in the event
that the decisions are against them.
Some of the officials are opposed to
giving bonds and want to fight out
the case, while others wish things
to go on smoothly. Attorney General
Brown is planning to ask the court
to advance the argument in the case,
which under ordinary circumstances,
would not be argued until the May
term in this city
The commissioners appointed
yesterday by Governor Brumbaugh
to take the votes of the Penn
sylvania soldiers will meet here
on Tuesday with the exception of
Ben Branch, of Carbon, named to
take the votes of the machine gun
battalion from Pennsylvania in the
rainbow DIVISION" who is with his
command and ready to go wherever
they may be. The other commission
ers will meet at the Capitol and be
addressed by the Governor and then
given their supplies. The commits
sions were made out to-day. In the
number of commissioners are several
men of experience in the vote taking,
notably General C. B. Dougherty.
The whole state is watching the
developments in the hearing being
held by Judge II. A. Davis, in Phila-
delphia, in the attacks on the nomi-
nation papers of the Town Meeting
party which represents one of the
greatest aggregation of independents
and men objecting to organization
methods in the recent history of the
city. Yesterday Judge Davis declined
to allow a move by the counsel for
the city committee people, which it
is said would have thrown out every
paper on the ground that atlantis had
to possess certain knowledge.
Concerning the developments of
the day, which are really of state
wide significance, the Philadelphia
Press says: "A new trick on the part
of the Nare-controlled Republican
city committee came to light yester-
day when it was learned that the
County Commissioners had discover
ed the existence of two sets of Town
Meeting pre-emption papers for three
wards and sixty-three divisions scat
tered throughout the city. In each of
the affected districts, the Town Meet
ing pre-emptors were informed by
registered mail that the commission
ers would not include on the ballot
which will be voted at the November
election, any names of Town Meeting
candidates for councils, constable
or school visitor. This attitude on the
part of the County Commissioners
was Immediately branded as a clever
ly figured method of blocking the
Town Meeting movement. Leaders of
the party declared that the filing of
Town Meeting papers was done by
the Wares so that there would be two
sets of petitions, knowing that under
the law both would be thrown out.
The wards affected are the Seven
teenth, Twenty-siXth and Thirtieth.
Attorneys for the infant party took
steps to thwart the alleged trick by
Immediately starting mandamus pro-
ceedingS to have the names of the
bogus petitioners removed from the
records. They applied to Judge Davis
who is hearing the cases of the Re-
publican organization, to have the
Town Meeting nomination papers in
validated, for the granting of the
mandamus. Judge Davis fixed next
Monday, at 10 o'clock for a hearing
in the case. Meanwhile steps to pre-
6n hna f.ir n iC n
from continuing until it is too late
for the Town Meeting candidates to
be given a place on the ballot, have
been taken.
Senator Penrose, who is consid-
cred one of the leading authorities
on political law in the country, has
been in conference with Thomas
Raeburn White, of counsel for the
Town Meeting party, and other lead
ers of the movement, with the result
that a plan has been made whereby
a Judge of the Supreme Court will
be appealed to if it becomes neces-
sary. In the event that the Town
Meeting party nominations are
thrown off the ballot. either as re-
suit of the present proceedings or the
delay in a decision by the court, the
Town Meeting electors will be in
structed to support their own candi-
dates, all of whom have been named
on the Democratic ticket
According to what is coming
from Pittsburgh the Mayoralty cam
paign in that city is becoming red
hot. The two candidates for Mayor
met on the same platform and stated
their positions, while they have been
making half a dozen speeches day.
Dr. ]. p. Kerr Is out working for
Babcock, and it is intimated that
Magee has failed to hold many of
the people he claimed. Pittsburgh
newspapers are filed with columns
about the campaign.
The Philadelphia North Amer
lean and other Philadelphia news
papers charge that the police de-
partment is attempting a new
move to terrify voters aligned with
the Town Meeting party.
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell and
Senator Ware are now saying things
about each other.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin says that the Town Meeting
counsel have blocked the effort to
strike down the nomination papers.
Mark d. Frankenfeld, chief dep
uty of Register of Wills Stauffer, of
Northampton. who committed sui
eide, is said to be seeking the ap-
pointment on the ground that he
may be able to straighten out af-
fairs.
"A Wilkes-Barre story says:
Even dead men vote in Plains town
ship. Proof of this was elected
Whan teGtinO OnV was falxen hafora