Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

nees for county and city offices to
be supplied together with judicial
candidates for the soldiers voting by
the end of next week. Philadelphia,
it was reported at the Capitol, cam
not give the list for ten days. Allie
gheny will be ready before that time.
The pamphlet containing the candi-
dates names will be sent to the
camps with the commissioners to
take the vote who will be named by
Governor Brumbaugh when he re-
turns next week.
Over 10000 blanks containing
powers of attorney for soldiers to
authorize persons at home to pay
their poll taxes so they can vote
will be sent to General w. G.. Price
at Camp Hancock. Others will be
sent to mobilization camps.
Thus far only counties which NOM
mated candidates for associate judge
have filed their official returns at
the State Capitol. The big counties
are not expected for some days.
Auditor General Charles A. Sny-
der has gotten most of the informa-
tion requested for the card index
system which he proposes to estab-
lish for the State Capitol and depart
ment heads who do not supply the
cards properly filled out will get a
Fsecond notice to comply with the re-
quest on October 1. When the re-
quests for the Information were
made there was some hesitancy
about filling out the cards, but when
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tention OF Attorney General Francis
Skunk Brown he Immediately ad-
vised compliance with the request
and commended the plan. The in
formation about the appropriations
from which salaries are made up is
one of the things which Mr.. Sny-
der desires to have stated. Some
attaches get small salaries made up
from a couple of sources. One set of
the cards is to be put on record
at the office of the guides and an
other at the telephone exchange as
residence addresses and telephone
numbers were requested so that of
ficials or attaches could be reached
any hour of the day or night.
'-~The I Philadelphia Ledger has this
TO say of the aftermath of the town
meeting to protest against political
conditions: "Philadelphia's independ-
ents, in the opinion of expert poll
ticians and political observers, have
the greatest opportunity in the his
tory of the city as result of the
tremendous town meeting, to admin
lister a crushing defeat to the Organ
ization. This was the consensus of
thought among such men as Charles
P. Donnelly, leader of the Democratic
city committee; Thomas f. Arm
strong, chairman of the town meet
ing and head of the committee au-
thorized to prepare an independent
ticket; George d. Porter, who was
director of public safety under Mayor
Rlankenburg; Judge Bonniwell and
other leaders,"
The Philadelphia Record gives
the Democratic view: District At
torney Samuel p. Rotan will not
withdraw his name from the Repub-
lican ticket as candidate to succeed
himself at the November election.
The district attorney expressed his
determination to keep his name on
the Republican ticket yesterday and
put an end to the speculation as to
whether or not he would decline the
Republican nomination to head the
new indcpe ndent ticket which will be
put in the field within the next two
weeks. Neither the leaders of the
new independent movement nor of
the Republican city committee ex-
pressed surprise when apprised of
Mr.. Rotan's announced intention to
accept the Republican nomination
W which he won at the primary cleo
ton. Republican leaders declared
that they had known all along that
District Attorney Rotan would not
withdraw from the Organization
ticket"
While the September grand jury
was making a presentment in open
court in Philadelphia yesterday de-
and demanding that all those re-
sponsible therefor, either directly or
indirectly, or by intrigue, whether
they be high officials or persons of
low degree" should be brought to
trial, District Attorney Rotan directly
charged Lieutenant David Bennett
with being implicated in the murder
plot and in q convincing letter to
Mayor Smith demanded the removal
of the strong-arm officer from the
Third district.
The Philadelphia Press in
special from Washington gives this
interesting news: Senator Penrose
will go to Philadelphia when Con-
gress adjourns, probably one week
from tomorrow, ready and eager to
do his share in the movement to
clean up Philadelphia. The Senator
is not giving interviews on the Phila-
! delphia situation, but he is keeping
in close touch with all its develop
ments. 1t is plain truth to record
that his duties on the Senate finance
committee are keeping him busy all
the time. Senator Lodges health
and advancing years are keeping him
out of Washington and Senator Pen
rose is the only Republican member
of the finance committee in the capt.
| tai. Senator Simmons. chairman of
the committee, is relying upon the
Pennsylvania for much of the detail
work connected with the war reve-
nues and the soldiers insurance bills,
the two most important measures of
| the war and the ones carrying the
greatest appropriations in the history
of civilization. Those who know Sem
atCr Penrose in his nours of ease In
Philadelphia would be amazed at
the burdens he assumes here at the
industry that takes every minute of
his waking hours"
The formal Improvements OF
the candidacy of Representative Asa
A. Weimer. of Lebanon. for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor,
contain statement of his ambitions
together with some things about his
business career. pointing out his
qualifications for the place of Gov