Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-09
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BY the Ex-Comnitteeman

Steps to inaugurate a new test of
the Judicial nonpartisan election law
so that the clause relative to what
shall be necessary to make a candi-
| date the sole nominee may be re-
viewed again will be taken before
to-day is over in opinion of people
at the State Capitol. Resting upon
the decision of Judge S. ]. NJ. Nc
Carrell in the Drake case from Phil
adelphia, decided four years ago, Sec
fetary of the Commonwealth Woods
last night ordered certified to the
commissioners of Philadelphia and
Schuylkill counties the names of the
candidates receiving the four high
est votes for the judicial nomina-
tions in the courts for which there
are contests.
II am of the opinion that the mat
ter is ruled by the decision in the
Drake case and If 1 am wrong the
matter can be further tested in the
courts" said Mr.. Woods.
The Secretary's decision was reach
ed after a prolonged discussion last
night with Attorney General Brown
and his deputies. Mr.. Woods there
upon sent word to the four highest
men in each of the Philadelphia
court contests and to the four candi-
dates in Schuylkill county. This de-
cision was not to the liking of friends
of some candidates, but represented
Mr.. Woods opinion and he stood on
It to-day. Under the law no mention
will be made of the vote received.
The names will be merely certified.
It is believed that either one of the
Schuylkill or Philadelphia candidates
will file the papers in the test and
ask for an immediate argument.
This will be necessary as the cleo
ton is on November 6.
Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder to- day made tart rejoinder
to the men who have been criticising
him for appointing clerks to assist
in the collection of inheritance taxes.
The Auditor General said that he
would not have named clerks If he
had not been satisfied that he had
authority to do SO and that he was
prepared to name them where he
deemed it necessary. There have
been places where l have thought it
essential; one instance being where
l found a county official away late in !
getting in his taxes. The state needs
that money and il is my duty to get
it," said Mr.. Snyder.
-Telegrahs and telephone calls
are being used by the Department of
the Secretary of the Commonwe ealth
to get correct lists of candidates for
city and county offices so that they
can be printed in the pamphlet to be
sent to the soldiers camps. About
ten counties have failed to file what
was asked, some of them sending
only names without home addresses. |
About half of the lists have been
sent to the printers and hurry upl
orders will be given on the rest
Practically no more appoint
ments will be made in Capitol Hill
departments by Governor Brum-
clerkships will not be filled by heads
of departments nor any change inl
the Mines, Agriculture or other de-
partments
The movement for selection of n
ticket for the Town Meeting party in
Philadelphia progressed yesterday
when many names were suggested
and the Democratic city committee
named a subcommittee on fusion
with the Independents. The Town
Meeting committee issued a blister
ing statement on the Vare-Smith po-
litical regime in Philadelphia. The
Democratic attitude in indicated by
a sharp editorial in the Philadelphia
Record in which it calls Ware "the
brazen boss" The Public Ledger,
which is boosting eX-Mayor Blanken-
burg for city treasurer, also takes q
whang at Senator Ware, while the
Press demands the impeachment of
Mayor Smith and Director Wilson
as the first steps The Philadelphia
situation is remarkable in that all
the newspapers appear to be hitting
at the city administration and the
Wares for the first time.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
of the plan for the new tlc'-et:
while there was a general discus
sion of candidates at the meeting |
of the committee of twelve yesterday |
afternoon, and the whole field of |
prospective independent and antiad-
ministration candidates for county, |
magisterial and councilmanic nomi- |
nations was canvassed, only tentative |
selections were made. There will be |
no fifty-fifty about the Town Meeting |
nominations declared Chairman
Armstrong, but rather each and
every one will represent a guaran-
teed one hundred per cent. for the
public All are agreed that Samuel
p. Rotan must be reelected district
attorney. For city treasurer, for
mer Judge Dinner Beeber's name
was yesterday added to the list with
Howard r. Sheppard also seriously
considered. along with several 9TH
ers of like prominence. Walter
George Smith, who was recently
elected president of the American
Bar Association, is the first choice
of the majority of the members of
the committee for register of wills,
but there is doubt that he will con-
sent to be candidate.
Senator Penrose is back in Phil
adelphia after the adjournment Of
Congress. but refuses to talk and
will return to Washington to handle
work awaiting him.
Pittsburgh mayoralty and coun-
cilmanic candidates have taken to
warming up.
Altoona is having one of the
grandest fights in years over the
city managership issue. The state
ment was made yesterday that four
years of commission government rule
had saved the city S196,000.
Judge II. A. Denny, of Susque-
hanna, spent 1882 in his campaign
and A. B. Smith, his opponent, spent
S2,4S6.
County Solicitor Chidsey de-
cided that the names of DR.. Charles
ColIman and Or r. Rush FiaId