Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-02

roads will come pretty nicely under
the wire, but that the Philadelphia
bonded debt limit change amendment
will be defeated.
Four years ago LII, 252 Pennsyl-
vanians voted in the gubernatorial
election and two years ago 1.297.292
voted in the presidential election. II
is estimated that over 325, 900 are in
the service of the republic because of
war and that well nigh a quarter OF
a million are overseas. The latter
can not possibly vote. Commission
ers hav been sent to the men in the
military and naval establishments in
this country to obtain the ballots of
the men in the service. In addition
there are many men who because OF
connection with various governmental
and Industrial activities incident to
the war who are away from home
and a fairly large percentage of them
will not vote. There are men in every
election who do not vote n this
is a year when politics has been sub
ordinated in the mind of the average
man, IL not in the estimation of the
rulers. The falling off in the vote for
various reasons will affect the two
leading parties proportionately, it
is believed.
Some men think that 100000 men
will vote; others look for three quar-
tiers of a million and some go be-
low $4,000.
Democratic Noise
One of the big Philadelphia news
papers remarked the other day that
the men in charge of the Democratic
campaign are experienced boasters.'
The state has long noted the skill
in that direction Of Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Vance c. Mccormick,
Democratic National Chairman ABB
Democratic National Committeeman
A. Mitchell Palmer and others of that
ilk who have run the weather worm
Democratic ship on the rocks in spite
of a full crew and all needed stores
furnished by the President of the
United States. Judge Eugene C. Bon
niwell, the nominee of the Democratic
voters for Governor of Pennsylvania
in spite of Palmer and Mccormick
and repudiated by the Democratic
state committee, is somewhat of a
boaster himself. When not employ
ing their vocal powers in derogation
of each other the men OF the Demo-
cratic factions have been claiming
everything in sight. The organized
liquor interests who are behind Bon
niwell are also experienced in boast
ing.
And in addition to the volume of
noise created by these discordant ele-
ments the President Of the United
States has trumpeted for election of
Democrats to Congress.
President Hurts Party
Indications are that the voters of
Pennsylvania will vote heavily for
Sproul because he typifes the stand
of the people in regard to Prohibition
and for Republicans for the various
offices because they resent White
House interference in state affairs
and the employment for personal ag-
grandizement of a war in which
Pennsylvania has given more thai
a tenth of men and supplies.
Impressions generally are that the
Presidents appeal has hurt his party's
candidates as much as the action OF
the McCormick-Palmer controlled
state committee damaged it's works
in repudiating the nominee of a di-
rect primary.
In addition to the strength OF
Sproul as a dry" candidate there is
everywhere recognition that he has
the business ability required to re-
organize the state government after
the war strain Is lifted just as the
people realize that Republican Con-
gressmen should be sent to Washing
ton to protect the industries and well
fare of the keystone Commonwealth,
Pennsylvania always feels trade con-
d%itions; often among the first. South
ern economists have more than once
hurt the business structure of Penn
sylvania and injured the interests OF
labor.
This Is going to be another Repub-
lican year. The Republican party is
united. The primary left no sores.
The staunchest supporter of Senator
Sproul is j. Denny O'Neil. the man he
defeated, and his friends are behind
the experienced legislator and capable
businessman from Delaware county,
So are dry" men without regard 10
party. Only a fragment Of the Pro-
hibition party. struggling to main
tain a place in the archives, clings to
Its gubernatorial nominee. The rest
are for Sproul. And so. 1t may be
said. are many Democrats who bow
no knee to party bosses
Congressional Battles
National attention has been at
tracted to the Dauphin-C Cumberland
Lebanon district, which is the home
of Democratic National Chairman
Vance c. Mccormick and has no
Democratic candidate for congress
at all, and interest hinges on the
10th, 18th and goth in the South
Central end. and the 10th, 18th and
21st up the state with some in the
18th or Schuylkill district. The
latter is not regarded as d~ebateable
since George Franklin Brumm got
out of the race and the election
OF John Reber,- Po~ttsvlIle Republi-
can, to represent the big anthracite
county is as certain as the reelection
OF Edgar r. Keiss in the Williams
port district and of w. ". Griest
In Lancaster.
Congressman B. 3. Focht is going
back to Washington with an empha-
nc endorsement OF his preparedness
foresight and approval of his old