Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-24
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

| WHAT MANY men WHO IOllOW pOll-
tics in Pennsylvania will regard as
the final notice of Judge Eugene c.
Bonniwell, candidate of the Demo-
cratic voters for governor, to the
bosses of the party that he will run
his own campaign and have no rela-
tions with the official organization
of his party appears in the Phila-
delphia Record to-day. The Record
has been the organ of the judge and
has minced no words at any time in
assailing the Federal jobholders who
are in charge of the machinery of
the party III the state.
In announcing that the Bonniwell
headquarters will be opened in Phil
adelphia to-day the Record says:
| anticipating little assistance from
the Donnelly-Palme state commit
tee and the Donnelly- owned city
committee. the friends of Judge Bon
niwell have been insistent that he
| conduct his own fight. A city COM
mittee will be organized and the gu
bernatorial fight will be carried into
every ward and division in Phila-
delphia. Within a few weeks meet
ings will be held and representatives
| chosen from the Weight wards
in the city. No attention whatever
will be given to the Democratic out
mt at Tenth and Walnut streets,
which has done everything possible
to embarrass Judge Bonniwell in his
hight for governor. A complete state
organization will also be formed.
Every county will be represented
and competent committees will he
named to take charge of the con-
test in many counties. Judge Bonni-
Well will campaign in each of the
siXty-seven counties and, beginning
next week, he will tour the state"
State headquarters have not
had any word from State Chairman
Mclean, regarding the data for the
meeting of the state committee, but
people at the windmill are now in
clined to think that it will be around
the first week of September. 1t was
learned yesterday that when the
state committee meets a final effort
Will be made to have eeX-Congressman
j. Washington Logue withdraw as a
candidate for acknowledgements
Mr. Logue and Judge Bonniwell hold
entirely opposite views on the LIQUOR
question and the Philadelphia Rec
ord says those who have at heart
the interest of the party are unani-
nous in the opinion that the former
Congressman should withdraw"
Logue, however, does not intend to
quit, says the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
All Republican roads in Eastern
PENNSYLVANIA led to Neff's, near AL
lentown, to-day as the state candi-
dates are to be the speakers It will
be the opening of the Lehigh cam
paign and start things moving.
W. Harry Baker, secretary of the
Republican state committee, is at
Eaglesmere for few days rest.
Philadelphia is a regular politi-
cal bubbling spring these days. The
Inquirer says that it has been dis
covered that needless city en-
ployes" keep up the tax rate, while
the Bulletin notes that women drafts
men are being appointed. The Press
announces that the members of the
Recreation Board who incurred
Mayor Smiths displeasure have final
ly resigned as protest, while the
Record hammers the city adminis-
tration because the real estate men
had to go to Senator Ware to see
about keeping down the tax rate.
And in the midst of it all John p.
Dwyer, secretary of one of the local
draft boards. batters district appeal
board No. 2, which is supposed to be
close to the throne, because in his
opinion 1t has failed to meet the re-
quirements. Mr.. Dwyer indulges in
an attack to-day that makes some of
his other efforts in that direction
seem tame.
1t is said to be unlikely that
Governor Brumbaugh will permit
any more changes to be made in. the
Game or Fish Commissions, although
some of the little fellows up the
state have been getting busy again
in efforts to wreak spite.
Reading people are getting to-
gether to have a nonpartisan drive
to defeat Representative James Fl.
Maurer for reelection.
Recent appointments of justices
in Allegheny and other western coun-
ties haYe all been made upon rec
ommendation of Highway Commits
sioner ]. Denny O'Neil.
Grave doubts whether the next
Legislature will not be called upon
to make an appropriation for main
tenance OF the state highway sys-
tenn beyond the revenue from the
automobile and other motor vehicle
licenses are being expressed here
This is one of the problems brought
missioner J. Denny O'Neil says he
thinks it may have to be done In
come from automobile licenses this
year will aggregate $4,000, 900, but
owing to the curtailment of produc-
ton, wearing out of cars and prob
able storing because of cost of op-
Grafton, the revenue next year may
not be as great. Mr.. O'Neil says
that labor and material have risen
immensely and that they will be high
next year, while due to the constant
changes work is some times hard to
handle in rapid time. Wear and tear
due to army truck traffic and the
great amount of motor travel
brought about by the railroad situa-
ton: the difficulties attending get
ting men to operate stone plants and
to keep constantly on the highways
to patch holes are other factors,
while at least 200 miles of toll road,
practically all of which needed i'm
mediate repairs, were bought in the
last year and half and 800 miles
more may be acquired in the next
eighteen months. The second class
townships of the state are going to
ask for almost 100000 to pay up
the arrears due on the cash road
tax bonus and the construction pro-
gram will call for heavy appropria-
tions unless the $4,000, 900 bond is
sue is adopted. Bids received lately
have been at almost prohibitive fig
ures, but some sections of road call
for promp repairs, especially where
counties are willing to cooperate
with expense