Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-21
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By the Ex-Committeeman

| wanna Will nave Two 1ull-lleuSeu
Democratic state committees within
a week and while one of them will
not have the right to use the name
of the party, the men behind it al
ready claim that they have as much
| right to have a tried and true set of
committeeman as the men, who pos
sesses the title to what is left of
the organization, have authority to
say that Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell
is not a good Democrat. The fight for
control of the state machine and of
the delegation from Pennsylvania to
/ the next Democratic national con-
vention is now fully under way and
for weeks to come the suffering pub
lie will be regaled with the opinions
of the opposing chiefs about each
other.
The Bonniwell people will make
their first move on Monday when a
meeting of the friends of the Judge
will be held in Philadelphia and
where men who have been invited
| can not attend they are to send
proxies. The judges crowd does not
propose to want for representation.
The committee to be formed will be
statewide, as wide as possible, in fact,
and many prominent Democrats are
already listed as intending to serve.
Care will be taken to have these men
maintain their party affiliations and
there will be a statement issued that
they are real Democrats as con-
trasted with men of the Palmer and
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cept the nominee of the voters of
their party because they don't like
| him.
An interesting squabble is under
way in Philadelphia. The Mayor
wants the tax rate reduced and so
do leaders. but the placemen see
their jobs going and there is a row
on. Similarly there is fuss between
the presidents of councils over the
naming of the committee on state
legislation. The proposed small
council bill is the bone of contention
there.
Clifford Pinchot, late candidate
for Senator and now an active agri-
culturalist, will not take much part
in the campaign as he will go to
Europe to study conditions. He has
issued a letter supporting Sproul
Senator Sproul and many of his
friends are at Pittsburgh to-day for
the Babcock buttermilk party. Sem
ator Penrose will meet Western
Pennsylvania leaders in that city to-
night. Senators Sproul and Beidle-
man will tour Somerset and other
counties next week.
Congressman Fess' claim that
the next Congress will be Republican
vii no eyiN-an Cffnnnrf in Pnnn-
sylvania. 1t looks like a cut in the
Democratic representation because
of the row.
People at the Capitol are re-
marking on the fact that for the first
time in years the November ballot
| in Pennsylvania this year will con-
tain not only a complete state ticket
including four nominees for Con-
ss-at-Large, but the nonpartisan
spaces for the appellate courts. 1t
has been a long time since the Key
stone State has had ten state offices
to elect at once. In addition to the
party squares for. the Republican,
Democratic, Washington, Prohibition
and Socialist parties there will also
| have to be spaces for the defunct
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS party unless
all of its candidates in the state re-
tire as the nominees for state offices
have done; the Single Tax party,
which has a complete state ticket;
| the Surface Protective ticket, which
RACES in the Lackawanna district and
! the Peoples Independent movement,
| which has not progressed outside of
| Northampton county. 1t is probable
that. there will be seven or eight
candidates for the Supreme Court.
Five candidates have already filed
and ]. ]. Kintner, of Clinton county,
who was here this week gave violent
symptoms of being a candidate. Both
| justices appointed by the Governor
three candidates ahead of Justice
Fox on the ballot-Bouton, Budd
and Dively and Justice Simpson may
be the last name.
| Announcement of the plans for
the taking of the soldier vote is eX-
pected next week. Governor Brum-
baugh was to have been here this
week, but the proposition did not
get out of the Attorney Generals of
fee to which the Secretary of the
| Commonwealth referred the letter
from the War Department.
Some idea of the extent which
Pennsylvania is aiding the depend
ants of the officers and employees of
the state government who have gone
into the United States Army or Navy
is furnished by the August payments
under the leave of absence for the
war act of 1917, which permits such
persons to make application for half
pay during service. Dozens of men
are now in the military or naval
service and the allowance is half OF
the salary up to $4,000. There have
been numerous rulings on what con-
stitutes dependency and makes a
person eligible for the payment.
"A food of legislation to forbid
the teaching of German in the
schools of Pennsylvania, notwith-
standing the attitude of federal Of
ficials and the position of DIR. Nathan
C. Schaeffer. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. who holds that
the language has a = commercial
value, is expected when the General
Assembly meets in January. In a
number of counties where German
was resumed people refused to send
their children to the schools and
the Patriotic Sons of America,
intends to back a number of bills.
Gabriel II. Meyer. the past presi-
dent, who has been most active in
combating German, is behind some
of the bills. Were going to have
a showdown in Pennsylvania and
see where everyone stands" said he.
I'VE at least intend to get people on
record and we will show DIR. Schaef-
fer, who has opposed the banish-
ing of German. where to head in. We