Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

/ petitions for the May primary eN-
pired at midnight, about 900 papers
being entered by candidates on the
final day. the last filed within one
minute of twelve o'clock. The Re-
publican and Democratic parties
have contests for nominations for
governor and lieutenant governor,
while the Republicans have rivals
| for honors for secretary of internal
affairs and for the four nominations
for Congressmen-at-La In many
districts there are battles looming
/ up for nominations for Congress,
state senator and members of the
! House, the prohibition amendment
! being an issue. The Prohibition and
Socialist parties have filed complete
tickets for legislative nominations.
Philadelphia has many legislative
candidates of different parties.
While ii will take several days to
enter all the petitions on the records
to-day is the last day under the law
for candidates to withdraw papers.
1t is believed that there are approNj-
mately $500 petitions on file for { Il
of the nominations.
To-day attorneys and candidates
were busy examining petitions filed
by rivals with a view to instituting
contests to get lines on the names
signed for rivals.
The petitions will be re-eXamined
and the lists made up next week and
certified to county commissioners
for printing of the ballots.
nomination petitions for the MAY
primary was marked by three moves
on the part of state administration
forces to nose out opponents from
the advantage of position on the
ballot because of spelling of names.
These petitions, which were said 30
have been about the Capitol all day,
We're filed within five minutes Of
midnight and chances are that they
will be attacked. Petitions were
filed for George P. Aarons, 1909
North Park avenue, Philadelphia, !
and Joseph r. Bateson, Maurice
street, Pittsburgh, for the Republican
nomination, of lieutenant governor, |
which gives them places above Sem
ator Edward L. Beidleman, of this
city, who filed for the same office. |
There were reports that a petition
for James Scott, to beat out john
r. X. Scott was in hand, but Beidle-
man declared they would not en-
gage in that kind of game. The third
petition to be filed was for James
woodward, gentleman" Ashland,
for secretary of internal affairs,
which gives him the edge on James
+. Woodward. Ashland is in Schuyl-
kill county, the home of Secretary of
Internal Affairs Paul w. Houck.
One of the petitions was signed in
the Lost Creek district of Schuyl
kill.
Outside of these eleventh hour
petitions there were no surprises in
the late filing, although the Capitol
was filled with rumors. State admin
istration officials were numerous
about the offices until the hour ex-
pired and among those who remain
ed were O'Neil headquarters men
and Select Councilman William Z.
Finley, of Philadelphia, and w. S.
Leib, resident clerk of the House.
William P. Gallagher, chief clerk of
the Senate, looked after the Repub-
lican state committee end and War
ren VanDdke, secretary of the DEM
ocratic state committee, and David
L. Lawrence, friend of Joseph F.
Guffey, were also on hand until the
finish.
Attached to the nominating petit
ton filed by DIR. Moses Stearn, of
Philadelphia. for Congressional NOM
nations in the Third district, which
is in Philadelphia, was letter from
the candidate who suggested to Chief
Clerk Thorn that the paper be dis
infected Immediately as it had been
circulated through a district of that
city where smallpox had been pre-
valent. The doctor said that the pa
per represented backing of people
who desired to have lighthouses,
open summer and winter.
Included in the rush of papers
entered were many supplemental
petitions for candidates, some of |
whom desired to be on the safe side |
in events of attacks. At least a dozen |
men failed to become candidates be- !
cause the papers presented for them |
on the last day were short of the re- |
quired number of names or did not |
contain affidavits and the defects |
could not be remedied in time.
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell |
seems to have flashed like a comet |
across the gaze of the workers at the |
Democratic state windmill who make !
no effort to hide their chagrin at the |
cracking of the slate. According to |
what was received here last night |
from Philadelphia the judge means |
to be a candidate and a row such as
occurred after Vance c. Mccormick |
was slated in 1914, seems certain. |
The machine bosses are now saying !
that Mccormick and Palmer knew |
what they were doing when they re- |
fused to run.
The platform enunciated at Nc |
Keesport by ]. Denny O'Neil will be |
subjected to acid testing in the next
few days and the candidate will be !
asked whether he intends to abide !
by the decision of the Republican
primary. The fact that Mr.. O'Neil !
did not make a specific declaration
such as was made by Senator Sproul
was much commented upon here to-
day.
Many people regard it as doubt
full whether Senator Sproul will re-
ply to the attack made upon him by
Governor Brumbaugh last night
The Governors remarks were ex-
pected and it it said that the Chester
Senator has been advised not to get
into a controversy, although there
are some who say that If the Gov
ernor persists in his attacks there
will be counterassaults.
Robert p. Habgood attended the
closing of the petition filing and re-
marked that in his travels he had
found that the people of the state
were getting tired of Philadelphia
and Allegheny county political domi-
nation and wanted an upstate can
didate. Mr.. Habgood professed the
greatest confidence and talked har-
mony.
Joseph N. Mackrell. secretary of
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