Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-10
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


the Supreme Court were taken out
at the department of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth to-day for
Charles B. Lenahan, of Wilkes
Barre, and F. B. Gallup, of Smeth-
port. Papers had been previously
taken out by friends of Justices
Alexander Simpson, Jr., and Edward
j. Fox and inquiries had been made
by men interested in campaigns of
half dozen other men, including o.
H. Bechtel, of Pottsville, and A. V.
Dively, of Altoona,
The -ctivity of Judge John w.
Kephart. of the Superior Court, in
visiting various sections, has aroused
considerable interest here and it is
expected that it will disturb the
midsummer calm. President Judge
George Kunkel, of this city. who has
been urged to be a candidate, has
declined to indicate what he is going
to do.
Every indication is that the wind
up of the period for filing papers
will be very interesting.
William S. Aaron, of Altoona,
one of the candidates for Republican
nomination for Congress-at-Large
and who was named on the Wash
ington ticket, has filed his with
drawal as candidate at the State
Department.
Formal retirement this week of
j. Denny O'Neil as the nominee of
the Roosevelt Progressive party for
Governor of Pennsylvania clears the
state ticket lists of candidates named
by scattering votes who did not re-
ceive Republican nominations. with
a single exception. Mr.. O'Neil be-
came candidate of the Roosevelt
Progressive party for Governor be-
cause a couple score of men who
voted under the caption of that rem
nant of the campaign of 1912 cast
their ballots for him just as Fred E.
Lewis became the candidate of the
Same party, as far as it amounts to
anything, for Secretary of Internal
Affairs. Both have withdrawn and
in all probability the same course
will be taken by NJ. B. Rich, of Clin-
ton county, who is a candidate for
ressmen-at-Large through the
same scattering votes. Senator Ed
ward E. Beidleman, who won the
nomination of the Roosevelt Pro-
gressives for Lieutenant Governor,
will retain it, so that he is Repub-
lican, Washington and Roosevelt
Progressive nominee. as are Congress
sional Candidates Anderson H. Wal
ters and Thomas S. Crago. NJ. NJ.
Garland is candidate on the Repun-
lican and Roosevelt Progressive tick
cts. Senator William c. Sproul is
Washington as we'll as Republican
nominee for Governor, James F.
Woodward having the same nomina-
tions for Secretary of Internal Af-
fairs. None of the Democratic or
Prohibition candidates is on any 9TH
sive and possibly the Washington
party names will disappear after this
falls election.
1t is becoming increasingly ap-
parent that there will be some
"gumshoe" candidates for Supreme
Court Justice and that it will be hard
to tell who will be aspirants until the
nomination papers are filed on Sep
tember 26. President Judge George
Kunkel, of the Dauphin courts, who
was here this week on trip from his
summer home, declined to say what
he is going to do. Friends of Judges
John w. Kephart and Q. H. Bechtcl
have been getting busy in this dis
trict.
Mayor George NJ. Baily, of
with the troubles he has been hav-
ing with the councilmen of the Fay
cite capital. In a statement he saws
the members are towards for placing
the blame of non-appointment of a
woman policeman on him, while he
was absent. Mayor Baily, after ad-
mitting that he had failed to provide
for such an officer in the budget
when he was told by the city solicitor
that the matter could be adjusted any
time, stated: For the benefit of all
the Uniontown people I want to say
that the mayor of this city is a fig
urehead. He cannot select or appoint
policeman or even a janitor for the
police station. 1t is all done by a vote
of council. We have some men on
the police force who are utterly lin-
fit l asked the council to drop them
but political expediency kept them
on the force. The taxpayers will have
to pay about S2,0OO,000 to get out OF
debt. The bonded Indebtedness is ST.
100000, and before it is paid the in
terest will run it up to $4,000