Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27

vention form of selecting candidates
for judgeship. The action was taken
upon the suggestion of Hampton L.
Carson, former attorney general. The
committee had submitted pro-
posed act to provide a method to de-
termine, in case of vacancies in a
4 court, what names of nominees to
fill said vacancies should be printed
on the official ballot following the
primary election. Recent court de-
cisions, it was said, made the present
nonpartisan judicial primary act
most unsatisfactory to the profess
sion and to the public.
The Philadelphia Record con-
tinues to indicate the feeling held
by many Democrats toward the ma
| chine. 1t now says: Friends of
Judge Bonniwell view with suspi-
cion the course to be pursued by the
Donnelly- Palmer packed resolution
committee, selected at Harrisburg by
State Chairman George r. Mclean.
Although the committee was in
structed to report back" at a meet
ing of the state body to be held mot
] later than September l." the Bonni-
{ we'll leaders recall the breach of
| faith taken by a similar committee
| four years ago when Vance McCor-
mick was the Democratic candidate
| for governor. At that time COM
| mittee of nine was appointed to draw
up the platform and it was also
| instructed to report back to the
| large committee. After the meeting,
however, Palmer and the other lead
| ers contended that the resolutions
committee was clothed with full
| powers and consequently the plat
| form was prepared and never sub
mitted to the state committee. 1t is
understood that Judge Bonniwell
has no intentions of copterring with
the resolutions committee, of which
| Charles P. Donnelly is member,
The Democratic nominee has al
ready announced his platform, and
it is practically certain that he will
not permit the Donnelly-Pa Palmer
wrecking crew to tamper with it"
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can to-day says that the Bonniwell
| faction has won some ground for
contest against the organization
of the Philadelphia City Democratic
| Committee by the Donnelly people
because a Philadelphia city attache
took part in the meeting. Other
newspapers look for a spirited con-
test on the subject in Philadelphia.
The Bonniwell people yesterday
made claim that the Democratic City
Committee was not reorganiZed last
Monday night according to the rules
governing the body. Several COM
mitteemen charged that because the
Forty-sixth ward contest was not
settled, the committee was powerless
to organize. 1t was also learned yes
| terday that within a few days COM
plaint will be made to Mayor Smith
over the presence of Civil Service
Commissioner Nicholas Albrecht in
the Democratic City Committee. On
May last, the Committee of Sew
enty called upon Mayor Smith to dis
miss from the employ of the city,
eighty-five men who violated the law
by offering themselves as candidates
for the office of ward committeeman.
1t was pointed out that under the
act of June 1, 1885. persons holding
Office in any political organization
are not eligible for employment by
the city.
The State Department of Agri-
| culture to-day announced that the
meeting of the State Commission OF
Agriculture would not be held until
the middle of July and 1t has caus-
ed no end of speculation about the
Capitol as there were reports that
the commission proposed to come
here this week or next and to thresh
out it's differences with Governor
Brum baugh. The Governor left for
Bedford to-day and tomorrow will
be in Pittsburgh most of the week
Democratic State Chairman
George r. Mclean is disposed to al.
low events to develop and will not
be precipitate in announcing any
policy for the campaign. Mr.. Nc
Lean has postponed his coming to
the state headquarters until next
week and will not designate any time
for the meeting of the candidates to
select the campaign committee.
Reports of the coming appoint
ment of ex-District Attorney John
Fox Weiss, of this city as assistant
counsel of the Public Service Com
mission at $4,000 a year have not
4 evoked much enthusiasm among the
| Dauphin county Republican leaders
l 1t is understood that Mayor Daniel
L. Keister and not Senator e. E.
Beidleman, the nominee for lieuten-
ant governor, was asked by the Gov
ernors Office for approval of the ap-
pointment. The chief speculation is
about what attitude will be taken
on Capitol Hill next February, for
instance.
/ AS the result of an announce
ment by District Attorney Rotan re-
Gently that he would drop the prose
cution against John M. Nobre, whom
/ the Wares charge with criminal libel
as the result of statements concern
ing Senator Vare's claim for $780,
i 600 for work done on League Island
Park, William t. Connor, counsel for
the complainant, yesterday furnished
evidence to support the presentation
of indictments to the Grand Jury,
says the Ledger.
Mayor Babcock, of Pittsburgh,
and members of Pittsburgh city
council are openly at odds over sew
eral ordinances, and a new record
of passing measures over a veto is
likely.
The POmer of LoDe