Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-22
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


that friends of Frank A. Smith, for
mer chairman of'the Dauphin coun-
ty Republican committee and for
some years Republican state COM
mitteeman from this district will ask
him to stand as a candidate for
state senator in the event of the
elevation of Senator Beidleman to
the lieutenant governorship, as now
appears certain, has been kindly re-
celVed not only at home but abroad.
MT. Smith has not yet said that he
VIII get into the race but If he does
1t Is foregone conclusion that he
Will be the next senator from this
district He is a student of state
politics and thoroughly familiar with
legislative procedure, with which he
mas had long experience. 1t is known
that neither Senator Beidleman nor
Senator Sproul will resign from the
Senate until after the organization
or the Legislature. Both will be on
the floor of the Senate up until the
evening before their Inauguration, an
occurrence heretofore unknown in
the history of the state. Speaking of
the Smith candidacy the Philadel-
phla Inquirer of yesterday said:
Mention of the name of Frank
A. Smith. for several years Republi-
can county chairman and later MEM
Der of the Republican state commit
tee from Dauphin county, as Re-
publican candidate to succeed Sen
ator Edward E. Beidleman, when the
leader of the young Republicans of
this Dauphin county becomes lieu
tenant governor, seems to have been
very favorably received everywhere.
Mr.. Smith IS recognized as a clean,
progressive businessman and his
handling of party affairs in the 1912
campaign and in other strenuous
times is recalled with satisfaction by
many Republicans, while there is a
general disposition to recognize his
work for the party by election to the
upper house.
Mr.. Smith. who has been active
among Republicans for years, is
well known from one end of the
county to the other, and was one
of the factors in the rebuilding of
the Republican organization, which
proved its value in the 1914 cam
paign. when it swung the city and
county against Vance c. Mccormick
for governor, although he was a son
of the county and was believed by
his partisans to have a good chance |
TO win here. He has been strong
friend of both Senator Beidleman
and w. Harry Baker, secretary of |
the state committee"
John V. Lesher, Democratic |
Congressman, who seeks a fourth |
term from the voters of the Six |
teenth District, realizes more clearly |
the closer he gets to election day
that Albert w. Duy, of Bloomsbury, |
the Republican nominee, is putting
up real fight. Duy is the only Re- |
publican who was ever elected dis-l
trlct attorney of Democratic CO. |
lumbia county. The Sixteenth Dis
trict, which is composed of North
umberland, Montour, Columbia and
sullivan counties, is absolutely GER
tam that politics is not adjourned. |
Ihe Federal appointments made at
Lesher's instance during his three
terms have raised a storm of pro-
test throughout the district. Lesh-
err activities while in Congress have
peen confined to an inconspicuous-
ness that distresses his constituents.
In his wet" tendencies he does not
accurately represent the majority
OF his district. Columbia county,
usually Democratic in It's voting,
may surprise the Democratic lead
ers this year, because the influx of
labor to Berwick and other points.
where car works and manufactures
OF different kinds are working over
time and full handed, has brought
many Republican voters into the
county. This fact is looked upon
with apprehension by the Lesher
managers.
The vacation season on Capitol
Hill has not prevented a great deal
OF planning for the fall campaign.
Conferences are matters of almost
daily occurrence. The Republican
workers have been instructed to paw
particular attention to the Congress
sional end of the contests in all of
the doubtful districts. Little real
campaigning will be done until the
weather gets cool, but both Senator
Sproul and Senator Bendleman will
forego their regular summer vaca-
tions in order to accept invitations
to speak at a number of big picnics.
outings and farmers gatherings.
Senator Beidleman will also visit his
friends throughout Dauphin county
during the summer. 1--WE been GO
ing to certain Dauphin county pic
mics every season since I was a bow"
said the Senator to-day, "and I have
more real fun and more good things
TO eat at these outings than at any
others l attend. / surely am going
to be on hand this year."